lies! it's all lies!

i'm watching TV as i write this (gilmore girls, to be exact) and a hamburger helper commercial came on. i wasn't really paying attention until the commercial proceeded to call its product "hearty and home cooked." now, i'm not julia child, and i understand that, but hearty?! hamburger helper?! and i'm pretty sure that calling it "home cooked" is a fairly huge stretch. browning hamburger and adding water and noodles does not count as home cooked. now, if the perso had made the noodles and sauce from scratch, then we'd talk. and if by hearty they mean "greasy, starchy, and completely devoid of any vegetables," i guess that's pretty accurate.

here's a fun story. last week, one of my students informed me that the previous evening, one of the teachers/coaches at Palo Verde H.S. had been arrested. turns out, one of the new teachers (paul buboltz from MN) was arrested for manslauter!!! i guess he'd worked at as a bouncer at a bar in wisconsin this past summer and while trying to detain a rowdy 'un, had accidentally killed the guy. here's the thing though, the people in wisconsin didn't press charges until last week, which is why he got hired (the school district does about a million background checks on new hires). once they found him, they came out here and arrested him.

today one of my students was complaining because his desk has a big chunk missing out of the corner. in my always kind, loving, and understanding way, i told him to get over it and stop complaining. he muttered something about "living in summerlin (one of the richest parts of vegas) and couldn't they afford a new desk" so i told him if he had that much money lying around he could just buy a new one himself. i don't think he appreciated that...

i didn't sleep well last night. nerves. today was my first day of real teaching. last week was pretend teaching--going over rules and course expectations, pretesting, etc. today was the first day i actually taught a lesson on the curriculum. it went alright i think. but this might not be making the most sense in the world, so if that's the case, blame it on the tiredness. the hamburger helper commercial was on again a minute ago.

gilmore girls is an amazing show. i wish i'd watched it from the beginning. now i catch it haphazardly in syndication on abc family. i wore heels today. not my best idea ever.

so. yeah. i have to go grade essays. i think i'll waste some more time watching tv before i start on those. might as well put them off as long as possible.