It's fun to play games about your own name. Please note #10 and offer assistance accordingly ( Read more... )

So tonight was my second conversation hour, meaning I've had each group of kids once. For those who are missing out in their modern language educations, a conversation hour is a required hour once a week in which kids in basic levels of modern languages are forced to conversate, prodded by a sort-of tutor, who is also a student, in this case myself ( Read more... )

This is how my days go ( Read more... )

Everybody, please (especially everybody in New Jersey):

Keep your eyes peeled for a wooden barrel, standard size, about a yard tall , I guess. Preferable iron-bound. If anybody lives really close to a cooper, this search shouldn't be too difficult. Otherwise, it's gonna be a chore. But I'd really appreciate it. You won't be sorry.

Much obliged!

In the nearly-year I have been the owner of one Apollo by name, Nissan Sentra by trade, I have had the opportunity to traverse many of the highways to which our great nation is home. In the process of shuttling between Sussex County and Ewing, New Jersey, it has been my great pleasure to frequent Rt.287, a prince among highways. I have, with great ( Read more... )

My mom passed her Series 7 today, which is an uber-rigorous certification exam for selling stocks, bonds, mutual funds, what have you. She'd passed the Series 6 and 63 back in 2000, so she was certified to sell, but was essentially a bank manager. Now she can move over to investments completely - she'll be on her own time, make much more money, be ( Read more... )

abridged:

Functional, everyday Barbies
Bin containing, in large part, years' worth of old cards
Baby pillow with little ducks on it
Wallkill Valley Regional High School's copy of The Trial of Andrew Johnson
Battle of Mt. Olympus!
the game of Life, ca. 1980
a blonde wig
college advertisements
current issues of Cosmopolitan and the New Yorkera coat ( Read more... )

Step three, profit ( Read more... )

I cleared off the melon patch today and, before you ask, no, I will not do the same for you. There is a limit to the number of melon patches I can sustain each season, and that number is less than or equal to 1. Anticipating your second question, of course there were centipedes, which I predict will clear off shortly, as melons are sweet. I hope to ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in my room in the dark. Just me and the laptop and the dinosaur, chillin. Waiting for Benn to get done loading up his car so we can all having a bunking party, Benn's room, Meghan and Oz's, mine. Looks like this'll be the second year in a row Cassie and I have to leave a mirror behind in the room...Frankly I'm surprised everything fit ( Read more... )