:: Venting Insanity ::

:: Thursday, January 30, 2003 ::

venting more than just insanity
Nana's doing okay. She's really worried about Auntie Lyn, naturally, but she seemed okay when I took her out. I think it helped to relax her a bit. She was telling me that she let herself go yesterday when no one was home, just let herself cry and yell to get out her frustrations and upsets. I totally understand the need to do that...

everything old is new again, retro becomes modern
As I was driving back to school (I came straight here to the library instead of going all the way home just to come right back here again), I saw a VW Beetle and a Thunderbird. It seems that not only clothes are making the cycles of style, but cars are, too. Compare and contrast... the new Beetle and the old Beetle, the new T-bird and the old T-bird, the new Jaguar and the old Jaguar, the new Mini Cooper and the old Mini Cooper. Now, the latest car to go retro is the Mustang. I saw a picture on the cover of one of those car magazines when I was in 7-11 the other day. I nearly died. It's gorgeous! I have two versions of a dream garage... one with all the different cars I like ('99 Expedition XLT, '57 Chevy Belair, '00 Mustang GT 4.0... ^_^;;;) and one where I have the original and the new 'retro re-release' of each of these cool redesigns. After seeing the cover of that magazine, I have a new pair to add to my second dream garage.

test anxiety? what's that?
Tonight's the test. Two of the other students in my class are up here in the library studying. Last night, while I was tutoring Evelyn and Kiesha, Tina had Jennifer and another guy from my math class (not the one who asked for tutoring last night during class). I think I'm going to do pretty well.

the big sell
Bob got more tutors. There's about six folders in our mailbox now. He says he wants to put up some flyers to make students throughout the school aware that we are available to them. He called me earlier today while I was at lunch and left a message that someone wanted tutoring for a computer class. *Now* I'm getting the good stuff.

c'mon, is it really that hard?
Actually, I had talked to Professor Spratt last night when I picked up my folder before seeing Evelyn. Apparently there's a woman in the Intro to Computers class that was under the impression that all the classes are one-on-one. Even Nana, one of the most computer illiterate people in the world, said that she probably wouldn't need extra tutoring for the type of class Intro to Computers is. I don't know what this woman is looking for, but I guess I'll find out.