3...2...1... Blast Off!

Suddenly I am wondering what magical powers the number "3" possesses.
My nephew (and sister and brother-in-law) are staying at our house for a while as their move to Arizona progresses, and this morning I heard my sister playing with her son and everything came down to, "one... two... three... [insert desired action here: jump, run, fall down]. And it really got me thinking:
* The 3 Little Pigs
* Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
* "On 3..."
* 3 Blind Mice
* 3's Company
* There's a BMW commerical highlighting the number 3, along with a car named for it
* Third Time's a Charm!
* "You can have 3 wishes..." (Aladdin)
* 3 faries (Sleeping Beauty)
* Making a Trilogy of something is not completely unheard of... (Star Wars, anyone?)
* And what used to be my favorite (but also the one to which I am starting a one woman revolution...) "Ready? On 3, say cheese!" No if you've ever had ME take your picture you know that the actual click from the camera could come, and usually does, on a random number that is NOT 3.
The list goes on and on.

Perhaps this tradition of using 3 as some sort of marker goes back a long, long time. Who knows. Maybe people used to only have 3 fingers and so it was easy for them to get to three. Maybe it's just a nice in-between kind of number: more than 1 but less than 5...? Can you imagine if someone had made the standard at 12? Talk about being patient, to the little kid who just wants to jump off the side of the pool: "Okay, honey! On 12... 1...2...3...4...5........"!
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We've All Got Goals

I've decided that my new summer project (aside from surviving what promises to be a crazy road trip to CA) is to make my blog really cool. Make that SUPER cool. Okay, REALLY, SUPER COOL it is. Apparently one can add photos and links (greyguitar), music (shellybellybug), and just write super cool things that everyone wants to read (spilledsoup). Yes, I know that more than these three people do super cool things with their blogs but I need to start with some direct inspiration. If anyone knows really super cool blogging tricks, I'd be all about it.

Also, on a more relevant note: It's officially official... I'm teaching 6th grade next year! Yeah, I kinda knew about it before, but today I got the call to go down to human resources and sign a contract!
How I plan to spend my 1st big teacher paycheck:
1. Lucky Charms (I'm gonna splurge on the cereal end...)
2. A curling iron (unless mine doesn't survive the summer)
3. A case of Dr. Pepper
4. The cheese that is already cut into shapes, like stars and stuff
5. Oh yeah, milk for the Lucky Charms

That's all I've got for now. Apparently I plan to spend a lot of time in the grocery store. Perhaps I should think about paying off my $8.00 in library fines... I guess I'll just have to see how much I have left after the Lucky Charms have been had.

It's a stretch, but...

My new favorite "cd-of-the-moment" is The Killers: Hot Fuss, (check out track #2 for sure). As I went for a walk yesterday (it was waaaay too hot to be running, and I'm lazy!) I popped it in the the ol' discman and was jammin! Literally: walking down the street singing along. It was awesome. Well, now I am an official criminal on the loose because I burned the CD from a friend. Do you think they'll let me across the AZ/CA border with goods like this in the car? We'll have to play it safe...

Also on the note of exciting news, I got glow-in-the-dark shoelaces for my Vans!! Since I sport the neon green look with the shoes, the neon green glow in the dark laces are perfect! ahh, my "wanna-be" skater look is almost perfected (-:

AND, while I am blogging about completely random thoughts today, here's a funny joke for everyone to enjoy...

the X, speaking of the BTG: "it's just that I see so much of myself in her..."
(now pretend you're ME, balled up on the floor laughing hystarically because my wit is so quick, trying not to let him know it on the other end of the phone...)
Me, thinking: "HA HA! BIOLOGY JOKE!"

oh, man. sometimes I kill myself, (and here we are, back to the beginning of my blog; speaking of Killers...)
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Nonsensicalness

As I was driving home from having breakfast with my bestest of buds at 1:00 pm, (ahhh... the joys of being a fresh college graduate!), I passed through a "High School Zone." First of all, no high schoolers bring brief cases to school so the signs are in need of some major adjustments. Anyway, I was going 35 mph, because that is the speed limit in a school zone. I'm cruising along and I see a cop and I looked at my speedometer and realized I had nothing to fear! I wasn't speeding! All of a sudden I was so proud of myself for just doing the right thing (whether by mistake or on purpose)!!

Wow, that was pointless. Let's go with this trend, then, and let me post one of my "60-second poems!" (tomorrow will be better... i promise!)

Fish Tank

Aimless, but perfect.

No pain because the elements

have been

removed.

Filters to isolate the bad

and shove it

the other way.

"In with the good air,

out with the bad..."

Like I said, I'm definitely going places with this poetry thing...

I HAD 60 SECONDS TO WRITE A POEM ABOUT "FISH TANK!" WHAT DID YOU EXPECT????

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(back to a smiley face kinda day!!)

Buzz Kill

Usually my posts are semi-upbeat... or not depressing to say the least. Today, however I will take an unexpected detour to vent the frustrations of my personal life.

Apparently the X is now dating the BTG (the girl he cheated on me with), so that type of thing just really boosts my enthusiasm level about life. [well, now that's joke and we all know it] (-: yeah. it's sweet, i guess and i should be happy because it's not like he threw away our relationship for some random GIRL. no. SHE's something special. either that or he really feels sorry for her because of the whole "slitting her wrists because she wanted him to dump me" thing. what on earth would she do to herself if he chose NOT to be with HER...??

Perhaps I should be more sensitive about the subject but she didn't seem to practice any self-control when it came to "protecting" me or my feelings. Anyone have a timeshare in a foreign country I could rent from you for the week??! Ugh. I need a vacation.

Sorry to say that I may need one more session to vent. It's funny when you think about it, though. In fact it's so funny that I've written some poems about it! Here's one:

"

How to Describe the Feeling of Finding out

Your (ex)Boyfriend Cheated on You With

Someone You've So Affectionately Nick Named

Boob-Tatto-Girl

Eu.

I think I'm gonna puke.

"

It's a hit! I'm definitely going places with work like this.

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Just Like a REAL Grown-Up...

So here I am, taking another step towards real "grown-up-ship;" Last Thursday while sitting on a bus with 55 sixth graders I recieved a phone call offering me a teaching job for next year! I'll be in 6th grade (which will be awesome!) at the same school I student taught at. So, that's good news, right?! Then the word "CONTRACT" came up and I got a little scared because I tend to be non-commital. Oh well. It'll be okay. It's just the thought of CHANGE or PERMANENCY that scares me... wait, can a person be afraid of things changing and staying the same at the same time?? Oh, the situations I get myself into (-:

Here's just one of the many silly stories from SeaWorld:

Student: "Teacher! Teacher! You just have to go on Atlantis!" (the newest roller coaster-ride at SeaWorld).

Teacher: "Student, I just can't! If I were to go on that ride I think I would pee my pants!"

Student: [hehe] "yeah, I did that a little bit, too...!"

Teacher: [waiting, waiting for student to walk away...] "hahaha!! did he just tell me he peed his pants on the ride??!?"

Oh gosh. never a dull moment!

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it's been a long april

Although I haven't posted a blog in a really long time, I think I'm gonna go ahead and pretend that it hasn't been a really long time, so that I can avoid awkward "let me catch you up on every single detail of my exitance from the past month (or more!)!!"

First and foremost, I'm starting a band. It's called DISMEMBERED LOVER and if you want a tee-shirt, just let me know! (They're AWESOME!) Granted I have no bandmates or songs or instruments, except my kazoo, I DO have a tee-shirt and I see great things happening! (-:

I'm done with school (!!) and am just waiting for that big graduation day thing to come, so for the time being I'm subbing for elementary school. So far I've gotten to teach 6th grade, 2nd grade, pre-school and P.E.! (where, yes, I did get a whistle!) On monday when I was a 6th grade teacher, the 'oh-so-smart' class tried the ol' switch-a-roo: switching seats. Gee. creative, right?! I expressed this to them and asked if they could, "seriously, not think of anything better??" apparently not. so i made them switch back. mean sub. I'm sure that after this weekend I'll have some stories to put up here... I'm going to SeaWorld with 110 6th graders. SOMETHING interesting is BOUND to happen, right?!!

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