i was reading around the internet today, and came upon this article in a san francisco paper. it was a sarcastic (and, to be warned, somewhat caustic) editorial on the state of our attitudes these days. but it caught my eye. in short, we all need a big time out and attitude adjustment. the author [...]
Archive for January, 2010
sour grapes, bad whine.
Posted in 2010, tagged how i feel about it sometimes, truth on 29 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
conan o’brien, with my classroom rules.
Posted in 2010, tagged pop goes the culture, school on 28 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
hello, yellow.
Posted in 2010, tagged pretty things, that wedding thing on 23 January 2010 | 2 Comments »
dear delightfully perfect wedding reception shoes, you arrived at my wintry home today. cheers! i’m sad that we won’t see much of each other for awhile. stay safe in my closet until june. but don’t feel neglected — there’s quite the party waiting for you. love, sara
oh, my, really?
Posted in 2010, tagged school, things i learned on 22 January 2010 | 3 Comments »
ahem. sigh. ahem. well, it’s been a daunting january around the smorgasbundle abode. upon hearing the news (2 days before the first day at school) that i would be taking a block class of juniors for the entire semester, i promptly did what any other student-teacher-jumping-at-the-chance would do. panic. now, i’ve become a slightly more [...]
i am a sucker for a play on words.
Posted in 2010, tagged nerdy, the boy, word snobbery on 10 January 2010 | 3 Comments »
as in, i would totally buy this, just so i could serve the french boyfriend a gin and titonic, and watch his expression when he laughed at me. and rolled his eyes. and shook his head.
lather, rinse, repeat.
Posted in 2010, tagged the deep end on 7 January 2010 | 1 Comment »
the only conversation we’ve had all evening.
Posted in 2009, tagged conversations, the boy on 1 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
boy (watching television): hey, isn’t this one of the godfather movies? me (looking): um…no. boy (pointing to one of the actors on screen): isn’t that guy in the godfather? me: yes, but it’s not one of the godfather movies. boy: are you sure? me: yes. sidney poitier was not in the godfather. neither are hardly [...]
