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school starts soon! The PG version.
/there are no bad words in this posting.
//sanitized for your reading pleasure
///all positivity, all the time--OPTIMISM NOW!
School starts soon, and I am happy. To clarify--I am happy about going back on August 24, but not quite so happy about the week beforehand--a week of chaos, personalities, and endless room preparation. To prevent this from ( Read more... ) -
le poulet sur la table du chez hilley
(pardon me for murdering the French language there, but. . .)
Thanks to patient instruction from Jess and help carving from Tiffany, I have successfully roasted a chicken. Here is photographic evidence:
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don't you (forget about me)
Lines from The Breakfast Club, one of the most arguably defining films of my adolescence:
Andrew: My God, are we gonna be like our parents?
Claire: [teary] Not me...ever
Allison: It's unavoidable, it just happens.
Claire: What happens?
Allison: When you grow up, your heart dies.
John Hughes, R.I.P.
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dprk
In a wonderful bit of world news, Bill Clinton is returning to the US right now with two freed journalists. I can't even imagine what kind of negotiations went on behind closed doors, but Euna Lee and Laura Ling are on their way home to their families after four months of incarceration on what were no doubt trumped-up charges. The picture of ( Read more... ) -
buh-bye
Going away for a long weekend; back Monday or Tuesday. Love to all!
Going to Boynton to spend some time with Deb and get my mother out of town for a bit. We plan to shop, have sushi, shop, and shop. A good time (should) (will) (could if I don't kill her on the drive down) be had by all.
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Writer's Block: Mentor Me
Yuo, and I still do. The Wise One is a source of endless counsel and, well, wisdom.
I've had several good teachers who really influenced me when I was growing up--from Mrs. Roth, my AP Lit teacher (whom I adored) to my favorite professor at Rollins, Dr. Roy Starling. My second grade teacher Mrs. Warren. My social studies teachers in sixth, ( Read more... ) -
the cost of grieving
Got my cell-phone bill today, and was stunned. Almost 170 for the past month, when normally it barely tops fifty bucks. And I have LOTS of minutes. Then I clicked on "usage summary" and realized that the vast majority of the minutes consumed were on June 5-10--the days we were in the hospital, constantly calling relatives and texting each other ( Read more... ) -
video round-up of the week
James Franco was invited to be the commencement speaker at UCLA last month, until an industrious classmate of his started a Facebook page demanding a "more appropriate" speaker. Apparently Mr. Franco pissed her off at some point in college. Even after he recused himself from speaking, she kept at it on Facebook, and in a classic response, he ( Read more... ) -
Optimism Now, Again
1. AP scores came in. My pass rate is 68% this year; my colleague across the hall clocked in at 31%. 58 of my APees got college credit, and that is no bad thing. The national average is just under fifty percent so I'm above the national and my principal is pleased ( Read more... )
