thank god the '00s are over.  what a horrifying decade.  bring on the '10s!  shit will be gotten together!  goals will be accomplished sentences!  passive sentences will be appreciated!

'09 wasn't all horrible; in fact, the end of the aughts (JESUS.) started coming around on the up and up eventually.  i was successful with both of my resolutions: i ( Read more... )

at no formal training today, you can read about pizza!!  you should certainly read it.  and share with everyone ever.

also: GEF--awesome!

beef stew at no formal training today.  enjoy! other news--another snow day today.  hoping for ONE MORE so i can head back to MI early.  ice out the doors, spoons under pillows, backwards pajamas...the whole nine tonight.  hope for us.

new post, with a michigan theme, at the "other" blog. you'll enjoy it if you enjoy coney islands.

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other news: i love the snow. i will love it more if i don't have to work tomorrow.

another new post at the "other" blog. this one involves beer ( Read more... )

so, i started another blog; it's about adventures in cooking and food. i figure, i love to cook, maybe i would be a good writer about it. MAYBE THEY'LL EVEN PAY ME, which will be useful when i lose my job and am totally destitute ( Read more... )

so, the dog won't eat. usually, he's crying in his crate when i wake up, he wants to eat so badly, and RUNS to the laundry room where the dishes are. today, not so much. like, had one bit of kibble that i hand-fed to him. and, of course, he's snoozing on the couch ( Read more... )

so, i'm preparing for this presentation for this psuedo-class i'm taking about teaching reading, and it seems i've forgotten something in the four years its been since i've taken an actual class: i am super uptight about school. like seriously anal about it. i've adjusted the text boxes on my handouts at least six times.

busy night tonight.

so i ran a marathon yesterday! my first, not my last. it was insane, intense, and so much fun. i don't even remember the last five miles. my legs are killing me today ( Read more... )

there are days that i forget i teach middle school--the kids are clicking on high school cylinders, and there aren't major problems with hormones and whining, and the kids leave fulfilled and (relatively) happy. my students in my 3rd year magnet class just wrote fantastic essays (in spanish!) from the point of view of a student during the ( Read more... )