Tuesday, May 29, 2007
I believe I finally solved the coding problem that prevented my blogspot from appearing. I had no time during the spring semester to check or correct the page, but office shifts provide ample opportunity for editing and general computer-dicking-arounding. In between checking bank accounts, my school e-mail, and Facebook, I actually had to complete some work last night, for once, checking a group of high school students into the dormitory. They matriculate for summer school classes in order to learn about the "college experience". I no longer care for the college experience, at least not as it exists at Tech. Most of the students here don't have shit for brains.
However, there are still plenty of decent, intelligent people walking around. For instance, as I stood in front of the Foreign Language building this afternoon, awaiting a ride, I noticed two ladies in the parking lot talking to each other in Spanish. One drove away in her car, and the other approached the building. She was wearing a fanny pack, black leggings that came down to mid-calf, sunglasses, and a white Tech t-shirt. I presumed she was a professor who had just finished jogging or working out and was coming by her office to pick up or drop something off. She stopped and greeted me before she went in- she asked if I had liked my classes the first day, I rattled off the three languages I am trying to learn, she told me good luck, and as she opened the door, she said something to the extent of, 'Well, I'm the custodian for this building, so keep up with your schooling, or you'll wind up like me- dusting, and mopping the floors!' She's more of a human being than the sassy, gum-chewing little brats who wear sweat pants with "PINK" splayed across the ass, throw the school's fifth-grade reading-level newspaper on the floor, and walk by her as though she doesn't exist.
I hate people, but this applies to everyone, indiscriminately. I place everyone I meet on a Scale of Tolerance, on which they advance, remain in some state of homostasis, or fall back, according to the several interactions we may have. Facebook statistics to the contrary (I apparently am "friends" with one hundred eighty-four people at Tech alone), I consider all people on the planet to be my enemies- my best friends, of course, being the greatest enemies of all. I keep them close in order that I may the more effectively destroy them.
I brought Kermit the Frog to the office to keep me company during my shift this evening. As one of my fellow employees picked him up, I introduced Kermie as the frog I sleep with every night. Suddenly Kermie was dropped.
I have been told I have issues.
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 5:45 PM]