Dear 8 pound, 6 ounce newborn infant Jesus, don’t even know a word yet, just a little infant and so cuddly, but still omnipotent...lying there in your...your little ghost manger, lookin' at your Baby Einstein developmental videos, learnin' 'bout shapes and... Continue Reading →
I graduated from the wonder that is UCSB. Aka - the Land of 1000 Halloweens. Halloween is at least a week-long holiday there. We were known for dropping classes if they had midterms or essays due the last week of... Continue Reading →
I'm pretty sure I'm not a good teacher. And I definitely know I'm not supposed to be a mom yet. Here's why... I always joke with my students that if there were ever a real fire on campus, I would... Continue Reading →
Well. It's 10:45pm on a Wednesday night. I'm finally home from work, the gym, dinner with friends. I am showered, the kitchen is clean, and laundry folded. And now its clearly too late to start studying. The only thing I... Continue Reading →
Favorite moment of the day....a kid in my Spanish class told a five minute story about "one of the saddest days of my life" when a friend's mom promised to get him a slurpee, but she didn't. I threw back... Continue Reading →
I occasionally gripe about Facebook, but I was SO grateful for it yesterday. Deep within the cloud of stress that was apparently passing over most of California, and in a life-determining-test-tomorrow storm front, I became one of those people I... Continue Reading →
Saturday is THE.DAY. CSET testing day. Five Hours. 162 multiple choice questions, 11 short essays, covering Columbus to genetics, quadratic equations to your mom, and everything in between. If I pass, things are great. If I don't....there will be ___________... Continue Reading →
Autumn can be a little depressing...especially if your favorite baseball team is no longer making this an Orange October for you. Or if you live in California, where Mother Nature decides to extend summer an extra six weeks while the... Continue Reading →
gotta write a blog. its monday. monday monday. good song. how many other songs have days of the week in their titles? iTunes, enter in "monday." I have six songs with "monday" in the title. interesting. lets try the rest... Continue Reading →
I'm normally not a fan of any kind of crossover between what people are actually good at, and then what they do for money. Specifically, actors who then come out with terrible cds (Lindsey Lohan) or singers who start acting (Mandy... Continue Reading →
Cousin flew home from Texas with a friend, and both of them were celebrating their "twenty-oneth" birthdays,as they said. I'm so deep in Studylandia that I feel like I can't breathe, so I decided to meet up with them in... Continue Reading →
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