And just like that: BOING FWHIP!

My night classes apparently (and hopefully--god only knows, seeing as they're super last-minute about everything) didn't get cancelled for this upcoming semester, which is a *BIG* sigh of relief as it would've made for a hectic 15 weeks.

However, this means I'm gonna have The Bane of My Existence for 15 whole weeks, two nights a week, 5 hours a week, a total of 75 hours.

I gave this a bit of thought this weekend, remembering how upset and frustrated and face-burningly angry I would feel in his class somedays, having to listen to him joke about torturing cats for experiments or beating his dog at home, and I came to the conclusion that I really need to figure out a way to deal with this without internalizing this huge amount of anger and hatred (made all the more complicated by the fact that I also secretly heart him a bit). And despite the fact that I tried to let his words BOING FWHIP right off me my first semester, I realized how unsuccessful this actually was. How royally royally unsuccessful it actually was. It really wore me down quite a bit and made me feel really hateful and cynical towards the world.

So I am pleased to announce that the solution came to me brilliantly this Sunday morning, right when my eyes cracked open to the blindingly white snow-tinted sunlight:

Every time the Bane of My Existence opens his stupid (but foxy) mouth and discusses a) torturing an animal, b) beating an animal, or c) doing other horrible things to animals, I'm gonna donate $1 towards an animal-related nonprofit organization (to be decided after a bit more research, though I'm leaning towards Farm Sanctuary right now). I'm gonna keep a tally throughout the semester, and then at the end, I'm gonna cut a check to the non-profit organization and send it on in. That way, it'll basically help my brain neutralize any of the horrible horrible things he says because instead of focusing on the negativity and anger I feel towards the situation, I can cut a big fat grin knowing that some well-deserved charity has just gotten another dollar donated to their cause. And it'll also render his comments completely ineffectual, as essentially, he'll inadvertently be raising money towards something that he (at least pretends to) detest.

And to that, I say:

BOING FWHIP, BANE OF MY EXISTENCE! BOING MOTHERF-ING FWHIP!