I’ve been trying to get the big kids to do something interesting and useful with the video cameras they HAD to have. So far, I haven’t had much luck. I’m wondering if they would be interested in doing something like this: TAKE BACK THE CAPITOL. It seems to be right up their alley, ya know? They have strong ideas and feelings, maybe this is a good way for them to put them to use.
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Meet the teacher day here so of course we need back to school cupcake toppers, don’t we? This site has great stuff. Crayon picks, mini laptops, cool stuff like that. If you can’t find something fun here, then you should just give up.
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OK I’m going to link to Dooce – be prepared. It can’t be helped. There is a good reason for it, besides the fact that she is tall and beautiful and funny and successful and she’s got a cool dog which is saying something since I don’t like dogs. Here we go… brace yourselves…
So, I was reading Dooce just now and I was laughing, like I always do. Because, well, she’s funny. TW said, who are you laughing at and I was slow to respond because I was still reading and laughing and as I said "Dooce," TW said "I should have known, because that was your Dooce laugh. And, when I hear your Dooce laugh, it makes me a little bit jealous." Heh.
I have a Dooce laugh which is not the same as my Big Yellow House Laugh Notes From the Trenches. Who knew? And, who knew it made her jealous? Women are weird.
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I love youtube. I mean it. I really love them. And I love Melissa for uploading this video. I’m ready for this album, twangy or not. I’m also ready for some southern tour dates, darn it.
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There are about two weeks out of the year when driving on the UF campus is not a nightmare – this is one of those weeks. I can’t even enjoy it though because I’m still thinking about the summer madness and dreading the fall madness.
In the summer, traffic headaches are numerous – all of those preview mommies (yes there are some daddies and of course there are students, but the mommies are the worst) those huge gangs of preview people who block traffic by crossing by the hundreds right in front of the bookstore. Why can’t they direct them to cross at the light instead? Those mommies who choose to wear the WRONG shoes for a full day of preview walking, they are stumbling and slow at 8am having only walked a mile from the parking garage to the Union. And then there are the mommies who carry these huge bags, bigger than anything their kids will ever need to carry as students on this campus, and feel some need to dig their cell phones or their lipsticks out of their bags in the middle of the crosswalk – holding up traffic because they cannot walk in those shoes and dig stuff out of their bags at the same time.
In summer, you’ve also got the camp kids – 4H, dance camp, volleyball camp, golf camp – you name it, there’s a camp. Gangs of kids with surly looking adults crossing everywhere and anywhere, often against the light (if they even bother to cross in the crosswalks). Summer, I hate summer on campus.
In the fall, the back to school unloading of stuff. Oh the stuff college kids bring. Oh the parents who park alongside the road, in the bike lanes. I’m so not looking forward to that mess.
And once everyone is all moved in, then there’s the bike lane issue. Don’t flame me for this, or go ahead and flame me… what makes 18 year old girls who haven’t ridden a bike regularly since they were 12 decide they must ride a bike on campus? It’s dangerous. I mean really dangerous. They are all wobbley, they can’t make it up the big hill, and going down that hill, that is just a nightmare waiting to happen. They can’t cross the street properly on those bikes and they aren’t good at paying attention to right turning cars and pedal at the same time. Nightmare.
Let’s not forget football mayhem, leading into basketball mayhem. Oh the traffic, the traffic, the traffic. Go gators, bah!
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I got in the car today at 3pm and the temperature was 105. Now that might not be hot enough to bake some cookies but it was hotter than I wanted it to be, considering I didn’t have time to let the AC cool things down – I was already running late and I really hate running late.
Maybe one of those Auto Cool Solar Car Fan thingies would be a good idea? Has anyone ever tried one? It is a "TV product" and surely someone out there is as addicted to those as TW is… If you’ve tried this, I want to hear about it. TW’s birthday is coming soon!
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Ani at NOW – she’s proud to join the ranks of the mommies. I bet she’d adore mommybloggers. Righteous Babe Mommybloggers, someone should talk to Righteous Babe about starting that type of mommyblogger network.
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I hate it when I enjoy Oprah Book Club books. I really hate it, particularly if Oprah has chosen the book before I’ve read it. But, I liked Midwives and I wonder why I didn’t read it sooner. What’s not to like?
I’m always surprised at how well Chris Bojhalian (link to his blog), handles women’s topics. Water Witches and Midwives, very cool. His choice of narrator, Connie – the daughter of the accused Midwife, was excellent. I can’t imagine how the story might have been told from the Rand’s perspective (Rand is Sybil’s husband) and I think if it had been told from the midwife Sybil’s perspective, it would have been to clunky. Connie was a good choice.
I enjoyed it, darn Oprah. I hate it when she does this sort of thing to me.
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Are you a Pro Blogger? Heh. I am a serious amateur. Imagine that. Give me six months and I’ll have been able to purchase more than coffee with my earnings (but I’ll still just purchase coffee with my earnings, because that’s the extravagant sort of woman I am) – and I really should move these things to my own server, shouldn’t I? Nah, I like Typepad well enough. Maybe when I do that whole lesbian sex blog thing, then I’ll need wordpress on a server, won’t I? Heh.
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