1 I stepped into my classroom yesterday and sank to the bottom.
2 Those sorts of things can happen to a fellow on a Monday morning early.
3 It began so well.
4 It began with an immaculate room and a Post-It note that said, "Good morning, Mr. H! Have a GREAT week!"
5 It was signed like this: ~H~ and had a smiley.
6 Man Bites Dog?
7 Well, not exactly.
8 At one point in my second go-round I changed my name.
9 At YB, I was and will always remain ~H~.
10 At EV I have almost evolved to Mr. H.
11 It's a perfect term, although I think I share it with another.
12 He, of course, is an imposter.
13
14 <carnival music up> <Godspell stuff> hashtagneverabadthing.
15 Anyway, I read that, took two steps forward and sank like the proverbial stone.
16 I didn't want to be there.
17 I had unfinished skits to finish before I could start clean.
18 This meant other classes would finish the classwork early.
19 You don't want this early in the week.
20 I prefer all classes moving at an equal speed. It makes planning easier.
21 This wasn't going to happen.
22 On a Monday to boot.
23 So I sank.
24 I put on some Brubeck. Always nice. You have to work out of these situations. Music works.
25 Take Five.
26 Good answer early.
27 After around a half hour, one particular jam took off and began to annoy. I switched it out with some live Manhattan Transfer. I was enjoying it immensely when a student raised her hand and pointed out that the vocab word "insipid" was missing its middle "i" I nodded my head. Inside, however, I thought this:
28 "Are you $#!TTl!NG meeeeee???" Bleh. "SEESLY???" I looked up calmly and said, "Oh. I'm sorry; I hadn't noticed..." I climbed out of the pool, dried off, wrote the correct spelling, and informed the class.
29 I try each week to put a perfect list up there, but each week I battle fonts that leap and jump.
30 Later, in my English 1A class, a student pointed out that there was no number 16 on the word list.
31 I looked again at the board and saw that "insipid" was #6 for English 2A. It was still recovering. I swiftly drew a "1" in front of the "6" and viola! English 1A was running with ze boolz!
32 It was that sort of Monday.
33 During my fourth period English 2A class, the Manhattan Transfer rocked Vocalese Live '86. I tapped my and feet and smiled.
Here:
34 I know right? Good vibe while students worked on classwork.
35
36 A bit later on, this student named John raised his hand. "Mr. Harrington?" He's a pretty respectful student. He reached in his backpack and produced Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. "Can you play this for us?"
37 I smiled and my mind drifted.
38
39 "Yes, John. Instantly." I bade Manhattan a good day. Pink Floyd. Dark Side. Holy Grail. I immediately slipped it into my MacPro. I then Googled the Dark Side/Wizard of Oz connection.
40 I'll keep it short. Someone somewhere figured out that if you put on The Wizard of Oz (Oh please! There's only one!) and on the MGM lion's third roar you begin Dark Side, they will sync perfectly.
41 I played Floyd and researched that stuff and ran it off for John and friends to explore.
42 I saw a website that synced it up.
43 Last night I put it all on at around 10:42.
44 Here's what came up:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=AwrTcdrWMsdU7hAAosknnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTB0MzkwOG5yBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1lIUzAwNF8x?p=wizard+of+oz+pink+floyd+youtube&tnr=21&vid=E3615979AA8F9E8C7E6BE3615979AA8F9E8C7E6B&l=2584&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DUN.608046002369136779%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=11rl9mqkj&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F11673067&sigr=10pr3ncdb&tt=b&tit=The+Dark+Side+of+OZ&sigt=10jsa1e8q&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dwizard%2Bof%2Boz%2Bpink%2Bfloyed%2Byou%2Btube%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-001%26hspart%3Dmozilla&sigb=13d0hg0k3&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001
45 That's a nine. This video is apologetic and tries to explain all of the coincidences that seem to sync the two pieces of art. It overly apologizes in my eyes.
46 I never subscribed to the fact that Pink Floyd ever deliberately did anything with Wizard. Still, there are outstanding moments, and it is a lark. Here is a less intrusive version, and it explains nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=627aciBA2E8
47 Perfect thing to drift off to. It's really brainless, which is a partial theme of Wizard.
48 I finished my day looking forward to playing around. My other classes did a lot of "whatevs" that no longer concerned me. "We're missing someone from our skit..."
49 Okay.
50 "Your classical music is REALLY annoying."
51 "It's a Japanese artist. His name is Sho-Pan."
52 And bleh, bleh, bleh.
53 All I thought about was Floyd and Wizard. I didn't really care nor believe there was anything to it. I just think they work perfectly together.
54 When I did The Wizard of Oz years ago, it had a great many coincidences too numerous to list here. I recall one time turning left on Story Road, where you head for 680. I glanced at a series of windows next to Tacos Al Carbon. Someoene had tagged, "Oz, Oz, Oz" on them, for example. We're talking King and Story here.
55 Anyway, the sinking yesterday came to a halt. I allowed myself once again to toss school aside and enjoy my own life.
56 That has become a positive pattern here in the Year of Our Lord 2015.
57 Us and Them is playing in the background right now.
58 It isn't exactly Sho-Pan, but it is an amazing piece.
59 I gottago.
60 Have a GREAT day, and enjoy the video. It is so worth wasting your time on. At worst it's a nice nap. Pamper yourself. Get headphones and drift.
61 See you again.
62 Peace.
44 Here's what came up:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=AwrTcdrWMsdU7hAAosknnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTB0MzkwOG5yBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1lIUzAwNF8x?p=wizard+of+oz+pink+floyd+youtube&tnr=21&vid=E3615979AA8F9E8C7E6BE3615979AA8F9E8C7E6B&l=2584&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DUN.608046002369136779%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=11rl9mqkj&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F11673067&sigr=10pr3ncdb&tt=b&tit=The+Dark+Side+of+OZ&sigt=10jsa1e8q&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dwizard%2Bof%2Boz%2Bpink%2Bfloyed%2Byou%2Btube%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-001%26hspart%3Dmozilla&sigb=13d0hg0k3&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001
45 That's a nine. This video is apologetic and tries to explain all of the coincidences that seem to sync the two pieces of art. It overly apologizes in my eyes.
46 I never subscribed to the fact that Pink Floyd ever deliberately did anything with Wizard. Still, there are outstanding moments, and it is a lark. Here is a less intrusive version, and it explains nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=627aciBA2E8
47 Perfect thing to drift off to. It's really brainless, which is a partial theme of Wizard.
48 I finished my day looking forward to playing around. My other classes did a lot of "whatevs" that no longer concerned me. "We're missing someone from our skit..."
49 Okay.
50 "Your classical music is REALLY annoying."
51 "It's a Japanese artist. His name is Sho-Pan."
52 And bleh, bleh, bleh.
53 All I thought about was Floyd and Wizard. I didn't really care nor believe there was anything to it. I just think they work perfectly together.
54 When I did The Wizard of Oz years ago, it had a great many coincidences too numerous to list here. I recall one time turning left on Story Road, where you head for 680. I glanced at a series of windows next to Tacos Al Carbon. Someoene had tagged, "Oz, Oz, Oz" on them, for example. We're talking King and Story here.
55 Anyway, the sinking yesterday came to a halt. I allowed myself once again to toss school aside and enjoy my own life.
56 That has become a positive pattern here in the Year of Our Lord 2015.
57 Us and Them is playing in the background right now.
58 It isn't exactly Sho-Pan, but it is an amazing piece.
59 I gottago.
60 Have a GREAT day, and enjoy the video. It is so worth wasting your time on. At worst it's a nice nap. Pamper yourself. Get headphones and drift.
61 See you again.
62 Peace.
~H~
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