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I am completely in love with, and in awe of Scott Westerfeld.
(No, he is not in some boyband, nor is he some star-wannabe. He's a writer. Um, he's married too, but that's quite beside the point.)
He writes awesome books, mostly for teens/young adults.
(Technically, I'm still a teenager, so reading YA fiction is allowed. In any case, his books are way beyond the typical high-school-teen-drama-ish books in terms of plot, factual content and vocabulary. Or maybe it's just me and science fiction. Hahah.)

My left eye has been twitching for three days straight. According to folklore, something good's supposed to happen, but none has so far. It's starting to really get on my nerves.

I continue to quote from The Don't Sweat Guide for Teachers.
"Your privileged relationship with a student may mean that you are one of the first to identify a problem, but it's not up to you to fix it."

Isn't that the case for all problems? Not everything that happens is our responsibility, but the first problem is deciding which is. There're certain issues that fall within our ability to resolve, which is great, 'cause then we can do something about it. And then there're those we can't do much about.

The form of "help" rendered (be it by yourself or others) must be appropriate for it to be effective, I suppose.
The promise to not whine still applies, which is why I'm thinking very hard about what to do next and what the correct thing to do would be. At the same time, there're about five other big issues/events on my plate. It'd be nice to get all of them over and done with really soon.

If external stuff can't be changed, then it's up to me to change my mindset.
First up, not feeling like I'm about to explode upon hearing two particular names.