cornerofmadness

At least only one student maimed himself with a scalpel today. But here's how the rest of my day went

1. 15 minutes before class a student comes in to explain why he fears taking today's test and I realize I didn't PRINT the damn test (I was only up all night making it). I got them printed but the secretary was on lunch and only secretaries are allowed to generate the scantron sheets for the multiple choice questions. I was like god I'll have to grade all these by hand. Luckily I found some spare one with the right number of questions. My brain is shot

2. managed to finish reading 55 page honor's thesis on maggots and leech therapy (yay) while Kanda savaged my toes to amuse himself.

3. accidentally paid the same bill twice (thank god it allowed me to cancel)

4. accidentally started making two dinners at once (guess I'll eat the other one tomorrow)

5. went to turn on my CD player and it wouldn't power up. Played with the cords. nothing.

6. headed to the tub to forget that. couldn't figure out why the toilet was making weird noises until afterwards when I realized it's not flushing and I was not about to do a 25 mile round drive to get a plunger tonight. I'll deal in the morning

7. played with the CD system again and it turned right on. Oh go screw yourself world.

8. came back to the computer and the brand new mouse wouldn't work. Had to turn off the power to get the computer to shut off.

9. restarted mouse worked but every time you clicked on the internet program it disappeared.

10. restarted. seems to be working. knocks on wood.

11. finds major timeline error in my galley proof. Hopes editor will change it. GAH

12. got called to jury duty, my first time. Has anyone else ever been called over a FOUR month period? I'm writing and telling them I'm not even in the state in that time frame. I'm not. It's from may to august. I leave for 2 months then.

( writing meme )

28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.

Let's see, going over my major works

1. Machiavelli Moon - Wicahpi is a diabetic and an alcoholic. His and Caksi's mom is an institutionalized schizophrenic and Sulien's daughter was driven mad by torture.

2. Until the Ice Breaks - You know...i'm not sure there is anyone here that counts except for Athalia (also driven mad by torture) but she's a guest star

3. Ties that Bind - Athalia again

4. Red Skies - Tarran is multiple personality

5. Melt into the Wind - Yukio was suicidally depressed

6. Splinters of Silver and Cold Iron - I'm not sure synesthesia is considered a disability but Killian has it

7. Beneath the Torn Sky - Placid is an amputee with a mechanical leg.

hmmm seems like a whole lot of my guys aren't right in the head.

ETA - okay the toilet is working again. The universe IS fucking with me

ETA - Now my heel fissured open again. ARGH.