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Yes, I do not have cable tv. And after this weekend of dogwatching and having cable, I realized this is the best possible thing for me. I would be seriously broke!

They sure do show a whole lotta informercials in the wee hours of the morning and damn, those products sure look good.AND in my half-awake state, if I had my phone and credit card conveniently placed by my bed, I would probably have ordered these products:

• The YUDU! What can You Do?!?! - it's a screenprinting machine...all in one and even professional screenprinters are using it!!! OMG!
• The Slice - it's digital, it's cordless, it slices stuff oh so nicely!
• P90x - It's a gym..in my house! it's extreme! That guy's like 80 years old and he looks like he's 40! This one just sucks me in because I'm addicted to fitness...kind of...
• The Principal Secret - Reclaim - I know this will probably burn my skin off but it's Victoria Principal people! Does anyone even remember her?!?!

So, yes, i should not have cable tv because everything in my house would be a tv product....

And also this morning I caught the most hilarious episode of Supernanny EVER! It was the British one too on Style TV. Seriously, if Supernanny doesn't stop people from having children I don't know what will! It's more powerful than birth control! Anyway, so in this episode, which I really wish there was a clip for, Supernanny has to deal with the most evil little 9 year old I've ever seen! And hello, aren't British children supposed to be super proper and respectful? This completely shattered my view..but then again there is Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen so there...

This girl was 9 with 2 younger sisters. Her sisters were super cute and it came to the part where Supernanny has to lay down the rules and also the consequences. The oldest girl, who sounded like she was 16, starts screaming "That's for sissies! That's stupid! Big Babies!" and then gets sent into the Reflection Room. Ok, there were no g.d. reflection rooms, my parents spanked me and honestly, thank god because I would have been a monster! So, they send the girl to the Reflection Room and she is just raging. Her dad walks in and asks for an apology and Supernanny is standing there. The girl starts yelling "She's not even a member of this family!" Then climbs over the table and attacks the Supernanny, literally kicking and punching and then takes Supernanny's arm and starts scratching up and down it like a cat and then ..get this..the monster BITES her! BITES!!!! Then Supernanny is remaining calm and saying in the most soothing tones "This is just [monster] being angry. She's just angry." WTH?!?!?!?! OH! NO!  Later in the episode, she ends up calling Supernanny at B*(&(! and then also walks over to her sister and just smacks her in the arm for no reason. Oh my gosh she was awful! Her mom grabs her and then says "you pinched [your sister]" and the monster says "I didn't pinch her. I punched her." La la la.

Seriously, if that isn't a demon spawn I don't know what is. Awful and yet, pretty hilarious because it was so appalling. 

See, I don't want to know this about British and/or American families. No thank you. and no thank you cable tv. I'd be broke and I'd think everyone had bad parenting skills...and children are monsters...

I'll stay uninformed in those areas thank you very much. 

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Before I begin..what is going on with Vox? It's been acting weird..first I inserted a photo and it ended up on some weird part of my screen. Now there's a weird vertical orange line in the content box...I don't understand?!?!

I have a new addiction...and it is called needle felting. Have you tried it? It's so fun. I also started wet felting. I've made this funny looking macaroon cookie thing. I need to buy thos weird googley eyeball things and stick it on it. I've made a pin. I wet felted some soap. And now I'm working on a weird cuff/corsage. I can't stop! I need an intervention where someone stops me from going to the Home Ec Shop.

You can take a class with Jenny Ryan, who is really nice and sweet and super supportive. I'm so glad I could take a class this time. I always miss out because they really sell out pretty fast.

Thanksgiving was super fun. We actually had an early celebration the week before and then the day of I hung out with Ambookgeek and Melle. So fun! We watched "The September Issue" and then ate at the French Market/Quarter in WeHo. I'm so glad I could spend it with 2 fantastic friends.

Also, there's only "14 teaching days" (someone corrected me this morning after I blurted out - "We have 3 weeks left til break!!!" - nope only 14 days.

I think I will bake my cookies for the staff & faculty next week. I have some new recipes and I invested in a Kitchenaid stand-up mixer. I already made this awesome chocolate pecan pie with it. Well I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

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Also, it's Worlds AIDS day today.

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I feel like a curmudgeon. These past two months have been kind of hectic, like the Universe decided to kick me in the pants and I'm trying to figure out what it is I need to get a clue about.

Lessons I Should Probably Remember:

1. It's ok to ask for help - during my whole experience with my recently paid off car, I had to ask my mom for help. I hate asking for help from anyone. Usually, I just suffer and feel like crap about my self. But this time, I asked, it felt awful but overall, I'm not beating myself up about it. Because really, that just makes me sick mentally and physically.

2. Save money, stay in town - so due to the car stuff, I'm staying home for Turkey Day. The brighter side, I'm going to hang out with Ambookgeek. Also, my friends are awesome and have invited me to Turkey Day festivities so I had those options but I'm really looking forward to a movie and Chinese food. Also, Headphonerecord and Felicious will be in town for the weekend so I will get to spend some time with them too because I miss them so much!

3. Potlucks are the bomb, but plan it for the weekend - This wednesday we had our potluck and hello, can I just tell you my friends know how to cook!!! Amazing! Amazing mac & cheese, delicious stuffed dates wrapped in bacon, yummy cornbread muffins, mashed potatoes, spicy spicy greens, the best sweet potatoes (hold the marshmallows but throw on the crumb topping), turkey, ham, cheese plate goodness! Such a fun time. We missed some people but hopefully next year, if we do it over a Friday night we can actually not feel guilty about enjoying the cocktails and staying up late.

4. Open the door and let people in - I started a hula class and am starting to hang out with my other coworkers. I tend to like to keep things together but separate. Does that make sense? I try not to have the lines of my life cross over too much but this year, I have approached things differently. So, now I'm in the hula class that is actually testing the lines I have drawn. It makes me uncomfortable but I'm also feeling a little better about things. I just have a hard time trusting people and this class, for some reason, is really pushing that wall. I don't know if it will ever come down completely but I think there's a little crack.

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The Hotrats
Originally uploaded by Phil Sharp..

YES!

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Narwhals

Good morning! Getting ready to run 9 miles with Miss K. Blades is off at her mom's so she's not joining us today. I would rather be curled up in bed because (1) it's still dark out (2) it's freezing out there and (3) I'm still sleepy!

So, in order to wake up, I thought I'd listen to this ridiculous Narwhal Song. I don't even know what cartoon it's for..all I know is it's cracking me up.

Another plus for this morning..the House passes a health reform bill!!!

All right..off to torture my body! Happy Sunday Folks!

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Hilarious Shake Weight Exercise for Women Video

I was working out at the school gym and they have a nice TV with cable on it so I was watching AM on MTV because I need to know what the kids are listening to these days and this commercial came on!  WT? Um, I know, I am probably late to the game but really shake weight...really?!?!?

It's just like that Schick Quattro Commercial!

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But I was cracking up with this shake weight commercial. Because hello! yes, my mind went there!

And then I saw this on YouTube

The Shake Weight for Men Workout

um..ok Shake Weight..O.K.

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Ok, one of my students showed me thing..(um..someone just started singing "blame it on the ..a..a.a..alcohol..." walking out of the library)..let me focus...Bourne 4 is coming out but this movie, "Green Zone" is just like all the Bourne movies!

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Deth P. Sun "Please Be Brave", GR2 Los Angeles November 14-December 2
Originally uploaded by Marci and Deth.

Mark your calendars! Nov.14..I'm putting it in my calendar right now!

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KO

by a kid...

Last night, I chaperoned a school dance. I also agreed to dress up and help scare students in the haunted hallway.

Who knew it would be so dangerous?!?!

I was standing behind one of the curtains that lined up against the wall waiting for kids to come through. It was actually set up really nicely. They even had fog machines and lots of Halloween decorations, creepy sculptures, lights and a pretty good spooky soundtrack.

I was already at my station for about 15 minutes and I expected some pushing...I know, when I'm scared I hit. That's why I don't go to those haunted mazes and parks during Halloween...I'll fight someone. You just have to be honest with your self and admit that you can't do certain things. I hope this kid realizes that he just can't do scary.

So, I'm waiting, and a couple times kids were all "don't scare me." so I just hung back behind the curtain. Plus, it was kind of impossible to see through the mask I had on...

Then this group comes through and the girls are squeeling and there was this one kid. I noticed him earlier and I thought, "whoa. is that kid a high schooler?" Also when I got there, 2 kids tried to take the mask off one of the other teachers and totally scratched her face because the mask is this cheap stiff plastic. So I expected some reactions. But this kid...this kid was walking through yelling "don't scare me or I'll punch you in the face!" I was all "ok." and then I went flat against the wall. But this kid is punching his way through the hallway and clocked me right in the face. He hit me right on the nose and my upper lip and pushed that mask into my face and it fell off. I admit I was like "oh hell no!" I was like "who punched me in the face?!?" I come out and it's that kid! He's tall and hefty! He's all "oh...sorry." I'm like "no, you don't punch going through." 

I took him out and told this  teacher and this guy did nothing. I turn around because no one told me what the protocol was to deal with this and I was pissed. I turn around and the kid is walking away laughing. I grab another teacher and luckily he totally gave that kid a talking too.  Thank goodness because honestly, nothing happened. That kid was still there dancing it out til the end of the dance. I also think some of my colleagues didn't believe me. At one point once of them said "oh he said he was patting the walls." I'm like my lip and nose wouldn't feel life this if he was patting the walls. Sorry, no. That sucks but whatever. I don't even think he was supposed to be there. Anyway, I think that's the last time I'll be chaperoning a dance for a while.

It was a fun idea but if you have people getting injured...not such a good idea.

Now my upper lip and my nose feel weird and are slightly swollen. Luckily it's not noticeable but geez man..if you can't handle being scared why are you going to go into a haunted hallway punching at the curtains like that...Just stay out.

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