Why good morning, blog readers. I’m in the somewhat-newly cleaned office next to N as he plays Civilization on the other computer. I’d take the laptop into the other room but the crapass power cord detached, somehow, and the battery is low. And how are you? The temperatures are cooler today, probably in the low sixties, now, and I’ve located and readied my pullovers, etc. N, of course, is sitting in his underwear with no estimated time of wearing pants. Well, I’m taking T and he to the farmers market in thirty minutes, so he’ll most likely wear pants then.

The semester’s start has been fine, really, although I don’t feel much of an adrenaline rush teaching. Usually the start of the school year is kind of exciting, but I’ve been too tired for the usual excitement. I’m not sure why. Slight burnout? Maybe I needed a couple weeks to get back in the groove after not teaching all summer. I taught the FUCK out of Wednesday and Thursdays’ classes if only to hold myself to some standards of not sucking.

What else is going on? This is Labor Day weekend. T invited the entire neighborhood over to a bonfire tonight. Good bonfire weather, anyway. If I’m feeling a bit better I’ll get drunk. Maybe I’ll read Beautiful Creatures with tea.

The boys’ start of the school year has been great save one incident in which N got pissed about some writing assignment and told his cute, young second grade teacher that school is “torturous”. I’m glad he has a good vocabulary, anyway. M is at a new school. She was worried about teaching middle schoolers but everything has been fine so far.

I finished Celine’s Journey to the End of Night. Great book. The review’s up on GR. Did I mention I saw Brown Bunny, too. Although I fast forwarded through a few scenes I thought the movie was brilliant, the best film about depression and isolation I’ve ever seen. This weekend I have Buffalo 66 from Netflix, also featuring Vincent Gallo. I’m looking forward to it.

Ok, I better get the boys ready. More later.