i am writing at the pratt "writing and tutorial center" - this place rocks. They are soooo much more laid back here. the directed keeps joking with me about how she doesnt have her curriculum ready either. its such a great place to work, and the computer lab actually has windows with plants outside!! And i dont have to pay alumni fees to use this ( Read more... )

i dont have alot of time at this computer. theres a few quick things i will share from my trip from camp- thats a camp for children of gay and lesbian parents ( Read more... )

so its all over, my second year of teaching, 2003-2004 has finally ended. i am sitting in a very noisy teacher lounge full of teachers talking, laughing and snacking on a catered lunch. Some are telling their horror stories, some are talking about the sweathearts they will miss. We are all exhaling. its over until next september. The students are ( Read more... )

hay friends, my bother just joined live journal. He's a sweet guy, 20, living in Pittsburgh. He's looking for some live journal friends (his writing is more interesting than mine) so you should enjoy his entries.

his lj name is, apollo_smiling

thanks, jason

i steped in henry's dog crap at home. she just loves to sneak into the bathroom to shit. she made me ten minutes late. "punch in mr. rondinelli" thats what the principle says when your late (40sec.) not even an entire minute ( Read more... )

today is a half a day, i'm so happy, two classes and i am done teaching for the day. I have two weeks exactly until the end of school. it couldnt come sooner. i know i will be counting each hour of the day. i hate it when i am hyper concious of time, it makes time drip, drip. I went to a writing circle this friday. it was quite emotional, more ( Read more... )

I had a sweet thing happen to me yesterday. I went to this cultural and educational center for Italian Americans in my neighborhood yesterday. Its only five blocks away! Anyway I went in and this director was so happy to see me (I don’t even know her) she started talking to me in Italian, I stood there clueless. Anyway she told me how excited she ( Read more... )

Some times i have this impulse to move to Italy. Not that its something that a person can just do, impulsively, but i wish i could. in my mind i built up this mythology, this place where i am supposed to return to. I carry this badge, italian-american, like it means something. i'm american as they come, i run on a tread mill and listen to Hot 97 ( Read more... )

yes i know my body image bs is a bit out of control. I started speaking to my councelor about it. There is an imbalance in that department of my mind. I have been realizing htat the cause for my lack in motivation for going to the gym has to do with over emphasis on appearance versus health. I used to go to keep my anxiety under control. The ( Read more... )

i just slept through my lunch period. Its another day i feel sick. the doctor says i have strep again and i guess the medicine is giving me a stomache ache. i have a school art show to put on in a week. i feel like i cant get through my days some times. i'm not feeling good about my body lately. i have been gaining fat and my muscle gain has ( Read more... )