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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Lights out

Some of you may be aware that work for me has been, lately, exciting. Very exciting, and not in a good way. So today, instead of writing more stuff about myself, I offer you the follow two photographs I took last night whilst looking out my window between grading papers 1,221 and 1,222.

I must now grade paper 1,223, so I can't write much today. If you want to read an actual something, I recommend this post from July of 2007, when my blog was about a week old. As you will see, not much has changed.

See you tomorrow.

3 comments:

Annie said...: You have a wonderful view. And probably a way better camera than I have :-).; February 26, 2008 3:35 PM
LAS said...: Yeah!! Thanks for sending me to an old post - it made my day. By the way - I love the voting that you have going on to the side right now. I remember the time my mother called me to find out what happened to her *favorite* piece of tupperware - which she had given to me containing my favorite tomato soup, and how horrified she was when she found out I had to, ahem, dispose of it. You don't even want to know what the situation in my dorm room was during my first year of college. Suffice it to say, I voted for yes, more than once.; February 26, 2008 3:35 PM
Marlee said...: Well...at least you have a fabulous view!

:); February 26, 2008 10:53 PM

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Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Dad - is what happens when you take a normal man, add awesomeness, and then add spiritual and intellectual perfection and then also make him more awesome.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Leta Sister in law and BFF. Mom of Liam, wife of Buzz, yoga goddess who will fold herself into a scorpion upon request. She has excellent hair and perfect skin and did I mention she's funny? Thank heavens Buzz married this gal.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request. For Christmas, he wants a new baby in there *pointing to Leta's belly.* Feeling a little heat, Leta?
Lola - Resident Genius and Some Software Company, credited with the introduction of "happy hour" into a Mormon office, one of three girls who made it into engineering school in India, shocking and dismaying her parents, who JUST WANTED HER TO GET MARRIED, credited with saving many a stray, including myself. Rarely goes a sentence without saying the F word (unless she's around the Mormons).
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

English Teacher Disclaimer

I teach English, and I get a little emotional about grammar, punctuation, and usage. I sometimes write posts about other people's grammar - or mine. This does not mean, however, that my blog is without errors. I constantly go back and edit for typos and sometimes even... misspelled words *clutching skull and gagging*. If you find a mistake feel free to call me out on it. I will persist in making mistakes whether I attempt to catch them or not, and I will continue to be my bitchy English teacher self despite my very human capacity to screw up just as often as the next person... and maybe more.