Leave it to America to invent a musical band, where the entire chorus is just one word - Saturday. Why this song is currently stuck in my head is beyond me.
I'm on a bit of a soundtrack binge. Leave it to Greg, one of my former roommates, who enlightened me to the joys of listening to soundtracks with no-name bands being displayed; it shows you scores of new artists who you would have never given the time of day, but because they're on a "soundtrack", for some reason we believe they deserve a place in your musical repertoire.
Two new soundtracks that I've recently come across are "Elizabethtown" and "In Good Company". I remember sitting in the movie theatre with another movie buff and fellow former teacher, Kavan, when we both walked out of the theatre and remarked that the movie had a slick soundtrack. Well, now that I have the soundtrack, it's more than slick - its pretty downright cool. As for the Elizabethtown soundtrack, Cameron Crowe, (not the actor) is incredibly gifted at compiling soundtracks, and he's made another amazing one in Elizabethtown. He also compiled the soundtrack for "Almost Famous", which is also worth checking out. And if your really desperate for a fix, check out "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton"....That's right. I said it. I've seen the movie, and it wasn't half bad.....
Things overall are going quite well. "Winter", or winter as we know it has arrived in Korea, with the whopping -5 Celsius daily lows, and the arrival of children arriving to class wearing two dozen layers of clothing....and then proceeding to sweat and stink in my classroom, because the heat kicks in, and I open my windows.....I'm still wearing short sleeves, so whatever books or pamphlets that these mothers are reading about taking care of their children, they obviously are adhering to the policy of "if your mom is cold, then YOU have to wear extra clothing...."....been there, had that happen to me....and I'm glad I saw the light on that issue...
Just finished a nasty bout of "two-day cold and flu". It wasn't bird-flu, but it sure felt like it. I had the chills, the sledge-hammer to the head type headache, the whole nine yards. To top off the whole week of miserable phone teaching and report cards, I got to kick a student out of my class for making me miserable during my last class - I got to throw his grammar book twice - and even though I was yelling all over the place, it felt soooooo good. After being the benevolent dictator for far too long, I got to play the part of Castro, and then whip into a raging fury. I think for the first time in a long time, on Monday, they'll all come to class on Monday, and have their homework done. Hazaa for the pain-in-the-ass teacher.....(I'm discovering that I'm fitted perfectly for this role....Is this any surprise to anyone who knows me well?)
Well, it's time for me to ship my but off to school - when your sick, you don't do anything that might require you to stick around school - but now that I'm much better, I've got to play catch-up.
I hope things are going well with all of you, take care, and throw a snowball at a car for me - I miss that part of winter in Chicago.....
Me