Some of you may know that I have recently made a transition from classroom teaching to Higher Ed. I've always been pretty circumspect about revealing details of my work and personal life that could come back to bite me, though the boundary between what I do and don't reveal has waxed and waned over time. I was bitten once IRL based on stuff I wrote here and it wasn't pretty. The few people here who know those details also know the ramifications were pretty ugly. That's long past and long since overcome, but the lessons learned are ones I work hard not to forget.
I've relaxed that tendency to a certain degree since I left my last teaching job and have been generally less concerned about being "outed" than I used to be. Still, the work I do in general and what happens on this site are often "incompatible" were Push and Shove to come together for a cage match. The work I am currently doing has put me right back into the thick of that position of needing to be careful about what I do and say here.
OTOH, it has also put me in the position of hearing, reading and seeing some of the most amazingly creative, funny and downright obscure material I've ever encountered. Tonight I would like to share a bit of that with you, because a) it's Friday and WTF and b) because it's too crazy and real not to pass along.
And pass this along with permission from the author, I'm not betraying any secrets or confidences. No names have been changed because, and I quote, "I honestly...and I mean HONESTLY... do not give a single fucking fuck."
So tonight I present to you a real life diary entry from a real life person in my real life world of Higher Ed. It comes from when this person was in High School and every time I read it all I can think of is "This person must read the hidden pie fights on Daily Kos."
See you over the fold, typo's and deliberate misspelling and all of it.