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I had a sixth grade student tell me that I looked like an alien yesterday. He tried to soften the blow, saying that it wasn't bad.  But that I still looked like an alien.  He said the phrase "You look like an alien" probably five times in 30 seconds.  Thing is, yesterday I had my bangs (fringe, for my friends from across the pond) pulled back so that my five-head was in full view. I think that is what inspired him to make his observation. I've also become friends with one of the custodial workers in my school.  He's pretty legit, and I love it mostly because he is someone that I would seemingly have nothing in common with, but we chat every morning.  I mean, we do have something in common, as I used to be a custodian (he was shocked when I told him that) and so sometimes we talk about cleaning and the best place to take a nap.  He also tells me personal details about his life and I smile and mostly talk about how boring my life is (last night I wen...

I've been flying under the radar the last couple weeks, for reasons I will not get into on this ol' blog.  But I think I'm clawing my way out of the sadness and yesterday I made my way to the movie theatre for a solo double feature. I love double features. But yesterday I felt a little bit seasick as I walked out of the theatre.  I watched The Impossible first.  So, so, so good.  Also, I cried in it.  More than once.  It was the perfect movie to see alone because I didn't feel overly embarrassed because of my tears.  And you guys, I rarely (if ever) cry at the movies.  But that movie makes you feel real emotions.   Then I saw The Life of Pi .  I wanted to like it, I really did.  But I kind of hated it.  I secretly wanted the tiger to start talking half way through the movie (spoiler alert-it doesn't) because I was so over it. I almost walked out, but I had nothing better to do with my day.  So I stayed.  ...

I wanted to pretend like I had some important things to say, so I put announcements in the title of this post. And I mean, while what I'm about to say is really important, its not really important.  But it is.  Get it? Like, can we talk about how Destinys Child is releasing new music?  Beyonce announced this today and BAM.  Excitement.  I mean, she'll probably need to make some more money sometime.  They're probably getting pretty strapped for cash, her and Jay-z.  All that time with Barack and Michelle is hurting their game.  Plus, they need some attention now that Kanye and Kim K are pregnant.  Blue Ivy will still come first in my book.  Such a gem.  But I am excited for new Destinys Child.  Because I am a survivor. (bsb sans pants.  dreamy) Next, I just have to make sure you know that my #1 boy band is and always will be BSB.  But, hanging out with 7th graders all day has turned me to the world o...

I was the only one at the gym tonight for a little while.  It's not a huge gym, so I could be confident no one heard me when I was singing along to the songs playing overhead as well as quoting along to  The Lion King .  I was seriously so excited when I pulled up the Disney channel and saw Timon and Pumba.  It has been years since I've seen it, but I still got the script down like a champion.  You just want Samba and Nala to be happy, you know what I mean? One of my coworkers rode his bike to school today.  He rolled into our classroom about ten minutes late wearing his tshirt and slacks and quickly grabbed his button-up shirt out of his backpack.  He peeked in to see if our boss was in the adjacent room (she was) and so he immediately just tossed his button-up on over his sweaty tshirt.  And then, in his own little special tone, he looked at us and said, "business casual".  I don't know if this is funny to anyone else, but it was hyst...