running

i just ran a 5k.
outside.
nonstop.
on hills.
without walking.

in 29 minutes and 45 seconds.


which was the goal i was trying to reach before my race on sunday. yes!!

virtutis gloria merces

war is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. the person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. [john stewart mill]


for love of country, they accepted death. [james a. garfield]


uncommon valor was a common virtue. [adm. chester w. nimitz]

you would think i taught remedial kindergarten, not 11th grade...

"umm...miss p?"

"yes, andrew?"

"i swallowed a marble."






(and yes, he really does call me miss p.)

end of the semester

i am now officially halfway done with my masters degree. i don't have to go back to grad school for four more months!! which means...

i have my life back!

u.s. government field trip to d.c.

tour guide: "the statue on the capitol dome is named 'freedom'."
gabriel: "why is freedom an indian with a bird on her head?"

they really are cocky little buggers, aren't they?

"do you want to go to prom with me??"
"no, tyler."
"why not? we're close to the same age."
"not close enough to be even remotely appropriate, tyler."

all my life philosophies come from comic strips

new favorite comic strip quote, courtesy of meredith:

"and what manner of nitwittery is about to plague me on the morrow?!"




this pretty much sums up my entire attitude about my job...and the world in general, really.