February 2011
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A Picture is Forthcoming
I haven’t been able to snap a picture yet, but I have to say a huge “Thank You!” to my Tumblr Buddy. After a rocky start to the new semester, I got a package filled with office supplies (and everyone who knows me IRL knows I love binder clips), a book on autism, and pens/pencils. On top of that, TB sent me his/her favorite pen and a really thoughtful little note.
I made out on...
January 2011
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Anonymous asked: saw your blog on steampunk..check this out... www.dancesofvice.com
It's like spackling over some gnarly old cracks in...
I have a rad brunch date with Marisa, and friends, today at Toast in Montclair, NJ, in about an hour. I’m dressed, showered, and presentable…but the cold has made me look a little rundown.
Do I put makeup on? Or should I just go with my lazy-ass instincts and brunch au naturale?
Hmmm…maybe I should stop looking like a zombie. Urg, makeup it is, if only to make myself...
“BEFORE THE age of homogenization and micro-machinery, before the tyrannous...”
– SteamPunk Magazine.
I get the allure of steampunk. I mean, the pageantry and costumes alone make me giddy. But I really like my iPod Touch. Like, a lot.
I don’t know what made me think of talking about steampunk. Maybe it’s the fact that I watched some wacked-out show called...
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I am still obsessed with Foster the People's...
Listen to it. This I command.
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Things I've said more than once today
“Please leave Mommy’s computer alone.”
“We don’t eat paper in this house.”
“Please, honey, Mommy’s working.”
“We don’t ‘smoke’ Q-Tips in this house.” (I guess, by that statement, I’m tacitly allowing other smoking?)
“Ug.”
Sorry that, in the last two days, this blog has turned into Sour Parent...
I think this is how Stephen King's "The Stand"...
I coughed until 4 am this morning. I haven’t slept and two inches of grading (I look at papers by their height when stacked) to do by the end of the day.
I’m pretty sure I have contracted a mysterious and fatal disease. Wear a mask while reading future posts.
Srsly...how do I justify spending $350 on a purse?...
Anyone?
Can I say?
I love this Tumblr community. You guys ask awesome questions and really listen when people talk (or type). Your blogs are interesting, unique, and fun to read.
My anonymous questioner(s)…we should meet.
Anonymous asked: so sorry about the old one. It can be replaced though. Yeesh kids!
http://www.poemuseum.org/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61
http://www.poemuseum.org/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61
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Today, I gave the Goose vanilla pudding to shut...
After two days on house-arrest, the kid and I were officially stir crazy. She was a nasty little beastie all day, crying and whining and kicking and throwing toys (and food and sippy cups and remote controls and my Kindle and a picture). She took zero naps, which is a sign that her head will soon split in two and she will become a demon, kind of like that guy in The Golden Child. (I love 80s Eddie...
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Anonymous asked: you seem like an interesting person. Have you ever met anyone famous or interesting?
Repost: Thinking of Having Kids? Follow These 11...
Lesson 1: Finances
1. Go to the grocery store.
2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office.
3. Go home.
4. Pick up the paper.
5. Read it for the last time.
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Lesson 2: Discipline
Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their…
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It is 3:56 pm and I am still home
because the private college I work at mercifully canceled classes today at 10:00 am!
And I read The Hunger Games. But I did get a leetle work done. Minuscule really, but some.
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Work on a potential snow day
If it’s not a white-out later on, I have one class to teach from 4-6 pm. But if I were a betting woman, I’d say it’s probably not going to happen. Now that leaves me with a dilemma: Do I start lesson planning for the weeks ahead in anticipation of the grading/commenting/assorted work I will see as the weeks go by, ooooooooorrrrrrrr do I sit on my butt, let The Goose watch...
Anonymous asked: me and my arrow and the person with the pigeon is dracula..i mean really who else :)
Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K →
I just registered as a walker for the Special Olympics Lincoln Tunnel 5K! Come join me!
Anonymous asked: When are you going to visit your awesome friend, Mike, in Florida?
Anonymous asked: Do you currently have any swishing monsters lurking in your bathroom?
Anonymous asked: Have you recently thrown cold water on your husband while he showers?
Anonymous asked: How many perverted questions do you get with this thing? --mikelvg
Ask Away...I love spilling my guts →
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Daily Ritual
When I don’t work mornings, The Goose and I have a daily ritual.
We watch cartoons in bed for a few minutes.
We go downstairs and drink milk or coffee (guess who drinks what)
We eat breakfast.
We brush our teeth, spit in the sink, put on deodorant, and put on makeup.
This routine sounds totally normal for me, but it’s hilarious to watch a 19-month-old close her eyes for makeup...
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Hunger Games trilogy
I purchased the first of the Hunger Games trilogy and can’t even start it because I have grading/commenting to begin.
:::Snooki voice::: WAH!!!!!
Anonymous asked: I call my daughter "The Pigeon" but have no clue why. Why do you call yours "The Goose?"
Anonymous asked: Everyone knows it's me and my arrow.
A new semester has officially begun
Oh, boo.
Tomorrow is the first day of classes and it’s supposed to snow 3-6 inches.
Fan-fucking-tastic.
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“Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.”
– Leo Rosten, author (1908-1997)
blueeyedgreek asked: So. I've already informed the beau that after several years of friendship, you're in it for the long haul. And after several years of courting, he's in it for the long haul. So you're both in it (with me) for the long haul. If he wants to spend the rest of his life defending the idea that he's too busy for schematics, he has a long road ahead of him. I'm just...
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New Things Muh Kid Does
The Goose is now a little over a year and a half old. She went from a marshmallowy, scrunchy old man of a baby to a walking, talking toddler. The thought of her growing up makes my ovaries hurt. I would reproduce again, if only for the pass on eating a whole box of Cheerios with limited repercussions.
So without further talks about my neurosis, let’s tick off the things small children do:
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I love lists
Dear MacBook Pro: I just found your iCal application. How can I not love you?!? I can color-code my entire life? Yessssssss….
Are there any other gems you’re hiding from me?
Love,
Christina
