light + testosterone = malicious playfulness

My husband and a laser pointer. the ultimate exercise in annoyance. I'm trying to fold laundry and he thinks it's hysterical to grab a laser pointer and get the cat to destroy everything in site. I can barely hear myself think over the cackles of vicious laughter, not to mention I have to refold everything now and there is a good chance it is covered in fur!

such is his way.

aren't we self important

So I finally got this tweetin' twitter thing figured out. well at least I think I've got it started. so now I have to remember to tweet, blog and facebook every time I do anything of any interest or significance. Seriously, is there anyone that interest in my daily pursuits that all of these technologies are necessary? Or do I just think so highly of myself that I need to write and journal everything that I do.
Let's see, today I listened to a keynote address by the Kielburger brothers. That was pretty awesome. I was very inspired. Then I presented a workshop on the Life Before Profit initiative I started in our school to a group of educators from all across the province. That part was cool. I worked on my paper for my specialist certificate. This is through the university of Western, Ontario. Then I started some preliminary watercolour sketches for a friend who wants me to illustrate her children's book. this is a project that has been in the works for some time now but is just finally started to take off. We shall see where it goes. I'm working on knitting a blanket for the Project Linus - blankets for sick and needy children. I am avoiding working on it though because I don't really have a pattern and I'm probably going to make a horrible mess. hopefully it doesn't end up as one my many unfinished knitting projects. ugh- it's just such a slow tedious process. I always think I am going to finish- and it seems like such a great idea at the time.
Tomorrow I drive home from Toronto. I am supposed to stay and go to an award banquet to receive the Michael Carty award for my proposal, but I am up here by myself and checkout of the hotel is at noon. I don't want to hang out until 6p.m. to go to a dinner by myself where I don't know a soul. So i will just go home instead and they can courier the award to me. Not that I don't appreciate the accolades, i just am way to introverted to go through all those motions.
blech.
i guess i really should pay more attention to this blog. I would prefer to use it a diary, but I don't want to let those thoughts, feelings etc. public.... tempting... but way too incriminating! yikes

another day...

funny finding things that are so much like yourself in the ones you teach. Students are crying their eyes out at the same anguished English that I myself find such humour in! Love it when you find a kindred spirit. Botched translations and pathetic notes that excuse children from school are always good for a guffaw.

I guess my mood is lightening with the weather.

Would much rather be on a patio or in the backyard with a tasty margarita...but I digress.

Time for some parent/teacher interviews....

life is grand

Can I just tell you that today there was an incident report for me to sign...

it was from my daughters' school. and let me just say, that parenting ones' self is not an easy task.

turns out my daughter received an injury in the form of a pinch on the cheek from another little girl.

Upon investigation, it turns out that my daughter received this pinch because she informed the other child that her hair "looked terrible"

I have to tell you ... not to be rude, but... your hair...

apples don't fall far my friends!

She is so spicy!

ouch

Ineptitude

wow
i am always shocked by how some are in positions that would seem as though they would require not only some type of education requirement, but also a maturity, sense of vision, compassion etc... still lack basic logic.
perhaps more I am astounded by the lack of care, compassion, moral conscious in other individuals.
What kind of an adult would feel gratified by bullying - perhaps they are emotionally stunted. Maybe they failed to develop a mature sense of self and need to rely on the acceptance of others. I don't think i should try to rationalize others implorable behaviours. But I feel a strong urge to try to protect those who are being hurt, undermined and steered in the wrong direction because of a person's concern for themselves and the prestige. Truly there will be justice forthcoming- doesn't it always come out in the end~ or is that just another faery tale?
we shall see...
on another note, have I mentioned that the Thesaurus is one of my favourite books.
also it is interesting that I was gossiping yesterday with a friend
She was telling the tale of a couple who is drowning in debt, asking for help, but yet unwilling to make any changes...
again my theory that adults are just aged children.
truly- if your credit card debt is greater than your annual income- it is time to say No to vacations and other luxuries- especially for the sake of your children's future.
Such selfishness~ I can't believe that I am even wasting precious minutes of my life worrying about someone elses' poor choices.
It's not as if I don't have enough on my plate- especially since I am starting another AQ course in May. However I just can't ignore the implications that this persons decisions will have within her relationships and the future.
agghh- i guess my s/o is right- i should just be ignorant to all the philistines out there.... use your thesaurus!

Ode to the drama...

Oh cathartic blog...
can they not realize that a creative mind needs time to be still.
An avalanche of upcoming achievements, finished projects and new ideas
are raining heavily
while one is still tying up loose ends and mourning the end of the last beginning.

crap... there goes the next bell.

Fortitude- the virtue that challenges us to be courageous

Why is it that fortitude is so often overlooked or condemned to be politically incorrect?
When did it become rude to speak an intelligent, informed opinion? It seems to me that nowadays if you have a different thought or an idea that opposes another persons' idea it is considered wrong, adversarial or wrong.
I believe that if you arent' truthful (not to say you can't be tactful while truthful) then you are disingenuous. I would prefer to be around those who had the fortitude to disagree with me and make their opinions known than those who cower and choose to just agree rather than think about a situation and have a voice of their own.
The latter situation recalls the tale of the Emperor's New Clothes.