Despite the rain--which reminds me that gosh, I love thunderstorms--I went for a 2-mile walk around my neighborhood and it was really fun to see the different architecture styles and the overall cuteness of San Francisco. Especially Kite Hill, which is an "open space" park that has really pretty plants and greenery. My camera's battery had run out ( Read more... )

I sort of wanted to post something profound and thinky due to the date, but the truth is that it didn't touch my life in any way close to the way it affected others, so I'll just let it go, shall I? It's strange to think that most of the kids I teach (almost all of the kids I teach) don't have any independent memories of 9/11, though ( Read more... )

I feel like every time I get on here I apologize for being scarce, so let's skip that part, shall we? I've been very stressed and le tired (which really means I've been le procrastinating and stuck with my head in le metaphorical sand, but whatevs), though it's been great to get back to frisbee and play some now that I'm not out of town. ( Read more... )

So today I get to go to Raging Waters with my campers, because we are too old and mature and COOL to go to the zoo. Only another twenty minutes of math (it's okay, they're working on a problem set, not being that bad of a role model) and then lunch and then OFF WE GO ( Read more... )

The high point (one of the high points, anyway) of subbing in the morning is that, if they left their computer, I can check my email during recess AND (most likely) they are not part of the school content-filter, so I can update this without having to go through the hoops of email (which still leaves the entry with mildly screwed up formatting ( Read more... )

Sorry for the funky formatting, one would think that LJ would
format their email posting normally, but oh well... Fixed now!

Things are going well: I'm learning teaching the 5th and 6th graders about decimals and fractions and percents (and how, really, they're all the same thing, sort of). On Monday night, I got to hang out with the kids from ( Read more... )

Seeing as the most recent updates on here have been to keep up with the postings of mcshep_match fics (they're so awesome! All of them!) and other things under friends lock, I should probably post here now. I got to dogsit the cuuuuuutest dog this weekend, and it was lots of fun though sadly due to an overactive brain, I didn't get much sleep. I hate when you' ( Read more... )

So another day in 5th grade, but at least today I have the original assistant teacher, so we're doing this weird both of us being in charge type thing. Still, these kids just won't be quiet, so that's... awesome. As awesome as the fact that I woke up freezing and nauseous this morning. Woohoo ( Read more... )

Thing that are Made of Win:

* A Firefly vid set to Buffy's "Walk Through the Fire". BRILLIANT.

* Second City Torchwood by copperbadge, where there is AU meta-referential bizzare universe-switching type coolness. With fandom ( Read more... )

Okay, whatever bad things I remember saying about Bones before (even though they are all approximately 15 years old, but whatever) are totally taken away by the fact that I love this show to pieces. It is adorable and quirky and bizzare and cuuuuuute.

( Spoilers for Baby in the Bough )