I know people, people who I respect, who seem to only listen to music that has powerful, whether political or personal, lyrics. I would like to say that I am one of those people -- but I'm not. Honestly, I find it hard to memorize lyrics, and it's usually just the chords, the beat, or the harmonies that draw me in to some song that I can get lost in just by listening to sounds. Like this one. Or this one.

It's similar to standing in an open field, or on top of a hill, by one's self. Or lying down on some grassy spot before the grass gets tickly or the bugs get bad or you get cold.

I think some of my favourite parts of internship have been when students want to show me something that isn't for a class I'm teaching, or who take an interest in my personal life, or who want to tell me something about themselves.

B, a grade twelve student, who is someone I'd actually like to hang out with,  showed me his self-portrait (which was incredible).

T, an extremely shy student who has never said anything to me before (and not just me, but anybody) asked me about my tattoo, of all things. "Is that a tattoo?" he said.

Those two things happened today. I dare say interning is turning me into a softy. "The next generation" and all that. Afterall, that's why I got into this bizniss. And to teach students to capitalize "I."

I do miss being a student. I'm a better student than teacher, but I do like this job.

My sister has had a baby boy, my friends are in serious relationships, I am going to be married for three years next month, I need to tell a couple of people that I love them. (comma splice, comma splice, comma splice)