Colleen is always making lists of things, so I thought I would try my hand at it as well. It is very possible that you will have no interest at all in this list, and that's okay.
As a perpetually boring person, I spend an inordinate amount of my time watching television. I pride myself at being able to say "Oh, I don't own a t.v." in conversations to make me sound more hoity toity and to shock my students. The truth is, almost anything on television is now online as well.
Here are my top ten reasons I shouldn't watch as much television (programming) as I do:
10. There are far too many books I should be reading instead.
9. My dishes still aren't done.
8. Grey's Anatomy gives me an unrealistic view of Seattle, adult relationships, apropriate workplace decorum, and it makes me cry like every episode!
7. My eyesight has decreased significantly since I got an internet connection (the correlation is still not proven, but...).
6. I make bizzare references to shows noone else watches in real life conversations. What I thought was so interesting and totaly applied on House last night...didn't.
5. I have no time left to read/watch the news. So, I am left commenting about global issues by what I saw on NCIS/NCIS: LA.
4. Most of my shows fall into the "Guilty Pleasure" category of veiwing: HIMYM, Desperate Housewives, Cougar Town, 30 Rock, Glee...
3. Castle, Bones, and Fringe have taught me that I will only find true love in a crime fighting partner, but that we will never truly be able to be together! That sucks.
2. I find myself wanting to document my life with snide comments about other people like on The Office or Modern Family.
And the number one reason I should cut down on my t.v. obsession:
1. I don't think I can make it all summer without new episodes!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Blah...but wait!
And so, nothing is going on to excite me or the three of you reading this blog. Sorry. This blog was supposed to encourage me to do cool things so I would have something to talk about...
Oh! I did go to two concerts a couple weeks ago. They were awesome. They really were. My friend Amy invited me, and since she was so very right about Jack's Mannequin, I decided to trust her about Green River Ordinance.
We got to El Corazon an hour before the doors opened because Amy was nervous we wouldn't get a good place right up front. I'm new to the whole concert scene, and the standing right in front didn't really appeal to me, but she had my ticket and we rode together, so... We had some adventure driving around east Seattle looking for parking which included Amy standing on the street in a prime spot and waving an angry lady off while I ran back to bring the car closer. It was one of those awesome t.v. but not in real life moments. We also jay walked through slow traffic at least three times. One time I ran screaming and yelled "I win!" as I reached the other side and Amy was still in the middle of the street eyeing the on coming traffic.
As we got up to the club, we became a little nervous/suspicious/disgusted. If you ever get the chance to go to El Corazon, you should. Just make sure you're current on your shots. More on that later. There was one person waiting in line, which shocked Amy but didn't bother me. Amy is a FAN, so she immediately recognised their van and tour trailer. We got pictures with both, natuarally. Since we went there as fast as we could from work, we were both starving. So we decided to check out REI. I mean, sounded like a good idea.
REI is one of those places you see from the freeway and think "Wow, if I was outdoorsy and sporty and at all cool I'd shop there." Since I am none of those things, I'd never been inside before. Long story short, it was more impressive from the freeway. Though, Amy did make me sit in a camp chair next to a tent so she could tell people I was camping. She later forgot why we staged and even took that picture. The gleaming. redeeming point of REI was the weird and expensive wrap place on the top floor just past the indoor tree house and kids' play place. The food was good, and one table over we saw a yoga dad and his two yuppy kids.
The Lunch Bunch: Week 2
Tuscany Tuesday!
We were so thrilled with ourselves after Tuna Tuesday, we kept going with a pasta bar cleverly named by Craig "Tuscany Tuesday" so we could keep our alliteration.
Once again, it was bring your assigned dish and the menu was as follows:
Pasta: bow tie and penne
Red sauce (which was forgotten, but so were the meatballs, so Jim went and bought sauce to make up for it)
Cream sauce (very good, of course, since Amy made it)
Caprese (slice of tomato, slice of mozzarella, basil leaf, balsamic vinegar drizzle)
Mediterranean salad
Caesar salad (left over bag from the week before)
Variety of olives (including black because I love those guys and can't stand the green ones, though we had two different kinds of those too)
Almonds
Garlic bread
Stuffed Ravioli (Costco's finest)
Pomegranate juice
We didn't end up with a dessert because the tiramisu fell through. Amy and I both thought about making one, and both felt too lazy to do so! It was an awesome lunch none the less, and we all ate until we were sick. The next day, Justin brought in a pasta casserole made from the red, meat sauce he'd left home the day before, so the fun continued!!!
We have such a great group of people at my school, and I feel so blessed to be a member of such an incredible staff!
*An interesting sidebar, Chris cooked her burrito in the microwave for almost ten minutes one day and we had black smoke rolling out of the microwave! It was really something. We all smelled smoky for the rest of the day.
We were so thrilled with ourselves after Tuna Tuesday, we kept going with a pasta bar cleverly named by Craig "Tuscany Tuesday" so we could keep our alliteration.
Once again, it was bring your assigned dish and the menu was as follows:
Pasta: bow tie and penne
Red sauce (which was forgotten, but so were the meatballs, so Jim went and bought sauce to make up for it)
Cream sauce (very good, of course, since Amy made it)
Caprese (slice of tomato, slice of mozzarella, basil leaf, balsamic vinegar drizzle)
Mediterranean salad
Caesar salad (left over bag from the week before)
Variety of olives (including black because I love those guys and can't stand the green ones, though we had two different kinds of those too)
Almonds
Garlic bread
Stuffed Ravioli (Costco's finest)
Pomegranate juice
We didn't end up with a dessert because the tiramisu fell through. Amy and I both thought about making one, and both felt too lazy to do so! It was an awesome lunch none the less, and we all ate until we were sick. The next day, Justin brought in a pasta casserole made from the red, meat sauce he'd left home the day before, so the fun continued!!!
We have such a great group of people at my school, and I feel so blessed to be a member of such an incredible staff!
*An interesting sidebar, Chris cooked her burrito in the microwave for almost ten minutes one day and we had black smoke rolling out of the microwave! It was really something. We all smelled smoky for the rest of the day.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Lunch Bunch
I eat lunch in our staff lounge every school day. I have ventured into the MPR (multi-purpose room...I know, we add a stage and all of a sudden the lunch room has multiple purposes!) once each year to have lunch among my constituents. These are fun days because I am basically a rock star in the cafeteria. I'm not going to lie, it makes me feel great to have 130 sixth graders screaming my name. I just smile and wave as I glide past...
Anyways, I eat lunch with the other sixth grade teachers, well, most of them. A few from the other team don't come in with us. In December, Amy and I decided we should have a taco bar during our lunch. I know, cool! We all just really enjoy each other, and we wanted to celebrate our unity by eating the same food on the same day. Plus we like tacos.
As the year is drawing to a close, I reinstituted our potluck idea after Kevin got a little nostalgic over tuna boats served at PLU while he was a freshman there. Maybe I am taking more credit than I deserve, but this is my boring blog, and I can do that!
The point is, we had Tuna Tuesday. The menu included the following items:
Tuna Boats (hot dog buns with prepared tuna and yellow cheese broiled in the oven, add pickles).
Tuna casserole with potato chip flakes atop
Tuna casserole with an oriental feel and cashews atop
Cesar salad (which has anchovies in the dressing and is easy for Chris to make)
Mixed fresh greens salad with avocado (because Amy eats that every day and it was delicious so it should be a big part of any meal, that's why!)
A cake in the shape of a tuna fish compliments of The Cake Queen of Sixth Grade Lunch (I maybe just gave myself that title, but again, my blog!)
It was a magical and smelly lunch for all!
Anyways, I eat lunch with the other sixth grade teachers, well, most of them. A few from the other team don't come in with us. In December, Amy and I decided we should have a taco bar during our lunch. I know, cool! We all just really enjoy each other, and we wanted to celebrate our unity by eating the same food on the same day. Plus we like tacos.
As the year is drawing to a close, I reinstituted our potluck idea after Kevin got a little nostalgic over tuna boats served at PLU while he was a freshman there. Maybe I am taking more credit than I deserve, but this is my boring blog, and I can do that!
The point is, we had Tuna Tuesday. The menu included the following items:
Tuna Boats (hot dog buns with prepared tuna and yellow cheese broiled in the oven, add pickles).
Tuna casserole with potato chip flakes atop
Tuna casserole with an oriental feel and cashews atop
Cesar salad (which has anchovies in the dressing and is easy for Chris to make)
Mixed fresh greens salad with avocado (because Amy eats that every day and it was delicious so it should be a big part of any meal, that's why!)
A cake in the shape of a tuna fish compliments of The Cake Queen of Sixth Grade Lunch (I maybe just gave myself that title, but again, my blog!)
It was a magical and smelly lunch for all!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
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