It went fine.

Well file today under weird. So, I wake up and stumble through the door in plenty of time to barely make the bus to work. So I'm feeling pretty exhausted, and i slackass my way though class. My students make fun of me for wearing gloves but screw 'em, I've got crummy circulation. Or something. Who cares?

So, after class I get a student of mine to help me find a place to eat. He takes me to a dumpling dive, which is delicious but neglects to fill. The problem is, I have an hour and a half to burn. So i go and hang out at their dorm.

Dorm has 8 people living in it. Tiny. They're stacked like cord wood. I dunno how they keep from killing each other.

So, this is how 3 of my students are getting A's today. As I'm beginning to fill with the panic associated with a 2 hour speech, and in one of my kids walks with a cup of coffee. Damn. It might make me a bad teacher, but I'll make that mo'fugga king of america for that. Kid got hisself an A with coffee. I don't think he knows it.

So, it's 15 minutes before the speech starts and by god there's a crowd outside. I just about die on the spot. Fight my way in, and ramble for two hours about rock N roll. Of course, when I ask if there's any questions, I get the same hoo-hah everyone gives me. How long have I been in china? Am I a christian?

In all, everything went great, got some applause, and stole a poster advertising my own event. Pictures pending. I'm goddamn exhausted, I'll tell y'all about it later.