i'm doing report cards.

"I can only encourage more practice at home. It is clear that when Jun is doing his homework and studying hard that his test scores improve a great deal. As well, he needs to overcome some of his shyness, as speaking more in class will help his understanding a great deal and improve his confidence in general."

this is officially the worst part of being a teacher. hey mom, don't you agree? how about you, chris?

the shitty thing is - i'm in my neighborhood PC bang. it's the one time i simply cannot leave, i have to get this done before tomorrow. i have 6 more kids to write 2 paragraph blurbs about... and min-gyu, my friendly neighborhood PC bang proprietor, has a ridiculous love for the song "right here waiting for you" by richard marx.

he's played it five times in the last half hour.

"whatever it takes, or how my heart breaks, i will be right here waiting for you..."

i want to saw someone's leg off, pull their liver out and then nail their head to the floor.

speaking of nails, anyone ever heard the band THE TIGER LILIES? austin introduced me to them at our friday night beer, corn nuts and gin rummy fest. they have a song written from the point of view of a dude crucifying christ... the chorus, sung in a ridculous polka falsetto, goes like this:

"i'm banging banging banging banging banging-in the nails... banging banging banging banging banging-in-the-nails. banging banging banging banging banging-in the-nails... banging banging banging banging banging-in-the-nails."

it is then repeated about 20 times. for some reason it doesn't get annoying.

richard marx, on the other hand, which has started playing for the sixth time since i started typing...