I just got my least favorite paycheck of the year. The one containing the letter from my superintendent, welcoming us back to the new school year. Just a reminder of how quickly the summer is going.
26 days and counting.
Theory Thursday
This is my first post in a new themed series. I am always telling my husband about my little pet theories, and he thought they might make good blog fodder.
I have a lot of underwear and shoes. My theory is that I don’t have to try on underpants and they will always fit and I can try on shoes without taking my clothes off. I am a big girl, and trying on clothes is about as much fun as being covered with chocolate syrup (ask me, I know).
Which superhero power would you want?
TVGuide.com put up a video, from Comic-Con, asking celebrities and people in costume which superhero power they would want. I have given this thought over the years. Especially since starting to read Harry Potter. A lot of HP fans like to discuss which magic power they would want.
Lee Pace and Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) would both like to fly. As would Jensen Ackles from Supernatural. In fact, most people said they would want to fly, but Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) had the right idea when she said she would want to teleport. I think my favorite was Che McBride (Pushing Daisies) who would to be able to stop people from Bullsh!tting.
A young woman dressed as a playing card queen (all of them I think) would like to be able to time travel, so she could go back to the 1900s and buy stuff to sell to steampunk fans.
Things I have considered include:
FLYING – not a big fan of heights, but I think it would be cool to fly around. I wouldn’t do it the dorky Superman way with one fist in the air. I want to fly like Hancock. Although, I would work on the landing. But what good would flying do me? It snows here, and I think flying through the snow would suck.
TELEPORTING – this would rock. I would never have to be late for anything. I could leave for school just before I had to be there. I am always running late for things, so it would be great to just think about where I had to go and be there. However, after reading about how painful apparition (HP) is I don’t know. I also read once about teleporting. Your molecules would all have to break down and then be put back together. That doesn’t sound very good either. I still like the idea of teleporting.
PRECOGNITION – how cool would it be to know stuff in advance? Not so good I think. I suspect it would be a huge burden. I might like POSTCOGNITION so I could remember where I left things I have lost.
TIME TRAVEL – I like this one. Again, because of the losing things problem, but also because how cool would it be to meet your parents and grandparents as children? Or see the pyramids or S being built? See who shot JFK or be in the theater when Lincoln was killed? Go to the premiere of The Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind. I would like to be able to change things, but I know that would change the future, so maybe just the chance to see things as they happen.
MARAUDER’S MAP – I don’t know if there is another name for this, but I would love to be able to see where people in my life are at any given moment. It would be a little stalkerish, I suppose, but it would come in handy.
There are plenty of other powers I have considered, but these are my favorites. I’ve also thought about the wondertwins’ power to change into things (did you watch The Justice League in the 80s?), ability to swim underwater for a long distance, see through walls, hear things I shouldn’t hear (I seem to already have that one), read people’s minds, be invisible, etc.
Which superhero power would you want?
Wordless Wednesday
Sleeping cat, originally uploaded by Lady Strathconn.
Good Morning
In the summer I get up later and later as the weeks go on. Sadly, at the end of the summer I have to learn to get up early again. I sometimes think I should be teaching night school. Only they don’t have that for elementary kids.
from xkcd
Cool tool
I was directed to this cool new tool (can’t remember who). I have wasted a lot of time making sand piles.
Sunday Night Blues
It is Sunday evening and it is raining – again! We lucked out and had good weather yesterday, but the rain is back.
Thursday evening neither of us was really very hungry for dinner so we called Jayman and asked if he wanted to go for french fries and ice cream with us. We went to our favorite place, The Chelsea Royal Diner, and sat outside. We gossiped and talked movies. They mocked me for not watching all the Indiana Jones movies and when we dropped Jayman off he loaned us his boxed set.
Friday was gorgeous! It was warm and sunny without even a hint of rain. I took my morning walk and just admired the brilliant blue sky. My neighborhood is so beautiful. I hardly saw any cars and only a handful of people. I also had my “annual exam” Friday. I love my gyno. She has seen me through a lot, and I haven’t even had babies yet. Then I ran a bunch of errands, including getting a new cable modem from Comcast (we totally noticed the speed difference). Friday night we did our favorite date night activities…Keene for dinner at Margaritas, a quick run through Target (okay, only I like that) and then browsing at Borders. I bought my friend Hillary (who is starting college in a month) two books. I saw How to Survive Your Freshman Year
Saturday I weighed in and stayed for the meeting. Actually I stayed for the meeting and then weighed in. Best Lady cut my hair and Hill-the-Pill and I went out to lunch. In the afternoon T worked on the new pond filtration system and I marinated mushrooms, squash, zucchini, and asparagus. We had my parents over for dinner and Trivial Pursuit.
Today I did virtually nothing. Well, except write this entry. My first in weeks.
Where I’ve lived
This is a repost from April 2006 (before the Great Yahoo Blog Disaster of 2007).
I have lived in Brattleboro my whole life.
I went to college in Virginia for 4 years, but I came home every summer and little tiny Sweet Briar was a lot like Brattleboro without the boys my age.
When I was born I went home with my parents to an apartment house they owned. It was (is) right on a main road near downtown. Our downstairs neighbor used to babysit me, and now I teach her great-grandchildren.
When I was 3 my parents bought their present home (27 years now) up the main road, but off the beaten track in a neighborhood. Our street had 3 houses on one side and 4 on the other (now 5). I had a friend across the street and a best friend two blocks up. We played in the road (no traffic then), on the jungle gym my dad built me, and on the tire swing that still hangs in the trees.
When I was 12 my parents added to our house. We spent 16 weeks that summer with no kitchen. The fridge and microwave were in the dining room and we washed dishes in a bathtub. When it was finished we had a hottub, downstairs bathroom, bigger home office, larger open kitchen and giant living space.
When I was in high school, mine was the place where everyone hung out. We had cast parties, afterschool snacks, and dinners before dances, concerts, and events.
I went to college. I came home and went to graduate school. I lived at home. I got a teaching job, I lived at home. Then I got my first apartment.
I moved up the same main road to an apartment in an old milkhouse behind the home of family friends. I now lived 1 mile from where I went home from the hospital with my parents halfway inbetween. I lived there just over 2 years, until my now-husband and I bought a house and moved…
Across town! I am now on the other side of the main road. I have a different trash day. I am in a different school district. I am closer to the grocery store.
But I own my own home. I live in a cute, desirable neighborhood with nice neighbors. We have a big side yard, now complete with a pond and patio. We have a cat and we have love.
Mine is still the place where people come. We are centrally located so we host meetings and parties. People use our porch to drop off and pick up stuff for our theater company.
I may have lived in 4 different homes, but no matter where I reside, Brattleboro is my home.
My hometown
This a repost from August 2005 (before the Great Yahoo Blog Disaster of 2007). This month’s NaBloPoMo theme is Home.
I have lived in Brattleboro for all 29 of my years (save for college in Virginia).
I adore my small hometown. 12,000 people call Brattleboro home with another 5,000 or so in the surrounding towns.
Brattleboro is unique. I am sure many people say that about their town/city, but it is true in Brattleboro.
We are a very artistic and academic town. We have a fabulous art museum that recently featured a never before seen Andy Warhol collection. We are home to several branches of colleges, and the School for International Training/World Learning, one of the leading schools in language and teacher training.
We are also an agricultural center. Holstein International, the international cow registry, is centered in Brattleboro. We have many dairy farms in our area. For the last 4 years Brattleboro has been home to The Strolling of the Heifers, an annual cow parade and dairy/agricultural festival.
Brattleboro sits in the Southeast corner of the great state of Vermont. People here are as inclined to live in, work in, and travel to New Hampshire and Massachusetts, as the rest of Vermont. People move to Brattleboro for the culture, history, job opportunities, and small town charm.
That is just an introduction to my hometown. I will write more about it over the coming month.
I haven’t had much to say
I bet I have no one even trying to read my blog any more. I have had nothing to say and no time to say it. This week was a whirlwind that I will blog about later. For now you should watch this video of someone who has lots to say.