I have posted before about how my counselor had commented on her idea that I hid a great deal of hurt behind my humor...
The last post is a classic example...
I've commented about how Alluvial Flood Plain State University has marked my major for elimination... I waxed and waned... and contrary to what you may think, this is NOT about me...
A colleague asked me this afternoon if I had seen the posters in the hallway about our division's Back-To0School Picnic and Cookout... I told him I had not... he told me that I needed to go look at it... and come back and give him my opinion...
I went and read it... the poster invited all of the Accounting majors, CIS majors, and Finance majors to this get-together... evidently, neither my major nor my students are invited...
I've grown accustomed to be rejected and all that stuff... my students shouldn't be treated this way...
My knee jerk reaction was to try to do something funny... and I used a compilation of 'humor' emails...
But, in reality, I'm angry about this...
Don't slight my kids and their major...
I'm raising some MAJOR Hell tomorrow... I'm pissed!!!!!!!!
Over? Is it over??
Is It OVER?!?!?!?!
And now this...
~shoes~
I would probably pull a "Chief Brenda Lee Johnson" on them. Go to the picnic manager and advise them how many of your students will be attending so they can have sufficient food and picnic tables to accommodate them. I'd smile really bright and say, "Thank you so much for this delightful event you are planning. We will all be there and are happy to accept your kind invitation."
ReplyDeleteEither that or dump some dog shit in the window of their car.
as well you should. go get 'em!
ReplyDeleteYeesh...I hope this was just a mistake, darlin'. This sucks.
ReplyDeletego get 'em tiger...
ReplyDeletexoxoxo
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I have to agree with Charlene on this one. Brenda Lee Johnson is one of my heroes. I should have capitalized the H. Heroes. She can tell you that you are a shithead and say it so nicely that it takes you about five minutes to figure it out. By then, she has already left the room. That is my kind of gal. I say, find your inner Brenda Lee and get your kids to that picnic. In case you have no idea who we are talking about she is on THE CLOSER on TNT. Appropriate network. Dynamite show.
ReplyDeleteShoes ~ Just read your response on the bully post. Yeah, I am not always great about going back. I forgot that sometimes people actual reply to my comments. duh. Anyway, I just want to say one more time that I am sorry you had it rough. I can't imagine watching anyone get shot in front of me. I can tell just from reading this that you came out of all of it a better person. And everything we do ALL OF THE TIME is a choice. Personally, I think forgiveness is a good choice. Does that mean that you have to tell the person that they have been forgiven. Nope. Because that requires contact. Forgiveness is something that we do for us because anger eats at us. In other words, remaining angry at anyone only hurts us. Doesn't hurt them at all. The way I handle that is just decide that I want to forgive someone. I throw the desire strongly out into the univere. I don't even think about the how. Just focus on the desire to forgive and then let it sit on the backburner. That's it. I let God, the Universe, Source Energy, whatever you want to call it take care of the how. Anyway, at some point a day will come when I realize that it's gone. Forgiveness happened when I wasn't looking. If you weren't the spiritual guy that I think you are, I wouldn't have shared that. Some people would think that is crazy talk. But, that's how I roll. I think that the freer we are, the happier we are. Or can be. Anyway, I guess that is all I've got! On this. Did you read the Kellie conclusion? If not, drop by. It's pretty cool.
ReplyDelete"What the hell we th'POSED ta do, yuh MO-ron?"
ReplyDeleteSmash that guitar Blutowski!
Or was it Blutarski...Shit. whatever. Social graces are evidently absent amongst the Alluvial asshats! This makes me mad too.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like shit. And if it looks or smells like shit? It's shit!
ReplyDeleteI hope there are new posters up ASAP
I recommend sporting your red shoes as they will better hide the blood you are about to spill.
ReplyDeleteNothing like good old Asswipe "Our Faculty is better than yours behavior" Get em! Get em good!
Sorry to hear that Shoesies :(
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is I hope things turn out in your favor.... and fast.
Way to go, I want to know what happens!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I have developed a bad case of "I-Don't-Give-A-Fuckitis" about a bunch of things here any longer, but I DO take my kids and my responsibilities to them VERY seriously...
ReplyDeleteI took one of the posters to the Chair's office and showed it to him and his secretary... and I asked if that was right.... it was only then that they realized that they had left 'us' out. New posters are up.
Like I say, I'm somewhat of an adult... well, kinda anyway... but don't fuck with my students. I take them VERY seriously!! They need all the breaks they can get.. Hell, we ALL do!!
Linnn.. LOLOL... I LOVE that line and that character!!!! And I loved that part in the movie when Belushi takes the guitar from Stephen Bishop, the fellow who wrote and sang the 'Animal House' song and bashed it to bits...
I am in as good a place mentally and emotionally as I have been in a long time. The events like the death of Robert and other things that have happened or are happening now just put things in perspective...
But i have been an Ass-Hat lately... :oD
~shoes~