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right now is a perfect time to think about the things that are charming me, the set of which does not include the sounds coming from the plumber (who we’ve named pagoda, as he resembles the aforementioned butler from the royal tenenbaums in both stature and speech) pounding around in the kitchen to locate the [...]

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one of the blogs i read, making it lovely, created a 30 before 30 list, consisting (as the name obviously implies) of a list of 30 things she wanted to accomplish by the time she turned 30. i love lists. but i have a love/hate relationship with goal-oriented lists.  have i discussed this before?  it [...]

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statistics.

2: the amount of days I have left of teaching at Unnamed High School. 17: the number of days until I am a college graduate. 102: the number of invitations we stuffed and mailed today. 0: the number of invitations i personally stuffed and mailed (the dear french boyfriend was tasked with this chore while [...]

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new year’s resolution: move past the anxiety into confidence and excitement, especially pertaining to, but not limited to, teaching.

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new year’s resolution: add more color.

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new year’s resolution: marry well.

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borrowing the boy’s cardigans to wear hot roobios tea tasty leftovers for lunch getting out of class an hour early high fidelity on dvd while homeworking not having the majority of my interactions with my students be versions of “stop doing that” text messages from mommy pretty grey shoes

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listology

things charming me today: 1. seinfeld on fanny packs: “it looks like your belt is digesting a small animal.” 2. waffle house 3. exactly 2 hours of nothing time, in my penultimate day of summer. 4. dinner party plans for the evening 5. the boy laughing at my story over the phone. 6. orange shoes [...]

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cringe list: this week edition

- hearing “orientated” in vast quantities this week. as in, “i’m detail-orientated”.  sigh.  we’re in a recession, folks, i’m not sure you can afford to throw about the extra syllables, all willy-nilly, even if it is technically a real word. – 1-877-DO-FRUIT, the number for a fruit bouquet company advertised on tv. – introduction to [...]

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for all my forgetfulness stemming from this concussion (or, you know, for those times i can’t seem to recall why i left my passenger car window down while my car was parked for hours at school), i deserve a pretty reminder  right?  size eight, please, and thank you! courtesy of park life: self-discipline aids never [...]

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