oh, the things i find myself saying out loud, as a teacher..

today i had to make a general announcement to the class which consisted of :

"OK, look.... NO ONE has been licking any one else's desk, ok??"

yeah, it's been one of *those* days.

except tonight was pretty sweet, hanging out with jill and all : )

"I would give you thirty clouds if I could listen to your smile again"

In 1949, Crayola Crayons introduced the color "Prussian blue" and then in 1958 in response to educators' requests, “Prussian blue” is renamed “midnight blue.” Teachers felt that children were no longer familiar enough with Prussian history to recognize that this crayon color referred to the famous deep-blue uniforms of Prussian soldiers ( Read more... )

i miss rome. i miss italy. i miss europe ( Read more... )

oh yeah, forgot to mention that we did some more miscuing in class this week and well nothing quite compares to the jibberish story so i thought i'd type it out because it is a masterpiece ( Read more... )

"it's a silly time to learn to swim when you start to drown"

-"my number" by tegan & sara

music i can't stop listening to right now:
1. Rufus Wainwright- Poses
2. Death Cab for Cutie- Photo Album
3. Ani DiFranco- Revelling/Reckoning
4. Beatles- white album
5. the Avalanches- since i left you
6. radiohead- kid a
7. my orwell/rilo kiley/weakerthans/banco de gaia mp3s

"go ahead and have a taste of your own medicine
and i'll have a taste of mine
but first let's toast to the lists
that we hold in our fists
of the things that we promise to do differently next time"

oh, boys....