...wow.

i have completely forgotten about posting anything on here. how very interesting. i've gotten so into posting updates on my shutterfly site, i have forgotten all about posting on here. so, i guess i'll keep the url open. but don't expect anything else from me on champagne thursday.

ROST!

i've been watching LOST for the last few hours. and it's fantastic to see everything back to back. you catch so much more when you are getting nothing but the adventures of jack, kate, sayid and sawyer. and, by the way, am totally in love with sawyer. have been from the start. i mean, when you see this man with his shirt off with those dimples shining away...mmm. you can sweet talk me anytime.

ain't he purty?





yes. yes he is. you can admit it. i'll keep it our little secret.

biding my time.

i am waiting and i am waiting patiently. for what you ask? the most delish champagne evah. it's an italian sparkling wine, deep red with wonderful bubbles tickling your nose with every sip. i'm waiting for new year's to come so i can enjoy with a purpose. of course, typically, i need no cause for drinking champagne, for example, having mimosas at 8:30 while playing mario party 8. but this time, with this italian masterpiece, i wait. and it will be awesome.

freshly peeled oranges

that's what my classroom smells like right now. i cleaned with the kids at the end of the day and the clorox wipes that we used were flavored like oranges. needless to say, it's as if we went for a ride in "soarin' over california" at california adventure at disneyland. you know, the part where you "soar" over "orange county?" i don't think that orange county still actually grows oranges or not. hmm.

the kids are gone and i have my ipod playing because all of my conferences are done and done. i have no one to talk to and i gotta say...it's really nice to be alone with my technology.

daddy and i went to the LA Auto Show last night and it was actually kind of sad. there was no one there. it was a ghost town. nissan didn't even show up. honda had a small little area and ford took up an entire half of a hall. toyota didn't even bring all their production vehicles. scion had one of each of their cars. it made me sad because the auto industry is struggling so much. something i love so much is floundering because their companies can't make a car that people can afford. and if they do, it's one that may not be running in a few thousand miles. or needs a new transmission at 53,000 miles. ::sigh:: that sounds so familiar. where have i heard that story? oh, yeah. it's me. that was my car.

so, yeah. i'm gonna go see what websites aren't blocked by the LAUSD firewall and see if i can finish up my christmas shopping. i'm stuck here until 2:35 anyway, so i may as well be useful while i breathe deep the smell of freshly peeled oranges.

ten fingers, ten toes.

no. this is not a baby post. this is a "i'm glad i still have all my digits because of the hypothermia that set in about two hours ago" post. seriously. it's no wonder that i'm typing so poorly. i can't feel the keyboard. at all. it's bad when i look forward to going to work because of the functional heater that i can use till my heart's a-blazing because i don't have to pay the electric bill.

wait. maybe that's the real reason we're in a budget crunch? because we over-use our heaters at school? nah. there's got to be other reasons...

bad budgetary issues aside, i'm just happy to have all my fingers and toes. i have cold feet again, or still, but it's not so bad that i can't warm back up.

anyway. let's talk about the dream i had last night. yes. dinosaurs. lots of them. i have developed this odd little fascination with them in the last year and a half or so. it all started with the original "raptor" dream. i've had a few dino dreams here and there, but mostly they leave my head before i wake up. the ones that i do remember stick with me.

for example: the dream i had last night involved a conference room, a meeting of some sort and the idea that the raptor herd had morphed into two distinct herds. now. i don't know what all that would mean in a realistic sense, but i can tell you that everyone in the room was pretty upset at the idea of two raptor herds. i can understand where they're coming from! did you ever see jurassic park?? they attack FROM THE SIDES! these two raptor herds somehow worked TOGETHER and took down a tyrannosaur. this idea is terrifying. how did the raptors in my dreams get strong enough to take down a t-rex? the original bad boy of the dino world. he's the image you get in your head when you think about jurassic park.

needless to say, this dream has been coming back at me for the last 8 hours with a vengeance. i'm back to being paranoid before walking around corners. locking myself in a dark bathroom (i couldn't get the light switch fast enough before the door closed) at school today was hard. you may think that this is all idiocracy, but believe me when i say: they're named "terrible lizards" for a reason.