November 25, 2013

When I got to work this morning I was greeted by a winter wonderland. At some point between Friday afternoon and this morning someone was doing some work in the ceiling above my desk. I'm assuming it was related to the fire alarm or security system or whatever they're installing. Regardless, my desk (including my monitor and personal keyboard), chair, and surrounding carpet, were all covered in a fine layer of ceiling tile dust, with a healthy amount of chunks mixed in. It has been my experience that when people make a mess with ceiling tiles, they never feel obliged to clean up after themselves. Or even take precautions against making a mess. Even though I know this, it is still quite a bit annoying. I emailed the principal about it, mainly just to vent, and it helped a little.

The went by pretty fast and most of it was filled with storybooks. I wanted to take a break from erasing stuff so I spent most of the day scanning in a new book. And it took most of the day because it was long as hell. Thankfully though it doesn't have that much white so when I go back to erase stuff I shouldn't have too much to do. With the little time I had left I started work on the last page of the story I had been working on. I will be lucky to finish it tomorrow, and I probably won't. I kind of want to scan all the books in, assembling the pages and editing the color as I go, and then go back through and do any erasing I might need to do before putting it into Publisher and turning it into a PDF. That might be my new plan for next week. I think it will make things go faster but the break in between pages to scan the next page does give me a little break. We'll see.

Other than that, I helped with second grade reading groups and had a couple classes in the lab. Overall, not a very exciting day.

On my way home I stopped by Target. I walked through their video game section to see what they had for the 3DS. They had a big selection but didn't have the top two games I want so that is good to know. My main purpose for the trip was too get fake hamburger for my green bean casserole. I wanted the Boca brand because it is better than Morning Star, but Target apparently has an exclusive deal with Morning Star. So instead I bought more of Morning Star's Italian chicken patties because those are pretty good. I also got broccoli (even though I said I was going to stop getting broccoli at Target) and a bag of lettuce. My mom told me to enjoy the salmonella. I also used two different salad dressings, one that was one year old and the other was two years old. So if the lettuce doesn't get me the dressing probably will. Next time I'll probably just buy a head of lettuce. And maybe go to an actual grocery store for my vegetables.

Tonight I watched some YouTube videos and a little Netflix, read about Nintendo stuff and different Black Friday deals for video games, and practiced my Spanish. I have managed to keep that up for five days now. I am very surprised by that.

Right now I am waiting for 10:45PM, when the theater closes, so I can go get a bag of popcorn. One of the sixth grade teachers asked me to bring some in because her class is having a laid back day tomorrow. Rather than get a giant bag just for one class, I plan on separating out a normal-sized kitchen trash bag full to give to the sixth grade teacher and putting the rest in the teacher's lounge. That way everyone can have some. Or a lot more than some. The hardest part about getting popcorn (right after staying up past my bedtime to pick it up and carrying it from my car into the school) is coming up with a witty email to send the school to notify them of the popcorn. I kind of made that a thing and now I feel obligated to keep it up. The pressure.

And one more thing because I'm still trying to kill time here. On Friday I had to remove the trailer for That Awkward Moment from Catching Fire because apparently corporate had received multiple complaints (not from our theater) from people that didn't think it was appropriate. Hmmm. That Awkward Moment is a movie about dudes in their twenties and relationship stuff. Yes, it insinuates things, like the existence of adult relationships and things that may happen in them, but last I checked, that is kind of life. Now, Catching Fire is a movie about kids forced to kill each other for the entertainment of adults. Parents are mad that their kids might be introduced to the idea of adult situations in a movie, while they're sitting in a theater, waiting to watch a movie where kids kill each other. Makes sense.