J33: Poetry Conclusion

So. This is the end of the poetry unit. I'm kinda sad, but relieved as well. You see, I never quite feel successful when teaching poetry, whether as literature or writing. I'm not sure why; you'd think by now I would have it down. Perhaps it is just that I expect too much of myself and my students. I want to have that perfect unit where I recruit a great number of previous poetry haters to the appreciative side. But I think we've had some fun along the way. I'm curious to know what your views are, so let's talk.

J32: Open Topic

Right now I am eating a bagel pizza. Indeed it is interesting. But it makes me reflect on the delight of breakfast foods. As far as actual breakfast time goes, I prefer "real" food. Give me a bowl of spaghetti over a bowl of cereal any day. But when I do get to hankering for breakfast food (often this happens in the evening or late at night), I blame my grandparents. It was not uncommon as we were growing up to have pancakes and bacon for supper (or some other lovely "morning" food). But bagel pizza was never to be had (hell, I don't know if my grandmother has ever even eaten a bagel, much less made pizza of them). Here is the apparent recipe: take half of a bagel. Coat it in gravy (can't go wrong there!). Top it with some cheese (little odd with the gravy, but okay) and sausage. Not quite a gourmet dish, but if I see them again in the cafe someday, I will steal again.

J31: Election

I voted this morning. It was hard. I don't really like any of the candidates. I stood and contemplated even which party I wanted to vote for. Instead of finding a person who represents how I believe, I ended up choosing one that I didn't hate and probably doesn't have a snowball's chance of getting the nomination. The more I think about, I probably shouldn't have voted at all. Perhaps I should have went with the "no preference" choice, or voted libertarian. Ya know, in some small way show that I don't like any of our choices.