substitute teachers
12/18/2006 03:56 p.m.
well. that's a total lie right there. they can't replace the teacher you had the day before. not really... they just sort of sit there. and look like they're busy (but i will venture to guess that they spend a lot of time emailing and shuffling papers and writing 'important' things down... or looking severe. )
i've had two substitute teachers today. so far. which gives me a fair excuse to ignore the to-do list on the board and write in this e-journal or whatever it is. don't you think?
perfect strangers we are... but i like to write. however confusing it comes out to be. i like to write and not explain myself.
explaining takes too long
i type faster than i write
mostly...
i write really fast at night. my handwriting changes all the time. sometimes it looks like my mom's. sometimes it looks like my dad's.
mostly it looks like mine, scrawly. my sister says it's hard to read at first glance. but it's clear enough i think.

i was sick last week. stayed home 1 1/2 days
fun
missed swim practice and the whole bit

and slept.. usually i don't sleep when i stay home sick. i watch lord of the rings the extended edition. then i watch all the extras. it takes about 8 hours + per film... i love the lord of the rings.
what's your favorite character in it? hmm i have no idea.
i haven't watched it recently...

i did go to see a movie yesterday. the nativity story. everyone should see it. i thought it was really good... it made the story seem so much more really. mary's struggle. joseph's courage. etc etc.. it was really inspiring i think
and i liked that it wasn't all happy like in the storys they tell in sunday school. like justin said "the donkey wasn't smiling."
i love that idea. that it was real. that it really happened. that it wasn't all fun and cookies, but it took real effort to get to bethlehem and people were willing to make those sacrifices because god asked them to.
wow.

why don't people have that kind of obedience and faith today? i wish i had mary's faith..

well that was pretty deep. especially the donkey part... justin is awesome

i'm getting really distracted now. can't think in a straight line. but who does anyways? i'm supposed to be writing an analytical paper on the short story, "sweat," by zora neale hurston (what an awesome name!)
i don't like to analyze things. it is what it is. and if i make all kinds of assumptions and try to prove them, it changes the meaning. the meaning will be different for everybody, becuase everyone is different.. you know?
which is just another excuse to not write an analytical paper.

i feel. i don't know. tired i guess... i haven't done all my christmas shopping. i saved a major project that's due tomorrow for today. and the stress is kind of catching up to me.
i feel obligated to get people presents that have gotten presents for me, you know?

new expression to replace wow or interesting... "cool beans"
mostly i say it to bug my sister.
I am listening to people talking. who are supposed to be working. and typing.. etc