Miss Emily Strange's Blog

goodbye, blogger

2009-02-28T21:23:00.000-08:00

I've created a WordPress blog so please update your bookmarks:

http://e.joz3d.net/blog

Living Poor

2009-02-28T11:49:00.000-08:00

You know you are living poor when you only have 3 forks, 3 spoons, and no butter knives. If I ever get a plastic knife from a fast food restaurant, I save it and use it until it breaks or wears down. Well, I finally went to Ikea to get a butter knife. Guess what? They don't sell them by themselves. You have to buy a pack of 10. Well, I don't even have 1, and now they think I'll need 10?! WTF. So I didn't buy them. My parents said they are gonna send me one of their butter knives. It was embarrassing to ask. But now I won't have to spread hummus or butter on my toast with the back of a spoon! Hurray!

And now, for some good news

2009-02-28T11:34:00.000-08:00

Okay, let's give some good news. Girls Aloud have announced a week ago that they are releasing one of their best songs ever as their next single. Untouchable. I am excited AND nervous because the song is almost 7 minutes long and I am worried the song will be butchered in radio edits. But it will be really awesome to have a music video for this song.

Blog Template, Fail!

2009-02-28T11:33:00.000-08:00

I cannot get a new Blogger Template that I like. If I find one online that I love, it won't work or there is some sort of problem with it!!!!!

Student Teaching

2009-02-28T11:30:00.000-08:00

I'm student teaching in a Kindergarten classroom. I've never been so sleep deprived, stressed, sick, and tired as I am now. I am not sure how teachers do this full time (I'm only there 4 hours a day)! I've got nasty snot coming out of my body and clogged ears. And at night my voice goes away due to it. Fun TIMES! But seriously, this had made me reconsider my career choice. I'll probably end up manager of Hertz or U-Haul.

Macintosh is smart

2009-02-18T20:13:00.000-08:00

Remember the y2k scare?

Girls Aloud Win!!

2009-02-18T19:36:00.001-08:00

Girls aloud won their first Brit award today for Best Single. I am so happy for them. Maybe now they will tell us what the next single is gonna be?

PS, Kylie looks amazing! How come she doesn't sound very Australian anymore, though?

Sazcola play my favorite game

2009-02-16T22:07:00.001-08:00

I can't believe some people

2009-02-13T18:20:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday I was driving on the highway to get to school and I was behind an SUV. They had two McCain bumper stickers on either side of the back window, a bunch of other stickers that I didn't recognize and one bumper sticker on the bottom of the window that read, "Give War a Chance" (basically mocking the "Give Peace a Chance" sticker that many people have). I just can't believe some people.

Elevator Music

2009-02-10T21:56:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago, I was in the elevator in the apartment complex where my boyfriend lives. Someone came into the elevator and I said hello to be nice. He didn't even respond. So we stood in awkward silence for 3 floors until I finally escaped into the parking garage. Now, back in the old days, they played music in the elevator. Of course, it was really boring music and "elevator music" became a term people used when referring to bland, boring music. So they just took music out of elevators altogether, out of embarrassment. But this was a mistake. Silence in the elevator is way worse, I think. The supplier of elevator music, Muzak, just filed for bankruptcy today. Sadly, looks like the silent elevator will reign supreme.

Shawn Johnson

2009-02-10T21:52:00.001-08:00

Is going to be on the next Dancing With the Stars. I just hope she doesn't retire from gymnastics. I hope she tries for the Worlds in London this October.

LOST Fans: This made me laugh

2009-02-05T23:55:00.000-08:00

So my roommate is finally watching Lost for the first time. She started at noon today and is still watching, as of midnight. So I decided (while waiting for the tv to be free so I can watch my TIVO'd Jeopardy) that I would look up "The 10 Best Characters on Lost" according to this website.

5th Best Lost Character: Desmond Hume
If you want to make Lost a lot more enjoyable this is what I suggest you do. Print out a picture of Desmond. Then print out a picture of Penny. Every time the Jack/Juliet or Kate/Sawyer relationships come up in an episode tape Desmond's face on Jack/Sawyer and tape Penny's face on Juliet/Kate. Penny and Desmond is the real love story on Lost. Plus, he can see the future.

Haha I totally agree. I only care about the love story between Desmond and Penelope.

S Club Reunion!

2009-02-04T19:42:00.000-08:00

S Club 7, or should I say S Club 5?, are planning a reunion tour for May and June this year!! There will only be 5 original members, as Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens don't want to do it! Of course they won't come to the States, but I would love to see them. I love their happy pop music, it's a guilty pleasure. They will release a greatest hits album May 25 called Ain't No Party: The Ultimate Collection of S Club 7. Jo, Bradley, and Paul have already done a few shows as a trio late last year.

Strange's Oscar Picks

2009-01-31T11:23:00.000-08:00

First of all I must stress that I have not seen all the movies nominated for every category. So of course this is only for fun and not to be taken that seriously.

Actor in a Leading Role:

Richard Jenkins "The Visitor" *I have not seen this movie
Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn "Milk"
Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler"

This contest is definitely between Rourke and Penn. Both performances touched me. Jeez this is hard!!!! I'm gonna give it to Penn or can they somehow tie? Nope, I changed my mind. Rourke ftw!

Actor in a Supporting Role

Josh Brolin "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr. "Tropic Thunder"
Phillip Semour Hoffman "Doubt"
Heath Ledger "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon "Revolutionary Road"

Another great list. But this for sure goes to Heath Ledger.

Actress in a Leading Role

Anne Hathaway "Rachel Getting Married" *I have not seen this movie
Melissa Leo "Frozen River" *I have not seen this movie
Angelina Jolie "Changeling" *I have not seen this movie
Meryl Streep "Doubt"
Kate Winslet "The Reader"

Okay this is really biased since I have only seen 2 out of the 5 but I'm giving it to Kate!!

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams "Doubt"
Viola Davis "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Taraji P. Henson "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei "The Wrestler"

This category is probably the most deep. This is hard to choose but I really think it should go to Viola Davis. Such a great performance captured in only 5 minutes. Hard to do, especially when you are opposite Meryl Streep!!

Animated Feature Film

Bolt *I have not seen this movie
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

I liked Kung Fu Panda!!! Wall-E was great for the first half, then really fizzled for me, and actually offended me (we are supposed to turn into lazy humans and not even care??). Kung Fu Panda is my pick.
I'm gonna skip a few categories here that I don't know how to choose and go to directing!

Directing

David Fincher "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant "Milk"
Stephen Daldry "The Reader"
Danny Boyle "Slumdog Millionaire"

Hard!!! Danny Boyle. No, Gus Van Sant. Yes, Gus Van Sant.

Best Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Milk

I think Slumdog Millionaire should win. All movies were great. Benjamin Button only doesn't win because of that weird part that doesn't seem to fit in the movie that I talked about in a previous post. The Reader would be my second choice. I was unexpectedly bawling during a certain part.

Skipping

2009-01-29T20:55:00.000-08:00

Feels really good. It feels even better to hold someone's hand and skip together. It's also a great workout.

What me and my sister do almost everyday...

2009-01-29T17:31:00.000-08:00

LOST

2009-01-28T23:29:00.000-08:00

*Do not watch this video if you have never watched LOST, because :

A) It won't be funny or make sense
B) You might be planning on seeing LOST later on and don't want any spoilers.

Enjoy all you LOST fans!

Slumdog Millionaire

2009-01-27T01:00:00.001-08:00

For the WIN!

Revolutionary Road

2009-01-25T10:48:00.000-08:00

My boyfriend and I went to the movies last night. We were going to see Slumdog Millionaire but we were a little late and the theatre was packed. So we switched out our tickets for Revolutionary Road. Wow. This movie should win Best Picture at the Oscars. But it won't. It's not even nominated.

Frozen in Time

2009-01-23T16:22:00.000-08:00

Elyse sent me a link to this amazing video on youtube which reminds me of both episode #20 of The Twilight Zone called "Elegy", and episode #76 entitled "Still Valley".

The Hall of Presidents

2009-01-22T14:57:00.001-08:00

In Walt Disney World, is being refurbished with our new president!

How exciting! I've never seen it, but now it is definitely more exciting!

Rollover

2009-01-21T21:52:00.000-08:00

I've had my AT&T phone plane since August 08 and I have never used all of my anytime minutes. I've never had to use my rollover minutes--until now! I've been talking to my little sister a lot, she has cabin fever over in Illinois (where it has been like -30 degrees with the windchill).

Neil Patrick Harris

2009-01-20T21:01:00.001-08:00

January 10, 2009 marked a great episode for Saturday Night Live. Neil Patrick Harris was the host and the musical guest was Taylor Swift. I used to love to watch Doogie Howser, M.D on Wednesday nights. I had a semi-crush on Doogie and even his friend. I think his friend's name was Vinnie. I remember that when I was 9, I used to have to go to weekday school on those nights so I would miss the show(basically like a CCD thing, where you go to church and take class with other 9 year olds and have to read bible passages and nobody wanted to be there). Anyways, I thought this clip was hilarious.

The Inaguration

2009-01-20T20:59:00.001-08:00

Was great. I am proud to be an American again. I cried a lot while watching because it was beautiful to see the hope in people's eyes. My favorite color is yellow, and I was so happy to see Michelle dressed in it. She looked great. Yellow is a very hard color to pull off, and she did it wonderfully.

Nintendo, Save Our Grass

2009-01-19T17:02:00.001-08:00

In the new Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii, Nintendo created a new feature that would wear down grass into little unique paths in your town, wherever you walk most. However, it was not tested sufficiently creating what AC gamers are calling town desertification. People's towns are turning into piles of dirt, where snow will not fall, making it impossible to roll snowballs into snowmen. Please sign the petition .

I Feel Love

2009-01-19T16:21:00.000-08:00

Luke came over this weekend and showed me this funny '80s video he found. We like to laugh at it and enjoy Marc Almond's sincerity. You can't go wrong as long as you are sincere. I can't stop watching it. I love all the obvious phallic symbols and the sexy matador. So gay and so fab.

*Sorry, the video has been removed. If you want to look it up it is "I Feel Love" By Bronski Beat.

Happy Birthday, Michelle

2009-01-17T19:12:00.001-08:00

It's Michelle Obama's 45th birthday today!

Another Anxiety Dream

2009-01-17T11:04:00.001-08:00

So last night I dreamt that I was driving to my boyfriend's apartment (he lives approximately 65 miles south of me). In the dream it was nighttime and I missed my exit because I was talking on my bluetooth headset (to my boyfriend). Then of course when I realize I am lost my phone stops working so I can't get help. I am in some weird casino town that is really dark in some areas. I keep ending up in strange elevators or high ramps with stairs and I have to carry my car down the stairs. Then after awhile of this and asking people where Irvine is to no help, I decide I need to wake up.

Animal Crossing: City Folk

2009-01-16T10:52:00.000-08:00

Phineas was in the City again today! How rare is that? So this time I got the bunny balloon. You don't get to choose your color, but he gave me a yellow one! I'm not sure how he knew that yellow was my favorite color, I can't remember if there are Wii settings that ask about your favorite color.

Sas Wii

2009-01-15T17:11:00.000-08:00

In response to Luke's blog:

The crush grows even stronger...

Look how intensely she points that Wiimote!

Animal Crossing: City Folk

2009-01-15T16:23:00.000-08:00

In another post, I mentioned how I hadn't met the prize man in the city in Animal Crossing. Well, he was there today! He is a walrus I think...nope, he is a sea lion (just looked it up). He asked me what prize I wanted and the choices were tough: balloon, bunny balloon, pinwheel, and a bubble wand. It was between the bunny balloon and the bubble wand for me. I ended up getting the bubble wand because you can interact with it! It turns out that beautiful rainbow colored bubbles come out. Another factor that helped me choose was I had visited my sister's town and her girlfriend had a bunny balloon sitting in her house, so I already knew what it looked like. It's cute, but it just sits there. Maybe I'll get it next time I see Phineas (the sea lion prize man).

Overdue Library Books Dream

2009-01-14T20:11:00.000-08:00

Every once in a while, I will have this dream where I suddenly remember that I checked out a bunch of library books months ago. I scramble to locate the pile of books I checked out and can't find all of them or I can't even remember which ones I checked out. The dream I had 2 nights ago was bad because I had checked the books out under my mom's library card. You know the worst you will owe is a couple of bucks, maybe $20 at the most or so, but my mom is such a money freak that in the dream I am freaking out. I remember thinking in the dream, "I never forget when my library books are due! How could this have happened?" I'm not sure what this dream means, or if it means anything at all.

Hilary Duff

2009-01-13T19:40:00.000-08:00

Has a "new" album out. I say that because it came out in November, so it's not really new. I also say that because it is a "Best Of" album, which she basically already did with an album called Most Wanted. Does she think we will forget about that? Her last album, Dignity, was great. So does that mean that next she will have a new studio album, and after that a new Greatest Hits? Seems to be the direction she is going in. She released a video, Reach Out. I hate the song because it samples Depeche Mode, so it doesn't seem original at all. I hate the video because she is wearing random dresses and weird outfits and trying to look sexy. She doesn't.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2009-01-12T21:43:00.000-08:00

I watched this movie today, based on a true story about the editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, some french dude named Jean-Dominique Bauby. He has a stroke and can no longer speak. He ends up writing a book based on blinking his eye when the each letter of the word is spoken by a scribe. It was ridiculous that someone could have the patience to write a book that way. The movie shows you through his eyes how it feels to awake from a stroke and can't speak. Pretty decent movie, I had never seen a film that captured the feelings of confusion and disorientation so well (although it was making me a little lightheaded to watch for awhile). Thanks to Elyse for the recommendation.

Mystery Case Files: Millonheir (Nintendo DS) Review

2009-01-12T15:47:00.000-08:00

Nintendo really advertised this game and kept sending me emails to check it out. My little sister really wanted it and a girl I used to work with had it, so I wanted to give it a try. What a disappointment. I loved such games like Professor Layton and Trace Memory and I thought this might be similar, but no. Basically 90% of the game is you staring at the screen looking for hidden objects. Now, I loved those I Spy books as a kid, but this was different. There are a handful of different locations on the game that you have to look for objects in, which just keep getting reused. However, you will be staring at the kitchen scene, looking for really gross things. There are flies in the kitchen, earwigs, nasty beetles, caterpillars, snakes, cats hiding in cupboards. There is even a shoe in the cooking pot. Eww. Then you find the stuff and a new screen starts, so you have to do it all over again, just finding different items. You do this countless times, and every once in a while, the same screen will come back, asking you to find the SAME THINGS YOU ALREADY DID ONCE! Too many disgusting bugs, scary alien faces, eyes staring at you, and other unsettling objects. Very foreboding sounds and music, too. My boyfriend kept getting nervous while I was playing because he would hear a siren and think the neighborhood was in trouble. One scene had this annoying cuckoo clock go off every few seconds--unbearable. I had to turn the sound off on that scene. This game did keep me occupied for a 5 hour plane ride from DC to LA, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend it--just borrow it from a friend that had the misfortune of buying it.

It's Happening

2009-01-12T15:13:00.000-08:00

Today at lunch my boyfriend said, "It's happening". And I said, "What, Ann Coulter can talk again?" That was not what he meant. He meant it was allergy season and he was sneezing a lot at work. Though unfortunately she is talking again.

2 month anniversary

2009-01-12T12:54:00.001-08:00

Today marks the 2 month anniversary of my blog. Today is also Melanie C's 35 birthday. Today is also the release of Girls Aloud's single, The Loving Kind.

Animal Crossing: City Folk Review

2009-01-12T11:35:00.000-08:00

I've played both Animal Crossing for the Gamecube and Animal Crossing: Wild World for the DS and enjoyed them both. So when I started playing the highly anticipated Wii version, I was a little disappointed at how much the game was similar to Wild World. However, I have discovered some new things about the game that got me excited. There is a new character, named Kicks, who shows up every once in awhile to the City. He will "shine" your shoes, meaning he will change the style and color. You could never change your shoes in previous games. You simply had red sneakers with blue and white stockings if you were a girl, and blue sneakers with green and white stockings if you were a boy. That's it. Now Kicks the Skunk will change your shoes according to the color of your hair. However, it costs 500 Bells each time. There is also apparently an animal that will pass out balloons in the town and other prizes, but I haven't seen him yet. There are new fish and bugs, too. I caught a lobster the other day in the ocean! The new changes were not apparent at first when I started playing, but there have been pleasant surprises. They did get rid of that annoying insurance salesman, Lyle. He used to come to your door and make you answer a ton of questions and basically force you to buy insurance. Now he works for the Happy Room Academy, which you can choose to be a part of or not. The bad: having to water your flowers. I'm away from home right now and won't be able to water my flowers so they will die. That's annoying.

New Glass

2009-01-08T21:53:00.001-08:00

I know these posts are probably really boring, but here goes another one. Last year, I kept buying small plastic cups and using them once and throwing them out. I really like drinking out of small glasses for some reason. But this is terrible for the environment, not to mention ends up costing a lot over the course of a year! So I found a great size glass, 5" high, at Urban Outfitters. There were 4 designs from the Wizard of Oz. Luke had to talk me out of buying 2 because they were $8 each and I am unemployed. I choose the Scarecrow. I have been using it non-stop since I got it a few days ago!

Thanks to Sam

2009-01-08T13:03:00.000-08:00

So I just came back from the post office to pick up packages that came while I was away. To my delight, my friend "Sam" from England sent me the Fonejacker dvds! They are funny prank calls that are put to funny pictures.

The Philadelphia Orchestra sucks

2009-01-07T20:44:00.000-08:00

As some of you already know, my childhood pet cat, Sandy (aka "Kitty") died in September of 2007. As I was upset and wanted to do something to help myself and my family in our grieving process, I made a youtube video of Kitty using Claire De Lune by Debussy. I got an email from youtube this week, telling me the Philadelphia Orchestra wants the video removed because I used their song (which they didn't even write!!) My video was helping people grieve, I had gotten messages from a lot of other cat owners who said my video was very nice and they had lost pets in the past, etc. Jeez, some people really know how to be jerks, it's not like I was making money off it.

Movies

2009-01-07T20:02:00.000-08:00

I saw 2 movies over the holidays and 1 last night. The first was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Wow. This movie was great. There was only one small part in the film which I felt ruined the pacing and didn't really work for the movie. If that part had been removed, I would have given this film the best picture Academy Award for SURE. I'm not going to ruin it for those who haven't seen it, but it deals with Benjamin becoming suddenly omniscient and explaining sequences that lead up to a particular incident (if this had happened 2 seconds earlier or later, then this wouldn't have happened, and so on).

Anyways, the second movie was Doubt, starring Phillip Semour Hoffman and Meryl Streep. I enjoyed the movie, although I think it probably worked better as a stage play than adapted into a movie. Wonderful acting of course. My boyfriend basically hated it. I would turn to look at him and he just looked miserable. It didn't help that the movie theatre was so cold I had to wear my mittens and coat throughout. I would recommend this film. There is a lot to think about the human condition. This film had some great messages.

The film I saw last night was Milk. I enjoyed this one. I didn't know the Harvey Milk story before but what a guy. Gus Van Sant makes a good film (he directed another of my favorites, Good Will Hunting). Sean Penn deserves an Oscar for this. Emile Hirsch also offers a good supporting role.

Dollhouses

2009-01-07T19:53:00.000-08:00

I've been in Pennsylvania the past few weeks and got home to LA on Sunday morning. Then I had another mini-vacation in Irvine at my boyfriends house, tagging my mp3s on my new MacBook (which I LOVE). Now I'm gonna catch up on some blogs! When I was in Pennsylvania, we stopped at this adorable dollhouse shoppe in downtown Danville. It was owned by this elderly woman who knew a lot about dollhouses. You just don't find those kinds of specialty shops anymore. I got two pieces from the Liberty Bay collection (the mirror and dorrie bookcase). Here is the website to the adorable shoppe:

The Wee Home Shoppe

The most sought after Spice Girls item

2008-12-18T07:52:00.000-08:00

Is on ebay for about $275.

Ginger Viva Forever single

Socks Clinton is Gravely Ill

2008-12-18T07:47:00.000-08:00

Terrible news. Socks is battling cancer and is expected to die soon. He is 19, my Kitty died last year at age 18, she had cancer, too. :(

Story from LA Times

Illinois

2008-12-16T12:26:00.000-08:00

So I'm feeling so great driving around LA with my Illinois license plate on my car with my proud Obama bumper sticker and my City of Chicago parking pass on my windshield...

But then this happened

Thanks a lot for ruining it for me and the entire state, guy.

Jazz Interlude

2008-12-14T23:52:00.000-08:00

I've been searching for this song for years now. I had a dream that I finally figured out what it was. Sadly, I woke up.

Here is a link to a guy that is wondering the same as me

and the song appears in this clip

Shout out to Arun for providing the link to show video at correct position.

HD

2008-12-13T23:55:00.000-08:00

For the past two weeks, Saturday Night Live has been shot in only HD so whenever there are words on the screen, you can only see some of it. This really sucks. Amy Poehler came back, though. I think she is only doing the news though, since she needs to care for her newborn son.

For Elyse

2008-12-12T23:00:00.000-08:00

This is how my sister feels about most everyone.

Disneyland Castle Walkthrough

2008-12-11T21:52:00.000-08:00

*this post will be boring to any non-Disneyland fans.

Sorry I am behind on my updates because I was finishing out the semester with adorable lesson plans. Now on Sunday, December 7, Luke and I went to Disneyland to see the Christmas fireworks show. "Snow" falls at the conclusion of the fireworks. It turns out that this snow was actually foamy bubbles. It seemed stupid at first, but then it actually looked like snow falling. Then Luke asked this bitch CM if the castle walk- through was open and she said, "not at night". So we got in line for Peter Pan and went on that, wasting a good 25 minutes that we should have been in the walk-through (the time was only "wasted" because Luke needed to get home to sleep). Poor guy. The walkthrough was open and it was really cool. I really enjoyed it!

The clownage of the Triangle ends here

2008-12-04T23:29:00.000-08:00

So I was reading fail blog from Jan 08 and found a picture of a boy playing drums with a boy playing triangle standing next to him with a FAIL! I didn't really understand why that was, maybe they were clowning the boy who played the triangle b/c it's supposedly a simple instrument. I was reading through the comments and people were saying how the triangle is actually kind of tricky to play and is learned along with other percussion instruments. Then I found some youtube videos of people using the triangle. I guess it's not as easy as I thought it was. I'm no longer going to claim I can play the triangle.

The Loving Kind video

2008-12-03T23:21:00.000-08:00

Girls Aloud released their new video today, for their 20th single, The Loving Kind. I love it, it reminds me of the '90s and of Ace of Base and Alice Deejay. Sarah looks great (except for her outfit) and I was like, "whoaaaa" when Nicola sticks her leg high up against the wall. Nadine looked good until her bangs came down. They all looked pale, too, which was kinda weird. I liked the more trancy sound to the song, it's a little bit different than the album track. Liked the video, simple concept. Would love to dance to this at the club and have the video play at the same time.

The dog for the Obamas

2008-12-01T19:44:00.000-08:00

Since everyone else seems to be giving their opinion on this topic, I say that the dog the Obamas should get is the miniature Schnauzer. Barack said the dog has to be hypo-allergenic, which this dog is. He also said the dog can't be "girlie". This dog looks like an old man!

Another plus is that this dog resembles Fala, the famous Scottish terrier of FDR.

Britney Spears Albums

2008-11-30T17:01:00.001-08:00

I'm copying Joz's Girls Aloud album post by posting my own graph, Britney Spears-style. I couldn't figure out how to do a line graph so you are getting a bar graph. I think In the Zone has been her best album yet thus far, followed by Blackout, Circus ties with Britney, Oops! I did it Again, and ...Baby One More Time is dead last.

Long Distance Call

2008-11-25T13:27:00.000-08:00

I watched this episode of The Twilight Zone last night and it really scared me. I was afraid to walk back into my room in the dark. Kind of reminded me of Poltergeist.

Classic Tom Pieper...

2008-11-24T18:03:00.000-08:00

...a disembodied head showing up randomly in pictures.

A Blog for all you teachers

2008-11-24T17:04:00.001-08:00

So I'm doing a group lesson plan and we are doing an "Under the Sea" unit. Each of us has to write a one day lesson plan for reading time. I chose to do mine on Hermit crabs. So last week my group told me I need to teach alliteration somewhere in my lesson. I was having trouble figuring out what to do for the lesson. Today at the library I found a story about a Hermit crab that uses a lot of alliteration! Yay! I love when life just seems to work out for you.

Live in the Country

2008-11-23T14:54:00.000-08:00

Girls, let's change the C to a K and make it something awesome. Go live in the Kunt-tree.

The Twilight Zone

2008-11-20T18:55:00.001-08:00

I've been watching all the Twilight Zone episodes in order. Last night I watched a really good one called Back There. Let's just say it deals with history and April 14.

Lego Advent

2008-11-17T23:18:00.000-08:00

My sweet/sexy/adorable boyfriend brought me a surprise today. He brought me some delicious Mediterranean lunch and also a Lego Advent calendar! Each day in December I will open a window to receive a new Lego piece. SWEET!

Toy Presidents, RIP

2008-11-17T16:27:00.000-08:00

That's right, folks. Toy Presidents, Inc. has gone out of business. The website doesn't even exist anymore. This does not make figuring out what to get Luke for Christmas any easier...

Girls Aloud Next Single from Out of Control

2008-11-17T10:31:00.000-08:00

Girls Aloud are going to promote The Loving Kind as their next single. I am very disappointed with this choice. I wanted it to be Love is the Key. My favorite track on the album is Untouchable so maybe that might be the single after this? Here's hoping.

Yo Gabba Gabba!

2008-11-16T23:01:00.000-08:00

Urban Outfitters is now carrying Yo Gabba Gabba! Christmas tree ornaments. I would really like to have them all, but my favorites are Toodee (the blue cat, who likes to have fun) and Brobee (the little green one).

More screen grabs

2008-11-13T22:42:00.000-08:00

From the movie, Lolita.

The Contender

2008-11-13T22:36:00.000-08:00

I was looking through some screen grabs that I took from various dvds. I had forgotten all about this one--from the movie, The Contender (2000) starring Joan Allen.

Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State?

2008-11-13T21:59:00.000-08:00

Wouldn't that just be great? I think so. John Kerry and Bill Richardson are also rumored to be possibilities.

Obama Resigns

2008-11-13T15:49:00.000-08:00

Obama is resigning his Senate seat, effective Sunday. This means he won't go into the Senate as the President-Elect and vote on stuff. That would have been pretty awesome.

My first post

2008-11-12T21:46:00.001-08:00

This is my new blog. Dr. Bunny (my live journal) is not going to be used anymore. First of all I have to say that I hate all the available templates and I'm really jealous of Jozzy's.