Wow. Just... wow.

There's not a lot people can do or say that will shock or surprise me. Honestly I don't know if I'm more surprised or disappointed either. I will also add that I notice things. I notice a lot of things. I'm very aware of what's going on around me at all times. I don't expect that other people notice what I notice but I do expect them to use their common sense. It's kind of a well-known joke that professors can be too smart for their own good. It's that book smart over street smart thing. The absent-minded professor, etc. They're more concerned with publishing and don't tend to pick up on every day things. It comes off as absolutely clueless which frustrates me but I have to remind myself that it's just the way they are. Well when safety of students is involved, I cannot excuse it anymore. I don't care that the building in which we reside is the joke of the campus. This building is a mess and everyone knows it. However, when a floor is buckled (that was recently fixed) and students trip over it daily, it is not acceptable to just assume that's the way it should be or that there's no hope of it being fixed. I can just picture one of our overly drowsy students tripping over the hump in the floor and hitting his/her head on the nearby desk. All this school needs is a lawsuit.

I had to ask my boss to send out an email to the department to let us know if they ever notice things like a buckled floor. He had to do it because I'm in such a state right now that there's no way my email to them wouldn't come off like I was chastising a bunch of 8 year-olds. Of course it doesn't help that I currently have yet another head cold and am at the end of my, uh, female monthly thing. He's just much more diplomatic than I am anyway. But really, should we have to tell them to speak up if/when the ceiling caves in? Let me add one last thing, if there's even the slightest thing wrong with their offices they speak up immediately.

Long time no, uh, write

I haven't had too much to say lately so I have been avoiding my blog. This was supposed to be about my journey to and in South Carolina. I guess that's what I was doing. I just haven't noticed much around me that seemed worthy of sharing. We had actual snow last weekend and that was fun even though I didn't get a snow day from it. We had an accumulation of around 6 inches in Summerville which is pretty rare. So that was cool.

Last night I went to see one of my favorite bands at one of my favorite venues here in Charleston. We had a great time and the band was as excellent as ever. Towards the end of the night I looked around and noticed that I was in a sea of white people. There was an Asian guy near me but he seemed to be the only person of color not working the door. Granted the music we heard last night probably mostly appeals to persons of Anglo-Saxon heritage. I guess if they do have fans of color they're probably located in the bigger cities. Though thinking back to the other two shows I saw (LA and San Diego) the people there were mostly white too. Huh.