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That’s me.

If I owe you a return phone call or email (or whatever), I sincerely apologize…the light at the end of my tunnel comes this Wednesday, when my teaching days are over. We still have two weeks after that of exams and grading and other end-of-year business, but the really hard part is over Wednesday.

I’ve been rather hermit-like most of the past two weeks or so…coming home after school and reading, or watching TV, or lurking on the Internet. Rand and I have gone out a couple of times–we managed to see Star Trek, which I liked quite a bit–but other than that, it’s been pretty quiet.

I’ll have some pictures coming soon of things I’ve baked and planted. I’ll probably have a “what I’ve read” update coming soon as well. Until then, happy Monday!

All about me (AV edition)

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As seen on the blog of miss_shortskirt:

I think the best shows on TV right now are

Lost
How I Met Your Mother
Chuck

I think the best show(s) NOT on TV is (are)

The West Wing
Arrested Development

Shows I think I would like but haven’t watched yet are

Castle
Dollhouse

The show I am most anticipating is

Glee (oh, yes! me too!)

My go-to movies for repeat viewings are

When Harry Met Sally
Say Anything
The Princess Bride

I will watch any movie starring

Paul Rudd

I will listen to any CD by

Um…Ookla the Mok? (hee)
Carbon Leaf
Great Big Sea
Hawksley Workman
Ron Hawkins

My favorite musical soundtracks are

Rent
Les Miserables
Jesus Christ Superstar

My favorite Beatles song

Let it Be
or Come Together

My favorite Regina Spektor song

(Sorry, I don’t know who that is)

My favorite Weezer song

Uh….Buddy Holly? I’m actually not all that intimate with Weezer.

*ETA* Just realized that “Island in the Sun” comes up in my Pandora station all the time. I <3 that song.

My favorite Simon and Garfunkel song

Kathy’s Song

My favorite Britney Spears song

Sorry, got nothin’ here

My favorite movie soundtracks

Garden State
Juno
Moulin Rouge
**can’t really argue with those, but I will add:
Once
and also, Walk Hard (the Dewey Cox Story)

My favorite Disney movie

HOW CAN I POSSIBLY CHOOSE?
Um.
The Little Mermaid.
No, The Lion King.
No, Beauty and the Beast.
No, Aladdin.
Definitely one of those. 😉

My favorite song from a Disney Movie

Friend Like Me
or Kiss the Girl
or Under the Sea

My favorite songs at this exact moment are

Pregnant Women are Smug
The Future Soon
Cold, Cold Heart
Short Skirt, Long Jacket

New furniture!

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Our new furniture was delivered this morning. Whee!

For contrast, I first present to you the old furniture:

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We ended up posting the couch and chair on Buffalo FreeCycle last night, and someone came and picked them up this morning. I disappointed a bunch of people with the news that it was taken. No, I’m not kidding. Another person (from the Buffalo Dorks group on LiveJournal) claimed the tables and came and got them this afternoon.

Anyway, here’s the new stuff:
new furniture! by you.

It’s much larger than the old stuff!

Now, check out some of the neat features…

lift top by you.

(Please ignore my unshowered, sweatpants-wearing state…)

The top of the coffee table lifts up, which comes in handy, as this is where Rand and I eat most of our meals. 😉

reclining 1 by you.

Also, the furniture is reclining. I like that it doesn’t really look like reclining furniture. The “levers” (or whatever) are actually hidden on the inside!

reclining 2 by you.

The delivery actually came very early this morning…we were scheduled for between 9 and 11, but they called shortly after 8 to say they were running ahead of schedule. They got here around 8:30.

So anyway…happy new furniture day!

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How well do you know me-answers

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Yes, this is the quiz that’s been making its way around facebook. I’m amused by it. If you’re not, feel free to move along. 😉

Click here to take it on facebook (if you’re my friend there), or just see below the break for the answers!

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How well do you know me?

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Yes, this is the quiz that’s been making its way around facebook. I’m amused by it. If you’re not, feel free to move along. 😉

Click here to take it on facebook (if you’re my friend there), or see below the break. I’ll post the answers (with commentary) in the next couple of days.

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Chuck is saved!

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Ok, so this is now officially yesterday’s news, but I’m still happy about it. 😉

I *heart Chuck. In its odd little way, it helps me get that Alias fix I’ve been missing. It has a cute, nerdy lead! It has ass-kicking spy stuff! It has Adam Baldwin, whose awesomeness cannot be rivaled! It has Captain Awesome, and Gift Shop Girl from Scrubs. It has a theme song by Cake! And the finale? The finale was jaw-droppingly amazing.

Chuck is fun, clever, well-written, and genuinely emotional, and it’s definitely become one of my favorites. I look forward to its return…hopefully in a time slot where it’s not against everything the world loves (seriously…it was up against House, Dancing with the Stars, and the CBS Monday comedies. Gee, I wonder why the ratings suffered?).

So, um…get yourself some DVDs. Netflix them, whatever. Then watch Chuck when it comes back next year!

Blargh

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That’s how I feel right now.

I woke up yesterday with a scratchy throat. I woke up this morning feeling mildly icky, but not icky enough to warrant staying home. I’ve been consuming liquids like a madwoman all day.

Since sometime this afternoon, I’ve been sneezy/sniffly with a bit of a headache. I did have a slightly high temperature a while ago, but I think it’s gone now. I’m pretty sure we’re dealing with a run-of-the-mill cold and not ZOMGswinefluPANIC!!! (If I call in sick to work, by the way, I’m supposed to report whether or not I have “flu-like symptoms”)

I did somewhat prepare for the possibility of being out tomorrow…right now, I’m thinking it would probably be a good idea to stay home and rest and not continue to infect people.

Yeah. Anyway.

Don’t forget to enter my name that blog! contest. 🙂

Birth order quiz thingy

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You Are Likely an Only Child


At your darkest moments, you feel frustrated.

At work and school, you do best when you’re organizing.

When you love someone, you tend to worry about them.

In friendship, you are emotional and sympathetic.

Your ideal careers are: radio announcer, finance, teaching, ministry, and management.

You will leave your mark on the world with organizational leadership, maybe as the author of self-help books.
In fact, I am an “oldest” (of two), but I’ve always suspected that I had more than a little “only” in me, as I was 7 when my brother was born.

Books read in 2009 (update)

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I’m not sure where I left off last time, so here’s the updated list. 😉

1. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy–Ally Carter
2. Dead Until Dark–Charlaine Harris
3. Sweethearts–Sara Zarr
4. Rise and Shine–Anna Quindlen
5. The War at Ellsmere–Faith Erin Hicks
6. Life as We Knew It–Susan Beth Pfeffer
7. The Walking Dead–Robert Kirkman
8. Don’t Judge a Girl by her Cover–Ally Carter (ARC)
9. Paper Towns–John Green
10. Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale–Holly Black
11. Jinx–Meg Cabot
12. Persepolis–Marjane Satrapi
13. Persepolis II–Marjane Satrapi
14. Pants on Fire–Meg Cabot
15. Hitman–Garth Ennis
16. The Little Prince
17. Heart-Shaped Box–Joe Hill
18. Romeo & Juliet*
19. Julius Caesar*
20. Alis–Naomi Rich
21. Flashforward–Robert J. Sawyer
22. Living Dead in Dallas–Charlaine Harris
23. To Kill a Mockingbird–Harper Lee*
24. The Fantastic Four–Mark Waid (2 volumes)

*Books I’ve previously read, but am teaching

Vacation mode

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Just thought I’d pop in and say hi…so, hi.

We had our first successful gathering of friends (aka “party”) at the new house Friday evening. It was enjoyable, so perhaps we’ll do it again sometime. 😉 I’ll post pictures sometime in the next couple of days. They have yet to leave my camera. In the meantime, I finally got around to posting some pics from St. Patrick’s Day as well as some fun that was had on my classroom whiteboard.

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Easter was pleasant and mostly uneventful.

Today, Rand and I looked at some living room furniture that we would both be happy with. Also, I bought two cute new spring dresses because they were 30% off.

Now, I am contemplating whether I want to stay in and relax (doing things like blogging/chatting, reading, and so forth) or take myself out to, say, Barnes and Noble and hang out in the cafe doing writerly things. Hmmm.

“Stay in” is currently in the lead. 😉 Have a good one, everybody!