no, i will not water my buffalo grass!

so today i learned that my dream of indoctrinating young minds is still yet a distant dream. apparently i need to take about FIVE more english classes in order to be certified to teach at the high school level. im stressed out now because i was planning to begin student teaching in january. now i will have to take all these classes. on the upside, i will be able to take english classes which is something i love. then again, i will be unemployed while i do this, which is something i dont love. well maybe that is a lie. last time i was unemployed all i did was watch king of the hill and drink cheap wine at noon. it was the best four months of my life.

speaking of teaching aspirations, my friend sent me this from mad tv:



Me and SuperDork -- in our neverending quest to one day own a house large enough so we dont have to store our cereal on top of our dryer -- visited the new mueller development in east austin. it will be a little slice of suburbia in central austin, with much lower prices per square foot than the hyde park and rosedale bungalows we love. the salespeople were a little creepy though. they thought we might jump at the opportunity to own a house with a view of "the parade of homes"! not sure what that is exactly, but it seems a bit peacocky to me. mueller is supposed to follow a "new urbanist" concept, which emphasizes walkability, high density, and residential mixed with retail. i just cant figure out how mueller's new chair king store fits into the progressive development scheme. then, i read this in the austin chronicle, which squashed my dreams of sitting out on my unwatered front lawn in my antiwar t-shirt and rainbow shorts:

Another concern recently raised by some potential home buyers is the need to revisit the restrictive homeowner association covenants that will govern residents. Austinite Tiffany Hamburger sees "freedom of expression" problems with the 134-page Mueller Master Community Covenant, an appendix to the Master Development Agreement that uses boilerplate language taken from suburban models. "How will these [restrictive covenants] be reconciled with the 'Keep Austin Weird' ethos?" echoes Prentiss Riddle, a potential Mueller homeowner. He notes that in other HOAs, covenants have been interpreted to forbid yard art, wildflowers, unwatered buffalo grass in August, unmarried or gay couples, anti-war signs, and rainbow flags.

not sure if i want to live in this society of home parades and plentiful chairs, where i have to water my buffalo grass and may not be able to raise a water buffalo (as fresh-mozzarella enthusiasts do). i would much rather live here and be within walking distance to maria's kitchen .