Currenty reading. Although my copy is much older and I got it for 99 cents at the used book store.
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Pam, I’m not sure exactly what you see, but that’s a paintball gun. Looks like a Tippmann. Probably filled with pepper-spray paintballs.
this Louisville Metro cop has a shotgun.
Yeah this is from last Tuesday night.
I guess they were expecting folks to riot after the win was announced?? Obama won. Worry not, officer.
resplendent
When Valerie awoke in the morning, her resplendent face cast a loving glow into all the corners of the room, as if the sun had lifted it’s head from the pillow and rose to life within our quaint, pellucid walls.
I so look forward to my word of the day emails. And then I challenge myself to use the word during the day. I’m a nerd.
Word of the Day for Saturday, November 8, 2008
resplendent \rih-SPLEN-duhnt, adjective:
very bright or shining; splendid
Controlling a classroom full of 12 year olds is hard
Breanna, this is good advice. However, there is a context here. The school I’m doing my field experience in is inner-city. It is more than 90% minority (what I meant to say is that is 85% free and reduced lunch - the poorness is the issue, not the race). I found out very quickly that:
- Most of these kid’s parents don’t care, therefore they don’t care. No amount of my dorky white attempts at humor will change this (in the timeframe I have, 50 hours).
- I don’t understand their culture as much as they don’t understand mine. It’s been hard finding common ground.
- I plain loathe middle school/middle schoolers.
Don’t worry though, I will keep fighting the good fight. Until my observation is over at the end of the semester anyways.
Especially when they have absolutely no reason to listen to you and know you can’t punish them if they don’t.
Yelling was involved.
Aww. I am sympathtic.
My advice… seem cool. Let them get away with some dumb stuff and talk to them like you think they are adults. Make some bad joke about Hannah Montana or something. But don’t insult the Jonas Brothers or Twilight.
This all comes from observing my 12 year old cousin by the way. She claims to be bi, to hate all female Disney channel starts, and to be married to Joe Jonas.
12 year olds are strange. Good luck.
Controlling a classroom full of 12 year olds is hard
Especially when they have absolutely no reason to listen to you and know you can’t punish them if they don’t.
Yelling was involved.
150 List..before I'm 30.
yays:lickystickypicky:potterspoet:
Bold the ones you’ve done.
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married (Soon)
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream (only recently)
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life
Still funny, even after seeing it a million times.
“ After the Feb. 21 debate in Austin, Texas, we were leaving in the morning. Barack had the flu. There was an elderly black gentleman who had been our elevator operator for three days. As we got to the ground floor, he said, “Senator Obama, I have something I want to give you,” and he handed him his military patch. He said, “I’ve carried this military patch with me every day for 40 years, and I want you to carry it, and it will keep you safe in your journey.” It was just such an unbelievable act of generosity. So later we asked Barack what he had done with it. And he pulled it out of his pocket and said, “This is why I do this. Because people have their hopes and dreams about what we can do together.
Valerie Jarrett, on her favorite moment on the trail with the Obama campaign, in TIME Magazine (via julyshewillfly) (via apsies) (via vruz) (via indieandyy) (via ardenashley) (via peterwknox)
I hate making choices.
t-shirt. english. you’re welcome.
I have been trying to figure out what to wear for the last twenty minutes.
I have been trying to pick a major for the bigger part of a year.
I hate decisions. Even small ones.
Sometimes, I really wish there was someone else who could make all the descisions for me.
