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My friend from, well, forever, is off to her brother's wedding. So is the rest of her family. How does this concern Loradona? you may ask yourself. Why is she writing about this junk? Allow me to elucidate.

My friend has three children, five and under, and she didn't quite think taking them on a five-hour plane ride to a wedding where ( Read more... )

Hey! I'm not dead, just out of writing ideas. And then I had this conversation with my mother this morning:

Me: Man, I don't want that prize!

Mom: What did you say?

Me: I don't want that prize.

Mom: Fries?

Me: No, prize.

Mom: Flies?

Me: PRIZE!

Mom: Huh?

Me: PRIZE! Like you win a prize!

Mom: Oh.

Me: Do you have beans in your ears?

Mom: Yes.

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Remember riding the bus? Remember how it could be traumatic or terrifying, especially when you were really little? So do I. But my school only let the nicest of the drivers pick up the kindergartners.

I remember in kindergarten, all of the kindergartners rode bus 11, Buddy's bus. Buddy was awesome. He always smiled, and he had a big, thick ( Read more... )

I just thought I would share some music videos that feature Japan. Because I love music. And Japan.

Peter Bjorn and John's "Nothing to Worry About."

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That is one rockin' 'do.

The Killers' "Read My Mind."

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Watch for the Japanese Elvis.

The Bird and the Bee's "Love Letter to Japan."

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Dig it? It's a love letter to Japan! Yay ( Read more... )

I am so often reminded of things from my own life by reading the lives of others.  For example, my friend, Josh Weed, blogs over at The Weed, mostly about himself and his family (but he's hilarious, and if you don't know him personally, you should read his blog because it's funny. Heck, if you know him personally, it will just be that much funnier ( Read more... )

Tonight at dinner, conversation steered towards teaching, since three of the eleven of us were teachers. One woman said, "Some of my students are... less-advanced than others."

Another diner in our group scoffed at her. "C'mon, call a turnip a turnip!"

The teacher smiled wryly and said, "Sometimes we call a turnip a root vegetable."

I had occasion to think about American English and British English while reading on some other blogs today, and it reminded me of the fun I had listening to the variety of accents when I studied abroad in England. And the vocabulary! It just seemed so quaint to my ears.

Lorry? Just doesn't sound intimidating to me.  I know it means truck, like a ( Read more... )

Do you ever laugh at really inappropriate times?  And then continue to laugh, despite the passing of the moment and the continued inappropriate conditions ( Read more... )

I am still without a job, so far.  It's rough, but I keep looking.

In funnier, more positive news, I recently participated in an amusing conversation on Facebook.  As a rule, I don't allow current students to be my friend on Facebook, but once I left that job, I accepted former students as friends (some of them.  There are some I just don't feel ( Read more... )