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Tonight's Poet Corner: Sirens' Screams

Sirens' Screams by Belinda Roddie Oh, darling temptresses, leading me to the rocks that will puncture my heart like roughshod scalpels botching martitime surgery - I know you, and I understand your game. The pawns you play will die soon, but not I, no, not even remotely soon. Storms rage on, and skies are rarely blue, but as I sail on this unforgiving sea, I could really do without you.

Today's OneWord: N/A

Today's OneWord: N/A

Saturday's Storyteller: "Crying over anime..."

by Belinda Roddie Crying over anime isn't really my scene. Then again, I sip the pretentiousness of it all through a straw. I know I'm lacking sentimentality, but the fact of the matter is that I watch the colors bounce around to create a story I can't usually relate to. This week's prompt was provided by Arden Roddie.

Today's OneWord: N/A

Tonight's Poet Corner: Introspection

Here's the thing, folks: I actually have a lot to say. I do. Not bad things, either. I could share a lot of retrospective and introspective thoughts about the first two months of teaching at my new high school: how I've learned a lot, experimented a lot with my methods, tried to balance out discipline with respect and acknowledged without being walked all over. I could type frantically about my emotional and physical state, my social situation among my colleagues and friends, my mood, my writing progress while also moving double time in order to cram a year's worth of English curricula into a single semester. There is a lot. I just...don't have the energy to talk about it. Not because I don't want to, but because I just don't have the mental capacity to write stuff out. I am just so, so  tired. If sleep is for the weak, then I am a total wuss and proud of it. I know - that's not the first time I've used that excuse. But I do have a back-up plan. So...

Friday's Ten Word Tales: Whee

Whee by Belinda Roddie Mood swings are way less fun than park swings are.