North Carolina State University - Agromeck Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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AM: Oh, God, no. Not yet. You ' d better. OK, go piss. Umm. That ' s better. Cold this morning. Get back in the bed...snuggle up a minute. Just three minutes. God, she ' s warm...can ' t get close enough...fine ass...just three minutes. What was that dream? You were waiting for a train, and ... 7:36 AM: Oh my god! How long did it jump; get up! Time: oh, shit. I was going to grade a few more quizzes. Too late now. Wake Helen, let her help. Come on, Love: time to get up. I overslept. Well, hell, let her sleep. It ' s your problem anyway, not hers. Shower. No — coffee first. Hmm. We should have a houseboy to wake us with coffee and breakfast in the morning. Cigarette. Where are matches? Hell, use the stove. Gas, you ' re wonderful...Quit walking in circles. Where am I? Naked in a fog, dumbass. Move it! Shower. Shave. 8:08 AM: That ' s better. How long did you stand in there? Hmm, 8:08. You ' ll never make it in time to get a parking place. Coffee ' s ready. Helen ' s up. Hey, I was going to let you sleep. But thanks. I ' m late. Coffee, beautiful coffee. Now go dress. Your heart seems to be working... 8:38 AM: Car won ' t start. That ' s all I need! Battery. Where ' s the last — oh, that got it! Better check your battery today. Sure, along with everything else. Those kids are going to be pissed not to get mid-terms back today. You ' ve had the papers a week now. Maybe ' I can do some between 10:00 and 12:00. Get all of them back on Friday. OK. But wait. What have you got today? Academic Standards Committee at 2:00. Pointless, no doubt. Busywork. Jordan coming by for advice about grad school at 10:15. Somebody else wanted to see you...who? Oh, that one who sits by the window in your 12:00 class. Name is either Lacy or Luther. If they ' d come by more often, or speak up in class more often, you ' d know all their names. This is the longest stoplight in Raleigh. Try a different way tomorrow. You wouldn ' t be impatient if you hadn ' t overslept. Move it, Lady! Asleep at the wheel. What else? No time for anything now. First things first. What are we doing at 9:00? Self-Reliance. That ought to turn them on. Hell, if they had to read about it, Raquel Welch nude in a waterbed wouldn ' t turn them on. They ' d say it wasn ' t real...or, they couldn ' t identify with it...or, the sentences were too long...the words too big...it was too deep. Well, Emerson is difficult, I guess. So go in and translate. What else? 8:55 AM: I knew I wouldn ' t find a place around here. Don ' t fuss. Go to Riddick. Why the hell won ' t they read this stuff? Because you ' re a pushover. You don ' t make them do it. You ' re too damn lazy to give pop quizzes; you don ' t embarrass them with direct questions; you don ' t yell enough. Why should I make myself a bastard just to get them to do what they should be doing for themselves? Forget it. You won ' t change and they won ' t change. Accept it and work with your givens. Work on positive motivation. They want to act helpless: see if you can make me do what I haven ' t the will to do on my own. If you can, you ' re a good teacher; if you can ' t, a pushover. Won ' t play that game. 9:02 AM: Finally. Where the hell is Sam? He ' s here, anyway. Did he plug in the coffeepot? Yeah, yeah, yeah. A little coffee, a short smoke, and then into the breach to counter ignorance with Emerson. What kind of weapon is that? Water against a sword. Water wins. Notes. Look over notes. Calm down. Plenty of time. Deep breath. Settle in. Emerson... 9:09 AM: OK. Clear your head for a minute. Amm. Amm. Amm. 9:10 AM: Go meet those cheery faces. Now... Good Morning.