Diana has a preteen girl in one of her classes. One wanted her to fill out Japanese profile card, which girls collect from all their friends. Among the questions ( Read more... )

Aching in heart and lungs for a little holiday cheer. Christmas trees inspire the same feeling I had when I saw my priest lying in his casket, unable to convince myself that the dead body in front of me had also been a living person, the real thing, just days before. Seizure inducing fake greenery ( Read more... )

Ss:8 year old students
D: me

Ss: With my nose, I can smell!
D: Great! Eyes!
Ss: With my eyes, I can see!!
D: Good! Ears!
Ss: With my ears I can hear!
D: Great! Last one! Mouth!
Ss: With my mouth, I can hug.
D: Uh....no.

S raises hand.
D: Yes Momona?
S: I love you.

<3

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One situation in my life that seems to plague me is the fact that I'm not a big partier. Although I can push myself to do the monthly night out of drinking a bit too much and staying up until the early hours, it's not the activity I'd pick on my own, and I rarely find it as fun as everybody else seems to ( Read more... )

For whatever reason I've always had an affinity for British things and people. A British man in a long dark coat is still the epitome of sexy, which is slightly disturbing, even to me. Being pulled into a Brtish's guy's arms then snuggling into the collar of his warm, dark coloured coat while the top of my head grazes a strong, stubbly jaw, while ( Read more... )

Imagine you're on the reality show Survivor. Except instead of a deserted island, you're in the middle of a bleak city overrun with skyscrapers and small dogs wearing backpacks. It's day 259 and you're shovelling another tasteless rice ball into your mouth when Jeff Probst appears, dimpled as ever, and motions you towards the plane bound for ( Read more... )

I am a vampire. Sunlight is my mortal enemy until the end of September. My rules - stick to the shadows, emerge only at night, avoid Buffy ( Read more... )

Relatively new brain (only recent onset of neuronal decline) which has been employed for the past 25 years as the central nervous system of a female homo sapiens. Neuron pathways are largely formed by Canadian culture (full knowledge of Canadian Heritage moments included) and repeated viewings of Conan O'Brien. Strengths include the ability to ( Read more... )

I have here, in my possession, a Steven Pinker book that I plan to devour whole. How a fairly academic book about language and psychology wound up in the local bookstore I don't know, but thank goodness it did, because I was going a bit mad. Mad in the roaming the moors and moaning piteously sense. "Alas, alas, to read or not to read...whether ( Read more... )