Quotes for Thursday: Because there's nothing to do at work.

Alice Walker:

"Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. "

"Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. "

"The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?' "

(I adore this woman and her work!)

"I think I'm a bit of a dreamer. I don't like the reality of life to impinge much on my life. I think what's happened to me over the years is that it has impinged and made my world change for the better because I'm being forced to kind of enter the same world that other people inhabit. " - Hugo Weaving

"I play the games, but somebody always has to tell me what dice to roll. I hardly understand anything about the differences in the systems. I do know the d20 system has revolutionized gaming and brought a lot of the interest back into the gaming industry that had been missing for a long time. " - Margaret Weis (author)

Oscar Wilde:

"A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies."

"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."

"A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it."
"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. "

"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much."

"I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works."

"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. "

"I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability."

"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."

And one of my favorites, for obvious reasons: "It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world."

Crossed fingers!

So I interviewed today at School X, where I really really really want to teach. I think I did ok in the interview, but of course I'm nervous as all hell. I really liked the principal, and the English teacher (not sure, but I think he's the head of the department) that was in the interview was pretty cool, too -- though we were dressed so alike, it was kind of weird. Same color outifts, the only difference was I had a tie and jacket.

The principal told me that if I don't hear from the district within 24 hours, to call him. Basically, the District may not call because I didn't get the job, or they may just take too long to actually make the call, and he believes it's wrong to keep people hovering and waiting to see if they got it, so if I call him tomorrow afternoon he'll tell me whether or not I got the job.

I almost dread making that call, to be honest. I mean, if it's "Yes, you're the new teacher here," that's great! But if it's another "You were great, but we decided to go with someone else," then I'll be down all weekend.

I'm going to tell you all the same thing, though: Even if I'm hired, I may wait to announce it until I've signed the contract, which will make it real in my head. So if you hear nothing this weekend, don't worry too much for my mental health.

(Who am I kidding? If I get the position, I'll probably announce it milliseconds after I call Elli to tell her)

On the other hand, I do have another interview on Monday morning with a high school in Davis, so all is not lost. But I'd rather get the one I interviewed at today.

Weird Habits of the Michael, #435

You know how you can hum at the perfect pitch to harmonize with things like freezer units, vaccum cleaners, etc. and get that lovely harmonic tone? I love that. What's more, I can't help but do it whenever I'm in the grocery store.

I'm sitting here, wondering what the noise is -- and I realize I've been doing that for the last ten minutes, harmonizing with the AC (the house is HOT -- too hot to be explained by the heat outside. What the frell?).