March 14th: male periods and un-OK computers

Day 179

Rode back to the school, saw that the funeral thing was still going on. Caught up on writing, kept thinking about showering and doing laundry but never quite made it happen. Spent the day trying to shake the weird feeling I had. Kind of a crazy/depression/manic/impatience. My time of the month I guess.

I worked on vocab for my lesson plan, tried finding the words and chords to "In a World of My Own," a song from "Alice in Wonderland" I'd like to cover. It's a lilting swing number that lends itself well to a Syd Barrett interpretation. My computer was being slow and fussy. Frustration.

Heather came by with a few beers and we tried to watch "A Very Long Engagement" but it had no English subtitles, nor English language track. Disappointed. Watched "Mission:Imposible" instead since I had never seen it and I tend to dig Brian Depalma's stuff. It was ok. Seemed like he was waiting the whole film to get to the train sequence. Lots of his signature camera work, mostly overhead POV shots like in "Blowout" and "Snake Eyes."

I turned in shortly thereafter, Heather pedaling back in the stubborn March chilliness. I set my brain to wake at 8am, ready for another week of teaching.