February 2012
76 posts
"Fairy Tales"
Coworker: In my life plan I would need to get married by 26, so next year. I guess that means I have a year to find a husband, but I’m ready to settle down with my boyfriend.
Me: Aww (Feigned). How long have you been together?
Coworker: Almost a year. He hasn’t said ‘I love you’ yet but I know he does. He can’t do better than me.
Me:
The “twenties”...
Clipped.
Sometimes I think about how much I curtailed my goals since graduating from Berkeley. It makes my heart ache.
I miss aspiring to greatness. I guess this is growing up?
Easy A
Today was a rough day on the job. My 11th graders have not been on task lately and haven’t been responding to my attempts at reprimanding them. I talked to their teacher whom I really respect and she suggested I, “stop being so nice.” I trust her input and it made me upset to think that my love of conversing with my students may actually be hindering them academically. I was deep...
Time: Latinos could pick the next president
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The latest cover of Time makes a bold statement. (Time Magazine)
By JORDAN FABIAN Channel: Politics, Media
Politicians, you’ve been warned. The latest cover of Time magazine proclaims “Yo Decido. Why Latinos will pick the next president.”
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Efficacy
Today I feel alive.
Spent 2.5 hours cleaning my room and doing laundry. Threw out 3 bags of crap.
Showered and now making dinner.
Where is this coming from?
Favorite Family →
Groening describes the show as “‘a bunch of writers and animators trying to be as funny as possible and still tell stories with heart. James L. Brooks insisted from the very beginning that the characters had to be real and if it were just a cartoon he wasn’t interested in pursuing it. And I think that was a really smart thing.”
Conjunctivitis
My dad would take me to get a burger at Tommy’s after visiting Urgent Care.
Love. <3
Gasp
I feel like I’m drowning.
For the first time in my life, I am trapped.
WatchDumb vieja
Warmth
My student sent me an email to tell me he has a card he bought me for Valentine’s Day. Why am I crying?
Frustrated.
Why am I always sick?
:)
Seeing the Sotomayor photo below amongst all the wedding rings and cupcakes on Pinterest: Priceless.
Because I don't need another man telling me I'm...
“I do have concerns about women in frontline combat. I think that could be a very compromising situation, where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved. And I think that’s probably—you know, it already happens, of course, with the camaraderie of men in combat. But I think it would be even...
Victims of abuse in California school silenced by...
UGGGH Fuck this
univisionnews:
After finding legal representation, eight undocumented families are coming forward in the case against a Califonia school teacher accused of committing lewd acts on children. (Screenshot) By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
Eight families affected by child abuse at an Elementary school in California say they were afraid to come forward because they are...