F***ing February is too short! 3/40
February 23, 2007 at 1:46 pm | In Food, Lent, Teaching English |Tags: Stupid
I’ve just realized with a mild shock that February is almost over. No wonder with its measly 28 days. Bad news is that my teaching starts again in a week from now, while I assumed it to start in two weeks! There goes my weekend 
On top of that, I am planning to revise my Creative Writing Course to integrate Problem-Based Learning element (for the input sessions) and to teach a course on Digital Story Telling for the first time. Oh no! Helluva lot of work waiting for me that needs to be done in too little time - and we only just finished the grades for last semester!
My temporary absentmindedness almost caused my Lent plan to break down! I prepared rice with pepper and garlic in my rice cooker. Because it comes out very hot (and to add some taste) I wanted to pour Balsamico bianco (white vinegar) over the dish - and instead grabbed the bottle of concentrated pear-mint juice! I shoved one bite into my mouth before I realized my mistake… and there went my carefully prepared meal
But I swear I didn’t swallow!
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As a child, I once stuffed some chocolates into my mouth when I was very absent-minded and Lent had just started. Feeling incredibly guilty, I rushed to the toilet and spat it all out! Luckily, I hadn’t swallowed any of it yet.
I quite like the idea of giving things up, but I’ve already stopped drinking and smoking anyway (both for good) and I didn’t want to deprive myself of chocolate. So, Lent this year is business as usual
Comment by lenina — February 23, 2007 #
Woo, that’s drastic
In my childhood, as nobody was catholic, nobody participated in Lent, which spared my such pangs of guilt.
Comment by anaj — February 23, 2007 #
I’m a little choked up about the loss of rice with pepper and garlic. What an elegant meal!
Sorry to hear about the loss of your weekend and the onrush/onlsaught of the new semester. Digital Story-Telling sounds like a cool course to teach. A friend wrote for years a seriealized online fictional narrative.
It’s here:
http://www.imaginaryyear.com/intro.html
if you’d like to take a peak.
Comment by skunkcabbage — February 23, 2007 #