rose_griffes | needed: nap time

I worked a bit in my classroom today. Set up tables and such--I don't have desks, just two-seater tables and lots of chairs. Right now they're in very boring rows; I'm having to remind myself that boring is okay for the first couple of weeks. I'm also reminding myself that I don't have to decorate every square inch of wallspace; I can leave some parts empty for the students' work.

Anyway. I need to sort through my bookshelves and files and... y'know, this whole phase of getting ready for school to actually start is a bit maddening sometimes. What I really want is time to read through some of the pedagogy and curriculum texts that I've recently acquired. What I'm getting--a bunch of boring meetings telling me stuff that I already know.

Enough whining. Go click on my bsg:fic link on delicious.com and read some of the stuff I've finally had a chance to read and bookmark. Too many stories to link individually right now, plus I'm still not completely caught up on reading (and commenting!) and bookmarking.

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Ohh, decorating classrooms. I actually had to *paint* my first classroom; that was an experience. It was a middle-school classroom, so I ended up covered in day-glo orange. I did *not* pick the color.

And speaking of not being caught up - I haven't read your self-promotion fic yet! :/ If I had, I would have commented. I've been somewhat swamped. Just so you didn't wonder if I hated it. I'm going to though!!!

Paint it bright orange? Whose idea was this?! And you had to do the painting? Bleh. I had a friend paint her own classroom, but that's because our district didn't repaint it (it desperately needed it) and she decided she wanted her own color anyway.

Self-promo fic. I'm shocked, shocked that you haven't read it yet. Didn't I give you plenty of reasons? Also, real life clearly should take second place to all fic-related activities. *cracks whip*

*g*

It was a really small private school with no janitors or maintenance people, just teachers and students and whatever parents we could rope in. I believe the principle picked the color - something about it being stimulating to the brain? It definitely woke you up in the morning.

Self-promo fic. I'm shocked, shocked that you haven't read it yet. Didn't I give you plenty of reasons? Also, real life clearly should take second place to all fic-related activities. *cracks whip*

Not the whip! *promises to do better*

It sounds kind of fun to decorate a room, though maybe not so much if it's your job. I hope you get some rest and relaxation before school starts back up.

Thanks! It's a good thing I didn't get much put on the walls yet, as we just found out about some weird new regulations made up by our fire marshall limiting how much wall space we can actually decorate. The elementary teachers must be spitting mad! *g*

aww school. when does it start?

Um, a little over a week away. Yikes.

There are a lot of cool looking things on your Delicious page I will definitely be checking out. It's also a much easier way to find your fic!

Btw, shameless self-pimpage, just in case you'd missed it, but I too liked

demonqueen666's "Euterpe and the Seven Wonders of the World", so much so that I wrote a sequel to it you might like: "Days of Wonder: The Seven Wonders TourDiary!Fic". It's total crack!fic, of course. It has Leoben in various places, and is told from Gaeta's point of view, mostly.

Ah! While playing catch-up I've been missing other stuff! Thanks for the fic link!

siljamus has some BSG fics listed on her delicious.com account here (http://delicious.com/siljamus/bsg%3Afic), with lots more tags than I've ever bothered to create; so if you're looking for stuff to read by author, character or theme, she's got lots there.

Thanks! I'll definitely check that out.

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