This is so many levels of awesome.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10149229-52.html?part=rss

So there's a fabulous grant called Fund for Teachers that could give me $5000 to spend doing ANYTHING this summer that benefits my curriculum. I contemplated this briefly last year but didn't apply, since you can't get the grant more than once every five years, and I wanted to save it for something good ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Got married.

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I made some New Year's resolutions and didn't keep them. I will indeed make more for this year.

3. Did someone close to you give birth?
bonewitness did ( Read more... )

Today I had to utter these words:

"Honey, gravy is a topping, not a soup."

During my life I have:

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm (been stuck out ( Read more... )

I don't have much to say tonight, but one thing I must say:

Revising the music in Jabba's palace in Return of the Jedi was terrible. What a bad idea. I miss the old animatronic puppets.

I'm so glad I have the original non-remastered movies on VHS.

My reunion last night was pretty fun. We didn't stay late, because He-yet had to work early. The food was terrible. But I got to see some old cronies. I got lots of compliments on my appearance, which I suppose is nice. Everyone seems to have gotten over their shit. So it was a long-ass drive, but it was fun, and I'm glad we went.

Thanksgiving today was a wonderful celebration of family and food. We ate a lovely turkey dinner at He-yet's parents' house, where we were joined by our friends Barney and Holly. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce (the good kind where it retains the shape of the can), mixed vegetables, butternut squash, my homemade cranberry bread ( Read more... )

Stolen, like all memes ( Read more... )

I'm in the interim between one trimester and the next, and I'm starting to do the in-depth planning for next trimester. My "Crafting the Novel" class will be a relative piece of cake, since I've taught it before, but I'm a little concerned about my "Speech and Debate" class. I was the speech coach at New Leadership, and I know all the basics of ( Read more... )