mellythepirate

I urge everyone to go read Cunt by Inga Muscio. Immediately.

The fact that she lives in Seattle made her words even more real to me. It's an incredible book. And I've had an incredible, woman-filled, happy, empowering day because of it. I hope I can bring that energy and positivity into the short week ahead.

I ran across this page in Fray that scared the fuck out of me. All it said was:

"Mel, Mel, you can't protect anyone. Haven't you learned that by now?"

Between the endless hours at my school, grad school, working at home, and the TFA office, that's what I thought I was trying to do.

But nope. I'm just here to teach. I hope I...
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I'm really proud of my last LJ post, so this is mostly copied and pasted, with a few added details.

So I planned a trip to the public library with a few of my kids. I made the library sound like the coolest place on earth, and a bunch of them wanted to go. Since I never heard back from my assistant principal about it...
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I'm really proud of my last LJ post, so this is mostly copied and pasted, with a few added details.

So I planned a trip to the public library with a few of my kids. I made the library sound like the coolest place on earth, and a bunch of them wanted to go. Since I never heard back from my assistant principal about it...
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My night included:

Wandering Chinatown
Waxing Nostalgic about Seattle and Taiwan
Eight Treasure Sweet Rice
Taro Porridge

Then:

Mint hookah
Morroccan beer
Philosophical discussions about Barack Obama

IN-credible. I'm starting to like this town a lot.

It's funny. I've been missing Seattle weather a lot. But of course when it actually rains today, all it does is reminds me I'm not there and makes me homesick. Irony, you are a bitch.

I've been hanging out with a lot of SGNY people lately. It has been fun. I never expected to really kick it with people I met on the internet, but being as how I did date a guy I met on CL, I guess I have no excuses. Plus they're cool.

Unfortunately my week off is over. I did jack shit. I also saw none...
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I literally did not think I would make it through this program. I was on the verge of quitting and/or cutting myself every day. Now that I look back on it, I don't know why. Once I started thinking positively and working harder it all came together. Spending less time worrying and more time planning did it for me. I love my kids and I...
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my first day in a long time with no tears (on my part, not on theirs. i get very emotionally involved). they are almost done writing their essays and you can actually taste the excitement. hooray for investment!!!

man life goes on. i did NOT think i would make it through this month. it looks like soon i'll be a real life eighth grade ela teacher, and hopefully i will have an aparetment in harlem.

now i just have to get through this last week and hope to god my kids learned how to write.

i am so busy and i have been working so much that i haven't even had time to be physically attracted to someone. seriously. i have never been at a point where i've been out at a bar, looking around, and thinking "no one here is cute because i don't have the energy to think that they are."

but the teaching is going all right,...
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life is crazy. apparently when you work with kids you have to go through a lot of training or something. anyway suffice to say things are busy, but nyc seems cool.

peace.