| Writer's Block: James Cameron’s AVATAR |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|01:53 pm] |
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Nothing about this movie has interested me... not even the fact that it's in 3-D. That's normally more than enough.
Does this movie interest other people? Is something wrong with me??
I do enjoy that when you do one of these "writer block" things it takes the liberty of giving you a subject and tags. Thanks livejournal! |
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| meme continued |
[Dec. 17th, 2009|01:59 pm] |
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach. bathing suit (I use gender neutral terms I guess)
12. Shoes worn for sports. gym shoes
13. Putting a room in order. cleaning
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark. lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball. rollie-pollie
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down. see-saw
17. How do you eat your pizza? generally without utensils unless it is sbarro or Chicago-style.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? garage sale
19. What's the evening meal? dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? basement (is there a different name??)
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places? water fountain |
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[Dec. 17th, 2009|10:00 am] |
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks. stream
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called. cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in. canteen? No, that's water. Thermos? Those are all liquids.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in. pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people. couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof. gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening. porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages. pop
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup. pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself. sub |
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| Writer's Block: Honesty is such a lonely word |
[Dec. 17th, 2009|07:39 am] |
Not that I'm in a relationship right now, but there are several people who are semi-interested in me and I just can't be completely honest with them for one reason or another and it is eating me alive. I keep withholding information and it's exhausting. I think honesty is the best, because who wants to be anxious and have to constantly watch what they say? Not I. |
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| Catching up |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|10:27 am] |
I know I haven't written anything of real substance in a long time. Part of that is because I don't have internet at home. I only have it at work (where obviously I should be doing work) or when I'm at Cyberia (but I'm usually catching up on stuff there).
I'm at work now, but sneaking this in between hours.
Work is going fairly well. I'm kept a lot busier than when I was at Hancock, which is a good thing. I have students almost every hour. My duties vary. Some of them just want their homework checked over and have a couple questions. Some of them need someone to make them do their work, but know how to do it. Some of them are behind and need someone to help catch them up. Some actually need help understanding the work. I sometimes proctor tests to special ed students.
I work with about 16 different kids. I have fun with most of them. A couple I just can't get to open up at all, and that makes my job difficult.
The hardest part is when teachers don't keep me informed. Students will not turn in assignments and I don't find out. Or there will be exams and I find out after the fact, so I can't help them study. It's hard. I don't have access to the online grading system, so I can't look it up myself. I have to go to the secretary every day and have her look things up. I feel bad doing that, especially since she's really busy and doesn't have the time, so I try to limit it. I wish the teachers would keep me informed a little more. I don't have time during school to track them down because I'm with students, and after school they are gone within 10 minutes. Before school they don't get here till like 10 minutes before the bell. Apparently the teachers here actually have lives.
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I have joined a book club. I've gone to one official meeting, and one dinner. The meeting I went to we discussed American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven Rinella. It was a very interesting book. A few of the group didn't like how it seemed to jump around, but it mirrored the way I think so I had no problem with it. I recommend reading it. I learned a lot of interesting things about buffalo and the history of America. The author is also a really excellent writer.
Last night we had a holiday dinner, instead of reading a book for the month. The next book is a long one so they wanted to give everyone 2 months to read it. I haven't started it yet, as I'm waiting for Christmas and the inevitable gift cards so I can purchase it. We will be reading Will the Circle Be Unbroken? by Studs Terkel.
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There's been a lot of emotional things going on my life, but I don't really want to elaborate on them. It sucks. |
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| It's 2am and i should be tired... |
[Dec. 10th, 2009|02:22 am] |
| [ | I am here |
| | warm at home | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
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| [ | Current Jams |
| | Rent | ] |
Since I am having trouble falling asleep I decided to make a quick 2am post. I had the day off, pretty uneventful. I am raggin so I slept till 2pm (hence my being awake at 2am). The bed was just so inviting today, I got up at 11:30, had some leftover stew, and then fell back asleep. I am doing much better with Justin being gone overnight, even enjoying it. Tonight he put rent in the ps3 for me before he left and showed me how to start it up. I am so glad he hooked that thing back up, he watched Harry potter on it Tuesday night while I was at work. So while I watched rent I made one of the girls at work a hemp bracelet, I hope she likes it. She said she liked pink but I do not think she wants an entirely pink bracelet so I put a pink glow in the dark star as the center bead and used some glitter beads around it. I think I will take a picture of it before I give it to her. I also do not know if I made it the correct size, she is a tall girl but very slender. It is hard to gauge weather her wrists are bigger or smaller than mine. I find it hard to imagine they would be smaller as I still fit in children’s watches. I do not know how big most peoples wrists are but mine are 6 and ¼“ around.
I also re painted my nails during the movie, I had painted them the other night but I used too many coats of paint and then they chipped the next day. I got a hot pink color called 24/7 and a glitter top coat called Pearl Harbor. I thought the name of the clear coat was ironic considering I purchased the polish on Pearl Harbor day.
I should not stay up too late for I am going out with Brit in the morning. First we will be going to a lovely lab test and then shopping! I am really looking forward to the shopping more than the lab. I hate the sight of blood. I used to be more ok with it but I have gotten very squeamish. I nicked myself while shaving today and I just kept letting the water run over it until it stopped bleeding, I mean had I seen it I might have vomited, or fainted, in either case it would not have been a good situation. I am surprised the backs of my ankles can even nick considering how much scar tissue they have on them. I recall one day I was shaving and I had my toe pointed downward while I shaved the back of my ankle, I cut off little bits of skin from every fold on the back of it. I did not know what to do and when I got out of the shower I was still bleeding. I think someone was over, perhaps it was Katherine. I walked out wrapped in a towel and bled all over the floor. I think my mother put one of my father’s socks on my foot until it stopped bleeding. At the time it did not phase me, it just put me into a haze. When I think about the incident I am not the person bleeding but a third party taking the whole situation in, being very detached. I am thankful I am no longer that detached, being that detached leads to bad habits.
I am not really done with bad habits, but I am doing ok. No bad habits that make me bleed, just caffeine, energy drinks, and cigarettes. I had quit smoking the cigs but started again when I quit smoking the green. That has been going ok surprisingly, and every week my bank account grows. In fact my latest check should have hit my account an hour ago. Now all I need to do is apply at several places, get a home drug test from the store, and go to interviews. I have my interview outfit hat Justin’s mom got me and I have a few things I could wear the first week of a job including the skirt I got for Sarah’s wedding and a few nicer things I got from the thrift store. They are so nice in fact I paid more than a dollar for a few of them, and for me, that is saying a lot. Well, I have spent twenty minutes now delaying my attempt to sleep. Perhaps I should get on with it. I would just occupy myself until Justin gets home but I do not want to be driving drowsy with me in the car let alone with a pregnant lady as my passenger.
On the pregnant lady note, I am hoping I can get off of work on the 15th long enough to go to Brit’s dr. appointment because that day is the ultrasound so I can see Gwen before she pops out! It will be so exiting, not to mention my first ultrasound viewing! Yipee! Well…. Like I said a few moments ago… goodnight |
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