where's the WWF when you need them?

i feel like i should be on some kind of endangered species list: blue whale...siberian tiger...giant panda...conservative in fairfax county...


on a funny note, while manning the carpool line this afternoon, i looked over to see a kindergartener shaking his head as hard as he could while shaking his little fist and saying, "obama will be a BAAADDDD president!!!!!!! bad, bad, bad, bad, bad!!!!!!"

8th grade Fun Fact of the Day

if you ironed out the state of Colorado, it would be bigger than Texas.

things you don't see every day

yesterday at a scottish festival, i saw a guy simultaneously play the bagpipes, smoke a cigarette, and drink a yuengling.

i was impressed.

fact check

so out of morbid curiosity, i actually looked it up.

to be precise, my internal clock thinks i live in hong kong.

on moscow time

last night i had a ton of work that was due first thing in the morning, and i couldn't stay awake for the life of me. ended up planning lessons during the classes when i was supposed to teach them.

tonight, i still have a ton of work to do, but it doesn't have to be done until noon tomorrow. yet, for some bizarre reason, my body has decided that right now, 2 o'clock in the morning, is a GREAT time to be wide awake and get work done. i'm actually accomplishing a lot, for the first time in several weeks.

i will never understand my internal clock. i believe it thinks i live in russia.

arrival

my best friend from high school has been happily married for nearly five years and had her second child this morning. in comparison, i had a longer relationship with my fish than 2/3 of my boyfriends. should this worry me somewhat?

regardless: welcome, lorelei! congratulations mer, cameron, and sam!

greetings from the wonderful world of eighth grade

connor: "i have a glass eye."
candace: "no you don't."
connor: "yes i do."
candace: "no you don't. it's moving."
connor: "yes i do. see. poke it. it's glass."
candace: "i don't want to poke your eye. it's not glass."
connor: "yes it is. seriously. poke it. it's glass."

{pause}

candace: *poke*
connor: "OW! OW! that hurt! i didn't think you'd really do it!"
me: *snort*