Comments on: The Arc of History Bends Towards Alanis

By: Yours Truly

Yours Truly — Fri, 01 May 2015 11:30:28 +0000

I LIKE TO KICK A PIG

I am so glad you have realized that the west coast truly is the better of the two coasts. Even in the midst of your own hard transition, it’s great that you are stoked on where you moved to! That part will only get better, and the rest will come slowly, in bits and pieces. STAY STRONG

By: Kerry

Kerry — Fri, 01 May 2015 00:32:36 +0000

Hey lady, I haven’t commented recently but have been reading all your posts, even the sad and complaining ones, and marveling at the parallels in the year I’ve just had. I’m sitting across from a Stumptown watching what I would consider a stereotypical Seattle scene (it involves midriff shirts, bucket drums, gauged ears) having traded the east coast for what I now know to truly be The Best Coast. I’ve worked my ass off to get here, to the job I’m in now, and haven’t yet come to the place you seem to be on your journey. It takes such a toll on relationships, mental state, spiritual status, etc to do the kind of heavy shit we’ve managed to do…I hope you’re proud as hell of yourself, and know that all your students are saying is probably only a fraction of the positive effect you’re having on them. I wish I could take your classes and I fucking hate jazz!! So, I hope that the summer is all you need it to be, take care of yourself, rest and know you are doing amazing things. Make sure you keep posting along the way, even the gross and sad stuff….it resonates. Kick a pig.

By: Yours Truly

Yours Truly — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:38:42 +0000

Amazing!! Thanks for sticking with me for so long!

Teaching is a very weird activity. But somebody’s got to do it!! Might as well be us.

By: kentonian

kentonian — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:54:11 +0000

Congratulations. I’ve been reading your blog for almost a decade now (!) and it seems as though this is a pivotal moment for you personally and professionally. Teaching can be both soul crushing and energizing. I’m so glad that it’s become the latter. As a longtime reader I’d also like to thank you for being my lunch time respite. I’ve spent the past 10 years teaching high school students and your words have provided much-needed laughter during some dark moments. Keep riding the wave.