January 2010
How many hipsters does it take to screw in a...
It’s such an obscure number. You’ve probably never heard of it.
“Dude, you play banjo like a fucking gypsy!”
– Tavio to Cody last night
detox
I need to unwind tonight, I think. This doesn’t mean getting hammered at a sports bar. This doesn’t mean taking a bubble bath and reading Danielle Steele.
Typically, this means time with Lesley. Best friend/better half/kindred spirit/almost sister.
Last Friday night Cody and I hung out with Les and her fella. We just sat around the fireplace. That’s it. We drank a...
Being excessively tall + working at an elementary school = feeling like a walking joke almost every day
Being excessively tall + marrying an average sized man = difficulties feeling feminine
Being excessively tall + wanting to wear something other than a floor-length dress = just about any “knee length” dress/skirt makes me feel like a hooker
Complain complain complain. Sometimes I...
I just watched Blue Planet with one of my reading groups. Those kids didn’t even know what a squid looked like!
bing, bang, boom
1) THE HEAT IS BACK ON! I literally did some sort of weird, primal heat dance when I got home last night because I was so happy. My arms just flailed about in the warmth. It was wonderful!
2) It’s Friday. Ana and Lydia are coming down from Kansas City to have a sleepover and make volcanos out of mud and vinegar and baking soda.
3) Leftover pizza for breakfast this morning!
it just made me tired
Screw you, six-day work weeks!
I’m taking the next two Saturdays off. This Saturday is library trivia (my family has its own team) and next Saturday is my birthday.
We still don’t have any heat at the house. This is getting ridiculous. I worked as late as possible last night (!), came home, did my taxes, took the hottest shower imaginable, and immediately hopped into bed where I promptly built a blanket fort.
It’s just too hard to get out of bed and get ready for work when I know there is little-to-no difference between the temperature of my...
cackling
That’s what I hear in my office about 75% of the time that I’m in here. It’s drives me mad.
The heater broke at our house last night. So damned frigid.
Nonetheless, would you like to know what I’m thankful for today?
1) My friend Elizabeth agreed to make bridesmaids dresses for me. This means they will be adorable, cost effective, and completely custom.
2) Feathers. ...
happy thoughts
Today’s three things:
1) I love the sound that Pencil makes right before he jumps onto the couch/bed/chair demanding snuggles. It’s like he’s powering up.
2) I remembered to wear my engagement ring today. I like that I feel incomplete without it.
3) Cody called me this morning to remind me to bring an important document to work. Normally, this wouldn’t be a big...
I can do this
Brie’s post just reminded me that, in memory of Micah (and because it just seems like a pretty healthy thing to do in general), I should be making a list of three things for which I am thankful every single day. So, in spite of the sad weekend and naked finger, here it goes:
1) PMS boobs. Though they are tender, and mind-numbing cramps are sure to follow, my boobs are...
kacyas asked: I'm so sorry you guys had such a tough weekend.
I know we're just getting to know each other, heck, we haven't even met yet, but if there's ever anything you need or I can help with, just let me know.
I know we're just getting to know each other, heck, we haven't even met yet, but if there's ever anything you need or I can help with, just let me know.
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.
We lost two friends this weekend. Cody’s mom called on Saturday morning to let us know that Boomer, Cody’s childhood dog, had to be put down. We drove to Ottawa, dug a grave, said some kind words that didn’t really offer any sort of comfort, and I saw Cody cry for the first time in the year and a half that we’ve been together. When we got back to Topeka, we learned that...
“I was just crying, listening to Delilah thinking about you.”
– My best friend is not immune to horrible radio personalities
It’s strange to think about how much love we give away, knowing full well we might never get it back. It’s stranger still how fickle we can be about it. Every so often the love comes back a little too late, and we don’t even want it anymore. It’s been known to happen.
OUTBREAK 2010!
Welp, the head lice have arrived. Just sent one of my 4th graders home after he found a live louse crawling around on his head. Frantic scalp searches from the school nurse soon to follow.
Hey there $20 million budget cuts
So nice of you to join us for the ‘10/11 school year. I was starting to feel a little too secure in my present position. What’s that? No no. I don’t mind at all that I’ve been spending upwards $200 a year on supplies for my students. Oh and I’m sure I speak for all my coworkers when I say that upping the student-to-teacher ratio in K-1 classes to 25:1 would be...
decisions
Even though I have a wedding to pay for, and even though I work for peanuts, I still want to take a spring break trip. More importantly, I want to take Cody to the ocean. I’m not sure he even believes it exists at this point, having lived 27 years without smelling even the slightest hint of seaspray in the air.
I am thinking about Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia. ...
inadequate
97% of the students at my school live below the poverty line. One of my fourth graders just told me that he just sent the $100 that he’d earned doing chores for months to Haiti.
I feel like such a MASSIVE tool for not being able to match his donation. But I’m so incredibly proud to know someone so young with such a big heart.
He always talks about how he wants to grow up and be...
curiouser and curiouser
Curious indeed.
I enjoy looking at lists of unexplained phenomena.
“I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them....”
– John Wayne, you fucking idiot.
bad romance
Perhaps my favorite part of the Lady Gaga song I hate the least is when she screams, “I don’t wanna be friends!” over and over.
Because, you know, I don’t want to be friends with her either.
Bob Marley Birthday Bash + Benefit for Haiti
frigginexplosions:
Sat Feb 6 - Granada (Lawrence)
Checkered Beat, The Irietions, and Ras Neville and the Kingstonians headlining. DJ Stiga will be providing the joyful sounds before, during, and after the sets.
BE THERE OR BE GAY
THAT IS MY BIRTHDAY, YOU FUCKER!
“Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.”
– Leonard Cohen, “Anthem”
