thought of the moment, 26: Vote, SYTYCD!

Last night, my cousin and I saw So You Think You Can Dance on tour. Which was wildly satisfying, if for no other reason than that they performed the entire Thriller dance break as their encore. Plus, I want to squish Gev. He is so adorable.

But at one point, all I could think was: I hope they're all voting. How will that work? Did they register absentee, as soon as they knew they'd be going on tour, so they'd be able to vote from wherever they are on November 4?

thought of the moment, 25: warning

Watching Sarah Palin interview clips before breakfast induces nausea.

thought of the day, 39: collection

Today, the 10 year old girl who is playing Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland gave me a poem she had written in summer school last week. It's an acrostic (remember those?):
Different than normal mice
Outdoors is not their favorite friend
Observe them carefully (We talked about the poem last week and I reminded her that dormouse only has one "o.")
Ranches are where they live
Many different colors
Oddballs they are
Umbrellas are were [sic] they hide
Small and cute
Eagles like to eat them

I realized just now that I have been working with kids long enough, and with enough kids, that I've got a collection of items from them, including all the nametags I made during my work with New York Cares and the "art" I made with the 5 year old daughter of the stagemanager of My Fair Lady. (She had obviously just learned the letters i, s, and t, because those were all she used to "spell out" my favorite foods on neon post-its. I also taught her how to draw a cake and how to write and spell "chocolate.")

I can't even begin to imagine what I'll add to my collection while in school next year.

thought of the moment, 24: such a teacher

I actually just put the words "she's just a joy" into an email to one of my kids' parents.

5th grade math classes, here I come!

thought of the day, 38: enough of this could make a person go crazy

I cannot believe I'm on the verge of buying a one-way cross-country plane ticket.

This'll be the third time in as many years.

thought of the day, 37: CRAZY

I just received an email about registering for classes. I can barely contain my excitement!!

thought of the day, 36: i guess i am excited he won

I just purchased the first David Cook single, even though I don't think it's very good.

thought of the moment, 23: secret single behavior

Watching Sex and the City alone at 2 in the morning is about the only activity that makes me miss New York.

thought of the moment, 22: but seriously

I think America's Next Top Model is the ONLY show I can watch whenever it's on, no matter what episode.

thought of the day, 35: slug-a-bed

Don't hate me, but today is the first day in probably 3 weeks that I woke up before 10 AM.

thought of the day, 34: getting well

It's amazing how productive one can feel by doing something as simple as getting dressed before 5 pm, even if, technically, all one does after that is stay in bed.

thought of the moment, 21: let's do it

When's the last time you played a really great game of Hide and Seek?

thought of the moment, 20: summer?

My slippers have been retired to the closet and replaced with my house flipflops. It's SO HOT!

thought of the moment, 19: poor East Coast girl

S: oh
70s
is that warm? i forget.

thought of the moment, 18: out of practice

I have more anxiety about driving to it than about the presentation itself.

thought of the moment, 17: irony

"Rejected" comes out "Selected" in T9 mode on my cell phone.

thought of the day, 31: seriously planning ahead

I head off to Austin in a couple hours and the thought occurred to me last night that if my luggage doesn't reach me in Austin, I'd be totally S.O.L.

So I just packed a very full carry-on bag, with a set of interview-appropriate clothes, almost all my toiletries, my resumes, magazine, and book.

Eep.

thought of the day, 30: finally

It took me 2 weeks, lots of mornings of randomly waking up at 8:30, and half a bottle of wine to sleep for 12 hours here.

thought of the day, 29: Happy Birthday to me!

I started this blog 31,556,926 seconds ago. A year goes by real quick sometimes.

I was thinking of writing something commemorative to mark the occasion, but I think the monumental event of moving has eclipsed this moment in time.

Thank you all for your loyal readership!

Please keep it up, and look forward to these things in 2008:
American Idol, Season 7 blogging
More PCG moments
Revelations about my life in California
The announcement of and preparation for grad school
and much, much more!

thought of the day, 28: Cali

I'd totally forgotten how it smells different here.