The Litterbox Edition No. 42
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In this issue:
Cat's Official Week
Topic 1) A Single Pep Talk
Topic 2) A Message From the Captain
Topic 3) Song Lyric of the Week
Topic 4) Webpage of the Week
Topic 5) Quote of the Week
Cat's Official Week:
Festival of Free Hugs. (Go ahead and start the queue line . . .)
Topic 1) A Single Pep Talk:
By Me
"Hi, my name is Cat, and I've been single over a year now."
"Hi, Cat!" replies all.
Alright, single kids, stop whining already. This is your day as much as it is anyone else's. So seize it. Take yourself on a date. Take your best friend on a date if you're not comfortable with the first suggestion. Give yourself a date--you know, the fruit. That way you can say you had a date on Valentine's Day. Then you can take your date to a movie or out to eat. (Ok, enough with the crazy double entendre already.)
But the real reason you should do all this stuff is because you are in the singles' club, like so many others. And if you have a really strong desire to get yourself out of this club, you'll be stuck in here forever. So what you need to do is be content where you are, admire the scenery, focus on the advantages you have. And yeah, relationships are fun, but they're not always heaven on earth. You just gotta deal and remember that when a door is closed, a window will open. And when you get bummed, don't listen to sad songs. Listen to 80's dance music; that always seems to cheer me up. I mean, how can you go wrong with "Karma Chameleon" or "Material Girl"?
So I hope I helped some people out with this pep talk. If nothing else, I helped myself.
Topic 2) A Message From the Captain:
By "Coach" Widincamp
Hi, guys! I love hearing about all your collegiate traumas, dramas, (well, I don't guess you really write about all that stuff), and general getting acquainted with life in the nirvana years (those years between being a dependent and being truly independent) I am on the side of those who LOVED college and realized that those four years of thinking only about big ideas, eating pizza, and ....well....honestly GUYS (or the lack thereof) were some of the best years of my life! (although sometimes some of the loneliest as well. I guess that has to do more with that guy thing again. On that front, it's much nicer to be old, wrinkled, and happily married.)
I DO hope it is not illegal, uncouth, or some kind of social faux pax (is that right?) for a grown up type person to submit an article to this esteemed journal, but, hey, I've never been one to bend to the will of the status quo.
By the way, for a really good time, you all should try moving to a rural county and teaching at the city school (a city school system in a small county???--hanging onto the last vestiges of segregation) with about 400 H.S. students all of whom have been together since kindergarten and have never before met a teacher who didn't either graduate from that school or have an aunt, uncle, grandmother, or grandfather who did. I am under suspicion . . . where did she come from and what is she doing here?
I really have some great kids and some really not-so great ones. SEE . . . just like everywhere!! Not to worry...my PARROT still hangs proudly from my board and I can't bear to take down my Cowlendar even though the year is up. I hope this year continues to be one of much struggle, growth, soul searching, and FUN for you all. If you ever need a stop on the way to some of the most beautiful mountain hiking in the world stop by the old, peeling house at the only stop sign in Menlo, GA and say HEY. I hope everyone is doing well,
The Teacher formally known as Coach W.; Mrs. W; Cap'n; and other unmentionable obscenities (P.S. work for peace.)
Topic 3) Cat's Song Lyric of the Week:
Humidity's rising, Barometer's getting low/ According to all sources, the street's the place to go/ 'Cause tonight for the first time, just about half past ten/ For the first time in history, it's gonna start raining men
"It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls, covered by ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell
Topic 4) Webpage of the Week:
A guy eating a Big Mac is music?? www.themechanicsofdestruction.org
Topic 5) Quote of the Week:
"A couple of hanging glands have nothing to do with making someone a man."
- from the TV show Sex and the City
Closing:
Ok, so this whole St. Valentine's Day seems a lot more prevalent in the college atmosphere than it ever was before. Oh well, I'll deal. Hope all is well on the home front. Love ya all. :)
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