It's a variety show!

breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.  repeat forever.

but even that won’t help shove 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag… .

Aaron:  exactly
if I may use an analogy
if I put a video game on easy and get trounced then I’m not good at video games
if I put it on hard and make it through then I’m actually pretty good
your video game is on hard

are assholes.

not really news, i know, but for crying out loud.

you know what doesn’t keep mosquitoes away?  mosquito repellent.  who knew?

at least they were nice enough to focus their biting in my face area.  that was nice.

Sometimes when kids are obnoxious it’s because they have a lot of really scary things on their minds!!!!

Sometimes it’s because they just want someone to pay attention to them!!

Sometimes it’s because they’re obnoxious (but not very often)!!!

Don’t forget this!! 

Everyone likes to be cared about!!!!!

So.  In class Friday we were watching Microcosmos.  (IMDb)

It’s amazing.  Beautiful crazy closeups and amazing camerawork.  Of bugs.

So my kids are alternating between “EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW” which really sounds more like “ILLLLLLLLLLLLLLL” and “that’s RAW!” which sounds exactly like that, when a ladybug comes on.

This lovely* girl shouts out, “I hate them things!  They think just because they’re cute they can land anywhere they want!  Well, I don’t think they’re cute!  Don’t land on me, I’ll knock you out!”

Go ahead, girl.  Knock that ladybug right out. 

*she really is lovely.  we share book recommendations.

apparently i kept forgetting. i used to be kinda funny, what happened?

i kinda forgot about this.

SORRY.  GOD.

a few snippets from my day:

I asked my students today to set a few goals and give me a few suggestions, as the first quarter is rapidly coming to a close.

One kid said she felt she needed to work on her work ethnic.

One kid told me to get a tattoo of a pineapple.

if it weren’t friday and 40 minutes until the end of the school day i might explode.

i hear my name probably 150 times a day. usually in rapid succession.  because if i didn’t hear it and reply within 1 second, i probably didn’t hear it and it would be a good idea to say it 4 or 5 more times.  the problem is i hear it every time, but i’m usually in the middle of a conversation, so by the time i’m ready to respond i yell, “WHAT?!”  and then the kid says something like, “i just wanted to say i like the shoes you have on”.

cripes.

OR!  (oh my gosh, the or this time) i’ll look over and acid has spilled all over the table and everyone is just staring at it, and i ask, “Why didn’t anyone tell me this happened?!”  and they say, “i dont know, you were talking to someone”.

I like to make stuff.  Recently I’ve been making things that I actually wear and use, and that’s a nice change of pace. 

I have a whole pile full of crap I’ve made that is super cute but not terribly useful (coffee cup sleeve, apple cozy, a bunch of little purses, a knitting needle case that is too small for ever needle I own, cat toys that the cats are scared of, etc).  I’ve made tons of baby stuff, and that’s usually super cute, but it’s easy to make something 1/10th normal size.

RECENTLY, however, I’ve been on a roll.  I made a SUPER cute skirt :

a righteous scarf:

and a tshirt!  but i dont have a picture of it and it’s in the dirty laundry and i am NOT trying to dig through that mess.  Oy!

Next week I’m taking a pajama pants class. 

It’s fun.  Now I just have to figure out how i can be a stay-at-home emily and make stuff all the time.