Listening to Andrew Bird after school on Wednesday Missy, one of my students from last year, comes in and tells me there is a free Andrew Bird concert coming up. I Google it and realize it is today, Wednesday in Millennium Park. I kick Missy out, pack up quickly and head home to catch a 4:30 train to the city, walk to Millennium Park get a seat and ( Read more... )

Michele Frigo ( Read more... )

I know I know don't ride me about this ( Read more... )

Have you ever seen a grown man cry ( Read more... )

Alright, so what I'm saying is that I have not been "working" per say all summer. I have been reading the books I'll be teaching, running errands, shopping (grocery and clothes and shoes), cleaning our overcrowded house (laundry, dishes, vaccumming), taking care of Pumpkin (groomers, shopping @ the pet store), unpacking and organizing my stuff ( ( Read more... )

how can being more productive be a butt load more boring than not being extremely productive?
I'll explain soon, first I have to go over the 3rd draft of a spreadsheet I have just edited.

Just so you know I have done nothing this week (pertaining to student teaching ( Read more... )

Sweet. Sounds good. Thank you ( Read more... )

Crap, this is dangerous. Livejournal is not a blocked site @ school. I have tried facebook and that is blocked b\c most of the students have it, along with myspace. But LJ, definitely not blocked. And now whenever I am bored during free period I can log in and write. Dag ( Read more... )

HINDSIGHT SUCKS YOU INTO A WEB OF VACUUM SEALED THOUGHTS,
DEEP-FRIED THOUGHTS CLOG YOUR MIND AND CRIPPLE YOUR ABILITY TO FOCUS FORWARD.
BACKYARD YEARS, REFRIGERATOR YEARS,
PLAYING, DISPLAYING, SIGNALING, AND SMELLING OF FREEDOM.
UNKNOWN, UN-WORSHIPED, FREEDOM.
DECADENT HOURS, VOID OF RESPONSIBILITY, RESTLESS AND BORED.