pretty crazy!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/education/26green.html?ref=education

you can also catch me in the video, discussing my flushing habits

Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner ( Read more... )

today i got bitten by a penguin.
on the beach.
in south africa.

leaving for south africa tomorrow. wooooo

so many frustrations ( Read more... )

It looks like starting on Monday, I will be in New Orleans for two months, teaching math and science (!) to middle schoolers. The offer was made to me yesterday, the decision made today, and I still need to confirm tomorrow morning so I can buy my plane ticket (!) and start packing (I haven't really finished unpacking). I am trying my best to go ( Read more... )

It is 6:34 a.m. and I am awake... I'm pulling an all-nighter not because I am working but I can't fall asleep. If i were smart I would use the time to work but instead I have been reading through old e-mails I've sent ( Read more... )

i keep getting shampoo in my eyes.

So I've just discovered that my computer has the World Book on it. Which is an even better procrastinatory tool than bubble trouble (which I deleted in a fit of attempting a positive lifestyle), and more educational! It has pretty amazing study tools, so it's too bad I never really need to look things up in the World Book. But it is so fun ( Read more... )

So I guess I've started this pattern that when I feel paralyzed and incapable of doing anything (everything), a good thing to do is to cut myself some bangs. I decided to cut my hair on Monday using Pauline's kiddie scissors, and since I did I've been feeling significantly better than my pre-haircut state. Actually I learned in first grade that it ( Read more... )