2010 Day 9

Love is...

intrusive
exclusive
obtrusive
a seive
leaking emotions


Oh! And have I mentioned how much I love going to the movies?? Went and saw Sherlock, and loved it!! Liked how they set it up for a sequel, too. Now I am just eager for so many others...Percy Jackson, Leap Year, Valentine's Day, Eclipse, Lovely Bones, Tooth Fairy...looks like a good year to be a movie lover!!

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2010 Day 8

Love is lost, never
to be found
The heart is calling, silent
screams-wanting attention
he is blind, unable
to see the blood
from my bleeding heart

How do I call him
to my side?
How do I let him
know that I am his?
My heart is open,
ready, willing, eager-
left
alone


Not really a whole lot I can add to that...it's just something I came up with. 0 o

Hopefully, the length made up for the fact that I skipped last night...

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2010 Day 7

Hmmmm...I think today I will be taking a short break from the poem and anecdote sharing. Too worn out. However, I hope to write something great, awe-inspiring, and intellectually worthy this weekend...


And what is up with the word gerund???? That is NOT an easy word to pronounce!! ; ) Here's to a fantastic tomorrow and a totally amazing weekend!!!

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2010 Day 6

Happiness Project moment - Went to the Sundogs hockey game tonight. So fun! They won, which is always awesome, but I also have to add that I have almost as much fun watching all of the people around me. The cool thing is that I sat up top so I get to see everyone. Plus, there's like a special elevator and a special eatery up there. AND FUNNEL CAKE!!! So all things considered it was a really great night. So I guess I can just say that every once in a while, sports makes me happy.

Poetry - Ugh!! Okay, so let's put it this way...the long poems are so going to have to wait for the weekend... : D

In the meantime...

sliding across the slick ice
the puck sails home


(Long live the imagists!!!!!)

**Also, one of my students got this book titled "Twilight and Philosophy", so hopefully I will have something to say about that...**


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2010 Day 5

Sooooo...funny thing...which I guess is kinda my Happiness Project moment. I'm a teacher, therefore I always have papers to pass out. Most of the classes I had students who wanted to volunteer and they were passed out end of story. Get to one of my last classes of the day and I hand a stack of papers for a student to pass out. She looks at me, looks at them, and then I moved on to do something else, assuming she would do it. Next thing I know she is calling student's names and making them come to HER desk to get their papers...and ya know what? Every one of them did!!!! : )

Another funny moment is when Sammy was sharing food. She is a very generous and sweet little girl. The only downside is when she thinks that you need more and shoves it into your mouth. Then she pulls out a Santa hat, puts it on, and in her cute, tiny voice, says Ho! Ho! Ho! A-DOR-A-BLE!!!!!

Poetry:

I learned today about the different types of sonnets. When I think of sonnets, I think traditional Shakespeare, which is what my 8th graders will be starting with this week. Now I won't be writing a sonnet tonight, but soon...

Clip-Clop, Clip-Clop
the sound my heels make
Clip-Clop, Clip-Clop
oh, how my feet do ache!!!

LOL

Okay, but seriously...

Little birdy on my sill
Spring is almost here
Two more months until
I see the ocean clear.
(That one should be titled "Ode to Spring Break in Oregon with my Little Baby Brother".)

Th-th-th-that's all she wrote, folks!

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2010 Day 4

Happiness Project: I haven't watched Leno in a very long time. I used to watch it quite regularly, especially Mondays when he would read the headlines that people sent in. But tonight when I was watching was probably THE funniest one I have heard in a long time. It's an advice column called Dear John. A woman wrote in saying that she left for work, got a mile away, and then her car stalled. She walked back home to ask her husband for help, only to find out that when she got there he was having an affair. The writer then goes on to ask for advice on what she should do. The answer was amazingly awesome-John, the advice columnist extraordinaire, started giving advice about what to do when your car stalls and what causes that. Can you believe that???

Poetry...I am really finding it difficult to write poetry at the end of the day. The last thing I seem to want to do is THINK. Hmmmm...have to think about that one.

Night-night, baby said
as she crawled into my lap
Night-night, I said
as I tucked her into bed

Sweet dreams I wish
for you all night long
the dawn approaches
and we begin our day again

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P.S.

Okay, so someone put their thinking cap on and came up with a way to turn your blog into a book...huh.

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2010 Day 3

Duh duh duh... work starts tomorrow. Ugh. I am so not looking forward to that. I would really, really like just one more week off, but I guess that is not going to happen. It just seems like you go on vacation and then spend the rest of the time wishing you hadn't gone so that you could have gotten more work done. How am I ever going to catch up??

Happiness Project: Today's happiness is friends. I really am grateful for all of my good friends and all that they do for me. Everything from a listening ear to a fun night out (which by the way I am SO ready for). I can never repay my friends for all that they do for me.

Hmmm...which I guess brings me to a poem. Any poem...hmmm...

Some days I think of colors as numbers
red is three and blue is four
then of course when you mix them
you get purple seven once more.

Ha! LOL I don't know why I think the way I do, but I do...

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2010 Day 2- Kinda...

Thought I would make it...didn't realize how fast time goes when you are in the grading zone. Taking on this new position has been very challenging for me. I constantly feel plagued by doubts of all kinds-am I teaching the right thing? are they learning from me? am I too easy? too hard? is there a better way to inspire them? All of these run through my head over and over again. UGH!!

Happiness Project moment: Todays happy moment was when I got my hair done. There is something wonderfully magic and peaceful about changing color and cut. I am not sure if it is because someone is doing it for me or what, but I felt an instant surge of happiness afterward. It also helps immensely that the person who does my hair is also a really good friend of mine that I can talk to about anything. So here is to hair and the ear of a good friend.

After grading WAY too much poetry, I am really feeling more uninspired than anything else...so I think I will just try for a rhyming couplet...

Time flies away, silent wings of change and pain
reflecting on a moment when things are happy again.

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2010 Day 1

So here we are. A new year. Well, actually, it's almost day 2 of the new year so I had better get a move on.

Happiness Project. Haven't been very successful in that aspect of my life at the moment...hmmmm...let's see... I guess what makes me happy is my kids. They are the most important part of my life. Funny thing of the day: Sammy wanting to wear her new cowgirl boots for, like, 24 hours straight over her pj's. How cute is THAT!!!!! That girl really does love shoes. She is also starting to talk quite a bit which is frustrating and exciting...frustrating when we don't understand and exciting when we do. We were also supposed to start potty training but, well, that did NOT happen. Maybe in a few more weeks????

I also wanted to try doing something each day. You know, like Julie and Julia or all the other popular blogs out there. Really couldn't think of anything very earth-shattering so I though maybe I would just start writing some of my poetry on here. Since time is limited...I think I will just leave with a haiku.

heat seeps through skin like
ocean waves upon the sand
blurring time and angst


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