The Weight of Anticipation

Haven’t exercised in nearly two weeks.  I’m seriously tipping the scales and I feel giant.  This gut was built from ice cream and baked goods and soda and driving my car all over the place.  I’m not overly concerned because I know I’ll get back into the swing of running and basketball soon (I bought [...]

Clarification

I swear I don’t understand why my kids won’t use the freaking stapler.
Today, the two teachers who organized that yesterday’s assembly emailed the staff apologizing for the entire mix-up. I was relieved to read it and be able to confirm that I’m not the prudish link among us. The mistake was simple; the [...]

Miscommunication

I think the administration at my school got a little mixed up. This week is Red Ribbon Week which is when we do activities to advocate a drug-free lifestyle. It’s a fantastic thing for middle school students. Today, tons of students and staff wore red and we had a band performing during [...]

A Good, Long Weekend

Saturday night. Happy Donut. I had planned to go to the housewarming party of someone I don’t really know, but trying to fix the Internet problems at home during the evening coupled with a lack of enthusiasm struck down that idea. If I spend the rest of the weekend plopped on the [...]

Performances

Saturday morning I turned on the television and it was Legally Blonde: The Musical on MTV. If the show hadn’t been in the midst of the rousing theme “Omigod You Guys!” then it might not have survived my standard one-second channel surfing evaluation. But you know that Broadway is great, and the song [...]

Grades Amuck

Perhaps the coolest thing about my school is the online grading system. It’s a districtwide thing, this iGrade program, and it allows parents to check their student’s progress anytime…if they have Internet access. It’s good to have that transparency and it keeps me accountable; I’ve already received phone calls from parents asking me [...]

Monday Report

Hooked up with Brian this afternoon to get some Chinese food with him and his girlfriend. I need a nickname for her; I’ll call her Super C like the old Contra game. Evidently, it’s on Nintendo Virtual Console! Brian gave me $200 that he swore he owed me from a long time [...]

WhatUpThen Sighting

Right now, I think I’ll try a blogger post that doesn’t mention school…again.
I will, however, mention Happy Donut, which is where I am after spending the evening with my sister. We wondered what the most pretentious neighborhood in the U.S. was while walking strolling through the Gourmet Ghetto in North Berkeley. That neighborhood [...]