Merry!

Happy Christmakwanzakah to all of my lovely readers!

I'll be back next week, once I recover from the festivities and the ridiculous number of eggnog cupcakes and Asian pear martinis I've managed to consume (whoops).

Have a good one! :-)

Makes me unhappy

1. Sour candy is almost as bad for your teeth as battery acid. Are you fucking kidding me? The Sour Patch Kids gang and I have been entangled in a torrid affair since the mid-90's. That is straight up bogus!

2. Michael Stipe exposes his penis on tumblr (NSFW, duh). There are some things in life you should not see/you cannot unsee. A very hairy and naked Michael Stipe is one of those things.

Vicious pen

From one of my English 101 student evaluations:
"I quickly realized I wasn’t as good of a writer as I thought thanks to Professor [Comebacknikki] and her vicious pen."

Ha! I think that should be the new tagline on my CV.

Awkward

It's hot as hell in our apartment, thanks to our ever-running amazonian radiator, so I spend quite a bit of time in little tank tops and shorts. I didn't think about my choice/lack of clothing when the UPS delivery guy rang the buzzer... nor did I think about it as I ran down the stairs sans bra to meet him... nor did I think about it when the cold air hit and the high beams came on. Oh, but I did finally think about it when I realized that the substitute delivery driver who was wearing a goofy grin and had his laser eyes trained on my braless/high beamed chest was actually one of my students.

Awesome.

Freedom!

The essays, portfolios, and exams have all been read, final grades have been submitted, and the students have been sent on their merry way (well, there were a few who were not so merry... perhaps if they wanted to stay merry, they would have actually submitted their final essays, right?).

I'm starting off the break with a main/pedi appointment tonight. Tomorrow afternoon, I'm meeting up with Beebs and heading down to a hotel on the Mag Mile for a mini-girls getaway. We're planning to hit up the Christkindlmarket (all sorts of crazy mulled alcohol & German food) and the various other holiday events in the area. We'll then brave the crowds of overstimulated tourists on Saturday for some power shopping. Later on that evening, there's a holiday party and then Sunday is M's guitar class recital.

It has been a rough year at Large College and I am sooo glad it's finally time for some fun!

Whoo-hoooooo! :-)

Email of the day

Hello Ms. [Comebacknikki]:

I regret to inform you that I will not be able to come to class to take the final today. I am at the moment in a police department trying to make it clear to several people here that I am not the [Juan] THEY are looking for. There are several problems that I need to clear and I'm not sure if am going to be out by class time let alone travel all the way to school. I may even end up in jail if THEY don't get everything sorted out. Thank you and I apologize for any inconvenience.
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Well, I guess that's one way to get out of taking the final... though probably not one I would recommend to any other students. ;-)

That time of the year again

I had almost the exact same conversation with a student this morning. Oy.

One more week to go...