the big reveal

HA! Here is a ridiculous picture of me... with pretty much the same hair as ever, minus 2 inches and plus some shorter layers... which you can't really even see. You're welcome, internet.

Tomorrow morning I'm leaving at 4:45am with 40 juniors to spend the week in Washington, D.C.

I need to find a summer job.

Why is it still so cold? I need to plant some veggies & flowers, but I'm worried that it could still snow at this rate!

Um, that's all for now. My blog is so fascinating these days...

Edit: Check out this mash-up. Awesome. Okay, that's all.

suggestions, please

I'm getting a haircut tonight. I might not get any feedback before my appointment, but any thoughts about the following?

1. Kiera Knightley. I can't believe I'm putting her on my blog, especially with her token expression that annoys me to no end... but here she is.
What I'd do: Cut long bangs, add some layers.

2. Camilla Belle.

What I'd do: Cut bangs, trim my hair.

3. Rachel Bilson.

What I'd do: Keep growing out my bangs & add some layers.

Okay, go.

a summer breeze

My juniors are currently composing "Object Poetry" - that is, they must create a poem that describes something without directly saying what it is (except in the title). I decided to model this for them, and wrote the following little ditty.

a summer breeze

coyly curling quietly caressing
soft touch upon my skin
lightly laughing lethargically lingering
a whisper in my ear

delicately dancing daintily drifting
the waving, wondering grass
sweetly swinging serenely sweeping
the frolicking little birds

tenderly traipsing tentatively touching
as if to swathe in silk
warmly welcoming wistfully wandering
just a tiny, graceful gust

rcp 3.23.11
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And also, because I get nervous sharing my writing publicly, a quick diversion. One of my students wrote the other day about "gardening angels" instead of "guardian angels" and today a student wrote about how "marawana" is illegal. Awesome!

do you see what i see?

Itty, bitty, baby buds.

knows the crinkly sound of the popcorn wrapper

Ah, yes. This would be what we call "crazy eyes". Usually precedes lightning fast, erratic body movement.