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January 23rd, 2006
 | 07:18 pm - Call for suggestions
So, I'm supposed to read any book and use for one of my classes this semester. Right now I'm reading The World is Flat but I'm not sure I want to teach that to ESL students. Could be interesting though...
Anyway, I'm looking for book ideas. I know a lot of my lj people read a lot, so hopefully someone has a good idea. I like nonfiction quite a bit, but I'm open to anything! Even an author that I should check out would be helpful.
The semester is going great thus far. I might even graduate.
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January 15th, 2006
| 11:12 pm
Keep trying!
You scored 76% novice, 63% intermediate, and 48% advanced! |
| You have a fair handle on the English language. Thus, although you aren't fantastically talented in the art of vocabulary, it is probably only because you haven't put much effort into it. Perhaps this can be the motivation that you need in order to go further with your talents! |
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My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 26% on novice |
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You scored higher than 41% on intermediate |
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You scored higher than 17% on advanced |
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December 18th, 2005
| 06:37 pm
I have a major crush on this guy:
Kai Ryssdal.
He wakes me up in the morning, with the Marketplace morning report (or at least he used to, maybe he's too good to do news briefs at that hour, even pre-recorded ones.)
I just finally went to look for his picture now. I was scared, I guess...scared that he would not be as sexy as I imagine everyone on NPR to be.
I'm in love with NPR again. I have insane radio lust.
I've been done for not quite 48 hours, and I have no clue what to do with myself. I don't go back to work for an entire month. I've already finished a book and a half, and most of a scarf, and watched oodles of Law and Order.
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December 8th, 2005
| 09:46 pm - Meeeeow (says Frank)
Poster Session tonight went quite well. I think our poster turned out ok, even if it ended up being an All-Star Salute to Clip Art.
I jammed the Woods Hall copier no less than 5 times while trying to print a mere 25 brochures to go with our poster.
I've been thinking about the answers to my quiz. Everyone seems to think I want to go to London, and I'm starting to suspect that was my *real* answer...I just didn't know it yet.
Students are whining nonstop. I've had so many requests for makeup assignments and extra credit--I've vowed that I will not cave to anyone. There is one girl who I have for two classes that is seriously ill, as in hospitalized (not dying, but she's sick) and *she* emailed to apologize, not to beg for more time. That kept me from even considering giving in to the other losers. They had all semester...I will be strong...
I gave an informal evaluation/call for suggestions in Level 6 today, and the results were pretty good. Some people had gripes, but the overall tone was positive. That made me feel pretty good.
I have the following left to complete and my semester is done:
One project. (Heh)
One unit for computer assisted language learning (this should take an hour tops)
Lots of lesson plans
my folders for the classes I taught (materials, reflective writings etc)
Reading class final to write
Oral Skills Final to write and schedule
And right now, one massive combination literature review and observational essay--I have no other way to really describe it. It's a paper on culture shock, which is part research, and part interview with people who experienced it. I can get away with this because it is a culture class, and my prof wanted some sort of incorporation of pseudo-research into our lit reviews, if that is what we insisted on doing. I have to get this put together by Saturday morning, and I fear it will be a giant piece of crap.
I'm going to do my best and get it out of my sight.
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December 7th, 2005
December 5th, 2005
| 05:03 pm
The heater is my office is broken. This hasn't been a problem except for today and Friday. Brrrr.
Blah. I want the semester to end very very very very soon.
Good things: It's almost over.
I got an extra 2 days to write my paper.
Most of my grading is done.
Bad things:
Our poster presentation is NOT READY, by far.
My final paper is barely started, and still due by midnight Friday.
My final exams are not written.
My final project for 520 is not started.
Our paper to go along with the project/poster presentation is only about 70% done.
Must work now! Wish me luck! :)
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November 24th, 2005
| 03:02 am - Happy Turkey Day (and many other things)
Thanksgiving Break is just what I needed. I struck a nice balance between being totally lazy, and getting some work done on my course design project. I have a rough outline for the twelve lessons I will be making, and some ideas for my paper for my culture class.
I realized on Thursday that I forgot to submit a small assignment for my computers in language learning class. Eeek. We were supposed to make a webpage outlining a lesson on ESL from one of our textbooks, but class had to be cancelled on the day we were supposed to present. I wasn't able to finish my page that day due to lack of internet, and I guess it slipped my mind. I emailed my prof about submitting the assignment (though I think by now it will be worth nothing) and I dread hearing back from her.
Frank is licking my right shoulder while I type. I guess tshirts are tasty.
I'm singing along to "No Surprises," inserting meows for most of the lyrics. Yes, I'm a teeny bit odd at this time of night.
Plans for the rest of the weekend:
Dinner with Josh tomorrow.
International Thanksgiving with whoever decides to show up on Friday.
Relax on Saturday, if possible--maybe going to the office for a focused hour or two of work, but otherwise I want to lie around the house and watch movies and crochet scarves.
Sunday: More work on various things--grading, and my own papers. I need to have 8 of my lessons for the course project completed by then, and plan for my classes for the next week.
Also to do: Find the tape that I recorded 80% of my classes' oral quizzes on--they've gone missing!
Going back to reading forums and nursing my hand wound (I put a corkscrew into my left palm, trying to open a really crappy bottle of red wine--it looked yucky but all is ok!)
Current Music: Smashing Pumpkins--Muzzle
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November 15th, 2005
| 10:22 am
 | You scored as Sex God. You are a master at sex. You make your partner weak in the knees, and you know it. You've had the practice, and you've read the books, but don't get too cocky (pun intended) or you'll get put into place.
Sex God | | 93% | A Romantic | | 73% | A Slave To BDSM | | 53% | Virgin | | 23% | </td>
How are you in bed
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November 13th, 2005
| 11:21 pm - seven songs from starla79
My seven songs of the moment:
1. The Killers: All these things that I've done
2. Green Day: Holiday
3. Calexico/Iron and Wine: Prison on Route 41
4. Calexico/Iron and Wine: Laid in the Reins
5. Le Tigre: Hot Topic
6. Straylight Run: Existentialism on Prom Night (yes, I'm still stuck on it)
7. I have no idea:/Scrotum, Scrotum, it's my wrinkly crinkly bag of skin (thanks, Josh)
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November 10th, 2005
November 4th, 2005
| 03:12 pm
Diet Vanilla Coke is being discontinued. Noooooooo!
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November 1st, 2005
| 01:35 pm
While I'm supposed to be on Weight Watchers again, I'm squeezing room in my diet today for a cup of bread pudding from Victor's. Yum. Does it count that I walked over to get it?
Life continues on. I'm attempting to do the NaNoWriMo thing, even though I've rarely completed even a short story. I needed more to do. :)
Teaching is all right. I'm sorta stuck in routine right now, and I continually worry that my students aren't really learning anything from me, and that I'm just up in front of a class doing absolutely no good.
Class tonight, a midterm to finish, and then blessed, glorious sleep.
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October 28th, 2005
October 22nd, 2005
October 21st, 2005
| 11:58 pm
| You Passed 8th Grade Math | 
Congratulations, you got 9/10 correct! |
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| 12:40 am - Also...
Why am I craving EVERYTHING???
I want something chocolatey-minty and potato salad, maybe not in that order.
I just had an omelet at 10pm, so it's not like I'm really hungry....
Just lusting after potato salad.
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October 11th, 2005
| 01:52 am
I want to relax. I want to feel like I'm actually done with something. This sounds like a negative entry, but I'm actually in a pretty good mood--just feeling a little exhausted with everything.
Frank is sleeping on my pillow. He's taken to doing that lately. Jerry is at the opposite end of the bed, with his fur all rumpled. I will join them soon, and probably just end up waking them up and making them tromp through the house again at top speed.
I don't want to go to bed, because I know it's all just going to start all over again at 7am. I want to sleep, and not be jolted out of bed before I'm ready.
Waiting for Saturday again. I felt slight hints of my former self last weekend. My creative, non-medicated, slightly sane self. Why can't I grab hold of her?
Current Music: The Killers: All These Things That I've Done
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September 30th, 2005
| 08:06 am
Mmm, Yahoo Radio. Never thought I'd say that, but the 1990s Alternative station has my name on it. I'm getting old.
But hearing "Fake Plastic Trees" followed by "Lady Picture Show" (a song I completely forgot about) made me happy this morning.
Back to highlighting papers, woo.
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September 24th, 2005
| 08:42 pm
Hmm, it appears my bathtub is leaking onto the floor again. Last time I thought I just made the tidal wave myself (tub too full, maybe sat down too fast??) but this time it was leaking around the bottom of the tub before I even got in. This doesn't happen when I take a shower.
Anyone have ideas? I'm guessing it's time to get the landlord involved.
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September 23rd, 2005
| 08:12 am
I am very very tired of being asked if I've taken my "happy pills" every time I dare to show an emotion.
I don't know what's right anymore. When I was a child, I was essentially an emotional zombie. The only emotion I knew was deep depression.
Later, I learned how to cry, how to scream, to really laugh, how to have semi-rational conversations involving my emotions and my needs.
But still, it seems like there's this expectation--I'm on pills, therefore I will always be ok.
Maybe it was a joke, but it strikes a very sensitive nerve with me. It's extremely difficult to have ANY emotion besides generically happy when taking happy pills. My happiness is flat and uninteresting, and sadness is a general blah feeling. There is really nothing in-between.
I struggle a lot with knowing what is an appropriate emotion, because I don't feel things---or thanks to drugs and doctors I've somehow found out that the way I felt was not socially okay, and I have to try and learn something else.
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September 20th, 2005
| 11:52 pm - I want a pear.
LJ Interests meme results
- big socks:
When I started this journal I was livign in a very cold hell-hole. My feet were saved by the presence of two pairs of giant wooly socks. - cemeteries:
I love cemeteries. I can't say anything else about it--I just feel peaceful and at home there. - courttv:
I love Forensic Files...Dr. Henry Lee, Dayle Hinman, all those good forensic-coated shows. - family guy:
*insert favorite family guy quote here* - kentucky:
I live here by choice. :) - law and order:
Sam Waterston is still hot. - mst3k:
God, I can't believe this show has been off the air for 6 years. I feel old again. - nair:
I like smoothness. - radiohead:
I love you Thom! I want to rub your cute little head! - soft beds:
I like my beds squishy, not firm.
Enter your LJ user name, and 10 interests will be selected from your interest list.
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September 10th, 2005
| 02:06 am
I am seriously in love with the song "Rock-Bottom Riser" by Smog. Eee. I need to steal more of this.
Quiet night in, with pierogies and tea. Yes, I'm eating dinner at 2am.
ESL party tomorrow, woo!
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September 9th, 2005
| 10:55 am
One of the guys in my first class was wearing a New Kids on the Block tshirt. Tee-hee.
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September 8th, 2005
| 03:58 pm
Tagged by tabjunea: 20 Random things about me.
1. I am wearing my flirty skirt today.
2. I am drinking instant ginger crystal tea.
3. I taught 3 classes today: Listening, Reading, and Error Analysis.
4. I was sad to leave my kitty cats this morning.
5. I am listening to "They" by Jem at this stage of my list.
6. My office smells like yummy linen candles; however one of them imploded while I was at class and coated the writing desk in hot wax.
7. I still have a throat tumor, but I really don't know what it is or why it's there.
8. All I want to do is kiss girls.
9. As the weeks go by I am increasingly (afraid? excited? confused?) that I am very, very gay.
10. I have a boyfriend named Scott (which conflicts a bit with #9)
11. I am very afraid of the janitors walking in and seeing me making a tard face.
12. I want the leftover guacamole doritos in the kitchen, but I don't want to be seen stealing them.
13. My current ringtone is "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."
14. I am now listening to "Disco 2000" by Pulp (Media player is on random)
15. Scott's first present to me was a pair of black Old Navy flip flops. I wear them everyday--not because he gave them to me, but because I hate shoes.
16. If my house was burning down I would grab my cats and probably my vibrator.
17. I was watching the Mole People (thanks Popefelix!) until I started this list.
18. I am supposed to be writing course objectives for my class that meets in 50 minutes.
19. I actually wore makeup today.
20. I love underwear. Especially girls in underwear.
Ok, it took me about 6 minutes, but I don't think I have 6 friends left to tag...
tagging:
Popefelix, psychomatronic, sarypotter, starla79 (if any of you want to)
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| 05:55 am
I am self-medicating with waffles.
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September 5th, 2005
August 26th, 2005
| 03:40 pm
Registered students ALL DAY, with a short break for Matt B's (yay ESL!)
I'm strangely exhausted. I'm managing to get up at appropriate times, but I still can't seem to settle down and sleep before 1-2am. 5 hours a night is not enough for me. I need to work this out, soon, before I crack.
Tons of homework and prep to do this weekend. Ugh. I was expecting to get something done during the day today, but we were so busy with folders, class scheduling and insurance that I didn't really have time to sit with my nose in a book. Plus, it was actually nice to see my former students who were either returning just to visit or to advance to new levels. I feel oddly proud of them. One of my former students told me my class was actually useful, which is probably one of the highest compliments you can give someone who is attemtpting to teach a skill. I felt better. :)
Soooo much to do, and there's at least a dozen of us fighting over a single printer and copier. I predict office time this weekend.
On another good note, I got my student loan leftovers in the bank last night.
time to plan or crash. I can't decide which.
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August 20th, 2005
| 08:01 am - Muchos pics!
Can't sleep this morning, so I'm going to post the hell out of some pictures!
I joined a cemetery-themed photography community awhile back, and these are the pics from my first post:
( Cemetery stuff )
I also finally sucked my San Francisco/Reno pics off the camera. Not very many of them turned out. :(
( random vacation stuff )
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August 18th, 2005
| 12:03 am
Why can't I just stop being sad?
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August 13th, 2005
| 01:13 pm
Birthday party last night. Had a nice time, thank you Josh for hosting. :)
I like jello shots too much. They are the only way that I can drink a lot and not have to stop myself. They hit while I was naked in the pool (where I was revisiting the site of my first girl kiss, a year ago) and I woke up on josh's couch with no pants and wearing one of his SIU shirts.
I woke up around 8am, surrounded by bodies. I couldn't get Josh's toilet to work right, so I drove home to heave in peace, somehow.
I am never drinking again. EVER.
god, I feel like poo.
I did get to be in a naked girl sandwich for a bit, so I guess it's worth it. :)
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August 10th, 2005
| 10:09 pm
I still feel strange, and I can't put my finger on it.
It smells like someone dumped an industrial-sized bottle of Robitussin outside my apartment. After my little hallucinatory experience freshman year, that smell does absolutely nothing for me.
Scott got into law school today, finally, after a long summer of waitlisting. He got the call about 3 hours before orientation started, giving him just enough time to call me (and everyone else he knows) and run home to put on something besides mesh shorts. I'm so happy for him.
Of course, this means he can't come out in October. I knew this was a possibility, but I was really looking forward to having him actually meet my people. Now it looks like we won't be seeing each other til January, when I'm on break, since there's basically no way I can get out there during the semester. I'll be teaching 4 days a week, and have class either 3 or 4 days, depending on what I do. I guess this will be an excellent test---either we'll stay together as we are, or we'll let things cool off. I don't know. I'm not sure what I want at this point. Thinking to follow.
I still haven't decided whether I can handle four classes. I need to make up my mind immediaely, so I can get the appropriate amount of financial aid to cover my tuition. All of a sudden the end is in sight again, and that is very very scary. I let myself think that the semesters would just keep coming, one after another, and quite possibly, I'd never get out of school. A PhD doesn't sound too terrible right now, but ask me again about two weeks into the semester and I'll probably rip someone's head off. I need to work. I need to get on with real life outside the college bubble.
I should rename this "journal of a girl who can't decide anything, ever." Really, I'm not as bad as I make myself sound. When I have to, I'll make the right decisions, but until then, I'll whine and agonize as much as possible.
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August 7th, 2005
| 11:43 pm - Shufflelicious
Ok, I'm doing that thing that everyone's doing!
10 songs, randomly selected from my playlist
And um, I have no idea how to cross them out, so I guess I'll have to figure out if and when people recognize said songs. :) Remember, google does not exist when you are playing this game....
1. But I can't feed on the powerless when my cup's already overfilled "Hunger Strike" by Temple of the Dog, found by mrs_prufrock
2. The news that truly shocks is the empty, empty page...while the final rattle rocks this empty empty cage.
3. Well you can knock me, I don't care, and you can mock me, I don't care.
4. Tonight we're the scent of your long black hair spread out like your breath across my back
Your hands they move like waves over me beneath the moon.
5. Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
6. The past is gone, it went by like dusk to dawn "Dream on" --This time by Aerosmith, found by popefelix
7. How's your mother, how's your aunt, how's your father's skindiving suit?
8. You can't take back all those years shots in the dark from empty guns were never heard by anyone
9. With my big black boots and an old suitcase, I do believe I’ll find myself a new place
I don’t want to be the bad guy, I don’t want to do your sleepwalk dance anymore "Santa Monica" by Everclear, found by popefelix and mrs_prufrock
10. If you should ever leave me, though life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me so what good would living do me? "God Only Knows" by the Beach boys, found by everyone :P
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July 29th, 2005
| 02:40 pm - From Ms. volvita...
Five reasons I am a huge Dork:
1. My choice in car music is less than cool--right now I'm addicted to this mash of the Beastie Boys and the Beatles (Tripper Trouble) and I turn it WAAAAY up and attempt to rap along. Yeah. I also found that Liz Phair's "Explain it to Me" has an awful lot of bass and is suitable for bumping.
2. I read second language acquisition theory books for fun. They're on my bedside table. And no, I don't fall asleep after one page.
3. I've been wearing pinstripe pants with Old Navy flip flops all summer.
4. I sleep with a stuffed bison.
5. Both of my cats have a theme song. Frank gets his when I come in the door. Jerry gets his while sitting on the closed toilet lid as I get out of the shower. They both know to act disappointed if I don't sing.
Tagging:
sarypotter
starla79
zoltara
psychomatronic
popefelix
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| 02:25 pm - The Many Moods of Jerry the Cat
Peeved Jerry.
Happy Jerry.
Mildly Psychotic Jerry
(Actually, that last picture reminds me of something that's been stuffed. Very creepy.)
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July 25th, 2005
| 01:00 am
I guess I watch too much Law and Order, cause Frank has now learned to howl along with the wolf noises as the end of the credits.
I love that cat.
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July 21st, 2005
| 08:49 pm
Leave your anonymous comment here! Woo!
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July 20th, 2005
| 10:11 pm
Ever had a moment where you were acutely aware of your own aging?
I'm still trying to find good music to play for my class, and I was considering using Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl as an example. I figured it's fairly recent, something they've probably heard.
Then I realized that I have no clue what the hell a hollaback girl is, and I can guarantee at least one person will ask me to explain the concept.
I'm out of touch.
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July 15th, 2005
| 02:28 pm
Good things about Friday:
Wearing flip-flops with pinstripe pants, as my ode to casual Fridays
Iced coffee from Gloria's. (Normally we'd also have Thai food from Gloria's, but Kelly had a gyno checkup)
Good things about this particular Friday:
It's payday.
Did I mention that I make a buttload more money at ESL than at Housing?
It's not raining, although it looks like it could start at any second.
I felt a little bit of happy when people actually noticed I was gone at lunch. I'm used to being invisible.
Bad things about this Friday:
Hmm, nothing major so far.
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July 13th, 2005
| 01:16 am - 10 song shuffle
Yeah, it's been done to death, but what the hell... My ten random songs:
1. Disarm by The Smashing Pumpkins
2. Just Like Honey by the Jesus and Mary Chain
3. The National Anthem by Radiohead
4. Sail to the Moon by Radiohead
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2
6. The Only Living Boy in New York by Simon and Garfunkel
7. The Last Remaining Light by Audioslave
8. Heartsong by Zwan
9. Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin
10. On a Plain by Nirvana
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/twotone/hamsters/thoughtful_hammy.gif) contemplative
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July 8th, 2005
| 04:18 pm
Good god, this is a great day.
Why?
I just quit my job.
Not the teaching job---that crappy overnight housing thing I suffered through for way too long. I don't need it anymore. I quit gracefully, with an email and a short visit to the bossman. I've been more or less out all summer, working about 16 hours a week when I wasn't teaching, and I haven't seen him since sometime around the end of spring semester.
I said my goodbyes, and bowed out.
It feels incredible.
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July 7th, 2005
| 11:19 pm - Attention people across the parking lot:
For the last time...
The 4th of July is over.
It has been over for three full days.
You can stop the 3 hour nightly fireworks shows. There is absolutely no reason to invite approximately 223947398743928 of your closest friends over to blow shit up in the parking lot. My cats are traumatized, I'm sick of smelling gunpowder, and despite a lot of intense wishing none of you have blown off a hand yet.
Waaah me. Really, I don't understand fireworks. They're amusing for a few minutes, yes, but for a week straight?
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| 06:20 am
A pox on whoever gave me this cold. I think I can make it through two classes today, but after that my happy ass is back in bed. My students will probably ask for my skin if I cancel class.
I sound even more demonic than usual.
Everything else is going well, kitties of doom are taking care of me.
I think I've scraped up enough to go back to Sac again in August, woo! I want the Scott to get at least one day off so we can go somewhere. I'm not sure what's left to see in Northern California....maybe Oakland? :P I can't wait to see his new place.
It's going to be a low-key trip. I don't want to spend too much more than airfare, and summer prices are a bitch. But if I don't go now, it's nothing until January.
Back to sleep for 30.
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June 30th, 2005
| 10:29 am
We're at midterms now, but I'm not really giving a midterm, so I guess it's pointless to mention it. Anyway. Most of my students are doing well, due to the combined factors of used books with answers already written in, being serial repeat-ers of certain classes, and perhaps it's all just too easy. Only one person is in danger of failing, and X is only failing because she/he/it never comes to class. Especially on the days when I assign projects or have tests. Hmmm.
X has been in this class at least 5 times before, and could easily pass it if X applied Xself. I have to be vague, for fear of FERPA violations....
Anyway, all is well, if the farkign students will stop turning off the air conditioners. I know it's a jungle at home--it doesn't mean I feel like having a jungle in my skirt. It also probably has to do with the fact that 2/3 of them are Asian stick-girls (with great shoes!) and they have 0% body fat to protect them against the vicious flow of 77 degree air.
My work wardrobe consists mostly of flowy skirts, both long and roughly knee-length, and I'm glad for it. I wear a lot more black than anyone else in the office, which seems to have earned me a reputation for being "dark." It's ok--I don't fit in here for various reasons, and I'm polite to everyone, but I don't expect to gain very many friends from this experience. Kelly is fabulous, and Faith and Tiffany are sweet, but everyone else already has their own little circle.
Time to grade!
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June 22nd, 2005
| 07:40 pm
I had to try it....
You scored 78% for basic knowledge, 77% for advanced knowledge, 70% for perverted knowledge and 37% for obscure knowledge
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 76% on Basic |
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You scored higher than 72% on Advanced |
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You scored higher than 90% on Perverse |
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June 21st, 2005
| 11:25 am
Billy Corgan is reforming the Pumpkins.
What the fuck is this shit!!!?!
I'm not really sure how to feel about this. I'm not sure I can enjoy a reformed version of the band that shaped my youth, especially if none of the former members are involved.
At the very least, Jimmy should be back.
Ok, back to grading, I swear.
I will not torture the office with Siamese Dream (in honor of Pumpkin-y days gone by). I will not....
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June 16th, 2005
| 11:13 am
Hanging out at the office, eating ramen (cooked, but not in soup form....plain noodles cause I'm lacking in condiments, unless you count Diet Coke as such...)
I have office hours. I'm still in amazement at this fact. :)
And since no one ever actually needs anything during my office hours, I can sit here peacefully, eating my very early nutrition-free lunch and ponder it all.
And occaisonally I get something done. My computer is functioning, sorta. The floppy drive doesn't work and it's been sketchy about downloading attachments. I also have no link to the printer, so I have to beg the student worker down the hall to steal hers when I have to do stuff for class. I hope they can get that fixed.
I am wearing a twirly skirt today and I feel like a huge girl. I might need to invest in professional looking shoes. I still have remains of the blisters I got from wearing my loafers without socks almost two weeks ago, so I've worn nothing but flip flops this entire time. Eh, shoes might happen if and when I get paid from all of this.
Time to write tomorrow's listening quiz!
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June 13th, 2005
| 01:40 pm
Cake. All I can think about is cake.
There was birthday cake in the lounge earlier, but it was yellow with gooey white frosting and sprinkles. And probably dry and icky. Yeah. That's what I'm telling myself, as cake does not have a place in a healthy munchkin diet.
:(
I shall console myself with a lunch of plain shrimp and lots of green leafy things.
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June 12th, 2005
| 02:00 pm
I've been trying for the past two days to come up with something good to make my listening students do in class, involving some music. I need something they can listen to and try and pick out words. Unfortunately, my music collection is not particularly heavy on music that is lyrically clear. The 3a students are also at a fairly low level of English overall, so my goal is not to confound them any further.
(As an aside, that might be the hardest part of teaching at this point. I want to challenge them enough so that the lessons are insultingly easy, but I also don't want to confuse them so much that they want to give up...arghghghghgh)
Right now I'm leaning toward using "Nothing Better" by the Postal Service, since it's nice, upbeat, happy, and has just the right amount of phrases that will need some explanation.
Ooh, "Sleeping in" might also be good....maybe I'll just do a Postal Service themed day this week.
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June 10th, 2005
| 05:58 pm
Tagged from mrs_prufrock....
The five songs I currently really sorta like:
1. The Cars-- "Moving in Stereo"
2. Morrissey-- "Suedehead"
3. Audioslave--"Be Yourself"
4. Gwen Stefani--"Hollaback Girl"---I mostly like this one for the video...mmmm cheerleaders
5. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes--"End of the Road"
Runner-up: Due to the My Morning Jacket comments on Heather's journal, I've had their "One Big Holiday" in my head all day today. I love that song.
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June 9th, 2005
| 11:32 am
Tito was dead when I came in this morning. He was just lying motionless on the bottom of the bowl, poor thing. I don't know what happened, other than the fact that he was a 29 cent Walmart goldfish, which probably sealed his fate. He did spend all day yesterday swimming backward.
I managed to fish him out (ha) with a plastic spoon. Burial was at sea, first stall, main women's restroom.
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