Ask and ye shall receive

Yesterday I complained that I had nothing to write about.

Today I found out that an English teacher at UMD was arrested for murder.  I hope for my karma's sake that the Universe didn't deliver this murder upon us just so I could have something to write about (seems unlikely, since this murder occurred on Saturday and I didn't find myself with writer's block until Wednesday).  Just to be clear, I do not hope for or advocate murders just so I have something to write about.  

At UMD, most juniors are required to take a 'Junior English' class (unless they got an A in their freshmen English class, which is nearly impossible to do unless you're sleeping with the teacher.)  I enrolled in a technical writing class with one of my best friends to fulfill this dreaded requirement, and much to our delight we ended up with a fun, liberal, pot-referencing lecturer who didn't take things too seriously.   This friend and I showed up high to nearly every english class period throughout the semester (I have since outgrown my penchant for arriving at class inebriated and now I prefer to bring my laptop and job search while I tune out professors).

One of our assignments involved giving instructions - it was a technical writing class, and people wrote various "How To" papers.   Needless to say, I can't remember what I wrote about, but I can remember having friends in other classes who came up with some bold How-To papers.  One friend, for example, did her assignment on "How to roll a blunt." 
Today I read this in the UMD school newspaper.   Having seen a handful of facebook statuses about a UMD English teacher being charged with murder, I felt compelled to investigate the school newspaper to be sure it wasn't Don.   No no, it was the English teacher who accepted papers and presentations on blunt-rolling, beer olympics, and how to shoot your boyfriend.  Actually, she wrote that last one herself, and her students all seem to acknowledge her tendency to "divert the class discussion to weaponry."  I read the various facebook statuses - informing me that Findlay was an awesome teacher, albeit one who was obsessed with sharing her stance on gun-control laws.   While I personally disagree with Findlay's stance on gun control (i.e. let's not have any), I can see where I might come around to her opinion were my home "well-armored" - and should I wish to own "tons" of weapons or shoot my boyfriend, I'd probably reconsider my own political views on guns and align myself more with Findlay's.