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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...

Les Mis . The movie. I love the stage version of it.  I love the music.  There are some songs that will always give me those chills. The ones you can't help to feel every time you hear the opening chords. The movie?  Here are my thoughts (also if you loved the movie you might not like this.  not because i hated it-i enjoyed it-but i don't think its as amazing as everyone is saying it is...) First off: Eponine.  I really liked her; I thought they done good putting her in the film version (and way mo' betta than the rumored Taylor Swift.  i mean, i love t-swift, but i don't know if she could've pulled this off) but can we talk about her waist?   It is the size of my wrist.  I mean, I know I have big wrists.  But still.  Secondovely, Russell Crowe.  I keep hearing he did such an amazing job.  But Javert?  I've always felt so much hatred for this character.  I loathed him.  But Crowe m...

I'm trying to become a little mo' betta and a little mo' grateful this next week; to be aware of the things I am blessed with and to bless others.  This is my goal. PS: I love Christmas. (i'm a tomato)

Last night I went out with some friends for some dinner to celebrate 12-12-12.  Because why wouldn't we do that?   In honor of the holiday that was 12-12-12, I tried getting everyone to only talk in 12 word sentences.  It was much more difficult (and time consuming) then we were all willing to dedicate ourselves to, so our holiday celebrations has to be amended.  The natural suggestion was to then get up and dance/walk around our chair every time someone said 12-12-12.  It was fun until people started abusing this and we made multiple rotations around our chairs in the middle of our dinner.  Even the waitresses were getting in on the action and stopping by our table just to say the date. And then I wondered how I had friends. Also today at the school I work at we had a our Christmas social for the students.  And if there's something everyone needs to go to, it's a middle school dance years and years after you yourself went through middle...