took the stage then you stole the show

On Vox: kids say the darndest things

2009-08-19T05:27:23Z

SCHOOL STARTS NEXT WEEK.

While I am semi-prepared and semi-excited about it, I think the thing I'm most looking forward to is some of the ridiculous things the children say.

I went back through my entire Twitter profile a couple weeks ago, and found that I tweet about it being freezing cold in my classroom and quotes from children the most. Here are a few gems, copy/pasted from my Twitter profile.

7th grade boy, in reference to a child who kept walking in front of the camera during our concert: "Come on parents, HANDLE YOUR YOUTH!!"
me: "guys, what did i say about quiet?" 6th grade boy: "to be it."
"miss, would you hate fridays if they were the new mondays?" I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME FOR YOUR MIND GAMES, CHILDREN.
me to 7th grade boy: "you just made up a cereal name." 7th grade boy: "i'm not smart enough to make up 'frank n berry'"
kid 1: "hey, kid 2 - who's your only friend on myspace? tom?"
wow, the children are super intense and super annoying this morning. all up in my grill and etc.
i swear i just heard a child use the term "buttgoblin." NEW FAVORITE WORD!!
to get my attention, one of my beginning girls just PATTED MY STOMACH. WHAT.
"achilles had a bad knee. that's how they killed 'im, shot him in the knee." - 8th grader. *headdesk*
"there is an appropriate time and place for the macarena, and this is not it." - me, to a child doing the macarena instead of getting ready.
a child just asked me "miss, what size are you in the foot?" i just stared at him.
"miss, let's go to narnia!" exam week has clearly fried their brains.
"ms. [my last name], we should play 'stairway to heaven' for festival." BEST QUOTE EVER. (FUNNY STORY: I actually bought an arrangement of "Stairway to Heaven" for them to play this year!)
"you're cold like cereal and milk on a tuesday." DIRECT QUOTE FROM A BEGINNER. WHAAAAAT.

I hope that I can get a Twitter gadget that works on my iGoogle page, so that these kinds of tweets can continue to happen. Going back through them made me laugh so so so much.

Originally posted on newandhorrible.vox.com

On Vox: New setup!

2009-08-07T03:46:35Z

I've been planning to move my bedroom furniture around for a while.

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See? I even made a scale model.

Today I actually did it. No more procrastinating. No more blowing it off. IT WAS TIME.

The total time it took was around 3 hours.

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This is the view from my doorway. (And yes, that is a Twin comforter on my Queen bed.) I have a new comforter set coming (my birthday present from my mom!) that includes a bedskirt, so this will look much, MUCH better once the Queen comforter is on it. My TV is right across from my bed (I'm actually typing this from my bed, while watching the SYTYCD results show) and my desk is next to the TV. The 2 calendars on the back wall are LOTR and The Office. Next to my bed, on the wall, is a little bedside table with a lamp on it.

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I stood by the bedside table and took this picture, so you can see the desk. And you can (sort of!) see my little Backstreet Boys poster above the desk

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Wall with dresser, bulletin boards, and floor lamp!

And then you can see my entire Knitting Area. 3 containers for yarn storage, and 4 bags cluttered about with various knitting projects in them.

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It really feels like I moved into a brand new apartment. It's AMAZING. I love it so far.

Originally posted on newandhorrible.vox.com

Mother's Day

2009-05-11T03:43:22Z

I have the most awesome mother on the planet. (Don't even try and compare. Mine will win.)

Today, Mother's Day, she sent me an email telling me how "truly blessed" she is to have me as a daughter. Direct quote.

♥

legen - WAIT FOR IT

2009-05-03T08:34:30Z

-Go to IMDB.com and look up 10 TV shows you like(d).
-Post three official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for these 10 picks.
-Have your friends guess the show names.

1. Flashback - Scientific Experiment - Wet Jeans (LOST - mystico_tala)
2. Fugitives - Psychic - Wisecrack Humor
3. Downsizing - Awkward Silence - Accountant (The Office - mystico_tala & lostchapstick)
4. Real Time - Assassination Attempt - Federal Agent (24 - mystico_tala)
5. Fake Documentary - Sibling Rivalry - Narrator (Arrested Development - mystico_tala & lostchapstick)
6. Canadian - Yuppie - Told In Flashback (How I Met Your Mother - lostchapstick)
7. Tragicomedy - Homosexual Subtext - Archenemy
8. Eccentric - Inanimate Object - Surrealism
9. Whimsical - Resurrection - Young Versions Of Characters (Pushing Daisies - mystico_tala & lostchapstick)
10. Control Freak - Novelist - Murder Investigation (Castle - mystico_tala)

OKAY GO.

araeariel @ 2009-03-17T18:22:00

2009-03-18T01:26:13Z

AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAH

Location: Ask the Pendulum

*inhale*

AAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAHAHAHHA

I am dead.

not too shabby

2008-12-20T00:14:23Z

I am currently munching on banana walnut bread (holiday gift from my administrator, yeah!) and basking the glory of not having to go to school for 2 whole weeks.

SNOW DAY TOMORROW

2008-12-18T04:58:25Z

OMG I'VE NEVER HAD A SNOW DAY IN MY LIFE WHAT DO I DO WITH MYSELF????

MISS, IT'S A BLIZZARD!

2008-12-18T00:26:15Z

SNOW SNOW SNOW

REAL, STICKING-TO-STUFF SNOW

EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO DRINK HOT CHOCOLATE AND POSSIBLY GO MAKE A SNOW ANGEL.

wow, it's been a while since i've done one of these.

2008-12-07T09:02:54Z

WOW. Long time, no meme. Well, Marivy dearest tagged me, and I'm waiting for a video to upload to YouTube, so HERE WE GO.

A. Each tagged person must post eight things about themselves on their journal.
B. At the end, you have to choose and tag eight people.

1. I am VERY NITPICKY, but only about certain things.
2. I have jungle limbs. My arms are freakishly long.
3. Also, I have water skis for feet.
4. I wish I could marry a fictional character. Several, in fact.
5. I absolutely love my career.
6. I can't see myself doing anything else with my life.
7. I miss my family so much that it hurts sometimes.
8. I really like hugs.

TAGGING: danidocrafty, mysterygrrrl, mystico_tala, lyss_monaghan, boomingvoice, lostchapstick, wolfe_tone, musicbizcello. If you've already been tagged, SORRY. Do it again. Or not. Whatevs.

wtf, lj?

2008-12-06T06:39:33Z

So, reading through the flist this evening, I noticed that ALL the entry titles were links, and that the links within the entries were no longer white, like they used to be, but dark green like the rest of the text of the entry.

My "customize journal style" page still has all the same hex colors, but on my journal and flist, they are changed. The tags are still showing up in the old link color, though.

I am annoyed.

i ♥ the fam

2008-12-05T01:31:22Z

Laura
seriouslyyyyy what do i eat for dinner
i have cereal

Kathryn
hmmm what else do you have?

Laura
stuff for just one more homemade pizza
but i had that last night
i always have pasta

Kathryn
mmmmm pasta sounds yum

Laura
perhaps.
but that means i have to go and make it, and then no more fb chatting

Kathryn
pasta sounds disgusting

WHY DON'T I LIVE IN LA???

2008-11-24T19:07:40Z

I. AM. SO. JEALOUS!

KEVIN RICHARDSON, YOU HAVE BROKEN MY HEART. AGAIN!

BAM!

2008-11-18T00:22:49Z

I KNIT FOR JUSTICE stats 11/16/08
my knitting blog stats!

REALLY?

I published my Aubergine Dreams Neckwarmer pattern on my blog yesterday, and I added it to Ravelry's database, too. It is now in 2 queues, and my blog visit stats are THROUGH THE ROOF, compared to before.

YAY!

NEVERMIND!

2008-11-13T15:52:48Z

HACKED! from ladyjaida

This is what I do instead of teaching. HAHA.

THIS IS NOT FAIR

2008-11-13T01:40:18Z

THIS IS NOT FAIR THIS IS NOT FAIR THIS IS NOT FAIR.

NOT FAIR. IT'S IN RUSSIAN.

araeariel @ 2008-11-05T10:58:00

2008-11-05T19:01:32Z

Last night, my dad (jokingly) threatened to secede from the United States if Obama won. He also said that I would need a passport to get into the state of Texas when I go home for Christmas.

I know this isn't what my parents wanted to happen. And that's fine. They voted, I voted, Obama won, and now it's over.

I really just hope that they (and me, to some extent) can get past this strange period of president-elect-apprehension with an optimism to carry us through the next 4 years.

the forces of good are still lookin' out

2008-10-27T21:41:18Z

OKAY. SO. Around the middle of September, a lovely girl named TJ (that I met at Terminus, but we didn't figure out that we had met until later) contacted me through my knitting blog to ask about me perhaps contributing a knitting tutorial for an onine fanzine she was putting together with a friend of hers, Athena.

I must pimp:
SPEW website: Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare
Athena's LJ post about the zine: veganwrocker - SPEW Zine

We decided that I would do a Knit-Your-Own-Hat Tutorial for the October 31 issue. I was SO EXCITED about it! (I still am!)

I finished the instructions last night, scanned some images from The Knitter's Bible to explain casting on waaaay better than I could with words, and set it all up in a word doc. Now all I have to do is move some pictures from my camera into the word doc, and send it on its way!

I hope Athena and TJ like it, and that zine subscribers actually enjoy it.

OMG.

2008-10-23T00:17:18Z

BSB IN VEGAS!

NOV 22!

OMG.

Tickets are $48-$78. I need somebody to gooooo wiiiiiith.

AYE, AVAST.

2008-09-21T03:43:30Z

Okay, so, this is a day late. Arr, mateys.

TLAP 08
the epic artwork that i spent my before-school-starts-time doing on friday morning.

I threatened to make the children "walk the plank," and when they asked me where the plank was, I said, "IN THE DEAN'S OFFICE!" And then I told them if they had detention, they would have to "swab the deck." And, I made 6th period answer questions with "AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN!" 6th period has also decided that they would like every Friday to be "Pirate Friday." HAHA.

yo ron

2008-09-03T03:52:24Z

This picture makes me all wobbly inside. Oh, Rupert Grint. How could I forget about you?

TERMINUSTERMINUSTERMINUS. Let me get through this week of school, and I PROMISE I will post all the pictures from Terminus and all the awesome stories. I have an outline.

araeariel @ 2008-08-12T16:55:00

2008-08-12T23:57:30Z

I AM BACK IN VEGAS! TERMINUS WAS COMPLETELY RAD.

I have stories, and pictures, and insane amounts of EPIC-ness to share.

I don't have time to post them all now. Must organize pictures and corresponding stories, but I do plan to post all of it tomorrow.

Also, I have a meeting at school tomorrow from 9-11. I'm totally not ready to get back to The Real World yet. Weak sauce.

araeariel @ 2008-06-23T21:20:00

2008-06-24T04:20:55Z

puffkrispy!

THE ASTROS WILL BE IN CHICAGO THE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THAT I WILL BE IN CHICAGO! WE SHOULD GO!

araeariel @ 2008-05-02T16:47:00

2008-05-02T23:47:52Z

I LOVE IT when my mom comments on my knitting blog. :D

araeariel @ 2008-05-01T18:02:00

2008-05-02T01:04:00Z

I totally just almost burned down my apartment.

SMOKE EVERYWHERE.

if you happen to find a small brass key

2008-04-27T19:57:18Z

So I'm totally into Celebracadabra. OH, MAN.

I made a sandwich today on some Albertson's french bread. It was sooooo good.