I think 7 is right, yeah?
Just because it amused me…
Naphotopomo #7
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Evil eyeball?
I kind of like this semi-artsy shot of my eye, even though there’s too much flash.
(Jen a close-up of my eye follows. Just warning you…)
Shooz
Munchkin
If you go to the Lost page at abc.com, you can have a genuine “Sawyer nickname” generated. Mine’s “munchkin.” I’m pretty sure my dad used to call me that. 😉
Cake!
School board meetings (PORN! Part 2)
So, I remembered that the Depew School Board meeting was last night, so I had to check the paper to see what happened. As expected, a bunch of people showed up to talk about John Green’s book, Looking for Alaska. Some of them were in favor, others were opposed. the board will review the book and make a decision next month.
Reading this story made me SO HAPPY that I am no longer required to attend school board meetings. I did this back in PA for a couple of years, and briefly covered Sweet Home for the News.
Of course, one of the people who showed up to bash the book was a member of the taxpayers association:
Jan Wiercioch of the Depew Taxpayers Association called the novel “disgusting.”
Back in my hometown, we always had a member of the taxpayers association ON the school board. “Taxpayers Association” should be code for “I’m a raving lunatic.” Basically, his job was to make sure that the district never spent money on anything. Seriously, I think that guy voted no to everything that came before him.
My favorite quote was this one, though, from a parent:
“Would any of you read this aloud at a board meeting?” Miller asked the seven-member board. “What’s next? Free condoms and unisex showers?”
Incidentally, this was from the parent of a 9th grader. The book is being proposed for 11th grade English.
I cannot wait to read this book.
Don’t forget to visit John Green’s webpage.
Primary day
Glen Park in winter
I took several photos while I was out walking today. This one, for whatever reason, was my favorite.
Heeheehee
Seen on my sorority’s facebook page:
(My sorority is Alpha Delta Pi, aka ADPi)
So a friend says this to me today (and I’m not sure how long he thought on this one…)
“Your sorority should have shirts that say ‘251.32741’ on them, because that’s 80pi.”
Hope the geekiness of it makes you laugh…
…Hope it makes you laugh harder that you were geeky enough to get the joke. 🙂
I laughed. Thought I’d share.
Weekend wrap-up
It was a pretty mellow one, so I don’t have a whole lot to report. 😉
Saturday morning, we went out for breakfast at The Original Pancake House. I knew it was going to be a good morning, because not only did we get seated instantly, we got a booth. Score.
Afterwards, we stopped in at Rite-Aid to pick up a couple of necessities, and then poked our heads in at Sarah’s Vintage and Estate Jewelry. And bought my wedding band. Ooh!
Later, we headed out for dinner and a little bit of shopping at Borders. Rand had a coupon for 40% off any DVD set, so he bought the Freaks and Geeks set. I picked up John Green’s book Looking for Alaska, which I blogged about on Saturday.
Sunday, woke up to no heat. Gah. This has been an ongoing problem. Frequently, the problem is that the pilot is out, which is an easy fix. Other times, though…well, I don’t know exactly what the problem is, but it requires a call to the landlord and someone poking around the furnace. It was fixed, though. Joy.
Over the weekend, we watched some Freaks and Geeks, finished up Season 2 of Extras, watched Lost (very happy to have Lost back. concerned about how the strike will affect the season beyond the 8 episodes that were filmed.)
I also did some…I hesitate to say “cleaning,” so I’ll call it purging. Went through old papers and piles to sort, organize, and trash. Always an exciting time.
And now it’s Monday. No early-morning phone call for me today, so I’m going to try and accomplish a bunch of things. Wish me luck!