A couple of quick-fire entries this evening. Tomorrow is another (useless) Board of Education meeting. I f I had realized how many of the hours spent sitting in uncomfortable chairs and listening to some super idealist cast his/her precious pearls of wisdom down to us, the huddled masses would in fact be wasted, if I had known how useless and/or misleading that wisdom was to prove itself... well now I do. At least all us JETs can get together easily after the seminar. Makes getting drunk easier.

American football today! Like everything else here... Fun Size! The players, the field, the passes and kicks (oh, jeezus the kicks. Two missed field goals from what amounted to the 20 yard line)... Still, a lot of fun was had by yours truly as I pretended to be John Madden for my English buddy who understood none of the rules to the game. "so what the offense wants to do here is move the ball DOWNFIELD by passing or running plays..." The little bit of twisted americanna was a real shot in the arm for me. Combating another wave of culture shock as I am. And I am.

I can tell something's wrong when stupid, sappy, banal, predictable movies like "You've Got Mail" start to make me feel nostalgic and weepy. The last couple of days have found me bouncing back and forth like a super ball in a rubber room. With springs in the room. And the room is in space. Where no one can hear you scream. "Wow, this place is crazy!" starts to become "Fuck, this place is fucked!" and I start to get irritated at simple normal stuff like I don't know, the way people breathe or walk or why do you have to talk to yourself and why won't you sit next to me on the damn train it's the only goddamn seat left!". It's like quitting smoking.

And then the next moment the opposite.

ah well, this too shall pass.