Sometimes I remember the strangest things

I had a headache today, again. I slept a good portion of the afternoon and the acetaminophen with caffeine has me wide awake. With the Olympics on, there hasn't been much of new TV so nothing saved on the DVR to bide my time until I'm tired.* I received all the seasons of Gilmore Girls on DVD from my family last year for Christmas. I stopped watching episodes over the summer since I couldn't bare to watch anymore of season 6.** Last week I decided I could continue watching if I skipped parts of season 6 & 7.***

OK, I didn't want to talk about my headache, my sleeplessness or Gilmore Girls. Yes, Gilmore Girls makes me weepy sometimes but tonight it wasn't really the show that was making me weepy, it was Christiane Amanpour. You're probably thinking "What does CNN's chief international correspondent have anything to do with any of this?" She was made a cameo in the series finale of Gilmore Girls. Soon as I saw her I remembered a fellow teacher told me how she always wished she had become a journalist like Amanpour. This the first of many conversations about our path in life we take. All these feelings and insecurities came flooding back to me and it was a little much.

Sorry for the rambling.










* Please forgive, I just finished watching multiple episodes of Gilmore Girls. My brain is in fast talking mode.
** Not that it was bad, just hard to watch emotionally because you know what is going to happen.
*** Sorry, my brain is a little like this:

LORELAI: Because my brain is a wild jungle full of scary gibberish. "I'm writing a letter. I can't write a letter. "Why can't I write a letter? I'm wearing a green dress. "I wish I was wearing my blue dress. "My blue dress is at the cleaners. "'The Germans wore gray. You wore blue. ''Casablanca'. "'Casablanca' is such a good movie. "'Casablanca.' The white house. Bush. "Why don't I drive a hybrid car? I should drive a hybrid car. "I should really take my bicycle to work. "Bicycle. Unicycle. Unitard. Hockey puck. Rattlesnake. Monkey, monkey, underpants."

The Nose Knows

Today is the eighth consecutive day I've been sick. It started with a sore throat on Friday night then migraine Saturday then flu/cold by Sunday. My stomach is feeling much better but now it is just a dreadful head cold. I think my nose is playing tricks on me. It seems to start running like crazy whenever I've just washed my hands or if I even think of going to sleep.

New Highest Scrabble Score Ever! (With Apologies to May-B)

Beat my previous best score of 513 last week with a new high of 517! Woot!

As happy as I am for doing so well, I felt bad it had to happen when May-B was having such a rough game. Right after she had to swap her tiles, I played slumping for 100 points (my new highest single word score). She started a new game called "Thank God that is over".

Letters to Some Former Students

Dear Allison,
Glad to see that you are well and seem to have risen above where you came from. I always admired your cheery disposition in spite of your bad home situation. The fact that you are a new mother makes me feel very, very old.
Love, Janny

Dear Brandon,
Wow, you got hot. I'm sure you are still an idiot but the years since high school have been kind to you (unlike many others).
Love, Janny

Dear Andrea,
You've always seemed to have a sadness about you and I never knew why. I pray you can find the peace you are looking for.
Love, Janny

Dear Tyrel,
You seemed like you were one of those boys that would be stuck in that town forever. I am so proud of you for being more than the low expectations for you. It is amazing what the love a good woman can do for a man.
Love, Janny

Dear Travis,
I'm sorry if you thought I didn't like you. You thought you were my least favorite student but it was really the opposite. You honestly were the smartest student I have ever taught and I was just trying to push you to achieve what I knew you could.
In other news, I still tell people about how your grad date was a very attractive 23 years old.
Love, Janny

Dear Sabrina,
Is it bad that I knew that you'd be a girl that could never leave that town? Not necessarily a bad thing. I know you had big ambitions but family and friends were more important.
I forgot how hot your dad was. Also, your brother is still a piece of work but I think it is part of his genetics.
Love, Janny

Sometimes it is best to not know the context

Overheard at the university: "The Incredible Hulk and Morgan Freeman? That's just too much awesome for one conversation."

Ann-Margrock sings "Ain't Goin' to Be Your Fool"

I had this song stuck in my head this evening...

6-bee

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon's Glee Parody:

Strange Sleep

I haven't had a decent night sleep in weeks. I either can't get to sleep or can't sleep through the night. I wake up because I'm too hot or too cold. I wake up from crazy dreams. Ugh.
Last night I was so tired I forced myself to stay awake until 10pm. I woke up because in my dream I was trying to wrap corn on the cob with toilet paper so I could throw it away. Yeah, really didn't make sense why it would frustrate me into waking me up. It still dark outside so I was convinced it was the middle of the night. I turned on my clock* and it was after 8. I had slept more than 10 hours consecutively and I was still exhausted. I went to the bathroom, went back to bed and then slept until noon. For those of you that are less numerically inclined, I slept 14 hours. Might not be strange if you are May-B but definitely strange for me. I presume I shall return to my restless sleep state tonight.





*Digital alarm clock with a backlight. Definitely a handy for a migraine sufferererer.

Mad TV - iPad

I'm confused. Why would Apple name a product after parody product? This sketch is from over two years ago.

Life's Little Questions

Google search suggestions:

Tweets about Lost

Simon Pegg: Damon I heard that the smoke monster is the ghost of Locke's father's brother who is Jack and Hurley's son's mom. Y/N?
Damon Lindelof: WHO TOLD YOU THIS!?!? Someone is getting SO fired.
Simon Pegg: I got Abrams drunk.
Damon Lindelof: Lie. It is impossible to get an android drunk.
Simon Pegg: Touche. Seriously though, the island is the product of a cheese dream experienced after Jack Shepherd ate a whole Edam. Yes?
Damon Lindelof: Incorrect. The actual cheese which birthed the dream that created the island? Camembert.
Simon Pegg: Aarrrrrrggghhhhhhhh! Curses! I knew it was cheese though.

Overheard in a fluid mechanics class

"What's p among friends?"

Crocodile will chomp your face

Saltwater Crocodile Photo, Animals Picture – National Geographic Photo of the Day

Let me count the ways I am nerd bait...

- mention a desire to take as many differential equation classes as possible
- know less than others in the field approximately my age but enough to understand what they are talking about
- proximity
- participates in nerdy competitions and lose


PS: Happy 1200th post to me!

Grace in Small Things: Day 24

Has a rough day so a couple will be hockey themed (thus it will not make sense to most of you)

1. Some one in my fantasy hockey league dropped Tuukka Rask. Fool! He will be my 3rd goalie after Martin Brodeur and Evgeni Nabokov. [Translation: I have really good goalies]. This same fool dropped Alexander Semin when he was on injury reserve.



2. Martin Brodeur got a shut out! I'm in 1st place in my fantasy hockey league and my lead increases everyday.


3. Pilates started again today! I missed it so. At the beginning, the instructor asked me to talk to the class about how it has benefited me since my falls.
   
4. On the way to school, the bus driver saw me about a half block from the bus stop so he stopped for me


5. My bus driver on my way home has mad defensive driving skills. A taxi ran through a yield sign and the bus driver avoided him completely. I don't know many people who could have reacted that well in a car let alone a bus.

My New Desktop Image

It makes my heart glad.

I decided that Jason Sudeikis is Ky's soul mate because he is tall whilst bearded and punching.

From 2004: Jay Leno Announces He's Leaving Tonight Show

Wow, I think 2004 Jay needs to have a conversation with 2010 Jay:

Jay's 2004 Announcement - watch more funny videos

Neil Young Sings "Pants On The Ground"

Some Words on the Late Night Debacle from a Man Who's Been There

Dave Letterman discusses NBC's Late Night mess and does an excellent impression of Leno:

Headache: Day 4

I've had a migraine since Saturday. I have times when I feel better but it never really goes away. It is difficult to not spend the afternoon sleeping when you need to stay perfectly still in a dark room with your eyes closed to feel better. You can't worry about being to get to bed a reasonable time when you are trying not to puke from the nausea.

It is 1 AM and I am WIIIIIIIIDE awake. This will not help the chances of feeling better tomorrow morning.