freeloader

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i went and saw whip it tonight with misty & kate. awesome! everyone in the movie was well cast, but i must give props to juliette lewis. that role was perfect for her. the movie made me think of the episode of charlie's angels "death on wheels" when jill joined a roller derby team to uncover a murder. there's a scene where jill participates in the classic roller derby move, the whip. here's a minisode for those of you interested.



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new jersey

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"i am lost, it's ok". the words from this image stayed with me long after i had left the "fight hiv your way" exhibit. even while i was walking around the exhibition, i kept finding myself returning to these five words. it been quite some time since i've been to an art show that had such a strong impact on me. the images & accompanying quotes spoke of hope in lieu of the tragedy & heartache that is often thought of. the images were powerful & several of the quotes gave me chills. i had taken my class there for two reasons. the first, as a writing assignment, and the second more important reason, i wanted them to take a look at this disease in another light. after reading their essays, i realized that i successfully accomplished my second goal. sometimes it feels good to be a teacher. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.

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honeybear

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need a good pick me up in the morning? check out my new favorite site people of walmart, capturing the true essence of america. here's a sample for you:

hot for teacher

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heads will roll

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as i was passing by new may wah supermarket market on clement street today, i noticed a little boy swinging what appeared to be a dried squid. last time i checked, i thought dried squid was meant to be eaten. apparently, it's now the new hip toy of 2009. place your orders soon. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.

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dragon queen

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she's back!
ok, i must admit that i'm totally excited to see heather on the new mp. so watching on november 17th. i miss the mp viewing parties we used to have back in the day. here's hoping heather spices up the place once again.



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skeletons

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my apartment building consists of old asian women & russians with a few youngsters scattered about. yesterday, i rode the elevator with my neighbor, an old asian woman. our conversations usually go like this: "hello", "what floor", "goodbye". you would think that after a year she'd recognize me as her neighbor but she never does. perhaps i shouldn't change my look so much. anyway...as we were exiting the elevator, she handed me a flyer that was in her hands. it was a notice from fedex about a delivery attempt. i wasn't sure if she knew what it said or not so i explained it to her. she responded in chinese, then ran into her apartment. she returned with another fedex notice from the day before and preceded to talk to me for five minutes in chinese. the whole time she was talking she was pointing up and and down the hallway. i couldn't quite figure out what she was trying to tell and finally had to say, "i don't know". she repeated, "oh, don't know", said goodbye, and headed into her apartment. i love my neighbors. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.

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my wandering days are over

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the last two themes. whew! the current theme will be posted later this month. not every one has uploaded their photos yet. remember if you are interested in joining contact me. just where will i need up next is any one's guess.

august 2009 theme: 20 blue, 30 days
september 2009 theme: 20 stairs, 30 days

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twisted up your spine

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two more themes for your viewing pleasure. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.

june 2009 theme: 20 patterns, 30 days
july 2009 theme: 20 shadows, 30 days

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counting backwards

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two more photo themes for you to enjoy. just where will i need up next is any one's guess.

april 2009 theme: 20 water, 30 days
may 2009 theme: 20 flowers, 30 days

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wants & needs

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i just realized that the last time i blogged about my photo group was back in february 09 and that was for january's theme. bad blogger. over the next couple of days i'm going to attempt to catch every one up with the themes i didn't post. for those of you just joining my blog, if there are any out there, every month a group of us take photos of a particular theme. we have 30 days to take 20 pictures of the given subject. at the end of the month we upload them to flickr to a group that i create. so that's the group in a nutshell. if any one out there wants to join, simply send me an email. with that said, some links to past photo themes. i'm going to do it in pairs. hope you enjoy. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.

february 2009 theme: 20 love, 30 days
march 2009 theme: 20 green, 30 days

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mess with time

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october has come & gone leaving behind wonderful memories of yet another halloween. i started off my halloween weekend with a school halloween party. i went to school as lucifer's fall [my goth name]. the students all thought i looked very scary but that didn't stop them from taking their pictures with me. for a minute there, i felt like paris hilton. we had a costume fashion show/parade to show off all the costumes. i was pleasantly surprised at the number of students who actually came in costumes. some of the costumes included: colonial death bride, a bumble bee, a plastic surgery victim, minnie mouse, capt jack sparrow, a zombie or two, a ladybug, & a few vampires. after announcing the winner [colonial death bride], they started the pumpkin carving contest. the students all seemed to enjoy themselves which was great. the best part of the day was when evan's daughter made an appearance. she's such a cutie! she was handing out candy to all the adults. by the end of the day, it felt as if i had worked a month straight. party planning/organization is HARD!

saturday night was d&j's haunted halloween party. i headed over early to help the boys decorated. while we waited for the party guests to arrive, the boys were visited by several trick or treaters. it's been awhile since i've seen trick or treaters and it reminded me of my youth. i loved going tricking or treating. there's nothing like ringing a doorbell, saying three magic words "trick or treat", and walking away with a bag of candy. goodtimes. the party was fun as usual. we had good eats, loads to drink, & music to dance to. what more could you ask for. the cast of characters in attendance included: a gossip rag, a white moth, lumberjack attacked by owls, the golden girls, black-eyed ps, julia child & her husband, father jojo, drinkin' lincoln, and special guest star the cat in the hat. unfortunately, i didn't take any photos since i don't have a camera. my digital finally died. r.i.p. however, here's a group photo that misty took. yay!



i hope everyone had a ghoulishly good halloween. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.

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zerox

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i can't believe that halloween is this weekend. this boy needs to throw a costume together by friday for school. oh what to be...at least my costume for saturday night's party is in the works. nothing like planning two costumes for one holiday.

it's been a month since my last post and sadly not much has been going on with me. well, that's not exactly true. last thursday, my colleague & i took a group of students out for a pub crawl in the mission. we started out at one of my old haunts (from the days of j.a.b) el rio & ended the evening dancing away in beauty bar. all in all, i believe that the students had a good time. another crawl is being planned for november. neighborhood to be announced…just where will i end up next is any one's guess.

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