January 2012
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Okay so
I just signed up for Amazon Student.
In case you didn’t know (which I’m sure you didn’t), with Amazon Student you get SIX MONTHS OF FREE 2 DAY SHIPPING. SIX MONTHS.
Naturally I signed up and spent $60 on Young Adult Literature.
Oops.
#englishmajorproblems
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“Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s...”
– Obama (via kateoplis)
“Erase the messages, delete the number and move on. You don’t have to forget...”
– This is something I’m definitely going to put into place this year. I think that for some reason people my age feel this need to hang on to things in the past. Everyone seems to do it, and it doesn’t seem very healthy. (via sundayservice)
“Was I ever truly over her? At one time I was sure that the answer was yes. But...”
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Sometimes I just really hate people. And wonder why I’m “friends” with them in the first place.
Glad I don’t have to pretend anymore.
I’m a ghost Haunting these halls Climbing...
This might hurt
come back to earth
please don’t lose the keys
i won’t hold you hostage
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“Act without expectation.”
– Lao Tzu
“I felt guilty about doing what I needed to. Guilty about looking after my own...”
–
The Secret Life of Prince Charming
(via ayyfull7)
“You can’t choose what stays and what fades away.”
– Florence & the Machine
Tracy Chapman
Books to Read Next
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
Beloved, Toni Morrison
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein
Against Interpretation, Susan Sontag
The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
Reality Hunger, David Shields
Swamplandia!, Karen Russell
Maus, Art Spiegelman
Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace
December 2011
32 posts
“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are...”
– Fernando Pessoa
i am charlotte addams: One teacher's approach to... →
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got…
Stuff like this makes me wish I could teach elementary levels too.
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“It’s the tragedy of loving, you can’t love anything more than something you...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via saddest-summer)
“At the end of the day, there are some things you just can’t help but talk...”
– Grey’s Anatomy
“The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss...”
– The Notebook. (via piecelovehappyness)
Winter Break Goals
Subconsciously created a list of goals at work tonight. Here are some of them.
Work out (or at least do a half hour of cardio) every day over break. (Maybe excluding Christmas and New Year’s Day)
Drink more water.
Spend at least the next week without the blow dryer or straightener or curling iron. This will be tough.
Stop using tanning as a reward for working out (okay… only...
“I thought, it’s a shame that we have to live, but it’s a tragedy that we get to...”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
To Do. December 7th, 2011.
Sleep through 10 AM meeting since I was up until 4:30 eating McDonald’s in Garren’s car and bitching to him. Oh wait, check!
Eat something.
Go to the library and start the actual write-up for my 20-25 page Honors Project.
Go to rescheduled meeting at 4 pm.
Honors project more.
“Exam” at 7.
Honors project 9 pm - ?????????
Oh, and I have to fit in the...
“It was me who brought out your dark side.”
– Blair Waldorf
Wonder While I Wander: Gay Rights are Human... →
williamholman:
- “Like being a woman, like being a racial religious tribal or ethnic minority,being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are gay rights.”
- “Well, in reality, gay people are born into and belong to every society in the world. They are…
My Honors project is ruining my favorite week of the semester. I should be sleeping for 11 hours a night and watching Grey’s Anatomy all day in between exams that take me 45 minutes.
“Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn.”
– C.S. Lewis (via vineetkaur)