I want 24! It's Tuesday, gosh darn it.

What will be your HP life? by Doom_Song
Name
Job	Auror
Partner	Draco Malfoy
Death	poison
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With my real name, my partner was Harry Potter and I died of too much sex. Had it been Ron, I might have considered it.

So today was...okay. I let my sophomores draw and color; my seniors did group work. I did some writing last night, but I'm not done with it yet. It's not particularly good writing, either, but I am telling a fun little story. Not much in the way of description...or dialogue...or plot...wow, do I even have a story? *shrugs* Maybe some day I'll write real fiction again.

I suck

Yeah, in case any of you were wondering: I have no idea how to write objectives, I talk too much, and I don't make the kids write enough. Would have been nice to have heard this from my co-operating teachers instead of my university supervisor...but I can't change that now. I guess it's a good thing I'll be spending class on Wednesday learning more about goals and objectives.

Haven't gotten around to any writing yet; I hope that'll happen at some point tonight, possibly before football. Or I'll write during football. I need to prove to myself that I'm good at something other than eating, which seems to be my new hobby.

So, I repeat...I suck.

Can I get a what-what?

The Vikings are now 4-0. That means we are leading the division still. I must hold on to everyone of these moments, because this won't last forever.

I have a confession to make: 80's music makes me write fanfiction. Remember that Hart song "All I Wanna Do (is make love to you)?" Yeah, well now I'm writing bad Obi-Wan fanficiton. WTF?

"Charmed" premeries tonight. So happy--good TV is back. Now just have to wait a MONTH until "24" comes out. Oy.

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"Sweet Dreams" (by Eurythmics)
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused


Which 80's Song Fits You?
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Everybody's workin' for the weekend

Also known widely as the Fire Bird, the phoenix is a profound symbol of life and rebirth. It has a life cycle of 500 to 600 years and after that amount of time, it sets itself on fire and dies in the flames. Then, after three days, it rises again from the ashes. It is a completely benign creature who lives in dew. It is said that the phoenix has a beautiful melodious song which grows ever more mournful as its life comes to an end. It is also a symbol of the sun and immortality.

What mythical beast best represents you?Take the quiz!

Yay, it's Saturday. That means grocery shopping and visiting my friend's now home & relatively healthy baby. The bf is not that enthused about baby visiting...which is amusing because he was so SUPER worried about the kid. Asking me all the time how he was...*shrugs* Boys, go figure. (What movie is that from?)

They caught the kid who lit the soap dispenser on fire at school on...Thursday...I think it was Thursday. Yeah, that was pretty exciting....30 minutes outside...at least it was sunny. But they caught the little punk, so it's all good.

Went to see "The Rundown" yesterday with the bf. Actually, it was a pretty good movie. Still want to see "Once Upon A Time in Mexico" but I haven't seen "Desperado" so I'm torn. Probably won't be going to see it this weekend anyway. Incidentally, "School of Rock" looks like it's going to be pretty funny.

No writing lately...just a lot of thinking about writing. I'm seriously considering bringing my laptop with me to the school, since I still don't have access to their system under my own account. That way, I could spend my down time (and there's a lot of it) in the library either writing or working on lesson plans. Does that defeat the purpose of student teaching, or am I just using my time really effectively? *double shrug*

And your randomness for the day

Nightmare Before Christmas!


What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
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A poll of sorts

Okay, I'm seriously considering Alan's suggestion to ax the "past" storyline for Arthur and using it as dreams/flashbacks, whatever. This will, among other things, stretch me as a writer 'cause I'll be writing "real" fiction instead of fantasy.

However, I need some advice: who's point of view should I write this "new" story from? Alexis had the monopoly in the past 60-million drafts. Should I leave it to her or give it to Rhyce? Another character entirely? A combination of characters.

Tag me with your suggestions.

Incidentally, I've been using the word "nonplussed" incorrectly for years: it means bewildered, confused or perplexed. I always thought it meant unimpressed. *shrug*


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Yikes...3 bloggless days...Iapologize

You are the Social Anxiety disorder rock! :(


::Which rock personality disorder (from the Zoloft commercial) should you have? (Results contain pictures!)
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Look, Jer, we match ;)

So while Kelly worries about the existence of love, I'm just going to sulk about how badly I'm doing as a teacher. Suprisingly, it's not classroom management. I just have a really hard time conveying what I want the students to get out of the lessons. Also, I expect them to be able to do too much without scaffolding. It really doesn't help that I'm feeling ultra-confined by this curriculum...I cannot choose what I'm teaching, or really how I'm teaching it, or even how I'm assessing the students on how well they learned what I'm teaching them. Everything is very prescribed. My university supervisor says I should talk to my co-operating teachers about it, but what am I supposed to say: "I know your students are really bright and do really well, but your system sucks for me and I am suffocating under the assimiliation of the Collective" Should I just start calling myself Seven of Nine now, or wait until December?

Seriously, maybe this was a bad idea. The patience thing...the thing I figured for sure would do me in, is something I'm learning easily. But these units...my lessons...they just aren't working. And of course there's someone in the room telling you "Yeah, you're really not making any sense." I can't wait for my midterm grade...can ya tell?

I want Football!

So, MTV has done a movie version of "Wuthering Heights." I am now feeling totally compelled to reread the book. I think they're doing Heathcliff a disservice in this version; I don't remember him being THIS creepy/stalkerish in the book. But it's been about 6 years since I've read it so...

I was all set to make up a week's worth of lesson plans, but I have no idea how stuff is going to fall together this week in any of my classes I'm teaching. So I'll probably just put Monday's stuff together and hope for the best after that. Or at least, hope for the time to get other lesson plans written.

Also, I hate my schedule. I do absolutely nothing until 10:30 in the morning. That means I'm sitting at the school for 3 hours twiddling my thumbs, sitting in on other people's classes. I wish I had a first period class, then I'd feel more productive.

The writing bug is kind of tickiling me...not full on, but a little bit. Of course, it's not focused on anything, so I can't even open up a particular word document and stare at it until something clicks in my brain.

No more booze...

Lady Vader had a drink
and then she had another.
She drank and drank and drank and drank
until her stomach was rubber.

Then Lady Vader got very sick
and blacked out for a bit,
then she came to, on the bathroom floor
feeling quite like $#!*.

I believe that sums up my night quite nicely. My boyfriend came into the bathroom and held my hair and rubbed my back. So I love my boyfriend now more than ever 'cause he took care of me.

Excuse me while I go rub my stomach and make it stop churning.

Bad Lady, No Donut

Didn't blog for two days. Got wrapped up in classes and, you know, actually having a life. The latter didn't work out in a fantasticly superb way, but it was a nice break.

Didn't have a good day yesterday. Kids mildly uncooperative, broke some sort of imaginary teacher-sisterhood oath that no one told me about, then drove an hour out of my way to not have a meeting. Now I have to drive back up to campus today to fill out paperwork so I can get paid for my time on Sunday.

Is it Friday yet? Oh it is? Thank G-d.


Tomboy


What's your sexual appeal?
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Writing lesson plans still sucks...

...but can you believe they're going to continue to put me in control of young minds? And that they're actually giving me a second class of young minds starting tomorrow? How positively disturbing.

On a totally unrelated rant, I want to know who the heck is making decisions for radio formats in this state. Earlier this year they changed one of the classic rock stations to "adult contemporary." And yesterday they up and changed one (read, the only) alternative rock station into hip hop. First they get rid of my morning radio show...now this!

That really is the extent of what happened to me today. Observation did not go horribly; I survived a Department Meeting...can't ask for anything more.


You're An Intellectual!
You can always be found reading or on the computer.
People always come to you when they need
information. You don't really care about love
at this point, your only goal is to improve
your mind. After all, knowledge is power!


What Type Of Anime Character Are You?
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Wow...

It's amazing how different the dynamics in two classes of the same level and relatively the same size can be. I mean, I know my lesson didn't go over smashingly, but at least the kids were listening to what I had to say. Good g_d, but seventh period wanted to be difficult.

Obviously, didn't get any writing done today. I've got a few lines of poetry fluttering around in my pea-brain, but nothing to hook them onto yet. Hopefully within the next 24 hours, something'll come up.

Thinking more about "serializing" Evangeline, and also about Alan's suggestion to change up my Arthur story. Still not sure how I feel about the latter, because I really like some of the stuff I've written for the "past" storyline.

On a side note, I love being in the "in-crowd," even if it is just something as dorky as website business.


Athena


?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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Blossom! You are smart, clever, and into school!
You don't have too much of a temper, yet you
aren't afraid to stick up for what you think is
right! You find yourself being the leader most
of the time, and you love the attention and
power that you receive! Keep up the good work!


Which PowerPuff Girl character would you be?
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Mm...Strider

Aragorn's my fancy!
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You know, I did editing today, which involves the written word, so I really think that should count toward my writing quotient for the week. Given, the work wasn't mine, and it was fanfiction, but I had to look at writing and pick it apart, and it got me thinking. Not with a great deal of inspiration, but it got me thinking.

Okay, for those of you who know my assassin, do you think I should take her out of a novel and just make her a character forever to live in short stories? Because I'm having a lot of trouble giving her 200 pages of plot, but I can usually fill 10-20 with a single plot--it's just that none of my plots are connected. One of Dendera's lines is tickling the back of my brain, but it probably wouldn't evolve into anything that could be blown up into a novel.

Anyway, just a thought. Go Vikings!

Lesson plans suck

I've spent all day and I have 5. I am so glad I only have to plan for two classes. I'm hoping my lesson plans don't suck too badly.

I rented three movies I'd never see with the boyfriend: Moulin Rouge, Chocolat and Chicago. MR was just strange, but Ewan has such a nice set of...lungs, that I couldn't help it. I did enjoy the movie quite a bit though. Musicals rock! Long live dance numbers!

I've just started watching Chocolat, no Johnny Depp yet, but I'm sure he's forthcoming.

That has been my day. How terribly dull, I know.

Heh

You are Galadriel! You are powerful and mysterious,
but keep in mind you have a darker side
however...


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Got my laptop back

Yay. Also survived in front of a classroom full of hostile teenagers. Funny, they had no questions about me when I gave them an open forum. Felt a little jilted. Hopefully they'll be more peppy on Tuesday when I'm going to be observed.

Of course, my prof. can't find my textbook, but did find my journal. I'm such a freaking dumb ass. I am not happy.


"You must remember this, a kiss is still a
kiss". Your romance is Casablanca. A
classic story of love in trying times, chock
full of both cynicism and hope. You obviously
believe in true love, but you're also
constantly aware of practicality and societal
expectations. That's not always fun, but at
least it's realistic. Try not to let the Nazis
get you down too much.


What Romance Movie Best Represents Your Love Life?
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AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

Yeah, so looks like I have to take over some sophomores tomorrow. Panic level is only a yellow, but might spike up to red by 9:30 tomorrow morning. One of my co-op teachers just kind of dropped this on me. No pressure, right???

So, contrary to bulkymonster, I wish my school had done something today--even if it was calling for a moment of silence at 8:46 am. But nothing. Oh well...I can do whatever I want next year in my own classroom. Neener neener, neener neener.

Today also marks the 3 1/2 year point for the bf and I. We're going out for dinner to a local pizza shop. Whee! Pizza!

Much planning to do. Can't talk. Glad my 3-somes showed up finally.

D'oh!

So, didn't do any reading or writing today. In fact, my day only ended about an hour ago when I finally got home. Stupid graduate classes. But I did meet my supervising teacher (which differs from a co-operating teacher). Also think I left my textbook in the classroom. Feeling a bit daft.

So, is it wrong to subject high school seniors to e.e. cummings and the Barenaked Ladies? I really don't think so, but we'll see what happens when I present my ideas tomorrow. Also, cross your fingers that my worksheet will go over well.


I'm hoping to get some writing done this weekend, in between bouts with lesson planning. Which is what I should be doing right now. I wish I had my laptop back, then I could do that sort of stuff tomorrow while I'm at school.

*sigh*

I'm not sure if I like sharing him...

Your Threesome by soleta
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middle name
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Partner the first	Viggo Mortensen
Partner the second	Miranda Otto
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Sean Bean?

Your Threesome by soleta
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age
middle name
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Partner the first	Sean Bean
Partner the second	Orlando Bloom
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I got a grade book today! Whee!

My inner child is sixteen years old!

Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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Ha ha, I'm older than ilikeswords ;)

So I didn't get to read my poem in class today, but thank you for your definitions, all. I had to go to uber-uber-dictionary to get the definition. I shall now post my crappy poem for you in all it's glory...enjoy!

in a Paleozoic chapel
shaded by hirsute willows
strangers congregate
with a warehouse full of love

metamorphosed from polydipsia
to an inert huddle
hoping the asteregnosis will soon
subside

Yeah, as you can see, the words don't really go together. But it's kind of fun to read outloud. Try it, you'll see!

So the next assignment these kids got is to find a passage of 50-100 words that they will widdle down to about half and construct a poem out of. Can be a passage from anything. I think I'm going to rummage through my Star Wars adaptations (ESB or ROTJ) and see if I can find anything good.

Sorry for the confusion...

Apparently, some of you IMed me today, and got the bf instead. Sorry for the confusion. He's got the laptop still...no true diagnosis of the problem.

Parents have returned; Mom bought me jewlery. Yay! Oh, and I don't have to cook dinner anymore. Double yay!

Went to the gym for the third day in a row. At this rate, I may just finish Force Heretic II by the end of the month ;) I was kind of wrapped up in other stuff this summer. And besides, the NJO sucks anyway. I am simply too stupid not to continue reading it.

I actually had to write a poem today. Well, that's not true, I didn't have to. But one of my co-op teachers is having the kids write a poem, so I decided to do it too. The only catch is that you have to pick 13 words from a poem they read in class today. I've got all but one of the words in...'cause I don't know what it means. And yes, I have looked it up in 2 dictionaries. It's not even in my uber-Webster. "Astereognosis" If you know the definition, you are my new best friend.

A certain Dendera has posted two would-be prompts in her blog. I may have to take her up on one of those lines. Not tonight though. Tonight is football...oh, and by the way...VIKINGS ROCK!

Blogger down...blogger down!

I was all psyched to get up and write this morning (since the cats woke me up at freakin' quarter to 6) and then realized my laptop is in Wallingford. Been running slow for awhile, virus notwithstanding. The virus is gone...the computer is still slow. And I know some of you are saying "But, Lady Vader, you are typing your blog. You have access to a computer. Why can't you write?" Well, I will tell you people who are asking that question: because everything is on my laptop. I've grown accustomed to writing on it and find it difficult to write anywhere else. Must be the type-A in me.

Okay, and now a brief complaint about the English language. If you listen to the radio often enough, you start hearing the same commercials, besides just the same songs. So, on my way to and from the gym yesterday (yes, I went to the gym...applause is acceptable) I heard a furniture commercial that used the term "buttery soft." I am sorry, but butter is not soft. It's hard as a freaking rock, and you have to leave it out of the fridge forever if you want to cut it. So whoever made up the asinine phrase "buttery soft" needs to get his or her head examined.

Parents come home today, and football starts. Yay.

By the way, does anyone know what happened to summer??

A starting point

Found out today that I'm going to be teaching a book about Vietnam. I don't know much about Vietnam, which is really sad. Kind of scared, but I've got a week and a half so...*crosses fingers*

No writing done in the past 24 hours. Hoping to get some done this weekend, in between bouts of house cleaning for parental return. Not that we made a mess, but probably should do some vaccuuming and laundry. Whee! I'm hoisting the cooking off on the BF tonight...it's grilling, and that is a manly thing.


You are ice. You have a cold exterior but a warm
heart.


What element is your soul?
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Cha-ching!

A vaccuum leak...that was what was causing my car to not run so good. And in 1000 miles, I need to get my timing belts and some other clothing accessory changed as well. Oy!

Getting antsy...I really want to get up in front of these kids and teach them something. Or at least interact with them. I'm getting smiles from a couple of kids in the some of the classes...one of the seniors actually asked me for my opinion on something in another class today! Woo hoo!

Website where I put my ficlet is down. :( Sad panda (to quoteth Emily). Hopefully it shall return with avengence and people will read and love my work.

Just a dream, right?

You know, it's not going to be the student teaching that kills me this year...it's going to be my student teaching seminar. My professor is an absolute....arg! He's been out of teaching for too long, and he's certainly never taught graduate students. He's not ready for my class.

Obviously, haven't done any writing lately. I have to start keeping a student teaching journal..whoo. So I guess that counts as writing. I'm a little bummed 'cause my little ficlet, which wasn't that bad, isn't getting any responses :(

I did a good thing yesterday, though. I made a suggestion during a meeting about an outside reading book. The other teachers in the department asked me to bring it in. YAY!


You come from the Ocean. You've always been drawn
to the sea, the sound of the waves, the crystal
blue water, near the sea is where you belong.


Where Did Your Soul Originate?
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My G-d, were we EVER that moody?

You know, whatever else people might say about middle school students, they do not have the attitudes that high school students walk around with. But enough about my day.

Car being stupid...hoping mechanic will call me soon. Else, I will have to drive my father's car tomorrow because I don't trust mine anymore. 3 tries and a stall to start, I think that's a bit much.

I did write yesterday..whee! Granted, it was fanfiction, and bad fanfiction at that, but at least I wrote something. Perhaps my muse and I will begin speaking once I get used to this new, fun and exciting sleep schedule.

Yeah, that's it.


You are...A scribe! One of the least known
inhabitants of Khemet, but definitely one of
the most important. It is because of you people
of today know more about the past of Khemet!
Wow!
May Thoth's knowledge continue to enlighten you!


Which Egyptian Lifestyle did you have?
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Tomorrow, Tomorrow...I love you tomorrow

Good Will Hunting is on TV right now, but it's on basic cable. I wonder how much of it is going to be bleeped out. F-ing the f-ing f-er and what not being prominant dialogue.

Today is house work day...vaccuuming, dishes, laundry...all that stuff that you have to do when Mom's not home. The laundry is always the worst part 'cause you can't do it in one shot; you have to keep getting up to move stuff around, fold stuff...blah.

So, there's been a suggestion to abandon Arthur and focus on Rhyce and Alexis. I shouldn't get rid of Arthur all together, but should relegate he and his posse to the background; ie: flashbacks and dream sequences. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Because I really feel that that part of the story...Arthur and Nimue and Merlin...that's the strong part of the story. Rhyce, Alexis, Brittany...they're interesting, but not that interesting. But Riycte did have a good point...how many King Arthur books can you have based back in the day? But, there's a LOT of them out there, people are buyin' 'em........but you're not supposed to write for the money, you're supposed to write for yourself.

Hrm.


You are Beast!

You are brilliant and extremely clever. You can
handle almost any problem swiftly and
efficiently. You are devoted to philosophy and
are always up for a good discussion.
Sometimes, though, your anger gets the best of
you and you upset those whom you care about.


Which X-Men character are you most like?
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