where have i been lately? uncertain.

Yeah, so I haven’t posted in about two weeks. I will try to provide an explanation.
First, the shootings at VA Tech. That messed me up. Or rather, the media frenzy surrounding it messed me up. I was so livid that people kept searching for someone to blame for negligence that permitted the horrific event to [...]

Simpsons live action intro

…and while I am on a video-posting kick, I just came across this little masterpiece. If you don’t already know this about me, I am a HUGE fan of The Simpsons. It’s the closest thing to religion in my life (just kidding, God… I am sure you understand).

The cynic reveals her softer side

Ok. Everyone should watch this video. I implore you to.  Please make sure you watch it all the way through in order to get the full effect.
Don’t you think wars and poverty and sex trade and child abuse and AIDS and Sunday morning infomercials would all end if people would just embrace this sort of [...]

hooray for my students

I had an awesome teacher day today. I did conferencing with my sophomores who are working on character analysis papers, and most of them are doing a terrific job. I let them choose a character to analyze, which blew them away. That cracked me up… apparently in the past they have all had to write [...]

so it goes.

Kurt Vonnegut’s books are awesome. I was sad to learn that he died this morning.
It’s also the one-year anniversary of my Grandma’s death.
And it’s my dad’s birthday.
No wonder I have been feeling weird for the last few days.

head.aches.suck.

I should not be writing. I have a massive headache that has been trying to start all day, and has finally emerged into the throbbing in the back of my head, stabbing behind my left eye, stiff neck, tender scalp, alternating ears are ringing, nauseous and on the verge of crying all at the same [...]

another round of brief movie suggestions (*NOT reviews. Just suggestions.)

I LOVED SherryBaby. The story is good, the acting is also good, and there is nothing in it that could have been left out (yes, even the fact that Maggie Gyllenhal’s nipples are visible through her shirt for most of the movie is necessary… it’s legitimate character development!). It made me a bit unsettled, much [...]

injury of the week

Ouch! Look at this splinter CJ got on my balcony… He will gladly tell you of the many humorous ways I proposed that we get it out… in the end, he got in tough with his not-so-distant caveman roots and got it out himself. He doesn’t like me to play nurse. Oh well… at least [...]

…and on and on…

I am tired. I have a meeting at 7 AM tomorrow. I should go to sleep.
But I can’t make my brain shut off… so as long as I’m awake, I should get some work done… but I’m really tired, so I can’t get much work done well, and I am just making myself tired-er so [...]