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As weird as it may sound, but Michael Jackson was the stepping stone for me between bad and good music. It pretty much went Nelly-Michael Jackson-Radiohead and Belle & Sebastian. In 8th and 9th grade I didn't listen to much of anything besides Michael Jackson. That was a long time ago, but I still believe that Thriller and Off the Wall are two of ( Read more... )

Trying to figure twitter out.

On the home stretch. Kind of. I just want to get this over with. I think I'm actually tired of this city. I'm not sure. Right now, though, Boston isn't for me.

I love teaching.

One of the homework assignments I recently gave my students was for them to write a paragraph responding to whether or not they thought we treat immigrants better now than we did in the 1850s. I got a few really scary and naive responses. Here's one ( Read more... )

The Economist from the past week dealt with the war on drugs and basically how crappy it is. This is an issue I am somewhat passionate about, and the last paragraph on one of their articles really hit the nail on the head ( Read more... )

Hoping for a snow day.

I'm glad I enjoy teaching as much as I do. I'm glad the past 4 years at school haven't been a waste. But I'm ready to be done with student teaching. I want my own classroom.

Looking at you ( Read more... )

If only life were perfect and everything would work out.

Good life... no time for a life, though.