I just received an email regarding an excellent opportunity for teachers to see Freedom Writers for free this week. I checked out the link, and it looks valid. You can follow the link below to check for yourself ( Read more... )

i know everyone is nearly over this movie, so this post is more for myself than anyone else. an article from the washington post, published jan 5. the picture with erin and hillary is striking.


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my dreams have been strange of late. last night i dreamt about our cats, buster and flutters, the ones we had in reno. somehow buster got out, and we weren't sure if he was coming back. my dad thought yes ( Read more... )

the ants have descended upon my truck. i can't find anything that they're really after, just hanging out in the warmth of my door frame. lots of them. so then, of course, after trying to beat them all down while wielding my rag from behind the seats, i sat in my truck. imagine that. sitting there thinking that insects were crawling all over me. ( Read more... )

i love my new home. i just wish the sunshine would make an appearance. my place gets warm and toasty with the sunlight. *love* in the meantime, i feel better acquainted with the noises of my new domain ( Read more... )

... that I like my job ( Read more... )

Impatient with dropped calls?I know we all have our own feelings about our mobile service providers. (When are they going to stop calling them cell phone? They are no longer cellular. Mobile!) Lucky for me, with Verizon I can talk to my mom and sister for free. I have friends in Portland and Phoenix who also have the service. Let me know if you ( Read more... )

goodness, i just opened sfgate and saw the newsom news. aw, that's sad, i thought. my next thought? now there's a candidate for the bachelor. heh.

um, so it looks at though i'll be moving next week. i decided i was fed up with the noise next door (along with several other complaints) and contacted a guy about an apartment. went to see it yesterday with my friend MT. filled out an application and paid the $20 fee. he called today to offer it to me. i accepted. went to bank to get cashiers ( Read more... )

so i'm sitting here going through "recommended literature: grades 9-12" a publication by the california department of education. i came across the poetry section, and i decided to check out this poem that caught my eyes. i haven't included poetry *at all* in my classes, and I'm hoping i'll have time to start squeezing it in. so, i might use my ( Read more... )