... isn't it lovely that my job today consisted of looking at various forms, tense, and conjugations of the verb "to kiss" in English, French, Italian, and Spanish. ah, lovely, my job ain't all bad.

I put an offer on a house, an offer that was accepted and is probably ratified by now. Basically, I'm out $5000 if I back out now--unless I can't get Direct TV's required degree angle to the Southern sky (for the NFL ticket), which will render the contract null and void. Yes, that is grounds for voiding the contract. Amazing huh ( Read more... )

I submitted my two week notice today at work. Did it at 4:59 and 55 seconds in my last fit of totally immature glee.

Nine days and counting down.

( and then )

The most expensive purchases I have made in my lifetime boil down to my bicycle, my car, my boats, and a plane ticket. All of these suggest ... no, demand, almost ... motion ( Read more... )

Alas, the Mini Cooper's roof is too flimsy to support more than 75 pounds. That means no kayaks.

(the boats win ... either that, or i'll have to get married and HIS car can carry the boats)

Never tell your 7th period how great your 1st period is. No amount of praise for 7th period will ever amount to anything more than an afterthought or lip service at best ... in their minds.

And today, my boss comes to me with a stack of resumes he got off of monster. On the top of the stack? Mine. Heh.

Okay, so it wasn't really my resume, just someone with the same name. But it could have been mine, and I can't imagine the look that must have been on my face as I'm sitting there horrified ... horrified because it didn't look like ( Read more... )

I get to go to Puerto Rico for some teacher training ( Read more... )

There are two groups of people equally adept at sniffing out deception, dishonesty, and bullshit.

Teachers.

And their students.

I have a vague idea of why I felt compelled to find and download the video showing the beheading of an American citizen, posted earlier today on an Al Quada linked website. Maybe it was because I wasn't supposed to see it. Maybe it was because other people (journalists) got to see it when a few screen shots preceding the video were supposed to be ( Read more... )