tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81145162011-04-21T15:44:00.545-07:00nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.comBlogger2571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-84815998475813860852008-06-12T22:00:00.000-07:002008-06-12T22:19:28.154-07:00

For Christmas, Michael gave me a trip to Santa Barbara, a wine tour and a full body massage. It was fabulous. Currently, life is craptastic, so in lieu of writing damning information about school systems in California, and lying liars and the lies they tell that screw with the education of incredibly cute children with special needs. I will let you know about a stellar couple Michael ran into

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Tonight Michael and I went to the grocery store for our last minute list (which qualifies differently than tomorrows last minute list, which includes all of the things I realize I needed when I got home from the first trip).We walked into the store and headed to the spice aisle. As we neared the turkeys the grocery store traffic started looking like the freeway traffic (see look at that east

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-11416574202165813082007-11-21T06:56:00.000-08:002007-11-21T07:12:01.249-08:00

me kids colds teaI have a cold and I cannot explain how good it feels to go to bed at 9pm and just sleep. I never do that and last night was the second day in a row. Added to that is the feeling I had yesterday and today when I know I don't need to greet eleven 5 and 6 year olds in an hour and a half. 5 and 6 year olds that may be feeling tantrummy, or bitey, or runny nosed, or just plain

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-60456606037731657192007-11-15T19:17:00.000-08:002007-11-15T19:30:19.879-08:00

A record day in my second year of teaching special education, today I sent home my youngest student, my only Kindergartner, with only one shoe. Yes, you read that correctly. He came to school with two and I sent him home with one. Lucky for me the Mom seemed amused when we called to tell her that this occurred about 10 minutes before the end of the school day. I hope she can continue to laugh

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-76161317602965539922007-11-14T20:59:00.000-08:002007-11-14T21:19:15.949-08:00

chris from Notes from the Trenches"...even though Monday was a holiday this has been a L-O-N-G week, all two days of it so far."I celebrated the 2nd day of the work week with dinner out, with Ryland and surprisingly Michael. I am so full. Dinner was very nice, Ryland and I compared our opposite food weirdness while Michael looked on in amusement. Michael's only food weirdness is no food with

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-29043255264792831292007-11-13T18:23:00.000-08:002007-11-15T19:31:41.343-08:00

Had burritos last night for dinner, this afternoon for lunch and now as I sit in my house and think about what I could eat for dinner, I have come to the conclusion that the only fast thing is a burrito. At least I know that tomorrow I am going out for Thai with Ryland. Until then I need to think of something non-burrito like for lunch tomorrow. Any suggestions are appreciated keeping in mind

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-9079676174078116202007-11-12T16:25:00.000-08:002007-11-12T16:48:20.203-08:00

Today I had off. I have been looking forward to this Monday all week. I slept in late, I painted a wall in my bedroom. I finished that crappy book I have been reading. I played with Illustrator because I was inspired by this post of SAJ and this match. In typical fashion I have nothing to show for it but I am definitely starting to feel like maybe someday I could create something I liked

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-61884470445632667972007-11-11T16:09:00.000-08:002007-11-11T16:34:10.651-08:00

Last night Michael finally had the opportunity to go out for Korean barbeque with Bart, Ben and me. Finally because he has been dying to eat this barbeque since we moved in the apartment in Koreatown last July. You can't walk to the end of the block without passing 3 bbq restaurants (well that and 3 Salvadorean restuarants and 2 taco trucks, but the point is meat.) Michael has been desperate to

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-8755831046082685672007-11-10T14:29:00.000-08:002007-11-15T19:32:23.368-08:00

Michael came home from work the other day with some wonderful newsAt the house of the composer he is working for they have the coolest tree. He says "It is a limon tree!, It grows both lemons and limes." How innovative we think, hmm.And then I ask him,"Michael so you were looking at the tree and there were plump, juicy lemons, and hard small green fruits?""Yeah, sorry to tell you that those were

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If you look to the right you will see the horribly adjusted frame or some such old website patheticness that shows the books I have been reading. My current listed and listed for way too long is the Anthony Keidis bio or autiobio Scartissue. This post is only here to explain why. This summer I had free tickets to a concert festival in Indio. I went without Michael and bought him this book in

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-14169206153066679042007-11-08T19:35:00.000-08:002007-11-08T19:42:49.967-08:00

Michael's friend Bart is staying with us through the rest of the week. He is in his words my surrogate husband of the week. He is staying at my house soaking up alcohol and cable television. He is providing conversation in the evenings and I think there is a possibility that he even cleaned up a little. Granted there are only few Michael's in the world who will do dishes and laundry but,

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-64663381573975631552007-11-07T22:08:00.000-08:002007-11-15T19:35:49.292-08:00

Today (in bullets):another horrific day at school 2 assistants out, no calls back from administration, lots of children testing limits due to changes, one incredibly useless sub assistantalright that was harsh-the day was tough but not horrific, some minor injuries but everyone went home intact (I think), the new assistant was young and followed direct instruction so in many ways had usegetting

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-55656212107616854542007-11-06T17:41:00.000-08:002007-11-06T17:46:33.409-08:00

oh yes, I have no standards. This boring and lazy week is continuing. I have very little to say. I have to write a report and an IEP (Individualized Educational Program) tonight. Fun. I am with Angelique on continuing to celebrate my birthday week. This would be better if my idea of celebrating tonight looked more like a party and less like going to bed at 9pm. Maybe I will make it a party

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-9081181495153048432007-11-05T18:57:00.000-08:002007-11-15T19:34:18.423-08:00

Today it was incredibly difficult to get out of bed. Then I remembered that I forgot to adjust my alarm clock an hour back. Not much, but a little bit easier. Last night, the boys came over and cooked me dinner. They are the best. I was dragging from the winey brunch and I guess just life in general, but managed to sip some more wine and eat hummus and very spicy avocado and brie and other

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-79135945735225317952007-11-04T19:57:00.000-08:002007-11-15T19:33:21.415-08:00

Today is my 31st birthday. I am exhausted. The very nice Hilton we stayed in charged $10 a day for in room wireless internet. I thought that was lame so here is my post much later than I would like. Spent the day Saturday just hanging out with Michael, shopping (which I never do) and eating out. We picked up Bart at the airport and went to meet his friends in Pacific Beach. We had good beers

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-78817819036122825792007-11-03T07:49:00.000-07:002007-11-03T08:16:12.463-07:00

I know that unless you know me this is very difficult to read. I am a haphazard editor at best and I rarely use correct punctuation to get my point across. Early on, my sister said reading this made her feel like she was back in our shared bedroom and could reach out her hand across the foot of space between our twin beds to touch me. I like that, so I am saving my editing for my professional

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-18076293345486874572007-11-02T23:45:00.001-07:002007-11-02T23:54:05.340-07:00

Crazy day at school. Severely understaffed but with the most responsive understanding assistants ever. Seriously.Home and then to San Diego. Lots of fun singing at the top of my lungs in the car. Being made fun of by Michael who continues to criticize my IPOD music (though he did not bring his) and it is my Birfday weekend so he must listen to Elliot Smith and Postal Service and Regina Spektor

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-84522387082276239432007-11-01T17:40:00.000-07:002007-11-01T19:35:56.072-07:00

People that write these things seem to be doing a thing where they post everyday in November. I pretty much stopped writing on here so maybe that type of thing will be the impetus to get me going. I stopped writing because my job in many ways is sucking. The nature of my job makes most of the sucking confidential or at the very least wildly inappropriate to complain about in an online forum.

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-92174618437974348912007-09-27T21:18:00.000-07:002007-09-27T21:29:16.229-07:00

Alright. I just watched a JC Penney commercial with a Regina Spektor song I already own in it. Now I can't decide if this makes me feel old and lame or if I have just become the kind of person who only listens to music used in commercials. I'd like to believe that going commercial is one of the few ways left for musicians to be heard and to move out from under the thumb of big recording

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-65522999645798415072007-09-06T19:04:00.000-07:002007-09-06T19:08:34.516-07:00

Why when little kids sneeze does snot come flying out (if I'm lucky into their little hands). Does this happen to adults? not me. hmmm yeah, haven't posted in months but Michael said this sounded like a blog post. Today was the first day of school. Buses came about an hour late. I can't decide if this is good or bad. Probably good but I would probably rather just jump in with all the little

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-30305202182900329392007-06-30T14:57:00.000-07:002007-06-30T15:26:32.551-07:00

Do you remember claps?Here is the little kid clap I have heard the kindergartners at my school singing. The kids at my school tried to do it in groups of three at warp speed and then someone would inevitably smack someone else in the face and they would get all exasperated and try again.slow part ice tea clap clap clap lemonade clap clap clap coca-cola clap clap clap pepsi clap clap clap double

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-85424047253341006942007-04-28T18:42:00.000-07:002007-04-28T18:46:04.958-07:00

This was fun.Created by Anu Garg.

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the difference between House and ERon Houseevery week someone vomits/spews blood and the smartypants dr's call for helpon ERthey actually (or in a pretend tele drama way) help the people while calling for help instead of going straight to commercial to clean up the corn syrup and red dye.I am brilliant and this is the sum total of my postings over a month. bah.other stuff.school is almost

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the difference between House and ERon Housevery week someone vomits/spews blood and the smartypants dr's call for helpon ERthey actually (or in a pretend tele drama way) help the people while calling for help instead of going straight to commercial to clean up the corn syrup and red dye.I am brilliant and this is the sum total of my postings over a month. bah.other stuff.school is almost

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-50625997172066134912007-03-02T21:00:00.000-08:002007-03-03T13:35:38.809-08:00

I don't often hear people saying the things that I say about my job.examples:"So I walked out onto the playground today and..."Also I say many stupid things...(seriously more than usual)ABC's the remixABCDEFG (Suzy, turn around and sit down) HIJKLMN (warning # 2 at #3 you have a time out) OPQ RST UVW XYZ. --did anyone notice the first typing of this where I missed the letters U and V. whew.

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-25536928740816424442007-02-27T16:46:00.000-08:002007-02-27T17:02:06.913-08:00

While you may have been impressed (or even skeptical) about my supposed reading list below I present for you this month's reading.hmmm.nothing.wait some magazines --O-thanks to AmySome free copies of Body & Soulsome random articles inElectronic Musician, ReMix, Mixand the ever classy Hollywood Life also freeas well as the ubiquitous...blogs.Yeah, I am so smart S-M-R-T. But it is okay because

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-41802129427157195662007-02-24T09:30:00.000-08:002007-02-24T09:59:25.841-08:00

I found this here and I am just lazy enough to continue using memes for posts instead of anything original.Anyway here are Krissa's instructions.Look at the list of books below. Bold the ones you’ve read, italicize the ones you want to read, cross out the ones you won’t touch with a 10 foot pole (I've got books I've READ that I wish I had used a 10 foot pole to avoid, thus they are both BOLD and

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-13343163426422440562007-02-15T18:51:00.000-08:002007-02-15T19:07:53.625-08:00

My siblings started another one of those erase my answers and send this to everyone email that I thought died in the late 90's. Well I was wrong and here's another one. (oh and I am sure they are all over stupid myspace, but I try not to pay attention to that tripe.)thanks to matt and then kateWelcome to the new 2007 version of getting to know your friends. Who writes this crap? What you

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-13757140907031331262007-01-27T18:52:00.000-08:002007-01-27T19:02:44.244-08:00

I always wondered about about the new Lexus that self parallel parks. Having lived for three years in a city apartment with no off street parking I perfected the skill of parallel parking in a spot only inches larger than my four door Honda Civic. I thought it was a sham so when I read the NY Times article by Calvin Trillin I was redeemed."Then I got behind the wheel and we set out to find a

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-25308059508448038902007-01-25T18:53:00.000-08:002007-01-27T19:03:33.522-08:00

Well my daily affirmations must be working (thanks! Stuart Smalley) because I feel special in a very dorky internet sort of way. I got a little mention from a blog I read (one of so many because my life is so very short on actual books and heavy on internet musings). So, just in case one of my readers (Hi Mom!) is interested here is the link.IKEA HACKERS This is a very cool blog that explains

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-54526103746996062922007-01-16T20:47:00.000-08:002007-01-27T19:04:19.761-08:00

Yeah, typical of me, I never post here. I think about it, but mostly what I want to post these days is shut down by job confidentiality or my own conscience.So instead here is some insipid tripe.I am watching 13 going on 30 tonight and feeling very crankyWork is really hard and I have had a cold for a month. (ew)I like stupid teen movies. Especially if they include choreographed dance scenes.

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-90595383290991879932006-12-22T14:55:00.000-08:002006-12-22T15:49:58.182-08:00

I haven't mixed a single cookie in my fancy stand mixer.I haven't sent a single Christmas card (in fact I still have delinquent thank you cards from the wedding)there is not a single decoration in my apartment (actually the apartment still looks pretty much like it did when we moved in in Julyeveryone that I need to buy a gift for is getting some form of a gift cardin honor of my non-holiday

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-34168562220974935242006-12-06T20:29:00.000-08:002006-12-06T20:32:18.889-08:00

I am a thin (skinny) looking girl. Yet nothing looks more awkward to me that watching 3 future models in a group hug on television. Ouch. elbows, ribs, no squishiness. Someone was bound to get an eye poked.

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-17670718563663277442006-12-04T19:08:00.000-08:002006-12-06T20:33:08.720-08:00

I have heard that some dogs have a herding instinct that still exists in the home and they continue to try to move family members into the same room. I think I am sort of the same. Michael is out tonight and when he is out I miss him. Even though I know that if he was here my night would look the same, as we worked (meaning he works and I veg out) in separate rooms. There is just something

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-84401258511266469292006-11-23T07:44:00.000-08:002006-11-23T08:21:21.473-08:00

Today my husband (ha, isn't that a funny word? I am still working on using it in daily conversation, anyway) Today, Michael and I are driving down to San Diego to have fancy Thanksgiving dinner with my cousin Amy and her husband (the chef/very important government lawyer guy), my pseudo Uncle John (actually 1st cousin once removed/also some sort of fancy rights protecting lawyer guy) and his

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-85931595662062021012006-11-12T20:24:00.000-08:002006-11-12T20:55:05.317-08:00

When I am not stressing out about things I cannot humanly take care of with school and my little guys; I am hanging out at home and watching bad cable, and sometimes actually going out and doing interesting things. This Saturday I went to a shmancy restaurant in Hollywood called Geisha House. I stuffed myself with expensive sushi and hung out with Michael's classmates, while surreptitiously

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-39796039283344754152006-11-10T20:16:00.000-08:002006-11-11T08:09:49.402-08:00

I just found this post when I was adding labels to old posts (while half assedly watching the moving Munich ahh Spielbert (this was a typo that I am leaving in now because it cracks me up--the movie was scratched and unwatchable in the end). Anyway, I realized that I have been in a lot more states this summer, so here is my new map.The first time I did it I forgot Missouri and the states didn't

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1162862592924669382006-11-06T17:09:00.000-08:002006-11-09T18:29:57.460-08:00

The bigger the task of posting becomes...so then I can't do it because my life feels like a novel, too long for this format.So here is the bullet point update to get things rolling again.October/early-November bullet synopsisI got married (it was rainy and fun)It was on the east coast and full of family and drinks and beach and rain and coastal flood warningsteaching is hardand as much as I hate

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1159835240058623422006-10-02T17:22:00.000-07:002006-11-09T18:30:43.510-08:00

So on the way home tonight I was stopped at a red light and there was a guy (next to the usual fruit guys) and he was selling stories for a dollar. There was a handmade cardboard sign tied around his neck that said so. And there were the stories themselves. I didn't have a dollar (seriously not even in change because I bought a Coke at work). So you can't see one. But they had colored pencil

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1159317753623127382006-09-26T17:37:00.000-07:002006-11-09T18:33:08.280-08:00

Yes, um sorry if you are still checking in.I haven't posted in about a month, because I am busy teaching and tired and often to lazy or too concerned with confidentiality issues to say things I want to say.So things are going fairly well. No major problems. If learning is measured in dirt my kids from class are awfully smart. The Kindergarten playground has sand. Everyone goes home like they

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1158124776786456482006-09-12T22:08:00.000-07:002006-11-09T18:32:52.965-08:00

I haven't posted in a while, because my sheer exhaustion after a whole school day with developmentally delayed kindergarteners makes me useless. But I am still here. The wedding approaches. And I am just taking it all one day at a time. I only plan enough schoolwork to get through one more day (semi) successfully. We have sung songs, danced, read many stories, worked on puzzles, and created

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1156910092138660882006-08-29T20:40:00.000-07:002006-11-09T18:33:37.476-08:00

What is the deal with L.A. and helicopters? Sure, on the beach you know people are being shuttled from a shwanky house in Malibu to their private jet at the airport. And standing on a friends deck in Silverlake you can see the helicopter downtown with its shining beam of light, cops, police car chases? But when I am trying to watch a movie in my living room and a helicopter continues to circle

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1156383975063596632006-08-23T18:23:00.000-07:002006-11-09T18:34:01.343-08:00

My friend Vanessa just started a blog called Closing the Gap for Individuals with Disabilities that I see kind of as a post M.ed. collaboration tool. She puts it best when she saysMy hope for this blog is to facilitate conversations with and between other special educators, caregivers, and anyone working with individuals with special needs. I believe in collaborating with others to provide my

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1156178390042974692006-08-21T09:37:00.000-07:002006-11-09T18:34:59.072-08:00

I am credentialed (is that a verb? It is now.) to teach in California. At least that is what my HR lady told me this morning. I can't wait to get a paper or an email for the proof. But still, this is fantastic and now you can be happy that you don't have to read (or skim, or ignore) any more posts about my credentialing nightmare. (just crazy posts about my actual teaching nightmares).

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1156142916461940672006-08-20T23:28:00.000-07:002006-11-09T18:35:33.293-08:00

Michael and I spent most of Saturday afternoon rearranging furniture again. When you live in a shoebox, there is always the misconception that if the couch were just on the other side of the room things would be so much more spacious. Our misguided spatial abilities lead us to an entire afternoon of shifting and rearranging. I need to see it to believe it. Things are still bizarre and we are

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1155713980899663782006-08-16T00:24:00.000-07:002006-11-09T18:36:24.716-08:00

idiotic training continues hereI forgot my massive binder and the "homework" contained within on the second day. If my other rant didn't contain my thrill of in-service training, that statement alone should illustrate the responsiveness my anal-retentive homework obsessive-compulsive butt has to this class. Just send good vibes to the dept. of ed in California so that I can receive money for

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This week I am spending 5 days training at a local elementary school to learn to use the district wide math curriculum. I would say it is a bad sign when the facilitator rants about her family (they are all engineers, she is a teacher) and in a manner of speaking blames the patriarchy (or Malibu Stacy, "Math is hard!") for her career aberration. She goes on (after the other women in the class

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I just moved to L.A. I am trying to be a teacher (just finished a degree and certification in a different state). I am getting married in October. I love wine. I like to cook and watch other people cook, (at home and on TV.), my fiancé is a composer, musician, film scorer, and generally just the nicest person ever, I am much more cynical, and not as talented. I read all the time. I like

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I feel like I should do a boring weekend recap. Partly because I have been posting pretty regularly and partly because I am on the "left" coast. (a quote from one of Michael's many high school friends) and I feel that I should try to keep in touch with any east (or right) coast friends that read this.So, the obligatory bullet point weekend retrospective:Friday afternoonADR work for some random

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Here are more pictures.First my new apartment with my itty bitty kitchenCheck out the photo set hereNext some snaps of the dressand me taking ridiculous pictures of myself in it.See more here,because I am sure you need multiple blurry pictures of a fluffy (off) white dress.

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I uploaded pictures to flickr of our 5 day trip across the U.S. from Eastern Pennsylvania to Los Angeles. They are in a set called driving cross country.Get excited for lots and lots of highway pictures, lots and lots of pictures of clouds from the passenger window. Wow, in one boring stroke I bring back the vacation style slide show which I know only from sitcoms and that one episode of the

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I just got off the phone with the certificated personnel HR lady. She now informs me (not really a surprise but irritating nonetheless) that she doesn't expect to hear from the state for 3-4 weeks. Hmm, that would be after school starts, and after all my training and orientation. Oh, she has new information...if it doesn't go through I can reapply for an emergency certification or for a one

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1155146041487621392006-08-09T10:53:00.000-07:002006-11-09T18:47:56.486-08:00

There is something in the water that makes all dogs purse sized. (or punt sized)

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Michael has proposed (starting yesterday) that we each try to do one healthy thing and one creative thing each day. Similar to New Year's resolutions that I fail to keep or even to make for that matter-- we seek to better ourselves*(I hear this in a snooty accent)--or at least look pretty good for the wedding and not go crazy from working all the time and never doing anything for ourselves. The

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I'm one of those annoying creative types that never actually gets anything done while waiting for some semblance of perfection to occur. I have been writing daily posts in my head for at least the last week. But my brain expects beautifully, long pictorial view of my late June road trip. Well, maybe someday, but until then...I am in LA now and mostly freaking out.The apartment is good (there

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1. 6:30 am phone call 513 area code (when I called the west coast --or for that matter anywhere out of my time zone I did some quick math. EST --> PST = -3 hours, dumbass) I scramble around and find my phone ringing in my bag from the beach yesterday ( the beach, woo hoo I went to the beach) moving on.2. ME-recognize Cinci area code in haze of sleep answer the phone formally, "Hello, this is

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Until then, here is a very cute picture of my niece in a onesie that I painted for her.

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internet and 3 months of premium digital cable_not til tuesdayfurniture in storage thing_hopefully todaymore later

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We've been in Santa Monica since Friday evening.The apartment search sucks.Michael's uncle is super nice and took us to the movies.I am stealing wireless internet from somewhere in his apartment building.

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Tonight, I am in Albuquerque, New Mexico. am very sleepy, must watch cable and enjoy my room at the La Quinta (hey there is a couch in my room, and a mini fridge and microwave, we've really hit the big time).

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Hurray for wireless internet. Above is a picture of my odometer turning over to 100,000 miles somewhere in the middle of West Virginia yesterday. Michael and I are in day two of our drive from Pennsylvania to California. Tonight we are in Stroud, OK. I think it would be apt to say we are in the middle of nowhere. There is an Indian reservation, and a small beer/liquor store, that had a

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My internet connector thing must be returned to the store tonight before 7. Tomorrow afternoon some people will come and deliver a container in front of my apartment. (I am crossing my fingers that a bored traffic cop does not feel the need to come to my neighborhood and write me a ticket, especially because the city of Cincinnati was so helpful when we called about getting a permit, mmhmm,

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I am a graduate. But I didn't go to graduation, just to the CCM picnic for free food and to see Nora once more before she goes to Italy. Free food tastes yummy. The apartment is very packed up. The futon is leaving with a friend of Michael's this afternoon. So this evening I plan on lying on a lonely mattress in the living room and reading or watching library rented episodes of sex and the

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yet nothing is actually happening yet. I got a tentative (fill in the blank salary), the apartment has been offered, I have mountains of paperwork to fill out and 80% of the apartment has been boxed up and is sitting in the living room. If I think to hard about the little things, or the big things I may have a panic attack, so it is better to just do some stuff each day and move on and hope

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1149210655240584042006-06-01T18:01:00.000-07:002006-11-10T19:54:48.133-08:00

Illustration Friday for the first time in a long time.I just opened illustrator and really have no idea how to use the program so here is a lame first attempt at playing.

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The waiting game sucks more so upon receiving a contract on a Saturday afternoon that sayssalary shall be Class ____BLANK!, level ____BLANK!. That is not me self censoring. It is empty.hmmIts kind of hard to get a new apartment with a salary of BLANK LINES ________. And now I must continue to be tortured until Monday afternoon (at least) when I can call and leave a message for everyone and

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"And now we play the waiting game.""...""The waiting game sucks, let's play hungry hungry hippos."

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I love how obviously information is presented through computers on tv shows. Tonight Law and Order: SVU. Mariska, (what's her characters name in the show?update: Olivia Benson) finds an address through an internet router and it comes through as a large print pop up box.CSI or House or one of those shows that makes use of computer animation to show the inside workings of the body-big pictures

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This seems supremely boring here, but I haven't been very good about writing here so I want to get a start doing more, so...A list like update of food I ate (and drinks I drank) over the last couple of days interspersed with daily events:Wednesday-Shadowbox with Alyssa and Trent (some cool waiter/actor or if you prefer actor/waiter totally hooked me up (beyond Michael's free tickets hook up and

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Tonight, I got a phone call about a job in Pasadena. Is this a good job? I have no idea, I was so frantically sending out resumes and worrying about how I would pay rent that I didn't think too hard about what I was actually looking for. This is the first response I have received that seems to be actually interested. Other schools that sent emails just asked for my letters of recommendation (

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Everyone that I asked to be a reference or write a reference letter is super cool and very willing to say nice things about me. Isn't that good. I can't imagine how awkward or disheartening it would be to have to wait forever to hear back from these people or hear nothing at all and have to ask again and again. But yay people are being cool. I will feel better when I find an apartment but one

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I hate leaving up a bad post. So this is just a placeholder to say, I am holding it together. Things are crazy but entirely manageable. It was great to go sit out in the Biergarten with Quinn and friends and not do any work last night. The weather is fantastic and if nothing else the sunlight is making my life so much easier (easier to get out of bed in the morning, easier to keep getting work

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Its been one of those days where nothing is really going wrong, but when I sit down at night I feel like everything has been driving me crazy. I feel like my body is vibrating tonight with all of my stress over school, work, moving etc. that I don't know what to work on. I feel over caffeinated (but I'm not) or all keyed up like I get when I take allergy medication (I haven't). I can blame the

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Angelique, Here is a long ago picture of you at a beach in Germany (April 2000 I think?) You are 29 today. Sort of an eh number to turn, but if you are like me you can just start telling all the old ladies you work with that you are thirty. It has been an intense year but I am so glad that we have stayed such close friends even though we haven't lived near each other since we were Junior's in

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I need to settle all sorts of wedding stuff before I can start to do all sorts of moving to L.A. preparations (and truthfully somewhere in there I need to fit in work, internship and school work but that is another whiney post for another time). So this weekend I started to get things done for everything, I pried myself away from job listings and apartment listings to get out of the house and get

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Yesterday and today I went wedding dress shopping with my friend Lili. This was helpful in avoiding any actual thesis/portfolio writing. So I felt it was a good compromise, work & dress shopping instead of work & schoolwork. Of course this just means that I again need to alter my calendar and move back when I am writing what and try to convince myself to write more after school (with the kids)

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Here is a picture of my new engagement ring. It came from this company that Michael found online. All very ecologically responsible of him. I realize now it is better to do the little things you can do, than cynically give in to the idea that things are so bad there is no saving them. So I love it. It is blue and wedding ring like and very comfy to wear, which was my only issue with my first

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So the news is, Michael got accepted to USC for a graduate certificate in film and television scoring. We are going to try to move to LA in July. I have so much to think about and do that I can't really think of how to start writing about it. So if you have any questions, ask me. Maybe that will get me going.--also I really will be getting photos off my camera soon and posting some. I love

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As an avid reader of my blog you may remember this post about how WCPO can suck it.Today (again) I realize I need to leave the fine city of Cincinnati* as they interrupt my Friday television with a special news report BREAKING NEWS ( I think, who got shot?** is it near my house? like a couple blocks away?) NO! but UC has named a new basketball coach. wow. That was exciting. Definitely worth

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I have a pen on the top of my refrigerator it is turquoise with pink writing that says Kathleen on the side. I remember this pen from my parents house so I have no idea what the half life is of a pen but I have a feeling it may have been picked up from one of my sister's elementary school classmates. weird. I wonder if it will be working when the new Kathleen learns how to write.I have this

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I have a new niece, Kathleen Patricia! I wish I could go see her but for once it is good that I live in Ohio, because I am dying of some mucousy illness that I just can't shake. Spring Break is next week, so maybe I will finally take some time to get some photos off my camera and on here.

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Here are the places I have been to in the U.S. I know that I have probably driven through parts of Georgia, Maine, and Connecticut but I didn't include them because I couldn't think of anything in particular about those states other than similar stretches of highway. I mean does it count to have been there if you didn't even stop? You can create your own visited states map or if you are cooler

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hot tea with honey that came from a bear shaped container (I have a cold) the fact that I can justify eating 6 cans of pringles in the next two weeks (or maybe a little longer) because I can use the empty cans to make rainsticks for my class. the video from this article.

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Yay! I didn't have to go to school today in the morning (but I did have to go to class in the evening so it wasn't technically a day off, but I accept it for what it is).This morning Michael (with lots of coaxing over an extended period of time starting sometime last week and reaching a peak last night) convinced me to go to the gym with him. This was my first trip to the gym. (possibly my last)

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I know how insufferable it is to listen to other people tell you about their dreams, "it was like I was walking, but I was floating, and I was in math class but my math teacher was really my grandma..." and so I am apologizing in advance but...I had this dream last night that I can't shake. Lots of weird annoying dream things happened most of which I can no longer remember. Here is the obviously

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I am not really into Myspace. I have a profile. I started it because I wanted to comment on my friend's pictures. Then I added to it because a college friend/former roommate was asking me to, and I hadn't talked to him in years so I caved (a little). I don't really want to meet online friends. All my friends are my real life friends. As many nights as I sit at home and play on the internet I have

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I am not enjoying my new student teaching placement. I am drowning in guilt every minute I am at home that I am not researching or writing a paper (this is many, many minutes for a procrastinator like me). I am feeling like an incredible poor communicator to my professors and anyone else I approach even with the most banal chit chat. I feel waves of confusion or annoyance floating off of people

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this kind of hurts me, but I thought some of you might find it amusing.cute overloadI got this from loobylu.

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This is the second weekend where I left the house on Saturday to go somewhere other than work. Aren't you proud of me?Last weekend, I went salsa dancing with Alyssa and Lili. Then Michael came after work. I didn't dance very much, but standing around in high heels was enough to tire me out. I danced with Michael and not other people, not because I wasn't asked, and not because I am in one of

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um okayI am reading this article/book chapter by Rumelhart about interactive reading models (did I lose you already? just hang on) and here is a sentence that made me yelp"Perhaps the most commonly observed effect of this sort involves the semantic disambiguation of syntactically ambiguous sentences." mmmhmm. yeah, I got that, sure. Disambiguity strikes again. (oh and how annoying is it to

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Really, someone needs to take the internet away from me.This summer I went to David's bridal and tried on wedding dresses with Caitlin and laughed a lot about Suzy average bride. I forgot about buying dresses until the moms in my life started reminding me (in a very nice way) that I might want to start looking. So procrastinating my thesis never looked easier and I started looking online to get

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I am still being lazy about posting pictures. Too busy watching crappy episodes of law & order while I procrastinate my school work and try to piece together invoices for my job from an old calendar and deposit slips...mmm falsification of records (just kidding I will check with all my parents and my dated behavior logs before I print anything legal for billing/tax purposes)This laptop will be

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So look aroundTA DAAgain I must point out that my blog came back thanks to blogger support person Samantha. And below I just added the crazy posts I did on my replacement blog. I am sure if I was so inclined I could figure out how to merge the two blogs but I don't care. So, sorry if I omitted your comment from those posts, I still love you (well except if you were just some crazy lasik surgery

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1137721098556789312006-01-19T17:34:00.000-08:002006-11-11T08:49:37.866-08:00

UpdatesI don't update for over a month, I update every 3 hours you just never know.Here is a brief bio that I think might be necessary since the accidental (and idiotic) deletion of all my previous postings on the original site of the same name. So in a scattered inconsistent bulleted fashion here you go:I started writing on blogger August of 2004 after living by myself in Cincinnati for a month

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look my blog is back!Yay!thanks so much to Samantha at blogger support. She rocks my world.I will try not to be so quick to click okay or so stupid in the future, but no promises.

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So I haven't posted for almost a month for no good reason other than I needed to fully apply myself to my procrastination and not writing my thesis wasn't enough, I needed to also ignore this space. My goal for the new year has nothing to do with fitness (though Michael had to forego his full gym routine this morning because so many people are making good on their fitness resolutions) or our

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1134071119931246042005-12-08T11:44:00.000-08:002006-11-11T08:58:12.133-08:00

it is snowing like crazy here.I hope tomorrow is a school snow day. One of the fantastic things about working at a school.

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1133576514756715142005-12-02T18:13:00.000-08:002006-11-11T08:58:51.327-08:00

I am much too busy, procrastinating to write a post. I have 2 more finals to write, I am training for my new aba job, teaching an exercise class for kids with autism, teaching 1st and 2nd graders to read. This is what I did to procrastinate tonight.Don't you wish I was your roommate?

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I spent the majority of today watching This Old House, Ask This Old House, New Yankee Workshop* and 101 Starlicious Makeovers(E!), while typing a paper on my exciting action research project--creating high self-efficacy in early literacy learners. Woohoo! Go tier one cable with laptop and wireless internet.(yeah, I know if you were in my position you would be:1. typing the paper in a secluded

nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430277295790131857noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114516.post-1131731487102038952005-11-11T09:48:00.000-08:002006-11-11T09:00:55.116-08:00

tired of vague prescription drug commercials? this is hysterical. I got this from wouldashoulda.com.It reminds me of the purple pill. I didn't know what that was for three years until I asked a nurse at the pharmaceutical company where I worked.

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