Monthly Archive for December, 2009

Another Decade Passes By

Published on December 31, 2009 in Life As We Know It. 0 Comments

So much has happened in the past ten years that I can’t even begin to think about where I was or even who I was on New Years Eve in 1999.  I was definitely partying somewhere, but holy shit has a lot changed!  I’m actually excited for the new decade, hoping that the drama of the past ten years is over and embracing the unknown for the next ten.  Looking back on everything just makes me realize how much I’ve grown and endured over the years, the ups, downs, and in-betweens that have shaped the person I am today.  I am proud of everything and do not regret one bit.

Last year I only made one resolution – which is more than I can say for previous years as I usually don’t make any resolutions at all – to stay true to myself.  I actually kept that resolution.  My life has done a complete 180 since one year ago today, and while I am surrounded with many kind, supportive, and loving people in my life I have to take most of the credit for the progress that I have made.  This new year I hope to continue to stay true to myself and make even more changes for the better.

So now I’m going to go celebrate with some of my favorite people, and toast to a fulfilling year (and decade) ahead.  Happy New Year folks!

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This Week in My Twitter 2009-12-28

Published on December 28, 2009 in Twitter. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .
  • In 3 hours I take my last final. THE VERY LAST ONE FOR LIKE EVER!!! I am so excited and I'm getting so drunk afterwards! Almost over! #
  • You know what all those checkmarks mean? FREEEEEEDOOOOMMMMM!!!! Gimme a drink!! http://yfrog.com/4fdjgj #
  • Merry merry everyone! #
  • Thanks Giants. Thanks. #
  • My NFL boycott starts…..now. Fucking Giants. #
  • I got a 4.0 this semester. Never happened before. Excited! #
  • What will I do with four weeks off? Video games, writing, reading, movies, tv. Oh, and drinks. Lots of them. :-) #
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This Week in My Twitter 2009-12-21

Published on December 21, 2009 in Twitter. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .
  • Way to waste an entire Monday evening: watch The Day The Earth Stood Still immediately followed by Planet of the Apes. Both awful movies. #
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, …. Money can't buy you back the love that you had…. #
  • On tonight's agenda: tacos, SYTYCD finale, good friends, good beer…good times. #
  • Perusing my profile I realize I joined Twitter on April 20, 2008. I wonder what else I was doing that day…any guesses? #
  • Maybe I wouldn't hate the corporate world so much if I worked in a place that did this to blow off steam: http://tinyurl.com/y8rtt4e #
  • Call me over, tell me how, you got so far, never making a single sound. #
  • ATM just gave me an extra $20. I go to this ATM pretty much everyday, so it owes me. Nice! #
  • And THIS is my 1,000th tweet. Kind of anti-climactic if you ask me. #
  • Braving the snow to be somebody's +1. Free drinks, free food, free hotel room, free eye candy? Fun in my book! #
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This Week in My Twitter 2009-12-14

Published on December 14, 2009 in Twitter. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .
  • Ooh ohh look what you've done, you've made a fool of everyone… #
  • I won my last fantasy fame of the season, go me! #
  • Side note: I just said "Man the TV is really loud!" Then realized it's not loud, it's just Nickelback. #
  • just…can't….muster…up the motivation…to….finish…..thissssss…..projecccttttttt……FML……. #
  • Somebody needs to watch Forgetting Sarah Marshall…. #
  • Me. On demand. #
  • never.seen.it. #
  • Just dropboxed the last project for this week….celebrating the near-end after suffering thru hell tonite w/ $ beers. Much needed $ beers. #
  • Annual family Christmas part about to commence in a few hours…let the insanity and hilarity begin! #
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This Week in My Twitter 2009-12-07

Published on December 7, 2009 in Twitter. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .
  • Just remembered something: I think watching football on the NFL Network is the best…all these other channels can suck it. #
  • Wow. I actually won a fucking fantasy game. Sweet. #
  • So what? Who cares? #
  • “Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.” – Paulo Coehlo #
  • Me? I've decided to wait – I'm waiting. You? You should decide to forget. How's that for a Libra being decisive, huh? <pats self on back> #
  • Here we fucking go again. #
  • I love how I always get blamed for everything. #
  • My roommates BF is here cooking us dinner, but she is out having drinks w/ a friend. Weird? I thought I just heard her but its Lady Gaga. #
  • Sooo glad I didn't start Sanchez this week..not like it matters. #
  • Saw this on SYTYCD last night…so friggin' awesome I can't even! Loved it! http://vimeo.com/7958797 #
  • Just realized that the restaurant in the beginning of Garden State is Sea, a place I used to frequent while living in Williamsburg. #
  • Of course I'm having a kickass fantasy game, seeing as it's my last one & I'm playing the league leader. At least I go out with a bang. FML. #
  • PS – Watching all of these exciting games on the Red Zone channel is getting me SUPER PUMPED FOR THE GIANTS GAME!!!! Go GMEN #27!!!!!!!! #
  • JACOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #27!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
  • HE DID IT AGAIN!!! #27!!!!!! 74 YARDS! #
  • Giants win + wings + Brandon Jacobs rules = awesome Sunday funday. Cheers! http://yfrog.com/4aendfj #
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Home Stretch

Published on December 1, 2009 in Life As We Know It. 2 Comments

I am at about exactly the halfway point in my graduate studies, two weeks away from the end of this semester, the end of classroom studies and the beginning of student teaching come January.  These last six months have been incredibly stressful, intensely overwhelming at times, amazingly rewarding, and super exciting.

But I’m over it.

I’m over the papers and projects and presentations.  I’m over regurgitating the same information over and over again for different audiences in different venues with different people.  I’m over reading about “differentiated instruction” and “exceptional learners.”  I’m over graphic organizers, and KWL charts, and fucking APA 6th.  I just want to be done.  I just want to get in the damn classroom already and work with – gasp! – real live kids!  I mean, in all honesty, I’m truly terrified to get up there and stand in front of a room of adolescents who probably want nothing more to humiliate me, but practice makes perfect right?  Mundane powerpoints and jigsaw learning techniques perfect does NOT make.

Enough venting.  I’m in the home stretch – it’s almost over.

Just sayin’.

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