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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
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10:05 pm - sorry for double post!
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...but in the grand tradition of my LJ, it is Important Making Fun Of Twilight Time!
Also, I'm going to Miami for a week tomorrow. It's going to be AWESOME. Expect me to be tanned and exhausted when I return. [blows kisses]
If you miss me, just watch this:
it's what I'll be singing the whole time I'm gone. :D
current music: shorties half dressed, fully equipped!
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9:55 pm - my family is hotter than your family.
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| Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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10:34 pm - amusements
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1. Clare commented on my last post that my mother "gives good email." WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS ONE FROM DAD!
Peggy,
If you're still looking for some offering to bring your father on Sunday, a
bottle of Huy Fong's Tuong Ot Sriracha (Sriracha Chili Sauce), the stuff in
the clear plastic bottle with a white rooster strutting on the label that's
full of red sauce and topped off by a green cap), would be great. I
understand this may be available in Indianapolis grocery stores (or so
Cameron indicated) despite concerted efforts by the Republican Party to
prevent it. If it's easy to find, I would appreciate it. Neither the Delhi
Kroger nor the Delhi and Crookshank bigg's has it -- although I'm sure it's
a hot seller in Hyde Park!
Can't wait to see you .
Love,
Dad
LULZ.
2. SPEAKING OF LULZ. Are you guys aware of "book trailers"? Little commercials for books? Like movie trailers, only with a book instead of a movie?
Yeah.
Are you FURTHERMORE aware that Amy, dear friend that she is, has been squirreling away ARCs of "paranormal romance" novels that are sent to the Indy Star in order to give them to me last birthday. NOW one of the guys who handles these things professionally has decided they're for a "friend" of Amy's, AKA Amy herself. Which is hilarious! For me. Apparently SHE's just embarrassed, since she keeps getting books with notes on them that say things like "mermaids and vampires? This one's for Amy!"
BUT.
We are not YET to the LOLERSKATES for this evening, which is the fact that I have been READING one of these books (much to the dismay of anyone I talk to, because I insist on reading them excerpts like "Although he rarely spoke, he gave off the impression of being the strong, silent type, which made him mysterious to Susan." (Yeah, usually people who DO speak a lot are considered the strong, silent type...???).
YOU GUYS DID YOU FIGURE IT OUT YET? THERE IS A TRAILER FOR THIS BOOK.
IT IS ALMOST AS HILARIOUSLY CRAPPY AS THE BOOK ITSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111
I mostly started reading it because I thought Amy da Tigger (vs Amy who got me the books in the first place) might like it, but DAMN. It is TERRIBLE. Tig, if you want it, you can totally still have it... once I find out WHAT WILL HAPPPPEN.
Sure, the book's terrible... but I've read over 300 pages of it and I'm NOT going to give up now!!!!
Comment with the worst book you've read lately, and/or its trailer??
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| Sunday, May 10th, 2009
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10:13 pm - warning
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So, it's five weeks until the end of school. So if you don't hear from me for the next five weeks, don't worry: I'm probably not dead!
I'm going to be sort of doing a self-imposed Grounding From The Internet until the end of school. It might not work, but I'm going to try to be online less and post less (hahahahahaha) and read LJ less. So yeah.
<3 and take care of yourselves!
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1:23 am - two important things
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1. Happy (belated) birthday, Sam Grier! I missed it because I'm made of fail. But I *did* make sure that some Michael Jackson got played when
2. Lindsey Andrews got married! I was there. It was great.
That's all for now. In the meantime, here's this quote:
Cameron, kind of drunk: Have you ever noticed that a lot of times... we are the hottest people on the dance floor? In, like... many different situations.
Me, conceited as usual: Yes. Yes I have.
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| Monday, April 27th, 2009
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3:00 pm - FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!
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By which I mean that Cameron and I have been dating for more than four years. It was four years as of my birthday.
0_0
That's a long freakin' time, yo! And yet... it feels... very, very short. It's pretty exciting to find out that I was totally wrong when, as a small person, I assumed I wouldn't ever want to spend this much time with one person.
It's just that it's totally not an Armstrong* when I say that he's absolutely Mary Poppins**. And that's why I know our relationship's gonna STEVE HOLT!***
IN OTHER NEWS! I am 26 now, and according to MrBossPerson, this means that I am now Too Old To Own a Futon, in addition to other things. (No worries--I'm not getting rid of mine--at least not yet!--because he just clearly doesn't understand HoboCamping.)
Also: I have a tanburn (mostly a tan, I think? Except sort of tender and vaguely reddish?) from the all-weekend destination bachelorette party that I went to this weekend. Bride said No Naked Dudes, so we just went to... a place where a talking duck runs around ruining things with no pants on?
Considering that it was DisneyWorld, I was not necessarily on fire with desire to go, BUT! I had a really good time after all! Despite, for example, arriving first and alone and getting to ride to DisneyWorld on a bus...
Katie: Well, it could be worse! It could've been, like, a cheerleader convention at the mall!
Me: Actually, it was Cheer and Dance World Finals.
Katie: ...
Me: They were staying at my hotel.
Katie: ...
Me: They cheered on the bus.
Katie: o_O
...but only once. And we got to sit by the pool and watch them tumble and stuff, which was amusing. ALSO, I got to have the coach of the ones on my bus get on, bitch about nothing, look around, snap (in a thick southern accent), "This is NOT the happiest place on earth right NOW, y'all." LULZ. Then she snapped her crystal-crusted sunglasses over her eyes and proceeded to tell the people next to her about how trying it's been, doing this for the last four years... "but my daughter's been cheering since she was five, and I want to make sure she's in good hands!"
Anyway. So, we engaged in lots of fun and very little debauchery (lady at the restaurant, seeing Lindsey's "I'm getting married!" button (thanks, Disney!) and light-up "Bachelorette" sash: "Congratulations! But let's keep it PG! It's Disney!") and a bit of sunburning and surprisingly little alcohol (we each had A DRINK Saturday night and fell asleep, since apparently 13 hours at the Magic Kingdom and a heavy supper will do that to you).
But, just in case you think it's all love and bachelorette parties and hilarious cheerleaders in my life, you should know that I also had my flight delayed THREE HOURS, meaning that (thanks to Disney's slightly overzealous "early arrival at the airport!" policy) I spent SIX HOURS at the Orlando airport. SIGH. I tried to placate myself with a manicure (since my nails looked seriously unprofessional and I knew I wouldn't make it to Amy's for our weekly Desperate Housewives + Nail Painting Party), which turned into a comedy of errors:
1. I get my nails all pretty and painted.
2. While they are drying under little hand-fans, the manicurist steps out.
3. One hand-fan is hot and one is cold! I attempt to fix this and majorly smudge up one thumbnail.
4. I try to fix THAT and mess up my ring finger on the other hand.
5. Manicurist returns. I am for some reason AFRAID TO TELL HER what I did and very quickly try to ESCAPE without letting her SEE MY HANDS.
6. ...Profit?
Anyway, so I didn't get home till around midnight (BOO). And when I got up this morning, I was definitely not alert and ready to roll, so I called in. And vowed to grade papers all day! And... have spent about an hour and a half on that so far. Which, while not great, isn't totally terrible, right?
...right???
OK. Time to go grade papers. TTYL.TTFN! <3
*a stretch --> Stretch Armstrong --> an Armstrong (I'm not British enough for Cockney slang, so I do this instead?). Just be grateful I left it there and didn't keep going. Example: an Armstrong --> Neil Armstrong --> to the moon, Alice! --> "It's a little to the moon, don't you think?"
**("practically perfect in every way!" -->I blame Lindsey A. for having a bachelorette party, and also her friend Jess for planning it in DisneyWorld, which is where I therefore was all weekend, and also myself for being a ridiculous person.)
***If I need to explain this, then you need to watch more Arrested Development.
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| Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
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5:11 pm - YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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| Saturday, April 4th, 2009
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11:14 pm - Can't Sleep Theater Presents...
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OK, so--I've been down with this STUPID cold (WHAT) and have been headachey and fevre-brained for a while now, and all night I've been working on going to bed early, and I finally do and what should happen but I lie in bed staring at various things (most of which are inscrutable, it being dark and all) and NOT. SLEEPING.
FINE.
Instead of sleeping, I present you with the following Media Reviews of two Excellent Media I Have Consumed Lately. I'm going to try to review them around the same criteria, which should be funny.
The first one's the most overdue: a review of Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon's Lexicon, a young-adult fantasy novel to be published in June of this year. I read it in... February? I wish I could read it again, but I gave it to Courtney to read. FOOLISHLY.
( Spoiler-Free Review )
OK, am tired now; will try to sleep and if that fails, write Review #2 (the film "I Love You, Man").
*If you're interested, I have her corpus** saved as a PDF.
**Meaning her body of work, not her actual literal corpse. That would be a very strange PDF.
***OK, Favorite Harry Potter Fanfic Ever, but in very heavy competition with the standout fics from my first love, Jonny Quest.
****SHUT UP, I know that's a goofy title; the story itself is fabulous!!!!!1
current music: fishtank (dirty, dirty fishtank)
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| Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
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11:24 pm
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I could do a real update, but since I'm on Spring Break, I will give you a meme instead.
1. Comment to this and I will give you 3 people.
2. Label which you would marry, shag, and throw off a cliff.
3. Provide pictures and the names of 3 people.
4. Post this meme with your answers.
From ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) notpiecebypiece, I got:
Justin Timberlake
Benicio Del Toro
Heath Ledger (still alive)
My original response was that if there's one thing I learned from teaching English 9 (Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey, "The Monkey's Paw," etc.), it's that you shouldn't mess with fate... so Heath, conveniently reanimated, would have to go.
BUT!!!
( image-heavy response... hurrah! )
So, comment here if you want three from me. :)
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| Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
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7:08 am - the week before Spring Break (WOOOO!) is always like this...
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| Saturday, March 21st, 2009
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4:34 pm - Structure (No, not the menswear store, that part of the 90s isn't back YET)
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OK, so: Y'all have seen how awesomely busy I am lookin' to be lately. Here's my New Life Plan for dealing with that sort of thing:
Day | Housekeeping | Fitness | Funtimes/Personal |
| Monday | Money-money-money-money...MON-EY! (bills, etc.) | PT + Cardio | Heroes @ 9 |
| Tuesday | Tidy Up: bedroom/bath | (Cardio or strength) | TNT |
| Wednesday | Wardrobe: wash, sort, edit. | Yoga @ 4:30 | (relax!) |
| Thursday | Tidy Up: living room, kitchen. | PT + Cardio. | 30 Rock |
| Friday | Follow Up: what did I miss this week? | Make up for missed stuff! | HANGOUTS!, Front Page Fridays |
| Saturday | Projects (writing, cleaning, correspondence, LJ, etc) | Cardio! (and/or bike rides w/Cameron as the weather gets nice!) | Hang out, see a show? |
| Sunday | Grading, groceries. | HOT YOGA | Desperate Housewives w/Amy. |
I've been thinking about this kind of plan for a while, and I think it might work. Anybody else do stuff like this? Does it help?
I'm trying to be wary of planning too much stuff on the weekend because my schedule's NUTS through about, um, July (at which point... school starts again?), but I think having a structure to follow might actually make that easier...?
Well, we'll see.
(I give it about a week before I'm totally behind and hopelessly buried under a pile of clothing, as usual.)
ps check out my SWEET TABLE. Oh yeah, basic HTML... wheeeeeee!
current mood:  accomplished
current music: Kanye (in my head)
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| Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
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10:23 pm - ALSO! Important Travel Information for my Spring/Summer Tour '09
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I will probably be in these places (that aren't Indy) at these times. WORD.
March 27-30: Chicago (LINZ CHARLES, I AM LOOKING AT YOU)
April 5- or 6-7: Cincinnati (Hilly? Any shows?)
April 10-12: MAYBE I will be in New York City, if airfare comes down a bit (fingers crossed!)
April 24-26: Sekrit Location for Destination Bachelorette Party, LOL
May 8-10: Cincinnati for (Destination?) Wedding & (Destination) Mother's Day
May 22-25: Brown County for 3rd (4th?) Annual Henkel/Larkin Writers' Workshop & Field Expedition (YOU ARE INVITED)
June 12-???: Not Indianapolis (location TBA)--I like to Get Out Of Dodge ASAP after the school year ends, and this year the 12th is our last day of school. Suggestions?
ETA: I'll be headed for Columbus, OH (possibly by way of Cincinnati) to attend my brother's GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE!!!! WOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
ALSO ETA:
June 25-29: Miami (HOBOCAMP WHAT WHAT)
If anybody in those places wants to hang out, or travel with me, or whatever, give me a heads up.
ps If you are a scary stalker, please disregard all of this info.
GOODNIGHT!!
ETA: I'm looking for times to visit Bloomington, Austin, and Ann Arbor. I'm also open to other suggestions (Hi Carrie and Lizz!).
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5:48 pm - Hmm.
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Not very many comments on my last entry. I assume you all just are too dumb to get the joke about Schroedinger's cat were left at a loss for words due to the AWESOMENESS of my cat-free cat macros.
In other news, I had a great performance review (hurrah!) and was asked to sign a letter of intent for next year (never really in question, but still nice!) and only want to take classes outside to do independent reading and never teach again. SIGH.
Not really! Actually I am still really enjoying my classes.
ALSO! Here are some fun bits of info.
Two of my freshman students heard from another freshman that my boyfriend was "really hot."
( an image-heavy recounting of what happened after that, past the cut )
In short: Teenagers are impressed by facial hair, tuxedoes, and my hot boyfriend. Heh.
Other item of Cameron's awesomeness: my roommate Katie told me recently that she views him as her new Standard for Guys. As in, if a guy doesn't treat her as well as she seems Cameron treat me? He is OUT. Ahahahaha.
I approve of this standard.
OK, internet, I will stop bragging about how my boyfriend is hot and awesome. FIIIIIINE. I'm going to go try to grade some papers on the treadmill now. If I'm lucky, I will return with all of my limbs intact...
current mood:  calm
current music: workout mixtape for Courtney (in progress)
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| Monday, March 16th, 2009
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10:09 pm - "ok, hold on... what were we just saying I was going to put in my livejournal?"
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So I was talking to Matthew on the phone, and he said something HILARIOUS, and I wanted to put it in my LJ, so I went to get my laptop.
Me: Now what did I want to put in here?
Matthew: I have no idea. I wanted you to go look at--
Me: NO! Not what did you want to do. What did I want to do?!
Matthew: ... I have no idea?
So anyway I looked at what he wanted and blah blah blah.
Matthew: I miss the days when you would update your LJ 3497549 times a day.
Me: Yeeaaaah.
Matthew: I miss the days when I would say something, and know it would show up in your LJ!
Me: I miss the days when you used to on purpose try to think of witty things to say so that I'd put them in my LJ!
I do, however, remember that we talked about how both of us had "intersting" days at work (Columbine kid? Handcuffs? Crying? NO, NOT ME) and how I saw this AWESOME movie, "I love you, Man." I was afraid it would be awful, but it WASN'T! It was super homofriendly and actually gave women characters distinct personalities! AND VOMIT JOKES! OH MAN!
I would totally see it again and pay money for it this time (Amy had passes! Woot!).
ANYWAY BACK TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MY CONVERSATION WITH MATTHEW WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS:
VALENTINE'S EDITION!!!
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER
OH DEAR GOODNESS WHY AM I NOT ASLEEP RIGHT NOW
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| Sunday, March 15th, 2009
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9:28 pm - It's That Time Again
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OK, everybody! Due to everybody's X-TREME business, the best date available for the next Naked Lady Party Swap Meet at my apartment is Saturday, May 16th (time TBA, but probably around 1).
Remember to bring!
-Old clothes you no longer want
-Stuff you bought but never wore
-Things that would make Tim Gunn cry
-Your friends who also want some new clothes/to get rid of some clothes/whatever
-shoes, accessories, jewelry, purses, etc. etc.--various & sundry things that you no longer have a use for. Gift card you got for Xmas/Channukah/your birthday that you REALLY don't want? Old puzzles? Picture frames? A Scanner? ALL THIS AND MORE WILL BE AVAILABLE!!!!!!1
Depending on how energized I'm feeling, I might work on providing some snacks!
As always, all leftovers will be donated to Thrifty Threads for the benefit of women and children fleeing abuse at the Julian Center!
Remember: INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! Fun will be had by all.
I'll try to remind again as the date approaches, but until then: MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MAY 16TH!
**Some Notes:
1. This is usually a women's event, but if I had significant interest from Dudez, I'd be willing to help arrange a similar event at Cameron's or just gather together lots of men's clothing if guys are just trying to get rid of it.
2. If you are out of town and want to come, I have a futon and an air mattress so you could make a weekend of it!
3. If you're local and I haven't met you (I'm looking at you, sleep_desirous!), this might be a fun time to get to know people! Last time I invited a lot of my new coworkers, and it was a fun way to get to know each other better.
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| Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
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6:54 am - Just a quick update to say...
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I'm not dead yet! I'm not sure why not. I have a bizzare cold/allergy/something (BODY: STOP THAT). I'm not sure if it's motivated by the change in seasons, the hot/cold front alternations we've been getting (70 last Saturday, 30 right now?!?!), my body bein' a hater, finally giving in and catching the cold Cameron's had for like a month, whatever. It doesn't reeeeally matter, because either way, I feel pretty gross all the time.
Also I'm kind of a space cadet. Last night, I went shopping very briefly with Amy and had the following experience:
( Surreality & Shopping )
I also bought $12 worth of TOTALLY SWEET KITCHEN SPONGES at Sur le Table. Because I set my last one ON FIRE. In the microwave. WHAT. WHAT. I burned a hole straight through it. I am a culinary genius.
In other news, Courtney came to visit me last weekend!! We went to see Watchmen (meh), MBL's bellydance show (!!!), hung out with a variety of awesome people, and I showed Courtney Trapped in the Closet.
Courtney: WHY have I not SEEN this before?!?!?!
Peggy: I HAVE NO IDEA.
Then we went to bed at like 11 on Saturday night, got up at like 7:30 (?!?!), which was secretly 6:30 because of Daylight Savings Time (!?!?!?!), and watched Jonny Quest (!!!!!!). It was fairly amazing.
Courtney: WHY does Jonny not have A MILLION CONCUSSIONS? He has gotten hit in the head and knocked unconscious in EVERY EPISODE SO FAR.
Peggy: I'm pretty sure that's what all his hair is for: cushioning his brain.
Now, sadly, Courtney has returned to The Frozen North (/0\) and I am ALONE ALL ALONE (except my 200-odd students (and boy, are they odd! (BA-DUM CHING)), Cameron, Erin, Amy, coworkers, etc etc etc).
In order to make myself feel better, I've been trying to have a social life again watching a lot of "Make Me A Supermodel" on youtube. I'm on like episode 10 of Season 1. I'm not sure what I'll do when I finish it--I guess maybe clean my room or go get some groceries? Whatever.
current mood:  sick
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| Sunday, March 1st, 2009
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9:43 pm - Scientia Potentia Est
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So, here's how my life has been going!
1. A teacher is no longer with the school, and the Latin class needed to be taken over. Having taken Latin in high school, I am determined to be the "most" "qualified" person to take it over. Therefore I taught Latin for three weeks! LOLWHUT.
2. The main problem with #1, above, is that Latin happened during 4th period. When I had an English class. Which meant that for the last three weeks I've been teaching two classes during 4th period--tag-teaming with the long-term sub. LOL. WHUT.
3. What made #2 bearable was comments from the students like these:
"Wow! I actually learned something in Latin class today!"
[the class is slightly chatty, so I am waiting for quiet] "YOU GUYS! SHUT UP! WE HAVE A REAL TEACHER NOW!"
"I've learned more in the last two weeks than I learned the whole rest of the trimester!"
And, of course, the one I got a million times: "Uh, do you get paid extra for this?" (and, when I reply in the negative: "YOU SHOULD.")
4. And I managed to not be too far behind on grading. But last week was finals, which means I have a giant pile of papers to grade. :(
5. I'm also pretty unprepared for class tomorrow, since I found out on Wednesday that instead of teaching two sections of English 10 Part 2 and one Advanced Composition, I'm (sekritly) teaching one section each of English 9 Part 2, English 10 Part 2, Advanced Composition, and English 11 Part 1. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Awesome. (On the plus side, I've taught two of those four classes before!)
In Other News:
-My personal training is still going really well! I haven't lost much weight but I've gained a lot of muscle; my endurance is way up; I have resisted catching Cameron's cold for over a month (poor sick Cameron!); and I'm down a hole on my belt. (!!!) Also my trainer told me last time that it's a joy to work with me because I'm so committed! LOLOLOL. Things I never thought I'd hear from a trainer? But she's great to work with and we really mesh well, I think. So that's awesome.
-I baked chocolate chip cookies. YUM. (Don't worry! With whole-wheat fiber and an extra helping of fiber, they're better for me than white bread, despite the chocolate chips.)
-My apartment? TOTAL MESS. Sigh. Need to get cracking on that one. Also need to pay rent/bills/taxes. FAIL.
-I need to finalize vacation plans for Spring Break. So many things I'd like to do, so many places I'd like to go, and yet... so little time! Luckily it's not for FOUR MORE WEEKS.
-MEDIA CONSUMPTION TIME: I've re-read all of Tamora Pierce's "Protector of the Small" series (tough chick = inspiration to keep training, plus Kel as a refugee-camp commander is sort of exactly who I want to be as a teacher), and Maya Mistful Sarah Rees Brennan's "The Demon's Lexicon" (advanced copy--review totally to come, I swear); I've watched two DVDs each of "Lost" and "Frasier", plus some eps of Project Runway: Australia (omg accents!); and I bought a new CD (Kokopelli - Kosheen) that I would have been OBSESSED with in the late 90s (and am enjoying quite a bit now). And I can't WAIT for THURSDAY, when THE WATCHMEN comes out!!!! Courtney's coming down to see it with me, Jorr, Cameron, and Erin (and Phil?). In IMAX. Don't worry: I took the next day off school. ;) Because I am a consummate professional. AND MY SEASON ONE OF THE REAL ADVENTURES OF JONNY QUEST HAS ARRIVED. Courtney and I will be watching that this weekend--no doubt. And possibly planning our costumes for when the Jonny Quest movie finally gets made. (I call Jezebel Jade! Courtney, will you be my Race Bannon?)
But right now what I need is a shower and some sleep so I can get up very early, go to school, and start photocopying my Very Old Syllabus from English 9. Wheeeee--nothing like 14 freshmen first thing in the morning to get me started, right? (I'm actually pretty excited about having such a smaaaall class. And, OK, a little excited about teaching Romeo & Juliet again. A LITTLE. Plus I might get to do Macbeth with the juniors? KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED. I have lots and lots and lots of play swords and am crazy, so expect lots of zany stuff to happen. HURRAH)
OK GOODNIGHT. Kisses all around.
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| Saturday, February 28th, 2009
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10:18 pm - MBL's life, summed up in one question
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| Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
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12:05 pm - not dead yet!
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| Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
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8:37 pm - Good Things That Have Happened Today
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1. My morning class, which is, for some reason, made up of 18 boys and 2 girls, read Emily Dickinson poems to each other. And aside from some unfortunate snickering about possible dirty interpretations of "Low at my problem bending--", they actually seemed to be really, really enjoying it.
2. My AP class is finally--FINALLY--getting sort of into Brave New World! 'Bout time, since we're on chapter 12 of 18 chapters.
3. TNT* was awesome! I <3 friends.
4. Two people mentioned that I seem to be losing some heft around my middle. Amy, in fact, said that I was looking "little in the middle but got much back," which is both a compliment AND an allusion.
5. Flurries--beautiful snowflakes all day! Sadly(?), not enough to close school.
6. MCFLURRIES**
7. I've been staying up too late lately because my book is REALLY REALLY GOOD. It's Water for Elephants and delightful, and about forbidden love and the depression and CIRCUSES! in the 1920s. YESSSSSSSSSSS. Also about getting old. I'm reading it for my Book Club, which is me and a bunch of teachers and so far we've met once and this is our second book and I didn't read the first one. Reminds me of my Kushiel club, only this time I like the book and also I didn't make any puppets last time. But I do not recommend Middlesex. Unless you only like foreshadowing and subtlety when applied with A SLEDGEHAMMER.
8. I get to go to BED now!!!!!!!!!!1
*"Tuesday Nights Together," Cameron's Indy version of Vid Tuesdays
**don't worry, I'm not going crazy. I will not eat all of it in one sitting/let this affect #4.
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