Um WTF?
How could they vote Kevin off for one little dress that was mediocre when all of his other designs have been wonderful?
why not vote off someone like christian or ricky who have been mediocre the whole time??
ugh.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
a very tillie christmas
here's a couple short clips of Tillie opening her Christmas present, with help from her Grandma.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Project Funway
I loved tonight's episode! In the beginning of the season, I was mostly unimpressed, but since then things have definitely changed.
My faves are Jillian, Kevin, and Rami. They consistently create inventive, well put-together designs! Love them.
My faves are Jillian, Kevin, and Rami. They consistently create inventive, well put-together designs! Love them.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
my favorite things!
TILLIE!
Family and Friends
Urban Outfitters
Target
Craft Projects
My job
Decorating
Good food
Good beer
Playing games
Movies that make you think
TV that makes you laugh and cry and ask "what were they thinking?"
Music that I can sing along with
Recycling
Books that take our world and place them in a metaphoric fantasy land
Family and Friends
Urban Outfitters
Target
Craft Projects
My job
Decorating
Good food
Good beer
Playing games
Movies that make you think
TV that makes you laugh and cry and ask "what were they thinking?"
Music that I can sing along with
Recycling
Books that take our world and place them in a metaphoric fantasy land
Friday, December 21, 2007
my favorite things?
Stacy tagged me in her favorite things post....and I will put them, but I want to think it through, so stay tuned....
Sunday, December 9, 2007
infinite light
I realized that I never posted pictures of my fancy schmancy light up mirror once I had finished working on it....so here it is.
Head to my flickr to see much more new apartment decor, including a bead curtain, a new chandelier, and new window curtains!
Head to my flickr to see much more new apartment decor, including a bead curtain, a new chandelier, and new window curtains!
Friday, December 7, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
silly kids
so last week we went to the computer lab because I had to give a student survey evaluating my performance as a teacher. They had to anonymously rate whether they agreed, disagreed, or were neutral to several statements: my teacher gives clear instruction, respects all students, explains assignments, etc etc....
then there was a space for comments. Surprisingly, the only negative comments were that there are too many quizzes, surprise, surprise. I agree, there are too many quizzes. But it's countywide, not my choice. Also, many of my students either think I'm married or are unaware of the differences between Mrs. Ms. and Miss.
Anyway, here are some of my favorites (Original spelling and grammar have been maintained for authenticity)
And my most favorite comment:
then there was a space for comments. Surprisingly, the only negative comments were that there are too many quizzes, surprise, surprise. I agree, there are too many quizzes. But it's countywide, not my choice. Also, many of my students either think I'm married or are unaware of the differences between Mrs. Ms. and Miss.
Anyway, here are some of my favorites (Original spelling and grammar have been maintained for authenticity)
i dont like spanish but i like mrs o. =]
Mrs. O is amazing. And Blues Traveler is good.
the class is fun mosty of the time (not when test are out ^-^)
I think that we should have more time to study for quizzes and tests. It would be a more efficient way to learn. I barely get a day between quizzes. To understand the material think that we should be given more time. I also think that we should spend more time on learning the information so that we would learn more and have a higher class average!!!
Mrs.O is a great teacher and I can easily get help outside of class. Also, she helps with an issues I have and answers any questions I have about something.
whoooooooooo mrs o is tha shizzznit
Awesome teacher! Just.. class is a little hard because most of the class has no foundation (i.e. Spanish 2 and 1)
This Class is GRRRRREAT!!
I love Ms. O...mucho...
good teacher!!!!!!
SHEs a GREAT TEACHER=)
And my most favorite comment:
miss o is my dude love markus
Sunday, November 4, 2007
I <3 Value City
So after months of squiggly white lines across the screen and the fear that my TV would explode at any moment, I decided to buy myself a new one. The one I had was a 19", about 10 years old. The new one is a 27" RCA with HD potential (my satellite receiver doesn't have it, gotta scope that out with directv). It's massive and beautiful. Scottie and Jason helped me get it all setup and for that, I am very thankful. It would have been impossible for me to get it out of the car and into my house without them. Oh and a big thanks goes out to the cashier too, who accidentally scanned the 20% off barcode instead of 10%. YOU ROCK!
I also got a wicker trunk thing to keep by the door to contain my shoes. I always have a big pile of random shoes in the living room because I take them off as soon as I get in the door usually. This way, they're still here where I take them on and off but the room looks a tiny bit less sloppy.
And now with photos (as Libby requested), I also sewed new buttons onto my red corduroy jacket this weekend. It really gave it the face lift it had been asking for. (it talks)
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Soo this is scary....
21 schools closed after teen dies of staph
This is my school district. I feel sorry for the dead student's family.
This is my school district. I feel sorry for the dead student's family.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
So Libby and Seth buying their first house has really got me thinking about what I would want to buy. I drove past this one a few weeks ago and really liked the size and its neighborhood. Great proximity to school and to a Kroger. I really like the loft in it too.
That got me thinking about what I would want if I could design my own house, and I came across this site: Historic House Plans. What's amazing to me is that even in the late 20s, they were advertising indoor bathrooms as a luxury. Now having like 7 bathrooms is what's expected out of a new home and they are gargantuan. It kills me what not even 100 years can do to the living standard. We are a society of excess and it shows!
That got me thinking about what I would want if I could design my own house, and I came across this site: Historic House Plans. What's amazing to me is that even in the late 20s, they were advertising indoor bathrooms as a luxury. Now having like 7 bathrooms is what's expected out of a new home and they are gargantuan. It kills me what not even 100 years can do to the living standard. We are a society of excess and it shows!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
best weekend in a looooooong time
So this weekend was super awesome fantastic good times.
1) The Scoop on Dish: Friday night, Scott, Jason, Jamie and I went to a restaurant that I saw advertised in Lynchburg Living Magazine, called Dish. I was very excited because I was under the impression that Lynchburg just did not have trendy, locally-owned downtown restaurants, a la Nama and the places on Market Square in Knoxville. Let's just say we were not impressed.
First we didn't know that we needed reservations, so they gave us that "what are you doing here?" attitude at the door. They seated us at the bar, which was awkward with 4 people. So 10 minutes after we've been looking at the menu, she tells us that their style of food is tapas. Then spells tapas (because we are mentally challenged?). Then asks us if we'd ever heard of that before. hello! 2 Spanish teachers who don't live under rocks. Thanks. And who hasn't heard of tapas?
For a mixed group of people that includes a guy who loves chicken tenders, a girl who is allergic to fish, and a girl who doesn't eat meat, and all of us on a budget, it was a difficult menu. Since I'm still eating fish and I wanted to try something different, I ordered the Shrimp Stuffed Calamari. For $9, I got two undercooked tentacle tubes the size of my thumb stuffed with what didn't look like shrimp. And it was covered in spicy rooster sauce which was not at all implied on the menu which said "served with ginger and green onions". The stuffing part was actually good, but the rest was iffy. Fortunately it didn't make me sick.
Everyone else ordered the meatballs, which were just that. 2 enormous balls o' beef, which were still quite pink inside covered in tomato sauce. Nothing particularly special about them.
Right after our food was served, a different server came over and asked us (mid-chew) if we could scoot down the bar because they had some other customers coming in who "didn't want to be crowded." Incredibly rude. We scooted down anyway, and then when the people came to be seated, they wanted to sit on the end we had scooted toward!
The kicker of the night was when she brought our checks. We open the black credit card holder book and are greeted with our bills: on bright green Post-its. How very, very unprofessional. And, my glass of wine that I thought was $3.50 was apparently $7! Pretentious waitress: "oh it's only $3.50 if you get the half glass." Who gets a half glass of wine??? whatever. I could have bought the whole bottle at Food Lion for $10. A place that charges that much for tiny plates of food and glasses of wine should be able to afford a cash register.
Although the restaurant itself was in poor form, we still had a good time.
I've since met other people who rave about Dish, and I'm willing to give it a second try. We'll see.
2) Wii: We then went to Scott and Jason's apartment and played on the Wii while we waited for the bowling alley to open. We made Mii characters of me and Jamie and then practiced our bowling skills.
3) Real bowling: I bowled a lot better than I ever have before. I think the Wii practice got me ready. The bowling alley food was better than Dish. It was very fun, but a little more expensive than I would have expected. Fortunately I just got paid, and they gave us coupons for next time. We played Mario Party 8 on the wiii afterward.
4)
Corn Maze: Saturday morning we drove up to Rockbridge County about an hour north of here. None of them had ever been through a corn maze before so that was fun. It wasn't as fancy as the ones in TN, but it was still a good time. Scary masks on stuffed bodies and fake spiderwebs throughout. They're doing night walks starting next week so we might go back. They also had a pumpkin patch. I bought some gourds for my aunt because they were really interesting shapes and colors. Scottie B got some pumpkins.
5) Virginia Safari Park: This was the most awesome thing I have been to in a loooooong time. At the safari park, you get buckets of food and drive around this gravel road through woods and fields. Animals approach the car and feed from the buckets and you can pet them and talk to them. There's also a walking tour part. We met lots of llamas, zebras, watusi cattle, bison, many kinds of deer, elk, pot belly pigs, kangaroos, monkeys, and goats. The elk were doing their mating calls which sounds like screeching brakes. There were also ostriches, emus, and rheas but they were scary so we rolled up the windows so they wouldn't peck our eyes out. It was super fun.
1) The Scoop on Dish: Friday night, Scott, Jason, Jamie and I went to a restaurant that I saw advertised in Lynchburg Living Magazine, called Dish. I was very excited because I was under the impression that Lynchburg just did not have trendy, locally-owned downtown restaurants, a la Nama and the places on Market Square in Knoxville. Let's just say we were not impressed.
First we didn't know that we needed reservations, so they gave us that "what are you doing here?" attitude at the door. They seated us at the bar, which was awkward with 4 people. So 10 minutes after we've been looking at the menu, she tells us that their style of food is tapas. Then spells tapas (because we are mentally challenged?). Then asks us if we'd ever heard of that before. hello! 2 Spanish teachers who don't live under rocks. Thanks. And who hasn't heard of tapas?
For a mixed group of people that includes a guy who loves chicken tenders, a girl who is allergic to fish, and a girl who doesn't eat meat, and all of us on a budget, it was a difficult menu. Since I'm still eating fish and I wanted to try something different, I ordered the Shrimp Stuffed Calamari. For $9, I got two undercooked tentacle tubes the size of my thumb stuffed with what didn't look like shrimp. And it was covered in spicy rooster sauce which was not at all implied on the menu which said "served with ginger and green onions". The stuffing part was actually good, but the rest was iffy. Fortunately it didn't make me sick.
Everyone else ordered the meatballs, which were just that. 2 enormous balls o' beef, which were still quite pink inside covered in tomato sauce. Nothing particularly special about them.
Right after our food was served, a different server came over and asked us (mid-chew) if we could scoot down the bar because they had some other customers coming in who "didn't want to be crowded." Incredibly rude. We scooted down anyway, and then when the people came to be seated, they wanted to sit on the end we had scooted toward!
The kicker of the night was when she brought our checks. We open the black credit card holder book and are greeted with our bills: on bright green Post-its. How very, very unprofessional. And, my glass of wine that I thought was $3.50 was apparently $7! Pretentious waitress: "oh it's only $3.50 if you get the half glass." Who gets a half glass of wine??? whatever. I could have bought the whole bottle at Food Lion for $10. A place that charges that much for tiny plates of food and glasses of wine should be able to afford a cash register.
Although the restaurant itself was in poor form, we still had a good time.
I've since met other people who rave about Dish, and I'm willing to give it a second try. We'll see.
2) Wii: We then went to Scott and Jason's apartment and played on the Wii while we waited for the bowling alley to open. We made Mii characters of me and Jamie and then practiced our bowling skills.
3) Real bowling: I bowled a lot better than I ever have before. I think the Wii practice got me ready. The bowling alley food was better than Dish. It was very fun, but a little more expensive than I would have expected. Fortunately I just got paid, and they gave us coupons for next time. We played Mario Party 8 on the wiii afterward.
4)
Corn Maze: Saturday morning we drove up to Rockbridge County about an hour north of here. None of them had ever been through a corn maze before so that was fun. It wasn't as fancy as the ones in TN, but it was still a good time. Scary masks on stuffed bodies and fake spiderwebs throughout. They're doing night walks starting next week so we might go back. They also had a pumpkin patch. I bought some gourds for my aunt because they were really interesting shapes and colors. Scottie B got some pumpkins.
5) Virginia Safari Park: This was the most awesome thing I have been to in a loooooong time. At the safari park, you get buckets of food and drive around this gravel road through woods and fields. Animals approach the car and feed from the buckets and you can pet them and talk to them. There's also a walking tour part. We met lots of llamas, zebras, watusi cattle, bison, many kinds of deer, elk, pot belly pigs, kangaroos, monkeys, and goats. The elk were doing their mating calls which sounds like screeching brakes. There were also ostriches, emus, and rheas but they were scary so we rolled up the windows so they wouldn't peck our eyes out. It was super fun.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
I had to get on board with this one too!
Does anyone else find it odd that my character in the video is wearing Crocs?
Sunday, September 23, 2007
i've been crafting
So Anna got me this clock for my birthday:
But since it doesn't have any numbers, and I'm a little number-challenged, I decided to add my own and customize the clock a little. So given a few magazines, an Xacto knife, and some ModPodge:
I now have a unique clock I can read!
I've also discovered The Lamp Shop where you can buy parts for making lamps and lampshades. Very excited to fix a lampshade I rigged up a while back that I'm not quite happy with. Also excited about the world of possibilities this opens up for my creativity. Don't know why, but I've always liked lamps.
But since it doesn't have any numbers, and I'm a little number-challenged, I decided to add my own and customize the clock a little. So given a few magazines, an Xacto knife, and some ModPodge:
I now have a unique clock I can read!
I've also discovered The Lamp Shop where you can buy parts for making lamps and lampshades. Very excited to fix a lampshade I rigged up a while back that I'm not quite happy with. Also excited about the world of possibilities this opens up for my creativity. Don't know why, but I've always liked lamps.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
interesting
so I got 4 birthday cards in the mail today, and they all had the same stamp. weird.
I had a good birthday yesterday. Some of my teacher friends snuck into my room and decorated it, and then I went out for Mexican food. good times.
And then I came home to turn on the TV and found a brand new episode of America's Next Top Model that I didn't even know was coming on. It was exciting. Lots of drama.
Today was a loooong day at school. And I came home to find that Tillie was sick today. She seems to be ok now, but I'm worried about her. I'm glad tomorrow is Friday so I can be with her this weekend.
I had a good birthday yesterday. Some of my teacher friends snuck into my room and decorated it, and then I went out for Mexican food. good times.
And then I came home to turn on the TV and found a brand new episode of America's Next Top Model that I didn't even know was coming on. It was exciting. Lots of drama.
Today was a loooong day at school. And I came home to find that Tillie was sick today. She seems to be ok now, but I'm worried about her. I'm glad tomorrow is Friday so I can be with her this weekend.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
so do you think I'm in the right job?
so I took a career survey and these are my results:
Other than the Nail Technician, Airline Customer Service Agent, and religious roles, I think the results were pretty right on.
You can take the quiz too:
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the results.
(You can also get a more specific result by taking an EXTRA quiz after the short quiz by clicking the "answer more questions to improve my results" link. It's fun!)
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Other than the Nail Technician, Airline Customer Service Agent, and religious roles, I think the results were pretty right on.
You can take the quiz too:
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the results.
(You can also get a more specific result by taking an EXTRA quiz after the short quiz by clicking the "answer more questions to improve my results" link. It's fun!)
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
meat free
So as of today I've been a vegetarian for 33 days. My goal was originally just to try it for a week and see how it went, so I'm very proud of myself for sticking with it for this long. In the last 33 days I've lost 7 pounds, my skin has gotten clearer, and I've been drinking more water. So other than the cold/flu/sinus infection I've caught from my students, I feel pretty good.
Very excited about birthday celebrations this weekend. I'll have to post pictures after because the costumes are sure to be awesome. Anna is coming up from TN so that's very exciting too!
And I just saw a commercial for a show on Fox called KVille. Surely it's not about good ol' knoxville....
Very excited about birthday celebrations this weekend. I'll have to post pictures after because the costumes are sure to be awesome. Anna is coming up from TN so that's very exciting too!
And I just saw a commercial for a show on Fox called KVille. Surely it's not about good ol' knoxville....
Sunday, September 9, 2007
why do I love WE's American Princess?
well, let's just say that these lovely ladies that represent the US in Britain are total trash, and that's just the beginning.
when asked to identify a clarinet, sure they knew what it was, but ONLY because one of Sponge Bob Squarepants' neighbors plays one. Their etiquette coach and Princess Di's former butler were horrified.
hilarious.
when asked to identify a clarinet, sure they knew what it was, but ONLY because one of Sponge Bob Squarepants' neighbors plays one. Their etiquette coach and Princess Di's former butler were horrified.
hilarious.
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