Ok, so I haven't posted or updated or anything-ed in forever. And I'm not going to now. =) *jumps on the question-meme bandwagon ( Read more... )

...Because The Golden Compass is an AMAZING book and the start of an amazing series and everyone needs to read it. Now. Or at least after you give me feedback on my daemon. =P

http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/?44902

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(Real update soon, promise! Maybe this weekend, when for the first time in three weeks there will be no parental types in Pgh and I might be able to sleep more than 5 hours for a night ( Read more... )

Soooo, teacher Starlet needs some help from all you loverly people. I need to teach literary devices, and I have a great idea for a really cute bulletin board to help me do so. Only problem? I need to come up with examples for each of these. And I really want them to be fun. Like song lyrics or something. I mean, sure, I could look up a boring old ( Read more... )

Bear with me...I don't post boasty things often. If you don't want to read it, you have been warned. That being said ( Read more... )

So here I am in Pittsburgh! I haven't had a chance to update up until now because, well, I've been busy. But now we're almost all unpacked and I have a moment to breathe, so here I am. I'm still looking for a job--I have an interview tomorrow, so continue to keep fingers and toes crossed for me. We're still looking for a couch, and finding out that ( Read more... )

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Aight, I have time to write this (and to breathe) now that I have travelled "home" to Bethlehem and handed off instructor duties to Anna. It's a relief, but also a little disheartening, because I know that I'm going to miss having that constantly active classroom role and control over the lessons and the shape of the course. I see things that I'd ( Read more... )

If it seems like I've dropped off the face of the earth, I apologize. I haven't...but I've done the next best thing. I've started up another session at CTY. And it is sooo much more work than I had expected. Fun, but a lot to handle. I'm working hours like I haven't worked since senior year at Dickinson (think three hours of sleep per night for ( Read more... )