I was trying to layout content for my class. This is easy work–low hanging fruit I do when the mind is not able to process story in a relevant way. I could not make it happen. I don’t know what that shift is or when it occurred, but I am no longer in that teacher mindset. I’m writing before I’m developing teaching content. That’s dope. That makes teaching work again, which isn’t dope, but it is super nice to have that sensation that the writing is what matters and be able to mild stories first and foremost.
Over the last few days we’ve been traveling around the city and I’ve been able to use the transit time effectively, making notes in the google doc to sort out later. Now is going to be that imagined later as I feel like that is the one and most important thing on my agenda. Do I have to prepare and release my classes for the 27th? Yes, but it is only the 24th! I have days to get there and the story is full on my mind. There are three separate chapters that I have a handle on, and getting those right will trigger the next domino, all the way down to where I know there is story I have to build from scratch. Heck, I knew I should’ve built it in the first place. It just did not go that way.
I love that I am excited about writing. I love that it holds the pole position in my brain. So, I need to do it.
Some Thoughts:
- Well, that came out a lot faster than I thought. I have several minutes left in the blog, which means some thoughts will follow. These are going to be dark, because my head has some darkness to release.
- The latest round of reports about the atrocities taking place in Gaza are out. They’ll go away quietly and quickly, so let me sum it up here: The people of Gaza are being used as human shields by the Isreali military. To make matters worse, few care. Why? Because Muslim lives DO NOT MATTER. The faith is inextricably tied to terrorism in most 1st world countries, which makes the Palenstinians a less-than population. They aren’t oil rich in a way where they can protect their oil like the Saudi’s and their ilk. They are the pawns in this greater wargame and they are being brutally sacrificed.
- Gaza is going to be taken over by someone and it is going to happen over the next few years. The Isrealis already said they’re doing it, and the news coverage on it was minimal at best. As I said, NOBODY CARES. For whatever reason the population is viewed as less than. The terrible thing that happened due to Hamas is being used as further evidence that nobody from that region deserves to be treated as a person. So they are not being treated as people. They are being treated as baggage and as a problem in need of a solution. This is actual sanctioned genocide at work and we are not only watching it happen, but letting it happen.