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Nov. 17th, 2009 @ 10:50 pm why can't I get BBC in realtime?
Martin Freeman is hosting Buzzcocks next week. AAAAARGHHHH! Please, somebody post this IMMEDIATELY to youtube.
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Oct. 29th, 2009 @ 12:07 pm I will be making 100 of these
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/blog/crochet_pumpkin

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Oct. 8th, 2009 @ 01:46 pm Who needs a proper job?
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Thinking of giving up my proper job and making a go of living by my wits. Not sure if my wits are up to it.

I figure I need to make $1600 a month to keep everything pretty much as it is. At least until the student loan people finally demand their pound of flesh.

I'm home on a sick day today, though, and I'm kinda bored. I've already had students text wondering where I was and one complaining that he brought his guitar today, and it is "no fair" that I didn't show.

I teach without a conference period on B days, and he has class without an off period. When were we supposed to play, I wonder?

I will miss that.
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Aug. 7th, 2009 @ 08:35 am Noel Fielding - yeah, he's cute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBt_AoYjGg0
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Feb. 3rd, 2009 @ 10:21 pm sucky day
Got pulled for a meeting unexpectedly from the beginning of class and totally, totally lost it.

I'm presenting at a very small local teacher conference on using graphic novels in the classroom and did not appreciate having my first class of data collection smashed to bits by being hauled to a meeting where I knew I would prove unnecessary.

Ah well. I then felt stupid for going crazy. It's a freshman error, and I should have kept it together.

Better luck tomorrow.
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Feb. 1st, 2009 @ 06:55 pm down the rabbit hole...
OK. So. SGA. Freakin' addicted.

I am about to finish season 2, and I just nearly bought Season 3 at Target this evening. Instead, I canceled my target card because I am tired of dealing with their payment system which never functions properly, and then turns around and charges me $35 for its idiocy.

I pay quite enough for my own idiocy, thank you very much, and do not need to be supporting the bad habits of online and telephone systems which do not wish to communicate in a timely fashion.

I am working through the some 148 recs that [info]fabu has posted - for the second time, so that I can tag only the ones I REALLY like, and then I will go out and explore on my own.

Unfortunately, the Flylady has paid a terrible price for my new fun, 'cause now I come home and read for four hours instead of shining my sink.
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Jan. 10th, 2009 @ 07:01 pm check in
Been doin' the Flylady thing for a week now, and I am tentatively declaring the sink and the laundry a win. I have one couch full of clothes to put away, but everything in the house is washed. Or given away. :)

Been writing snippets and lists. Not enough to make me feel right, but enough to make me feel better. I came to the stunning realization in October that I had been depressed for the last year. Husband looked at me disbelievingly and slightly mockingly. It isn't fair when someone knows you better than you know yourself.

Anyway, as remedies go: changing jobs, giving my brother's two kids back to him, and cutting off my parents seems to be effective. I feel better. But different, too, and not sure how to deal with that.

I spoke to both my parents at Christmas for the first time - in weeks for my mom and months for my dad. I don't know how this is going to go. I honestly don't have much hope. That's not true. I have ridiculous hope - I somehow carry the hope and the implausibility of success together.
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Jan. 8th, 2009 @ 10:21 pm movie of the week
I went to see The Wrestler this evening on a free pass. Mickey Rourke's performance was quite good (I'm not usually a fan). It's hard to say whether I liked it. "Like" does not seem like a suitable word. I got through the whole movie without crying, but went to the bathroom during the closing credits and sobbed in one of the stalls for two minutes. People were waiting, or I might have been there for a while. It's hard to untangle everything that the movie said to me. And I'm to tired to do it tonight.
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Jan. 6th, 2009 @ 08:29 pm back in the saddle
Survived the first day back at school. Not as terrifying as I'd feared, though my more challenging classes are tomorrow. How did it get to be 8:30? It just seems like there is not enough time in the day to do what really, really, NEEDS to be done. V. frustrating.
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Jan. 5th, 2009 @ 09:20 pm back to the grind
Not ready at all for work tomorrow. Psychologically, that is. Still not finding time to think and write, quite. Nothing more than fragments.
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Jan. 4th, 2009 @ 03:26 pm Hard Times
Walked out the door today to discover that my bike had been stolen.
Damn it.
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Jan. 3rd, 2009 @ 07:10 pm new year
Would like to stop and reflect on the old year, but am finding myself strangely busy. Will make time soon. For now...today I made tortilla soup in my Christmas crock pot and went to see Let The Right One In. Review to follow soon. Suffice to say, I was fascinated and am now mildly traumatized.

I'm thinking I might try to see a movie every week this year. Next up: The Wrestler on Thursday. I expect it to make me cry, but I have free passes, so I think I'll risk it.

Update:
Me - 5
House - 3
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Jan. 2nd, 2009 @ 11:47 am peas and cabbage
Used my brand new Crock pot to make cabbage soup yesterday. Ate black-eyed peas - why do these bring you good luck? The fiber content, maybe?

Headed out to my sister's to rescue her from her children for a bit. But first - updated score:

Me - 3
House - 5

I'm hoping just to tip the balance before the family returns from San Antonio tomorrow.
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Jan. 1st, 2009 @ 05:31 pm current score
Me: 1
House: 7

update: Me 2, House 6
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Jan. 1st, 2009 @ 12:24 pm Resolved:
This year I will be kinder to myself.
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Dec. 30th, 2008 @ 08:25 pm damn it
allergies killing me. allergy meds putting me to sleep so I don't notice (as much). son tried to destroy house today by carrying gasoline in a styrofoam cup into the bathroom. that is all.
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Dec. 29th, 2008 @ 07:26 am stolen hour
I love vacation. I'm up early to meet a friend to walk town lake, but she texted to move the time an hour later, and now I have an entire hour of quiet with nothing to do but wait for my long sleeved shirt to dry (notice the singular - I really have to buy some clothes...someday) and drink coffee. I suck at planning time like this, but I'm not half bad at stealing it once in awhile.
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Dec. 28th, 2008 @ 09:16 pm small mercies
Though I must say that I am horrified, horrified by the liberties taken with the (admittedly sketchy) source material, the possibility that Merlin and Arthur will make out has me just a bit riveted to BBC's Merlin. I kept looking at the actor, thinking - I KNOW him... and then last night it clicked that he was in "Midnight" on Dr. Who. I get on wikipedia to confirm, and find, much to my relief, that he will be 23 years old in a few short days, and I can admire him freely without concern for perviness.

Merry Christmas to me.
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Apr. 4th, 2007 @ 11:52 pm April poetry spam - Tess Gallagher
I Stop Writing the Poem

to fold the clothes. No matter who lives
or who dies, I'm still a woman.
I'll always have plenty to do.
I bring the arms of his shirt
together. Nothing can stop
our tenderness. I'll get back
to the poem. I'll get back to being
a woman. But for now
there's a shirt, a giant shirt
in my hands, and somewhere a small girl
standing next to her mother
watching to see how it's done.
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Jun. 30th, 2006 @ 06:03 pm Summer of Swim, day 30
Today we swam at Murchison Neighborhood pool, off of Far West (on the north side). Nothing special about this pool. It was smallish with a deep section jutting out to the side that once held a diving board. No shade over the water, but a couple of benches in shady spots and a pergola that looked nice for a picnic or something (though we had already eaten.) Nice to be in the water, but not a favorite.
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