It Is All My Doing

"Finding out that we are one of a kind could be a lonely and frightening thing without the..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:36 -0700

“Finding out that we are one of a kind could be a lonely and frightening thing without the reassurance of knowing that we belong to humankind, and that all humans laugh and cry about many of the same things; that all have similar hopes and fears; that all have many of the same needs; and that those needs are best met by other human beings who can love us for both our similarities and our differences.”

- Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers), quoted in Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way, p. 75

Dear Self, It’s 3:35 on the Friday of the last working weekend of the school year, and you...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:37:48 -0700

Dear Self,

It’s 3:35 on the Friday of the last working weekend of the school year, and you snuck out on time. Why are you still wearing pants? Fix that, would you.

If R knew how I used her house when she’s gone,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:48:40 -0700

If R knew how I used her house when she’s gone, she’d never let me come back.

I'm staying with R's daughter

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:52:23 -0700

R: We should be back around two am. Can you leave a pillow and my favorite blanket on the couch for me? Is it sad I have a favorite blanket?
Me: Um, I brought my pillow AND my favorite blanket over to your house to sleep with.
R: This is why we're friends.
Me: Obviously.

"The roots of all our lives go very, very deep, and we can’t really understand a person unless..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:31:38 -0700

“The roots of all our lives go very, very deep, and we can’t really understand a person unless we have the chance of knowing who that person has been, and what that person has done and liked and suffered and believed.”

- Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers), quoted in Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way, p. 77

My spot at the BFF’s. When I am here, no one else may sit...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:51:34 -0700

My spot at the BFF’s. When I am here, no one else may sit there. Because it’s my spot.

When your activity of choice creeps into author’s taglines...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:44:05 -0700

When your activity of choice creeps into author’s taglines #books #Yoga #book #asking #askthepassengers #YA

Doing yoga, baking a cake. Why, what do you do in your...

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:56:15 -0700

Doing yoga, baking a cake. Why, what do you do in your friend’s kitchen? #Yoga #thatfeltlikethedeepestbackbendever

The day this became a resting pose was a glorious day indeed....

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:49:20 -0700

The day this became a resting pose was a glorious day indeed. #Yoga #downdog

The back was not bending today, @bittyblueberry. I concede....

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:46:13 -0700

The back was not bending today, @bittyblueberry. I concede. #Yoga #scorpion #vrschikasana

Facebook: “Teachers want to work with children and help them learn.” Me: “History...

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:08:22 -0700

Facebook: “Teachers want to work with children and help them learn.”

Me: “History is freaking awesome, and I just want to talk about it all day.”

No amount of Epsom salt will make my feet stop feeling all stretched out. A mark of a good standing...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:43:00 -0700

No amount of Epsom salt will make my feet stop feeling all stretched out.

A mark of a good standing practice right there.

Going to go collapse now.

Can’t believe I used to do the Ashtanga primary series every day. Or that I could get into kurmasana without help.

Those were the days.

Tonight: cheesecake

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:52:18 -0700

Tonight: cheesecake

I just really love this pose. #Yoga #triangle #trikonasana

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:36:57 -0700

I just really love this pose. #Yoga #triangle #trikonasana

If you needed a reason to major in history

Sat, 11 May 2013 07:50:16 -0700

My undergraduate thesis was “Oportet Haereses Esse: The Cathars and the Waldensians in Medieval Europe”. You don’t get to be that pretentious in many other majors.

My masters thesis was “We Render Services, We Endure Pains, We Receive Praise: Eléazar Mauvillion, Charles Joseph de Ligne, and the Literary History of Prince Eugene of Savoy”.

The working title was “Sexy Lads: Pretty Boys Who Weren’t Supposed to be Good at War but Were”. There’s a soundtrack and everything.

In answer to a few questions, yes, I am in grad school, again. This time I’m after a masters in secondary education AKA the degree I’ll be shoving in the back of a drawer (A. because it’s in education and B. because it’s from my alma mater’s sworn enemy). I have five more classes to go, which I’ll finish this summer. I defended my action research project on Thursday entitled “The Influence of Mastery Learning on Student Achievement”.

History wins by thesis title(s) alone.

I have been in bed for the twelve most perfect hours of my life.

Sat, 11 May 2013 07:32:12 -0700

I have been in bed for the twelve most perfect hours of my life.

To add to the trifecta of perfection that is clean sheets, new...

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:51:23 -0700

To add to the trifecta of perfection that is clean sheets, new pajamas, and stormy weather: moscato and Mister Rogers. #books #wine

"What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, of course, but..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:36:52 -0700

“What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, of course, but the main one, I think, is whether we link our wishes to our active work. It may take months or years, but it’s far more likely to happen when we care so much that we’ll work as hard as we can to make it happen. And when we’re working toward the realization of our wishes, some of our greatest strengths come from the encouragement of people who care about us.”

- Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers), quoted in The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember, p. 100

Clean sheets. New PJs. A storm rolling in from Mexico. I can’t wait for bedtime.

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:24:20 -0700

Clean sheets.

New PJs.

A storm rolling in from Mexico.

I can’t wait for bedtime.

Student: Here, miss, I wrote you a letter for teacher...

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:04:28 -0700

Student: Here, miss, I wrote you a letter for teacher appreciation week. Get it? It’s a letter. Me: Here’s a letter in response for fourth quarter. #school #teenagers