Well, saying racist things is definitely going to change her mind...

I had one student absent today out of thirty-six (eighteen in each section I teach). I asked them why the hell they showed up today, because if I were allowed to cancel class I would have. They laughed. I'm glad they see the value of attendance, but seriously. In the cold we're having right now I'm more than okay with…

... but if you're in college and you don't want to go to class... just don't go? I mean no one really cares. You're an adult. Get your money's worth or don't.

Like these kids need an excuse to not go to class.

Phyllis Wise is both the perfect name for a university chancellor (full stop) and for a university chancellor who is secretly a badass crime-fighting superhero. Which is why these racist, sexist, whiny MFs should probably watch their dumb-dumb backs.

It was too cold to go to school today here, too, and the school didn't close, so I just put on a giant heavy coat, two pairs of gloves, two layers of regular clothing with two sweaters thrown on top, three scarves covering all but my right eye, and then I waited for the bus in the bitter wind and cursed old man winter…

Getting pissed off is one thing (I guess?), but this shows how undeserving these kids are of their college opportunity. Just sayin'.

You know, sometimes I feel weird about this, but I really don't like hearing about other people's sex lives. Not in a judgey way, but like, I don't go into graphic detail about my life and I don't want my friends to go into graphic detail about theirs. Really, we're all grownups, we're all doing it, it's not that big…

The call is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE ... in other words, maybe it's a case of "speak for yourself John"

A musician friend of mine wrote a song called, "She Only Loves Me When Her Car's Broke."

A friend recently told me that someone else in our very tight friend group had "always had a crush on me, but would never do anything about it because he didn't want to mess up the friendship, or the group dynamic." I can't decide whether I really want to know who it is, but the mystery kills me.

I was being sarcastic, Pepper. It is text, though. So I should have just added a "[/sarcasm]" thing...

Haha. I should add an update: I chopped my hair off a year ago and have not had this problem since. :) Short hair =/= girlfriend material, apparently. LOL.

You must be real purty! JK

I feel like you're just using me for my mechanical abilities.

Ugh. I swear to god I have NEVER EVER heard an actually nice (I not "Nice") guy actually complain about not getting a girl because he was too nice.

Yes yes yes yes I love this. I am a girl who wishes guys would stop putting me in this "girlfriend zone."

Can we make it clear that the husband in Love Actually is CHIWETEL EJIOFOR?! Why would you ever think about leaving him?

You kids are doing it all wrong.

I'm giving myself an Adult Award this week because the other day I asked a guy out, he said he wasn't interested, we had a conversation about it, and now we're going to continue being friends and I feel good about it.