things

• Obviously my blogging has slowed down quite a bit. I miss it. It seems I'm either wrapped up in it all the time, or am just not that interested. I wish there was a balance in there, but I'm afraid there isn't. More use creates more interest, etc. etc.
• My first semester is under way. The class I'm teaching is going well, especially with my nerves of steal, er spaghetti. I have a 35 page paper this semester for a history class. I'm probably going to write on the history of adult attachment theory. Some other people in the class told me I'm like the teacher's favorite or something, because I ACTUALLY have an interest in philosophy and history before Psych came along. Thanks to my father and Will Durant for that interest. :) The prof. is also a self-described "gay ex-con" which of course got a few laughs in the class. He wears sneakers, hiking socks, worn chinos and striped button up shirts. And some sweet glasses. He's been with his partner for 23 years or something. A true threat to my marriage... sorry, I just couldn't resist that one. Please continue...
• Teaching the sunbeams (3-4 year-old kids) with Nat. Kind of a break from the freshmen, but it seems to fill me with equal parts dread and whimsy. Hopefully less dread in the future.
• The reason for said lack of blogging is a deal Nat and I struck last month. I don't use the internets at home for anything fun, and in exchange I get something that I have wanted for a while - a personal trainer (well, 16 sessions for the school year). I get to work on my health and stress relief, and she doesn't have to worry whether I'm writing a paper or writing a blog. So far it has worked great. Which is all the more puzzling why I ran into a shrink online recently who claimed that "compromise" was one of the leading causes of marital problems. Unfortunately he didn't have anything to back that up, other than he swore there was a ton of research on it.
• Trying to get a part-time job with LDS Family Services doing therapy, but there is a hiring freeze at the moment. Hopefully soon it is lifted. Pay your tithing people! ;)
• West. Wing. Love. It. How did I miss this show before? Sam Seaborn is my hero. Total mancrush going on there... which is a miracle really considering I couldn't stand Rob Lowe in Wayne's World.
  

sugar overdose on father's day

Speaker in church said that God didn't use words like awesome or cool. What a bunchofhooey. If I ever get to create a world, on the 7th day I'm totally saying, "dudes, I am stoked for this world!"

The women folk made crepes for lunch. Ice-cream in my last one, which was good, but I dumped too much powdered sugar on top, and risked falling into a sugar coma.

Steak for dinner. Cookies. Potatoes. More cookies. Head hurting.

Cupcakes, with of all things cookie dough in the center. Must. Stop.

Worked the Guitar Hero drums for the first time. Pretended that people were watching me, and were impressed. Thought about my narcicism.

Read some books with LG.

Yes, I watched this show

I'm not a HUGE fan of reality TV, but this dance (of a couple working through a fight before going to bed) was AMAZING. I might use it in a class sometime. The video, that is. Not me dancing.