vestigial

Psst. Over here.

No, the other side.

Hey. Howya doin’?

I don’t think we’ve been formally introduced. My name is…well, why dontcha just call me VA for now. Don’t worry ‘bout not knowin’ me – I usually try and keep a low profile ‘round here. No use stirring up trouble if I don’t have to, know what I mean?

What’s that? What do I do around here? Now that is an excellent question. Been asking myself that one for years. I mean, all these friends of mine, they know. Heart’s up there pumpin’ like a motherfucker. Lungs, they’re bringing in, distributing to the rest of us. Small intestine, he’s takin’ care of the garbage. But me? I’m just kinda here. I get these funny looks sometimes from the others, like I don’t belong ‘round here. Doesn’t help being a bit wormy looking. And I gotta tell ya, it wears on ya after a while. Not like I can argue with ‘em, though. Truth is, I am a bit useless. It’s hard not knowing your purpose in a place like this. And I have to say it makes me more than a little nervous. I mean, what happens when the boss upstairs decides I’m not worth the potential hassle down the road? I highly doubt he’ll keep me around for nostalgia’s sake.

Like last week, I was talkin’ to the ears and they said they heard one of the other families had problems with theirs. Ended up shutting down the entire operation for a couple weeks to…take care of the problem. The worst part? The family didn’t miss a beat. It’s like no one notices he’s not there.

So yeah, I tend to stay out of the way. No use drawing undue attention to myself. Some things are best unseen and unheard is my motto. I figure I have a better chance of survivin’ that way. ‘Cause otherwise, someone might realize I’m not pulling my weight around here and…well…take me out.
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must be something in the air

spent the last couple of hours catching up on blogs and figured i should at least post something here to let those who possibly wonder about such things that i am indeed still around. this may be the longest spell of blankness since i started my bloglife. and i have no excuses. no good ones, anyway.

for those that hadn't heard, my appendix and i had an arugment: i really didn't think much about it and it wanted to kill me. so right after labor day, on my doctor's recommendation, i drove myself to the Christ hospital and after being poked and prodded by a female doctor and a male nurse (and having them try FOUR times to get an IV in my arms - they said i had tough skin...oh the irony), i went in for an emergency laproscopic appendectomy. all went well and i was out of the hospital in 30 hours and back home, where i then spent two weeks in my comfy chair watching the second season of The Office, reading three books (two Ffordes, one Handler) and sleeping. a lot. so much that returning this week to school was rough because my already screwed up sleep schedule got even more out of whack. but all is well and as far as major surgeries go, this one went smoothly. i even got pictures, which i toyed with posting but it's really not pretty.

funny - this summer for OWP, one of our prompts was to write from the perspective of a body part and i chose the appendix, making him like a member of the mob afraid that the Godfather would find out he served no purpose and have him "taken out." aren't i clever? guess my appendix didn't think so.

funny, part deux: so tonight i ran into hollywood video.

no, i mean literally.

yes, once again, my misnamed parking brake failed me and lorelai meandered across another parking lot, this time running into the newly remodeled column in front of hollywood video, leaving a good sized dent in the facade and knocking my front license plate off. waited for the police to arrive, but the store didn't want a report filed, just my insurance info and driver's license info. could have been much worse - could have hit another car (again), could have hit the drop box (which i'm not exactly sure how it missed it the first time), could have gone through the doors, or hit someone. not an ideal way to spend part of a friday evening, but better than spending it watching balls of fury.

no use trying to catch you up on the past 6 1/2 weeks, but here's some highlights.

school has started and i really love teaching seniors - i think it will be tough going back to sophomores next trimester. maybe i'll get lucky next year and get to teach seniors all year.

in addition to advising film club, i'm also co-coaching academic team. hyperintelligent students who excel at trivia - these are my people.

gratis fest was fun yet again - beautiful weather, great times. some of my students were there saturday to see pomegranates. i actually got up and was dancing at the front with them, so they either think i'm the biggest geek or the coolest teacher. here's hoping for the latter.

two more friends found me via the internets. seems to have been the summer for that. fun.

and that's all i can think of right now.

ok, time to try and fall asleep again. if it's like the rest of the week, i still have a couple hours to go. at least i have the latest thursday next novel to pass the time. more sooner than later, i hope.
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