May 9, 2012
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The Daily News
1 Wow.
2 I forgot how to do this.
3 I had a dream last night that I was writing the DN.
4 I woke up in the 4 a.m. thinking all I had to do was to edit this.
5 When I opened the website, nothing had been written.
6 Pray tell.
7 It doesn't write itself while I sleep.
8 So I began tacking away.
9 After a fashion, I pushed control z, just to get something back.
10 I might have pushed it twice, because everything I wrote disappeared.
11 Out of practice.
12 It's all good.
13 Yesterday I wrote all about senioritis.
14 When I got to class, I re-read what I had written.
15 Much of it was about what my seniors are going through right now.
16 I decided to read it to them.
17 One thing I know about good-byes: you should do them about a week early, because if you try to do them on the day someone is leaving, you become one of a thousand people telling them good-bye.
18 So yesterday I said "Good-bye" to my seniors by reading the DN to them.
19 It was a pretty natural thing, and I think they totally enjoyed it.
20 I thank the Class of '05 of YB for that one.
21 I took that class through four years of high school, and they became a part of me.
22 Some people hated it, but they became a large part of my life.
23 I remember when they became seniors, and how it all became wid.
24 They grew up, and were ready to get out, but were also pretty scared of the world.
25 While a bit confused by all of that, I understood.
26 That's why my seniors this year appreciated yesterday's DN.
27 I had many of them in their freshman year. I am aware that they are just going through the motions at his point.
28 I am aware that many of them have teachers who are angry and annoyed with their lack of caring about anything.
29 And I am aware of their fear and confusion, which many staff members write off as "senioritis."
30 I see them as children at childhood's end.
31 Yesterday was special to me.
32 First, I brought the DN back.
33 Grease had substituted itself in terms of time-management.
34 Devoted readers couldn't enjoy their morning coffee, or have oatmeal come out of their nostrils for the past three weeks.
35 The time I used to spend on the DN got eaten up by rehearsals and all.
36 Last night I dreamed that I was writing the DN once more.
37 I gave no thought to Grease, which has dominated my last couple of weeks.
38 I awakened in the 4 a.m. realizing that this thing doesn't write itself.
39 So I woke up, wrote a bunch, pushed some button or other, and erased the entire DN.
40 Oh, lawdy.
41 AnywayZ, I got tall, started over, and the fonts started changing once more; the letters started again jumping into previous sentences, and all was normal.
42 It's now moving on the 5 a.m. The radio just clicked on, the coffee has started, and I am completely behind in my grading, although I did spend four hours yesterday catching up.
43 Business, as they say, as usual.
44 The dog hasn't barked, even though it is well past 4:20, which is her usual ritual.
45 Grease must have been like a vacay to her.
46 So here we are. The end of the school year.
47 Longtime DN fans might be happy to hear that I started in on The Taming of the Shrew yesterday. I even played the musical soundtrack on You Tube.
48 So we're lined up and ready for summer!
49 Shrew is always the ritualistic beginning of the end.
50 So today will be a hodge-podge of boushit.
51 It feels wonderful.
52 Sometimes I think I have the best job in the world.
53 Most days.
54 So I think I'll tuck this sucker to bed, and get a couple more hours of sleep.
55 Even though I have miles to go before I sleep.
56 Screw Robert Frost.
57 It's my time man. <basketball buzzer> I just realized I have to board the dog today because we are remodeling the kitchen, and have a couple of buttcracks coming to the house to day to do some installation. Looks like I'm up for the day! Dayum.
58 The house has awakened and is yawning.
59 I intended to sleep before official morning. Too bad. I'm up. I have no business being in front of anyone right now, but I'm off and running.
60 Have a great Wednesday.
61 See you again.
62 Peace.
~H~
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