what a bummer week. connie, my advisor, is in the hospital and possibly out for the rest of the semester. i as yet have no idea what that means for me (way to be selfish about the whole thing.) anyway, not exactly sure why, but the whole thing has shaken me pretty badly.

i should be preparing for recitation. i led one on Monday which was awful. just awful. the subject is alternative energy, and they were supposed to debate the topic. they were so quiet!! how do you force students to talk? i haven't figured it out... other than to piss them off, which i don't like doing. so i finally said "i have nothing else to say, i guess you can go." halfway through class. should i bait them, and falsely say "we need to rely solely on renewable energy, no more fossil fuels!!" but i don't think they even care enough for that. man oh man, what a week.