Seriously...do you want this for your next American Idol?????
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Happy Anniversary to Us!
Today Darryl and I have been married for eight years. (If I had a scanner, I would have scanned a wedding photo. Oh, well.) Happy Anniversary to us!
Most of you know that Darryl and I went to high school together, but we didn't date until we crossed paths several, several years later when I was in grad school at UWF in Pensacola. If you had told me in 10th grade that the guy sitting a couple of rows behind me in my Algebra 2 class would be sharing his life with me years down the road and that we would make our home in places like Baton Rouge and Atlanta...well, it just goes to show that truth really is stranger than fiction.
While we've had our ups and downs as all married couples do, we've had a great eight years. I look forward to many, many more!
Most of you know that Darryl and I went to high school together, but we didn't date until we crossed paths several, several years later when I was in grad school at UWF in Pensacola. If you had told me in 10th grade that the guy sitting a couple of rows behind me in my Algebra 2 class would be sharing his life with me years down the road and that we would make our home in places like Baton Rouge and Atlanta...well, it just goes to show that truth really is stranger than fiction.
While we've had our ups and downs as all married couples do, we've had a great eight years. I look forward to many, many more!
Monday, March 26, 2007
1 Day Down, 4 to Go
I'm officially on the countdown to Spring Break.
The Importance of Being Earnest isn't going well. That makes me sad; this is one of my favorite plays. It seems to decline in popularity every year, and I really do think that students are losing a sense of "wit." They flock to movies like Beerfest and Jackass 2, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised if Oscar Wilde isn't their cup of tea. (A few students have liked the play, but very few. And I'm all up for entertaining the possibility that maybe I could do a better job teaching it, but anything I do with it requires reading it first, and yeah...that isn't going so well.)
Today's highlight is that a student took out part of her weave during class (she was probably bored by Earnest) and left it in my trash can. It was quite the conversation piece for my later classes. (The funny thing is that they recognized the weave: "G________ took out her weave?")
Also, I had to switch classrooms with another teacher for 2nd period so that my room could be used for graduation testing. When I returned to my room, it smelled, well, urinesque. Don't know what the story is there. Don't know if I want to know.
The Importance of Being Earnest isn't going well. That makes me sad; this is one of my favorite plays. It seems to decline in popularity every year, and I really do think that students are losing a sense of "wit." They flock to movies like Beerfest and Jackass 2, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised if Oscar Wilde isn't their cup of tea. (A few students have liked the play, but very few. And I'm all up for entertaining the possibility that maybe I could do a better job teaching it, but anything I do with it requires reading it first, and yeah...that isn't going so well.)
Today's highlight is that a student took out part of her weave during class (she was probably bored by Earnest) and left it in my trash can. It was quite the conversation piece for my later classes. (The funny thing is that they recognized the weave: "G________ took out her weave?")
Also, I had to switch classrooms with another teacher for 2nd period so that my room could be used for graduation testing. When I returned to my room, it smelled, well, urinesque. Don't know what the story is there. Don't know if I want to know.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Is it Spring Break YET?????
Why does it seem as though Spring Break will NEVER get here? We have the rest of this week and one more week before we're off.
Not much new to report here. My seniors have just finished their "senior projects," an assignment I "inherited" that consists of a research paper and a presentation. Overall, I was underwhelmed by their efforts. I think we're all in need of a break. Now I'm on a quest to read and have a test on The Importance of Being Earnest before we're out for break. I'm convinced it can be done.
As for TV...I fast-forwarded through much of Dancing with the Stars; thank goodness for Tivo. I think I like Apolo the best. He's cute in a strange way...plus I have a weakness for Olympic gold medalists. I'm not really into American Idol this time around--I'm watching it, but half-heartedly. As good as some of the girls are, I think my favorite is Blake the Beat-Boxer. He just has a cool "groovy" vibe that I love...and he also has a great voice.
Speaking of TV, at this very moment we are having our "high definition" hooked up to our HDTV we bought about a month ago. Darryl's excited.
I think I'm just too tired and in need of a vacation that I'm just not interested in much of anything. Ever get like that?
Not much new to report here. My seniors have just finished their "senior projects," an assignment I "inherited" that consists of a research paper and a presentation. Overall, I was underwhelmed by their efforts. I think we're all in need of a break. Now I'm on a quest to read and have a test on The Importance of Being Earnest before we're out for break. I'm convinced it can be done.
As for TV...I fast-forwarded through much of Dancing with the Stars; thank goodness for Tivo. I think I like Apolo the best. He's cute in a strange way...plus I have a weakness for Olympic gold medalists. I'm not really into American Idol this time around--I'm watching it, but half-heartedly. As good as some of the girls are, I think my favorite is Blake the Beat-Boxer. He just has a cool "groovy" vibe that I love...and he also has a great voice.
Speaking of TV, at this very moment we are having our "high definition" hooked up to our HDTV we bought about a month ago. Darryl's excited.
I think I'm just too tired and in need of a vacation that I'm just not interested in much of anything. Ever get like that?
Friday, March 16, 2007
The Last Few Weeks
I laughed when I saw Jen C's comment--"Where are you????"--on my last post. True, I haven't updated in a while. Well, here it goes...
The biggest event that occurred over the last few weeks was the death of my grandmother, whom I called "Mema." While she had been suffering from dementia for some time, she seemed in pretty good physical shape for a woman in her early 80s. But she fell at the assisted care facility she was staying in and cracked a vertebrae in her neck. (I'm not sure if I phrased that correctly, but maybe you get the idea.) Anyway, because of the delicate condition of her neck and the swelling, and given her age and increasing weakness, one bad thing led to another until she was gone just a little over a week after her fall.
In recent years, I hadn't seen my grandmother as much as I should have, but I do have many memories of her, and I've never known life without her existence. I'm sad she is gone, but at the same time, I know that she would have hated the life she would have had if she had lived--she was very much a work-in-the-yard-and-stay-busy person, and those days were over pretty much. Still, she is missed.
Darryl and I went to Florida for the funeral, and I was able to see family that I sadly I don't get to see as often as I would like. The service was a nice tribute to her life, and I think Mema would have approved.
Let's see...what else? Going from extremely somber to extremely silly, I should mention that Darryl and I went to see the musical Spamalot a couple of weeks ago. It was quite funny, and we both really enjoyed it.
Hmmm...my students are driving me nuts right now. It is obviously time for Spring Break. Unfortunately, we still have two more weeks to go until then. Pray that I (and my students) survive.
That's about it. I haven't even watched much TV lately because I've been too busy or too tired. Oh, and did I mention I have about a bazillion papers to grade? I think I'll be doing some of that this weekend.
I promise to update more frequently now. Oh, at my grandmother's funeral, I had several family member tell me that they enjoy keeping up with me through my blog. I kind of feel the pressure now to post something more exciting...
The biggest event that occurred over the last few weeks was the death of my grandmother, whom I called "Mema." While she had been suffering from dementia for some time, she seemed in pretty good physical shape for a woman in her early 80s. But she fell at the assisted care facility she was staying in and cracked a vertebrae in her neck. (I'm not sure if I phrased that correctly, but maybe you get the idea.) Anyway, because of the delicate condition of her neck and the swelling, and given her age and increasing weakness, one bad thing led to another until she was gone just a little over a week after her fall.
In recent years, I hadn't seen my grandmother as much as I should have, but I do have many memories of her, and I've never known life without her existence. I'm sad she is gone, but at the same time, I know that she would have hated the life she would have had if she had lived--she was very much a work-in-the-yard-and-stay-busy person, and those days were over pretty much. Still, she is missed.
Darryl and I went to Florida for the funeral, and I was able to see family that I sadly I don't get to see as often as I would like. The service was a nice tribute to her life, and I think Mema would have approved.
Let's see...what else? Going from extremely somber to extremely silly, I should mention that Darryl and I went to see the musical Spamalot a couple of weeks ago. It was quite funny, and we both really enjoyed it.
Hmmm...my students are driving me nuts right now. It is obviously time for Spring Break. Unfortunately, we still have two more weeks to go until then. Pray that I (and my students) survive.
That's about it. I haven't even watched much TV lately because I've been too busy or too tired. Oh, and did I mention I have about a bazillion papers to grade? I think I'll be doing some of that this weekend.
I promise to update more frequently now. Oh, at my grandmother's funeral, I had several family member tell me that they enjoy keeping up with me through my blog. I kind of feel the pressure now to post something more exciting...
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