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that's my excited noise, because I GET TO SEE TIME BLANE TOMORROW!!!!! YAY! Heading to DC after school and spending the weekend with my coz and my sis! I can't wait!

Gay, Straight or Taken

I officailly have a new obsession. And it's on Lifetime. While watching, Bill came upstairs and said, 'ugh, I can literally feel the testosterone draining from my body."

Oh well.

It's the new show 'Gay, Straight or Taken'. The premise is so fun, and I love seeing what people are willing to do to 'prove' themselves. I think what I like best about is that the girl has no idea what she's in for. She goes in thinking all three guys are avaliable and she simply needs to pick the one she likes. Then, her phone rings and it's the girlfriend. THEN it rings again, and it's the BOYFRIEND...way too fun. I highly recommend!

Where's the SNOW???

What did one snowman say to the other snowman?........

How the hell should I know...there hasn't been ANY snow for a snowman yet this year! This lack of winter is really starting to annoy me just slightly. It's 58 degrees right now.....FIFTY-FREAKIN-EIGHT! It's been in the 50's-60's all day today! What is wrong with this picture? IT'S JANUARY!

ok. Sorry about the tirade. As a matter of fact I watched this rather frightening thing on the second 'little ice age' that we could be facing in the next decade which could ultimately make us wind up like the Mayans or something like that. What a way to spend a Saturday.

On the upside, I used the beautiful weather today to get a few things done. Two of the most significant I think are getting my picture taken for my passport, and visiting the Salute! Wine shop in Winchester on the old town mall where I subsequently bought my first bottle of Proseco, and a bottle of my favorite Hope's Raspberry Merlot. I think I'll go sit out on my deck and enjoy some wine.....sure is warm enough!

By the way, is that snowman trying to cop a feel????

BW3's to come to Martinsburg!!!

So I went to Jerry's subs and pizza today to grab me a bite to eat while I was out. Jerry's is the only establishment open in this new-er strip-mall complex in Martinsburg. Well, as I was driving by I noticed some construction going on a few doors down from Jerry's, and a sign over top that said, "Coming soon! Buffalo Wild Wings." I'm pretty excited about this! I told Bill this evening and he said (with a sly smile), "oh, that's bad news there." Needless to say there are not that many 'cool' places to hang out in Martinsburg. One of the only neat bars that has wings is the Station Grill, and their service sucks, and Bill pretty much refuses to go back there for fear they might spit in his food. So we are hoping to visit the new BW3's, perhaps relive some old Morgantown-ish memories there!

Although nothing can beat that one time when we got like 2 feet of snow and Amy, Kelli and I walked in our snow pants from South Park down to BW3's JUST to get some beer and wings and play Triva! It was like hanging out in a ski lodge without the skiing....that's also the night we made snow angels in the middle of High Street. Ah, the memories! :)

freaky baby doll ps3 commercial

Ok, so I can't remember if it was Amber or Rachel that told me about the freaky baby doll commercial for the new PS3, but I finally saw it tonight, and it is SCARY! yikes! How could the makers of play station even consider that as an effective promotional tactic? it's just wrong! I mean, this thing was borderline exorcist scary. I think I'm going to have nightmares. Seriously.

ick ick ick

I have been sick too much recently. I got over a yucky head cold last week, now I'm battling the chest variety. Like Lindz said in one of her recent posts, I can't do the hacking thing, and am feeling a little tummy-queesy. It is overall not a fun thing. I ended up taking yesterday off because of it. I wasn't feeling terrible Thursday, but I just had a feeling it would catch up to me, and boy did it ever!

On a brigher note, I went to see our school's performance of Fiddler on the Roof on Thursday. It was really good. I wasn't sure what I'd think of it. Acting-wise, they were a little rough, but singing and everything else was good. Needless to say, I don't get along harmoniously with our choir director. We tolerate each other (and things have been a bit more civil this year compared to previous years), but I have to give him kudos for pulling off a difficult project.

I have also pretty much decided that I want to tackle Shakespeare in the spring...if they can do fiddler, they can do Shakespeare. I'm seriously considering Midsummer--I think it will be the best one to cast. I definitely have a GREAT Bottom. I think it will be a good challenge, and I just HOPE that we can pull off the set for it! :) I'll keep everyone posted on dates....I think it'll be worth a trip to see it!

student insanity

I don't know what it is about this time of year. The few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas...students go insane. There is seriously an insane button on them that gets stuck and doesn't get unstuck until about a week after New Year's when the realize...."whoops, it's the end of the sememster, and I haven't done a single thing for my classes."

Today was nuts! Now, generally speaking, I love my students, they're great, but lately, they have been grating on my last nerve. My 8th period class today could not keep their mouths closed for more than two seconds....they sounded like a bunch of birds in a tree, one would go off, and they'd ALL go off.

I literally think I had scratch marks down my face by the end of the day from my own hands because I could not believe the lunacy that took place. The last thing I really want to do is slap a movie in the VCR, but I'm highly temped to, because I swear they are incapable of thinking at the moment.

Did you think I was going to slap a student? Well, the thought has crossed my mind, but I like my job too much! ;)

And another thing....with holidays seem to come a surge of romance blossoming in every corner.....of every hallway, and outside of EVERY classroom door. If I have to walk by one more smooching teenage couple, I'm breaking out the water spritzer. It's gross!

Anyway, I hate to vent, but today was just a mass of insanity that needed to be addressed...I'm off to enjoy my quiet evening with my kitty-cat!

Four things...(I'm stealing this from Amber, sorry)

I thought this looked like a fun forward, and it reminded me of the 'top five' list from High Fidelity...crap, forgot to put that one under movies I'd watch over and over...


*Four Jobs I Have Had in My Life:
1. Cashier at Chick-fil-A in the Crossroads mall
2. Bartender/Waitress at Gibbie's
3. Graduate Assistant/Instructor in the English Dept. at WVU
4. High School English Teacher (in my 4th year).

*Four Movies I Would Watch Over and Over:
(I agree with nearly all of Amber's--except Pet Semetary--but there are others, too)
1. Shaun of the Dead
2. Office Space
3. When Harry Met Sally
4. French Kiss
****Gosh I could make this list super long--I, too, love Shawshank, and Billy Madison, Pulp Fiction, Steel Magnolias...um, a lot.

*Four Places I Have Lived:
1. Beaver, WV
2. Morgantown, WV
3. Shepherdstown, WV
4. Martinsburg, WV
(am I detecting a trend here? I'll be suprised if I ever leave this state)

*Four TV Shows I Love to Watch
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Lost
3. Heroes
4. House

Although I had been addicted to Dancing with the Stars this past season! And on a daily basis I watch a combination of M*A*S*H, Scrubs and That 70's Show re-runs. It's my downtime.

*Four places I Have Been on Vacation
1. Haiti
2. Jamacia
3. Grand Cayman
4. Cozumel, Mexico

(all on my cruise this summer! :)--yeah!)

*Four Websites I Visit Daily:
1. Yahoo.com
2. Gmail
3. Tastefully Simple
4. Bank website
(although, Tim Blane's website has been getting a lot of hits from me recently).

*Favorite Foods:
1. Tacos de Carne Asada at El Ranchero
2. Pepperoncinis or pickles
3. STEAK.....(Homer noise)
4. DARK chocolate

*Four places I'd Rather Be Right Now:
1. the Caribbean on a cruise ship
2. watching Tim Blane perform
3. in bed.
4. I am at home, but if I wasn't, I would want to be there.

Holiday Wipeout

I'm starting to get the feeling that the hub-bub of the holidays are starting to catch up to me in a major way. I'm not really complaining, because I've had a ton of fun the past few days, but I feel absolutely wiped out!

The weekend was full of major excitement with Tim and Amber and shopping and meeting my sis for dinner, then staying up with her at her house watching the Mounties' desparate attempts to finally defeat Rutgers (whew--we were really worried there for a while).

Sunday, I headed back to the house expecting some down-time, when, low and behold, Bill is on the phone with Joe and was making plans to meet him and his girlfriend(?) Katie for lunch in Hagerstown. So we head down there to BW3's for a fun lunch of trivia and football, stopped by BB&B for a little christmas shopping then come back home--where I ultimately crashed for nearly TWO HOURS! I'm not kidding, I didn't even move the whole time I was laying down.

Needless to say, my late nap affected my bedtime, and after a full day of school today, the minute after I finished my early dinner (Jerry's subs and pizza-eh), I zonked out again for about two more hours. I'm feeling a little whoozie, so I hope I'm not coming down with something... Maybe something hot to drink will get me re-charged.

On the bright side, I did get a butt-load of gifts wrapped yesterday...