where's you favorite place to shop online, and why?

you ever get into a zone where you start trying to find old friends on the internet, and then you can't stop?
or is it just me?

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from Jonathan, one of my 8th graders...

"Ms. Vela, you know, you're not really white. You're really black. You're just REALLY light skinned..."

A big compliment coming from a mostly black population. I guess they finally accept me :)

<1> this morning on my way into work, i felt such a huge sense of euphoria. you know when you get that giant BURST of positivity and love for everything? maybe it's just me. but it was like the giant curtain of depression that's been covering my world was pulled back for the first time in months, showing me that this isn't how life is supposed to ( Read more... )

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We got home from Alaska yesterday afternoon, at which point I collapsed into bed and slept. I love red eye flights, but the recovery for me is bad. Flying makes me feel all wonky anyway. I slept about an hour and woke up to my mom calling to see that we got home. I cleaned up, took a shower and poured myself a vodka tonic ( Read more... )

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