I try to be good hard-worker-man, but refrigemater so messy, so so messy

Sorry for the lack of content lately, I'll try to get back in the habit of posting at least once a week. Let's go with the bullet points for today:

• Good news: Finally heard back from IJOCA - they're going to publish my reviews of two books, Doug Wolk's Reading Comics and the collection Comics and Film. Now all I have to do is finish reading the books and write the darn things. I'll post the drafts when they're ready (at least one has to be finished by Wednesday afternoon)
• Bad news: After the first week of the football season, I'm 1-2, with my only win being from the no-money-just-for-fun work league (although it was a monster win). If I had just played Randy Moss, instead of wussing out, I'd be 2-1
• Good news: The St. Xavier Bombers are 3-0, after beating Cleveland powerhouse Glenville, despite having their best offensive player sit out with a sore ankle (Specht's saving him for GCL games, the ones that really matter). For the last two weeks, all but 7 points have come from Danny Williamson, a Wide Receiver/Kicker/Punter/Kick Returner/Defensive Back - dude deserves a D-I scholarship for his conditioning alone
• Bad news: Even though the Bengals won last night's MNF, they looked absolutely terrible - the offense must have just stayed in the locker room at halftime, and if Shayne Graham doesn't kick the ball into the end zone, it's a guaranteed return TD. If you're forcing 5 turnovers and the game still comes down to a last-second goal line stand, you're in trouble. And yes, that was a bullshit interference call on Todd Heap, and I'm not saying that just because I have Heap on one of my fantasy teams
• Good news: I'm tentatively scheduled to teach CMM 345 - Classic American Film next Winter at UD. Not only do I finally get an upper-level class (it's my turn in "The Show," to quote Kevin Costner), but this is my first step to replacing the Lainster
• Bad news: Nothing kills a good mood like reading terrible work from a student who you've devoted significant one-on-one time to helping, especially when it's clear that said student has pretty much ignored everything you've told them
• Good news: since I have to end this post on a high note, I should mention the trailer for the new Iron Man movie - I'm not really a fan of the character (especially as of late), and I pretty much expected high levels of suckitude, but...the trailer actually has me excited about the movie, and my excitement is only increased by shots of Jeff Bridges' evil bearded industrialist villain. Nothing against Kevin Spacey, but Bridges is now my #2 pick for Lex Luthor (after Clancy Brown) in the next Superman movie that doesn't suck