Trash Pandas and Jumping to Conclusions

Can I tell you something? I was recently called a trash panda, and it warmed my heart.

I don't know if you've seen Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (I really recommend you do), but Peter Quill calls Rocket (the Raccoon) a trash panda when Rocket gets pissed about being called a raccoon. I've probably already told you this, but that pair of movies is deep in my heart. I love the mismatched family coming together in the first movie and sticking together in the second despite — or perhaps because of — their jarring differences.

The characters — in their own, strange ways — love each other. I love them for it.

I don't have much to say besides that just now. Tutoring is pretty groovy. I have way too many things to read and write. I hope I can teach a creative writing class series. The weather has been weird. God has given me a fine season of peace. Haters gonna hate. I've been eating more bacon. I haven't played the guitar in a long time. I exercise-ish regularly. Did I mention I've been eating a lot of bacon?

It is amazing, fantastic, impressive, and boggling how devoted some individuals are to seeing and hearing nothing. It's like some kinda magical spell or something. Does it require too much energy? Maybe. Is it too hard a skill? Probably. Who knows. I mean, how do people live like that?! I tell you what, I'm stubborn. I'm stubborn with the best of 'em, but I don't have enough energy to hear nothing all the time. That's too much energy! To be sure, I do my ignorant duty and meet my quota of not hearing, but, dude, I don't make it my day-job AND my hobby. Too much. Way too much energy.

I do so many things in the effort to conserve energy: the way I cook food (all in one dish), the way I do laundry (no sorting), the way I bathe (brush my teeth in the shower), the way I wash my car (I don't). With the way that some people jump to conclusions, you'd think they were the spawn of some kangaroo-energizer-bunny hybrid.

But I won't go there.

In other news, I like creative writing, and I think there are wonderfully simple steps to improving one's skill therewith. Like I said, that's one of the classes I hope to teach. We will see, see, see how it goes. Maybe I'll take a quick walk over to that document and see if I can formulate any more ideas about it.

Pip pip, cheerio!