A little fun

Tomorrow I move from Visalia. Don't think I told anyone that. No job, no apartment, no home. But here is a little fun just for the hell of it.

Kiki and Coco in Paris

Have you seen this? From the amazing photography of Stephanie Rausser.

penguins

A totally clever ad campaign by the Boston-based Mullen agency for the New England Aquarium.

So cool

I love time lapse

My favorite song

I think my favorite song of all time is Peter Gabriel's Book Of Love. Every time I hear it I cry. Every time. I first heard it when Chung wanted to use it in our film project at Fuller. I remember he gave me a CD with all these songs that he thought would be good. When I heard it for the first time I sobbed. Then every time we worked on the film and I heard it I would have to hide my silly tears from my big manly partners. They both probably hated having picked me!

My favorite necklace

Did you know that I have a favorite necklace? It's made out of pine nuts and it is beautiful. I know, you're saying "eeewww, doesn't it smell?" and the answer is no it doesn't. All the nutty part has been cleared out of it. So it's really just a pine nut shell necklace. It also has deer bone on it. Does that gross you out? I have worn it every day this summer. I did ware it to school a bunch last year too, but forgot to put jewelry on most days. When I put it on I think it gives me super powers. It's my secret weapon.

If it were the perfect day

If things were happy and I was not walking through the valley of the shadow right now, it would be a bohemian day. When I say that I am feeling bohemian people look at me funny. Bohemianism (yes, it is a word!!!) is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people, involving musical, artistic or literary pursuits, with few permanent ties. Bohemians can be wanderers, adventurers, or vagabonds.
Well, crap, that last part is kind of difficult to feel comfortable with right now. The term bohemian, of French origin, was first used in the English language in the nineteenth century[1] to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, journalists, musicians, and actors in major cities. What the what!?! Marginalized and impoverished. Well that sucks.

A new day

Today I have no plans except to sing at church tonight. I am looking forward to a long nap and watching silly movies all day. Yep, that's right, I'm gonna do nothing. Maybe pack a little....maybe. It's cool enough to open the windows this morning. My computer says the high for today is 96* so I should be able to go without air conditioning for the day. I got my last electric bill and it was $56 which is almost triple what it usually is! But it's so hot here in Visalia. I want that job in Pacifica so bad I can taste it. Why would god open up a position like that? I know I probably won't get it but I want it more than anything. It will ruin all other jobs for me. I will be sitting somewhere in a silly valley town wishing that I had that job. In a district that values the arts, that has a motto that seems to care about the children in the community (not just how the students are achieving). They are a district of choice where they nurture the mind! What am I going to do if I don't get it?

Just aweful

I really am the worst at blogging. Let's see, what has been going on?

JOB:

I really like my job. The kids are great and I like all the schools, I go to five. My coworkers are fun too. Some of us went to happy hour this Friday. That was fun. The more I get to know all of them the more I really think they are such wonderful and unique people. Music teachers are fun. I wish we could go to a conference or something together. Our Superintendent just resined, so everything is really up in the air for next year. I have no idea

if I will have a job again next year. I really want to have a career, not just a job. Changes seem to follow me.

FAMILY:

Mom and Kacy came down for Valentines day. We went out to eat and played tennis. We got frisbees for frisbee golf, but didn't end up playing. I decorated my apartment with Alice in wonderland stuff. It was cute, but I forgot to take pictures.

PERSONAL:

Hmmm. Nothing happening here.

SLEEP:

I do this a lot. I did join the gym and it has been helping with my sleep. I play to go everyday this week. I had a cold last week so I didn't end up going Thursday or Friday. This week, as I said before, every day!

SCOOTER:

My cat Scooter also sleeps a lot. More than me. She needs a bath at the moment because I took her outside several times this weekend and she likes to rub and roll on the grass and the porch.

DINNER:

Because that is an important subject. Tonight I had a hot pocket and some orange juice. Oh and a piece of chocolate that my dad gave me for Valentines Day.

GOALS:

I'm thinking about looking into an art class. I miss school and doing something creative. I have so much to do though that I think at this point I would just end up resenting the time it takes away from all my work.

PLANS:

Let's see, tomorrow I plan to go to work. I have my evaluation review at 7:30 before school and then to teach. that means I have to be at the office by 6am so that I can get all my stuff together. Then after school I will go to the gym. After the gym Kater will be coming over to work on the video for the musical unit. I plan to make fish tacos for dinner. And then maybe if you all are lucky I will post again.....or not!

Love you all

Kim

A long time and a coma

So, I know I made a promise, but it's just so hard. I'm gonna try again. they may be short, they may suck. But I will try again to write on a regular bases.

Today I went to church and then came home to eat a big bowel of spaghetti. I proceeded to go into a carb coma and slept for four hours! Arg, I lost most of my day off. What!!!!

Congratulations to Kacy

Kacy graduated last weekend!  For those of you that don't know Kacy is my friend and sister.  She has worked really hard for the last three years to get her degree and I am so proud of her.  She stuck it out and not only got honors, but received honors with distinction!  There were only seven people in the whole class that did that!  Congratulations Kacy!  I am so very proud of you.  P.S. Your party kicked ass!

Asparagus Festival

Last weekend, my family and I went to the Asparagus Festival in Stockton CA.  It was so much fun!  There were craft booths and food booths and several stages.  We spent the day walking around and eating yummy things.  I had fruit on a stick, fried asparagus, a snow cone, and fruit in a cup.  yum.  

Here is a picture of my dad!  The band-aid on his nose is from some skin cancer he had removed.

The end of vacation

It's been almost a month that I have been home from vacation.  I planned on posting everyday, but the Internet at the house we were staying at sucked, so I didn't even open my computer all that much.  Then for two weeks after we were home I didn't turn on my wireless router.  

The vacation was beautiful.  I had a good time.  I also realized some things about my family.  Isn't it just Gods way to teach you something when you are trying to relax?

Oregon was awesome, I could move there in the blink of an eye.

Really bad at this

I am really bad at blogging.  My mom keeps telling me I should post more often.  I just am too lazy.  I will try to do better mom.

Day one

We left this morning on our trip to  Oregon!  It was a beautiful sunny day all the way up.  I think I even got a little sun burned (darn Swedish skin). Kacy drove to Redding and then I drove up to Ashland where we are staying for the night.  We stopped in Yreka for dinner at "Grandma's"I had a chef's salad.  We arrived in Ashland where I went to my favorite bookstore in the world, Bloomsbury books (will have to check the spelling in the morning). If I could I would live in a book store.  There is nothing more exciting and valuable in my life than knowledge and books give that.  I love they way they smell.  I love the way they look.  I love the way they communicate ideas.  I wonder all the time about what other people are thinking and feeling.  I have an inner dialogue that is running constantly in my brain, wouldn't it be great to hear someone else's inner thoughts for just a few seconds?  Books let people communicate their inner thoughts. Say, without normal judgment, things that they want to.

This was not meant to be a post about books.  It's supposed to be about vacation.  So far it's been fun!  I had grasshopper ice cream and found an ATM card.

Love to you all

K

A tiny town

Visit my town http://kiweville.myminicity.com/ 

Addition to my wish list

http://dutchbikes.us/velorbis/dannebrog/index.php

It's pink...it's a slip...and it's all mine

enough said

I am unique-just like everyone else

Today I taught seventh grade English.  The seventh graders are so into being unique.  They all want to stick out, but in the right way.  They don't want to stick out too much, but they all want to be special and unique.  Out on 19 students in my first class, 11 of them had on black t-shirts today.  It's a good thing that we are all the same on the inside.