August 2011
Laughing Owl
The mascot of my discussion section for the Extinction: Dinosaurs to Dodos class.
Unfortunately, it’s extinct. haha Apparently it’s “hoot” sounded like a crazy person laughing. Wish I could hear what it sounded like!
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At 120 degrees, it was so hot in Australia that...
kwamanda:
itsfunnytome:
One Koala entered someone’s house, looking for water and shade, and here’s what happened when the owner gave him something to drink.
omfg my heart is breaking </3
I GOT MY POTTERMORE E-MAIL!!!!!
FRIDAY NIGHT = POTTERMORE AND I HAVE NO REGRETS! :)
I think I'm homesick.
But not necessarily for my house. I’m used to splitting my time up in different places, and as a result I don’t believe I have a physical home that I really call home. I’m not saying I don’t have places to call home because I do. I just mean that I feel like I’m “at home” when I’m with certain people, the location is not as important.
I’ve...
Exhibit A
This is a dialogue that happened today after school ended. I was rehashing the day's flops and successes with the Kindergarten teacher next door to my room.
Colleague: You know, it's pretty sad how you can already tell in Kindergarten which kids are gonna make it and which won't.
Me (half-joking, half-challenging): Hah, well, you never know - maybe you can be that transformative teacher that changes it all around for them.
Colleague: HAH, please. No. That's why they hired you, Teach For America kid. That's your job.
She's not a wholly unpleasant person, really, but it's her philosophies and passivity, stubbornness and disinclination to change, "woe-is-me-I'm-the-victim" mentality, and low expectations that fuel the fire to this academic epidemic in the first place.
Seriously? I'm never giving up on any of my kids - especially not so early in the game. It was their first day of their first year in elementary school ever.
Fine, I'll be the young, perhaps naive TFA teacher. Whatever. But my kids are going to blow hers out of the water. =]
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“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples...”
– Maya Angelou (via thelearningcurve)
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...who looks like an ape.
Brian: Do you like tennis?
Me: Yeah sure.
Brian: Nadal is thinking about moving to golf because his knees are getting bad.
Me: That's weird. He's going to ruin his hips then. He's built like an ape.
Brian: What?
Me: Nadal looks like an ape.
Brian: I have a friend.
Me: That plays tennis?
Brian: No, that's built like an ape.
Me: Oh.
Watchsarahhkim:
ayeeechar:
Holy fuck
daayyuuumm
dang. creative tutting. this is definitely cooler than those lame “fisheye” photos i take on my mac. hahaha
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NEVER believe in 3 people : Sagittarius, Aries,...
My sister: Libra
My bf: Aquarius
My ldbf: Taurus
Me: Gemini
“Nothing can beat UofI, but I think I would have loved living in Berkeley and...”
– (via meloriecelery)
I just left SF today, and I miss it so much. The weather is perfect. I went to Berkeley the other day too and had pizza from Cheeseboard for the first time. It was amazing. So darn good. Although I will say the biggest turn off for me from Cal’s campus is their hills!...
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When i'm on my period.
piercing-whore:
Realizing I have it;
Getting cramps;
Someone pisses me off;
Someone tells me a joke;
I’m sitting in class all;
I’m craving food all;
My parents tell me to do something;
Going to bed;
Waking up, and seeing blood in my underwear;
Realizing it’s finally over;
Realizing It’s coming back in a month;
i love gifs. my period? not so much.
DIDN'T GET MY E-MAIL. SITTIN' HERE AND WAITING....
kwamanda:
cruciothelight-:
thecountercurseisunjellify:
sorry guys. i know its not good, nor funny. but, all this waiting made me do it.
LOL even though I got my email, dis is wAy ToO fUnNy To NoT rEbLoG
uh yeah, i’m still waiting. WHATDEFACK POTTERMORE!
The single most hilarious press release I have... →
coketalk:
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH PROPOSES A WIN-WIN SITUATION
New Albany, Ohio, August 12, 2011: Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) today reported that it has offered compensation to Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, a character in MTV’s TV show The Jersey Shore to cease wearing A&F products.
A spokesperson for Abercrombie & Fitch commented:
“We are deeply concerned that Mr....
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California Dreamin': Institutionalized Racism →
meloriecelery:
Lemme call you out, Comcast -
You won’t come to our home in East Oakland to set up our Internet because our neighborhood is in an “EDID zone.”
EDID is a meaningless acronym to me, but as the representative explained on the phone, it means that it subjects patrons in certain neighborhoods to come into Comcast centers, prove their identities to prevent fraud, and wait a long...
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Henry Cavill lost the role of Cedric Diggory to...
thehpfacts:
Ironically, he also lost the role of Edward Cullen to RPattz
Hey Henry Cavill- give yourself a pat on the back for not winning the role of Edward Cullen.
120 Ways to Agitate Someone Who Doesn't Like Harry... →
30. Break any awkward silences by saying, “How ‘bout them Chudley Cannons?”
ϟ: The Quidditch World Cup is an event you do NOT... →
thehpfacts:
On November 12-13, 2011 the Quidditch World Cup will take center stage on Randall’s Island in New York City. 100 teams and over 2,000 athletes from all over the country will compete for the coveted Quidditch World Cup title sponsored by the International Quidditch Association.
Based on…
This would be a great time to visit my cousin in NYC….except this is totally the...
Katie can speak Cantonese and Mandarin.
YEAH YOU GO CHO CHANG. Except the name “Cho Chang” always bothered me because it’s just sticking a Korean and Chinese last name together… Guess Rowling was just trying to hit some of the East Asians all in one go. hahahhahahha
kimprints asked: Okay, I'm not asking a question, but I thought I would tell you that I love packing boxes and rearranging my room too!!! <3 hahaha It's like tetris.
happy musings: I had a patient not too long ago... →
wordbox:
I had a patient not too long ago who needed to be transported to a doctor’s office for a surgery follow-up. The head of his right leg femur had popped out of its socket, and he had had surgery to fix it. The problem was, it was slowly pushing itself back out.
He hadn’t been up out of bed for physical therapy, or at all lately. He hadn’t been wearing the post-surgery wedge or his...
