getting it together

Finally this morning I managed to get over to the test prep/tutor place to try for a summer job. Things seemed to go well, so I go in next week for a proper interview and such. Part of the interview process is to demonstrate my teaching abilities by showing them how to do something.

So, not like "how the kidney works" or "the history of the paper cup" but like "how to make a sandwich".

Now the question is, what should I demonstrate? I want it to be easy and short, that I can easily explain on a dry-erase board, but also funny and interesting.

Some of my initial thoughts:

How to make a grilled cheese sandwich
How to change a light bulb
How to defend yourself from a zombie attack
How to make chicken soup
How to start a blog
How to mend a broken heart
How to plant a garden
How to party like it's 1999

Any other thoughts?

Also, today I managed to bite my tongue in the most agonizing way ever. I had gum in my mouth, and somehow managed to bite the underside of my tongue. Yes, the underside of my tongue. I am pretty sure that I bit part of the lingual nerve. The lingual nerve is on the underside of the tongue here:



Then it runs inside the jaw to join the mandibular nerve which eventually goes to a big nerve called the trigeminal nerve which is nestled near the ear canal and where the jaw attaches to the skull.



When I bit the bottom of my tongue, pain shot from under my tongue, along the inside of my jaw and up to my ear. Exactly the path of the lingual nerve. It's been about 10 hours since this tragic accident and it STILL hurts to move my tongue and I have a dull ache in my ear, almost like I have an inner ear infection. It's not debilitating, but it is quite annoying.

So, whatever you do, try to avoid biting the bottom of your tongue.