mndharmapunk

First day of spring break. I am not trying to get 116 kids to focus all day long. Heading to the gym in a little bit and then, well, the day is long and time is all my own. The strange thing is, I miss the energy of trying to get 116 kids to focus. By the time I get used to it, I will...
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Reading Black Coffee House Blues by Henry Rollins. He makes some really good points about travel inviting the demons inside to take a look around. One of the best places I have ever lived and the hardest was in New Mexico for those very reasons. Nothing out in the desert besides my own thoughts and the beauty of the stark landscape.
Last night at the...
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Just got home from 1st Avenue. Band of Skulls was amazing. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club was pretty good. I wish that BRMC was the opening act. Band of Skulls was amazing! Their set was way too short though. Still, it was a lot of fun to get out of the house and spend some time listening to live music. Next concert, Trampled by Turtles on...
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Just home from class. I am picking up an extra endorsement for Minnesota so I have to take a few classes. Wonder if it makes me a nerd that I had a 4 hour chemistry class tonight and I actually enjoyed it.

Looking forward to hearing some music this weekend.

I honestly think I feel more comfortable in a room filled with 32 hormonally challenged middle school kids than a room filled with people talking about sports, television, politics or some other inane subject. At least with middle school kids you know exactly where you stand. Adults are rarely that honest. Kids will call bullshit so fast. I wish adults did as well. Wonder when...
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I need to meet people in Minnesota. I have been here for a few months and I only know teachers, parents and students. I need to seriously get a life. Going to a concert Saturday will at least get me out of the house when I am not teaching, correcting papers or planning lessons.

Okay, seriously free time is overrated and it basically bites monkey butt. The musical ended on Saturday so my afternoons are now free. I am no longer in charge of 19 middle school girls every day until 5 and I have hours, hours of free time now. Okay, maybe when my life is insane again I will look back on all of my free time...
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Band of Skulls are playing at First Avenue this Saturday and I need to know if they are worth seeing, If anyone has an opinion, feel free to share. Tickets are 20.00 and they play them on the Current here in the Twin Cities, and they seem to be worth checking out, I just do not know how they are...
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Just bought tickets to Henry Rollins on May 14 in St. Paul! So damn happy!

It is Monday and I have the day off. After last week I figured I deserved it. Being at school for 70+ hours, even though it was a blast, deserves a Monday off.
Of course, now I am bored. On a separate and definitely more positive front, Henry Rollins will be here on my birthday!