so i kind of love the jonas brothers. they are such snappy dressers and i really like the new cd. true story. great pop music. yes, i know, maybe instead of teaching seventh grade i will be in it!

also, i think death cab's i will follow you into the dark is the most romantic, positive spin of atheism i've heard.

i've been trying to cram my head full of middle school books to prepare myself for my seventh graders in less than a month. it has been amazing. i was sad to shelf some of my own reading for the middle school books, but in the past two weeks i've read some of the best books i have ever found. there was an interesting article in the times about ( Read more... )

i am feeling so energized by the welcoming attitude at guilderland - but especially by the perspectives of the administrators and fellow teachers who were there today to talk about what kind of building it is and offer ten different kinds of help. it is not a competitive place or a building where teachers don't share or collaborate with each other ( Read more... )

wooo i am disgustingly excited..and not even about my reading comprehension and literacy workshop almost being over (today is the last day!) ...but rather about being a huge dork. new x-files movie and apparently I do have new teacher training the next morning. It remains to be seen whether or not I will stay up til 3am to see a midnight showing ( Read more... )

i really enjoyed mark rylance in boeing boeing, so when i heard he won a tony award last night i decided to check out his speech on youtube. i had no idea what the guy was doing, but i loved the end of it, so i looked it up and he was reciting a poem by a guy named louis jenkins ( Read more... )

( me and josh lyman- my tv boyfriend )

went to see boeing boeing yesterday in the city and got pictures with my beloved josh lyman (aka bradley whitford). when i'm back home i'll post them because they make me smile a lot. if only i had said something intelligent to him instead of reverting into a primitive animal. haha jk, that was only in my head. ;) the play is hilarious. i would ( Read more... )

this game is exciting! lets go giants!!

ps: this new pelipper icon is amazing. he has other pokemon in his mouth!!

i am a dork.

im reading a new york times article about the methods by which states lethally inject those prisoners sentenced to death. the court case rests upon the notion that if the first of the three drugs administered does not work, the prisoner will be in serious pain. they also go into whether or not you have taken away someone's dignity by making them ( Read more... )

87% Barack Obama
86% John Edwards
86% Hillary Clinton
85% Chris Dodd
79% Joe Biden
78% Mike Gravel
77% Dennis Kucinich
74% Bill Richardson
46% Rudy Giuliani
36% John McCain
27% Tom Tancredo
26% Mike Huckabee
25% Mitt Romney
15% Ron Paul
15% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quizi finally have a car again, so hopefully i can have a life this week ( Read more... )