Make A Baby!

Facebook ads keep getting creepier, folks! Why is it that EVERYDAY when I log into facebook I have the same ad for the newest weird craze listed as number one? The ads are supposed to randomly change but I always get MAKE A BABY!
Despite being totally creeped out, I clicked on the link to see what it entails. You have to PAY 10-20.00 $ and upload a pic of you and your mate and see what your child will look like. Tell me this: are people that impatient/curious/vain to pay that money to see a computer generated picture of their future offspring? Would they even generate an ugly baby picture? Maybe they would - to deter people from reproducing. Maybe it is some group's scam and their aim is to not overpopulate the earth. Also, you can cross your pic with Brad Pitt's or Chris Brown's to see what your babe would look like if you did it with a celeb. There are so many questions that I have about this site/idea. This is probably what my baby would look like if I mated with Ronald McDonald:

To Think I Limited Him to Fishsticks!

The other week Corey came to visit me over his spring break-which really didn't turn out to be too exciting because I was working and he had work to do. He came up Wed. and we left Fri.
On Wed. I took care of making him a nice dinner, mainly because food is truly the way to Corey's heart. But, also, because it is SO nice to cook something for someone and not heat up a frozen microwaveable dinner, which have become the grim standard.
Then, on Thursday, I had a conference outside of school all day, so I was getting home late and then I had fitness class at 6:45, so I asked Corey to take care of getting dinner. My first thoughts: a ready cooked chicken, frozen pizza, ready cooked fried chicken, spaghetti. I told him I had to eat early so I wouldn't puke at the gym. He didn't have anything ready. Alas, he went to the STORE at 6, which I was OK with, and just grabbed a bar before the gym.
Here comes the cute part of the story. It took him forever to shop. I came home at 8:15, and the ENTIRE table was covered with an amazing spread of food he had cooked-amazing, since I thought he couldn't do it. AND the majority of the dishes were done, dried, and PUT AWAY!

The meal: Chicken Francaise (even garnished!!!), Rice, Garlic Caesar Salad, Biscuits-in a Tupperware bowl lined with a napkin-very cute, and Cranberry sauce. Not only did it look good, it was absolutely delicious!!! I wanted to blog about this because 1. I want to remember this. 2. Corey doesn't usually do this "romantic" stuff, so it is very sweet. 3. I hadn't blogged for many weeks. Sorry!

My First Utterly Embarassing Teaching Moment

I flashed my students. This sounds awful...and was definitely unintentional. Yet, it happened.

I will try to explain it but it happened so quickly. I was bent over leaning forward reaching under my desk to get some treats for my students. I wore a knee length big poofy skirt today. My skirt got caught in my ID lanyard around my neck and I didn't notice it when I whipped myself up holding the treats. I didn't even feel it. The skirt was so far up it was up around my chest. The ONLY way I knew was because in one instant my students' jaws all dropped open and they gasped. One girl pointed- and yelled: Miss! Your dress is up!
I just about died. I had to compose myself and still manage to teach through that class and the next one which had 3 of the same students in it. Of course, they told everyone else. I am pretty sure they saw from my belly button down.

I don't recommend doing this, no matter how well you want your students to get to know you. I think I took it too far.

This is also why I am going to bed at 9 Pm instead of my usual 11 PM...just one of those days.

You are not a supermodel.

I have been enjoying looking at the Facebook profile pictures during this celebrity doppleganger week. Apparently, doppleganger is a German word mean "look alike" or "double." I thought you were supposed to post a picture of a celeb that you look like. Well, I know that celebs wear way more makeup and glamorous clothing, but even without the makeup- you do not look like ___________. Now, in some cases, I have found the pictures look very close to the actualy person. For instance, my college roommate Mary posted her pic of Rory from Gilmore Girls. I totally thought it was her. What gets me is when people post pictures of Jennifer Aniston. No, you do not look like her.
I found a site that lets you upload a pic of yourself and it actually traces who you look like. I got a pretty funny list. But- the picture I used was old and I had no glasses on and my hair down, and I must say it was kind of accurate as compared to the pic of the celeb they gave me. But then I googled the lady and she was a supermodel and in all her pics she has long brown hair and is half nekked. Um, no- I am not posting her pic as MY profile pic on FACEBOOK!

OK- so this is why I am truly annoyed...let's say an ex is dating a girl and she puts up her pic as a Jennifer Aniston. No you do not look like her. Have some humility.

I would like to thank Punxsy Phil groundhog for making me cold for the next six weeks.

What I Have Learned from 7th Graders

It is amazing how much info I learn from these 12 year olds. I find myself constantly trying to remember back to when I was in 7th grade and comparing the "cool" things. Here are some of the few things I have "overheard," seen, and learned recently from these little darlings. I have translated it from their lingo and compiled it into a list for your pleasure.

1. It is so cool to kiss a girl behind a shed.
2. The Twilight series is the best series of all time. If you don't read it, you will die.
3. As a follow-up to #2, you have to apparently pick a team. Half the girls in my class are Team Edward. The other half are Team..uh, Jacob is it?
4. If someone calls your cool 8th grade gf "ugly," you should beat the crap out of them. True story. Cops came and all...
5. The word "duhhh" is still around.
6. You can still say, "But she (he) did it first!" to justify getting revenge on someone.
7. The lower your pants are (for guys) the more gangsta you are. And gangsta is cool. You should also have a solid handshake to greet your "dudes" with.
8. There is an AWESOME brand of makeup called E.L.F. (eyes lips face) and each piece is only a dollar. They sell it at Target, and it is the best brand you can buy. You should also bring your compact into class and apply it there.
9. Becoming a woman (if you catch my subtle hint) is something to be proud of. At least to some cultures. You should announce it and the fact that you have feminine products in your purse. Who cares if your brother is in the same class?
10. Coloring each fingernail with a different color Sharpie is the new thing.
11. Guys can now write notes to other guys. They can also draw all over their notebook hearts in different color highlighter and write "Marissa" inside each one. (This note now proudly is displayed on my desk!)
12. Jonas brothers = soooo last year!
13. You wake up in the mornin' feelin' like P.Diddy. My girls have a dance to this song. It is absolutely hilarious. If we get all of our reading done, I play the song and let them dance.
14. It is still impossible for a girl to go to the bathroom alone.

Who says teachers can't learn from their students?

Socks

I have been having an awful time with socks lately. Let me give you three scenarios:
1. I am at work sitting at my desk, cross my legs, and look down to find out that with my gray dress pants, I am wearing ONE light green and gray zebra stripe dress sock (very cute) and ONE thick white with lavender trim Adidas athletic sock. Dang it! I had showered the night before, and since I have the attention span of a flea, I must have put on one sock and started to do something else. I wonder how many co-workers/students noticed. Hmph.
2. I got to work last week and my toes started to feel very UNCOMFORTABLE in what typically is the softest sock I own. Look down to find this:

And I discovered this in period 1. I had to survive 7 class periods with this.
3. On Friday, I realized on my lunch break that I was wearing COREY'S dress socks. I kind of thought they were extra thick and extra long and extra huge when I put them on...but was exhausted Friday morning, so whatever. At least they weren't hole-y.

I have had to throw away 3 pairs of socks lately because of scenario #2. My toes are so long and they just peep on through! Why do we wear socks again?

Two Thousand Ten OR Twenty Ten?

Which is it? I like twenty ten--faster, more efficient.
I had plans to blog more over winter vacation, but I didn't. I really didn't do much over my break except get up at noon most days and not get dressed until 3 or 4.
I didn't make New Year's Resolutions either, mostly because I would have too many and only about 3% would be achieved.

Instead, I have some things I would like to predict will happen in 2010-kind of like resolutions, but a different term and mindset, if you will. No pressure, just thoughts.
1. I will complete several graduate classes towards my Masters degree in TESOL (which is Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages if you didn't catch the acronym)...hopefully this will be successful, and I will still have somewhat of a checking account after all is said and done?
2. I will try to visit another country this year. I'm thinking Asia. I need to do graduate work there anyway.
3. I will not make any resolutions about exercising. Obviously, you try and exercise. If it happens, good job and if not, you feel lethargic and that's that. You feel worse if you set yourself up for failure.
4. I will make more of an effort to work harder at my Entertaining at Home business...need to be more aggressive with setting up parties, so forth.

I have a few other blog thoughts that will need to be reserved for a new post. My lunch break is over.
Upcoming Blog: -last week's "walking disaster" episodes, including the sock story.

Happy 2010 to everyone! :) May it be a GREAT year for all of you!