So eight school days into the 2011-2012 school years and I've got to say: I TOTALLY LOVE MY STUDENTS THIS YEAR. I'm pretty sure that my face genuinely lights up when they walk into the room. It started the first day of school during homeroom: the kids picked up on the fact that "meet your teacher" day had not been enough for me to memorize their ( Read more... )

I've seen this on lisamantchev's and irisbleufic's pages, so here we go.

If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach. -- Alfred Hitchcock, 1899 - 1980

What do you expect to see in my writing? (If you can't remember my stuff, use the tags on this entry!)

1. Fans of anything in JJ Abram's wheelhouse, SNL, and Community, among other things: watch this video from SDCC. Here, I'll make it even easier for you:

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2. My husband is a rock star. Last week we bought a washing machine and dryer from Best Buy and since it wasn't in stock we scheduled it to be delivered yesterday. The salesteen told us ( Read more... )

This afternoon I finally finished Neil Gaiman's American Gods- I have been reading it in spurts for what feels like a year. Unlike some of Gaiman's other books, I couldn't just dive in and live in the language. I loved Shadow and Wednesday, I loved when Native American mythology nodded its head, I loved Mr. Nancy and Whiskey Jack and Sam, but ( Read more... )

JULY, people. JULY 2011. The month I get married. And the month the last Harry Potter movie comes out, of course.

My favorite Deathly Hallows: Part 2 clip so far...
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things i learned from dad: join a labor union to protect yourself, keep a louisville slugger baseball bat by the front door to protect yourself and your pets, go to the beach as often as you can afford to and sometimes when you can't, grow as much of your own food as possible, and if there's a ring around the moon at night it's going to rain the ( Read more... )

entertainment:
- Last night's SYTYCD: Cat Deeley herself says it best.

- ( new DH2 trailer )

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