November 27th, 2007
A Short Tuesday
Got up at the usual time for the usual Tuesday morning routine. After I got ready to go, I found I had too much time left before leaving, so I picked up a copy of Games Magazine that I was sent a month or so ago. I put it aside then and just plain forgot about it. But today it came in handy, and killed just enough time before I had to leave. I probably should have taken it along on the train, but I’ve found that I have a hard time keeping my attention on books while riding the trains. There are just too many distractions outside the windows, even though I’ve seen them all before. I usually listen to my iPod instead; I can stare out the window all I like while listening.
I stopped in at the 7-11 on the way to the university and picked up a four pack of donuts. They were gone before I reached the school. I grabbed a can on coffee from a vending machine about halfway up and it, too, was gone by the time I reached the top. Talk about breakfast on the go!
I signed in with the new person who works there, since the previous person left for maternity leave last week. I don’t know if she had the baby yet or not, but she was about ready to “pop” last week. The new person did not have any announcements or news for me, so I went right over to the classroom.
Could YOU Pass the English Test?
The first class went extremely well today, the students talked about the TOEIC and TOEFL tests, two standardized tests they will have to take sometime to prove their mastery of English. They’re a long way from being able to do that, although one of them has already passed the Japanese Proficiency test at Level 1, which is pretty darned impressive. She says she still has a hard time understanding spoken Japanese, bt she can read pretty well. I think I will be very lucky if I learn enough to pass the level 4 test before I leave. Then again, she’s been studying Japanese for years.
That discussion went on a LONG time, and then we started on regular work. We talked about the telephone again, and how to call a company with a complaint. This didn’t take very long, so we then started in reading a news article. Since we had read a story about the Titanic last week, I printed off an article about a cruise ship that sunk after hitting an iceberg…last week. Nah, history never repeats itself.
Abandoned!
The first class ended before we finished the article, and the students left. I waited for the second class to begin, but once again, no one showed up. After fifteen minutes, the new person came in and told me to go home. She apologized, but didn’t seem to happy either. I wonder if they think this is my fault somehow? Even in the beginning, there were only two students for that class, and one dropped it very early on. Whatever; I have no control over who shows up. On the bright side, I got to leave early, and made it to the 3:30 train instead of the one at 5:10. That means I actually made it home while it was still daylight.
Pigs In Slop
I picked up dinner at the carry out, zipped on home and ate it in my room. I couldn’t eat in the living room because Marc has it full of beer cans and Sunday’s uneaten food. It’s no wonder he’s sick all the time, sitting around surrounded by rotting food that he won’t clean up. I could see him using the excuse that he’s sick again for not cleaning up, but it’s almost always like that, even when he’s healthy. Now that I think about it, when he’s healthy, he’s gone more, so it’s actually worse. All I can say is yuck. I could suggest that he clean it up, but why should he listen to me? One of these days I’m going to get annoyed and just start breaking things. That’ll get his attention. After all, I eat out every day; what do I care if all the dishes get broken? One of these days…
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November 28th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Well, if he is sick, why the dishes (dirty) and the beer cans?
No-one should have to live in those conditions!
Want me to come and “Clean house” for you?
May throw my back out tossing old Slackass, but it’d sure be worth it!
What he has done, is take over, and leave you one room in which to live.
Not good, I don’t want to be anywhere near there when you snap!
And I sure don’t want to be him!
Re Abandoned….This is something over which you have no control.
So, to worry about it is futile.
November 29th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
So you threw a party (the second class) and nobody came. It is not your fault! No teacher in the world could be expected to grow a class of two into anything else. After all, that is why colleges and universities regularly cancel classes with less than ten students. Let go of that outcome – it’s not your doing!
As for your buddy, “the bandit”…
He is a child. I suggest you treat him as such. He has no sense of his boundaries. My personal plan of “attack” would be to carry all of the garbage, piece by piece, into his room. Once he confronts you about “what the !@$#?” you did that for, you could simply point out that he has been doing that to your living space for three months! He is truly a piece of work
November 29th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
And then he has days like yesterday, where he’s cheerful and friendly and fun. I don’t get it.
He even realizes he drinks too uch and spends too much on it, but it seems he won’t stop. I guess that *IS* what addiction is all about.