Ok a few things first ( Read more... )

Note: Boy don't try to front, I (I) know just (just) what you are.

Thank you for your time--and attention.

Yesterday was amazing.
Ps--I am in this video--THIS IS WHERE I WORK!
It's amazing.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/01/in_boston_a_col.html

Today I will be watching the inauguration of President Barack Obama with my 4/5th graders at the Mission Hill Pilot school in inner-city Boston ( Read more... )

I just re-read: Missing Angel Juan by Francesca Lia Block.

It felt somewhat like feeding my soul.

I have resolved to re-read the entire weetzie-bat series this semester--along with other great FLB books.

I want to do some shit for me this semester. Who wants to share with me?

So I guess this is the first time I'm really putting it out in plain black and white since it happened ( Read more... )

Christmas Eve: Was spent with my dearest Marc and his mom's side of the family. The evening was slightly chaotic, but pleasant on the whole. It's stranger and stranger to me the more holidays we share together that this is going to be how christmas/txgiving/etc is going to be for the rest of our lives ( Read more... )

Who knew a city-wide state of emergency could be so fun ( Read more... )

1.) My enactment of a robust-instruction social studies curriculum was a great success! Yes, for those of you coming in late--I ran a mock slave auction improvisation activity with 25 third graders in one of the scariest neighborhoods in inner-city Boston. It was a huge success. Kids really had deep connections with the activity--and despite the ( Read more... )

I must have induldged in the thought "Things couldn't possibly get any worse." today.

Because sure enough...

I guess I'm just sick at being shitty at everything I do.
Shitty Daughter
Shitty Girlfriend
Shitty friend
Shitty teacher
Shitty artist
Shitty Preformer
Shitty human being

Indeed--the ever-present Merde seems to be the only thing that ( Read more... )