April 2010
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Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
“You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it. Like a wave from the...”
– Alan Watts my favorite quote
Apr 30th
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“My name is Walker, but you can call me Lovely.”
– Walker, one of my 4 year old students this morning.
Apr 29th
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Conversations with Children:
5th Grader: Is that a tattoo on your wrist?
Me: Yup, it is.
5th Grader: Do you have AIDS?
Apr 29th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
Listenkayfabe: Frank Turner - Substitute The last...
Apr 27th
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The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English  →
melancholynotes: Ailurophile A cat-lover. Assemblage A gathering. Becoming Attractive. Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.  Brood To think alone. Bucolic In a lovely rural setting. Bungalow A small, cozy cottage. Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye. Comely Attractive. Conflate To blend together. Cynosure A focal point of admiration. Dalliance A brief love affair. Demesne Dominion, territory. Demure Shy...
Apr 26th
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“He was sitting in the library talking about Jackson Pollock and he loves pouring...”
– Dani, on attraction
Apr 26th
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Have you ever looked back at papers you wrote in college and thought to yourself, “who the hell wrote this?!” I just re-read a paper I did on deforestation and I had to look up 6 phrases I used in the first paragraph. THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. I wonder if I sounded as pompous to my professors as I do to myself. 
Apr 26th
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Apr 25th
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Mushroom Veggie Burger →
I’m trying reeeaalllyyy hard to be a vegetarian. The thing is, I love meat. Steak and bacon and carne asada and all that stuff. I love it. I have some friends who became a vegetarian after watching a pig get slaughtered. That’s all it took. I wish that’s all it would take. As a child I used to watch as my pet cow would get it’s stomach slashed open. Intestines would tumble...
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Friday Nights
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Apr 24th
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“No no, I think they’re called “beaters.” You know, because...”
– How a 7th grade girl explained what a sleeveless shirt is to me this afternoon.
Apr 23rd
Apr 22nd
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Gar: There's a used bandaid on the floor of the bathroom. Krys, come get it.
Me: What?! Why? It's not mine. I'm not disgusting.
Gar: ....it has Spongebob on it.
Apr 22nd
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Adventures in Teaching
Today I taught a class on topography and pervious surfaces. To help my students grasp the concepts we went ravine walking for an hour. It was incredible. I was a little weary because usually 8th grade girls don’t want to get their skinny jeans and their Juicy jackets covered in mud but oh. my. goodness.  My group was awesome. It took us about 45 minutes to climb down this...
Apr 22nd
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Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
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Apr 16th
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Betty-Ann: What are you doing? Just pour [the drink] in the pitchers, honey.
Me: I'm just testing it. I don't want it to taste like diabetes.
Betty-Ann: (after laughing an unnecessarily long time) Oh, you see that? You might be a little strange but that sense of humor will get you a boy in no time.
Apr 16th
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“Hmm.. I think I just got a whiff of salsa.”
– The next person to say this as they walk past me or approach me is going to get a fist to the face. I mean it. The kinda-racist innocent jokes are funny sometimes. I laugh. But every day? Every damn day? Every damn meal of every damn day? Enough already. 
Apr 15th
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Apr 15th
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Betty: Honey, would you try some of these veggies to see if they're done?
Me: Oh my, do you even have to ask? I love mushrooms more than I love men.
Betty: Don't say things like that. No one will marry you.
Apr 15th
Apr 15th
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TP: That probably would have made life a lot easier.
Me: Sorry I'm sweeeeet.
TP: Ugh, sweet will never be the way to describe you. More like battery acid to the eyes and paper cuts under the nails.
Apr 13th
Apr 12th
In the last 15 minutes I’ve seen: 102 Painted turtles, 2 gigantic Snapping turtles, 1 snake, and 1 Great Blue Heron. I love this place.
Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
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“Fragrant little chips of history spewed from the saw cut, and accumulated on the...”
– Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
Apr 11th
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Glimpse: April 11th My dad is awesome.
Apr 11th
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Listenthemattsmith: I made this last night in my easy...
Apr 11th
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“In an ideal world, I’d have all ten fingers on my left hand, so my right...”
– Dwight
Apr 11th
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Steve: You brought a book to a baseball game?!
Me: Yeah. I didn't want to get bored. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE. I didn't know what to expect.
Steve: God, I hate you.
Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
The Brain: The Mystery of Consciousness →
awesome article.
Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
Gar: You're just not very brave, that's all.
Me: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! I killed a giant spider last night and I didn't call either of you guys up to help me or do it for me.
Gar: It doesn't count if I can hear you screaming from out on the front porch.
Apr 9th