unproductive

for the first time in a long time, today i was semi-glued to the television, watching this week with george stephanopoulos (who is, like, totally cute, pshaw!), then meet the press with tim russert, and then whatever sunday daytime roundtable program is hosted by chris matthews of hardball. all tackled the issues of: katrina and the eventual reconstruction of new orleans, the extremely slow response of the government, insufficient resources (um, people being over in iraq instead), black/white tension, the (political and economic, among others) impact on the u.s. i am presented with new orleans of before in pictures, mardi gras, parades to the cemetery, steamboats, and the new orleans of now: people waiting, people crying, people trying to get a hold of themselves, people not caring, people repeatedly screaming at cameras, "we just need HELP!"

so, i'm trying to wake up, and because i'm quite the lethargic student lately and because i will more than likely end up joining the profession, i am trying, albeit slowly, to re-read bell hooks' teaching to transgress - education as the practice of freedom, although she is, i suppose, out of fashion, but i do remember that there are superb ideas in there. it is taxing work, and becomes even more cumbersome when both teacher and student becomes convinced that the classroom merely is a space for the absorption of information. and so i especially appreciate the efforts of dr w, who always always always, solicits her students' advice so we both learn from each other and thus make the classroom a dynamic, even fun place.

you'd think i'd had an epiphany, but no, this should be common sense. (i call it charisgemony.)


what else? hardly anything profound. i bailed out on the last show at double entendre (kind of like spitting + douchebags from my past = not my thing), bailed out on the movies with paul today (i do love ms weisz but i foresee the rental of the constant gardener), bailing out on my friends who are still in town (and even those who live far away), bailing on everything, didn't care to take a shower, ate curly tops (now available in plastic packages instead of the boxes) and pocky all day, and okay, some bread and cheese, and pico de gallo. i spent too much time online looking at clothes and knock knock and celebrity gossip, deleting bookmarks, compulsively checking email. a purchase from the container store to ensure that mail will be forthcoming.