M, You goofus! Congrats to you on causing my first guffaw in my new office such that one of my tutors asked if I was okay! I guess I feel better....I actually do feel better, btw. I finally had a good night's sleep (sorry to the moms, I realize that my definition of a good night's sleep is quite different than yours) and I had an encouraging confab with an ally yesterday. I may like it up here after all..... Your inspiring tales have made my already pretty good say. xoxoxox, Kate On 9/13/05, ms lynch <amy.wordnerd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Mysti makes me laugh, and think, and write instead of work. > Today, I am pondering my existence. Am I really here? Do I exist? I > teach, therefore I am an arcane symbol of a tired system of education with > no real autonomy or power of independent thought? Maybe I fell down the > rabbit hole when I was seven, and this is Wonderland. If I could only find > the hole, I might get myself some gear and claw my way back to the surface, > the reality where colors may be muted, but no one is trying to chop off my > head. Move down, move down, it's my unbirthday! > Coffee may not exist up there, though. Imagine a world where mugs of > steaming bean juice don't call out, "Drink me!" Sure, I can't always fit in > my office after a cup or two, but as long as I remember to open the windows > and door first....Maybe I'll stay. > Amice > -- "The philosophers have only interpreted the world [â] the point is to change it." --Karl Marx