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Tonight's Poet Corner: Introspection

This week has been, for lack of a better word, eventful. I've been getting to know my students, getting to know my mentor teachers, and getting to know my credential peers. I'm being encouraged to start lesson development, even though it's extremely nervewracking and I still have to finish Cannery Row before I can start doing anything reasonably academic for it. I've worked with my bookstore manager to reduce my hours, and I've picked up new students at my other teaching job. And to top it all off, I've realized that I still have a long way to go in order to truly accept my genderfluidity. While my post on May 15th earlier this year, in which I officially came out as genderfluid, is fairly to the point in regards to how I feel, there have been times in which it hasn't been that simple. Yes, genderfluidity does mean I occasionally feel more female or male, and it also does mean I can feel like both. It also kind of means I can feel like neither. It really d

Friday's Ten Word Tales: In Case It Wasn't Clear

In Case It Wasn't Clear by Belinda Roddie I'm genderfluid, and I am damn proud to be so.

Today's OneWord: Mentioned

She hadn't mentioned to me that she was expecting Carlos to show up. He never did appear. We tried phoning his family, but the ringing just went on and on, like some sort of endless void of noise sucking my ear into the receiver. I tried texting him - no dice. Emily was sniffling now. I could tell she was getting nervous. "Hey." I pulled her into a hug. "Hey, it's okay. He's probably busy. Maybe he forgot we were supposed to group up."