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Today I taught a lesson on The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. I had no idea how this would go...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:36:19 -0700

Today I taught a lesson on The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. I had no idea how this would go over with 11th graders who weren’t even sure really who Ben Franklin was, and many of whom read on an elementary level.

THEY LIKED IT. THEY REALLY LIKED IT. Well, some of them liked it, and others were falling asleep because it was ten thousand degrees today and I have no A/C. But as one kid was handing in his work on the way out, he mumbled, “Cool lesson.” HA! They are so smart. I love them.

The Key to Dreams, René Magritte(via nevver)

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:08:41 -0700

The Key to Dreams, René Magritte
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Florence and the Machine/ Postcards From Italy (Beirut...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:46:32 -0700

Florence and the Machine/ Postcards From Italy (Beirut cover)
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Love love love this. Now, going to bed after maybe the longest day ever. I have never appreciated sleep, or even the act of sitting down, so much in my life, as I do now that I’m a teacher.

TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL I’M FREAKING OUT

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:55:05 -0700

TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

I’M FREAKING OUT

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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:25:27 -0700

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs/ Maps(via bitchville)

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:37:54 -0700

Yeah Yeah Yeahs/ Maps
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Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:30:45 -0700

I had a real real real bad day today. I’m seriously not prepared to start work in a week. I miss home. I miss my friends and my family and my old apartment and my old life, and my old job, and my old routine. I miss California weather. I miss feeling like I was good at something. I feel like I don’t even remember who I am. I’m tired.

numbers I just made a to-do list that has 20 items on it. I...

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:07:00 -0700

numbers

I just made a to-do list that has 20 items on it. I just counted. 20! I would post a picture of the to-do list, but I can’t find the cord to my camera, because I’m not unpacked yet. So, I guess 21. Unpacking all of my belongings would be 21 on that list.

I have four more cards in my wallet this week than I did last week: My Johns Hopkins ID, my new bank card, my new credit card, and my BCPS teacher ID. I’m basically, all of a sudden, a totally different person.

In 12 days I will be responsible for the welfare of 80 teenagers.

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"CONCLUSION Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians..."

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:30:36 -0700

“CONCLUSION
Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.”

- The court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional” is a beautiful phrase.

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Beyond myselfsomewhereI wait for my arrival—Octavio Paz

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:22:00 -0700

Beyond myself
somewhere
I wait for my arrival

—Octavio Paz

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Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:21:10 -0700

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"Like investment bankers on Wall Street, senators these days direct much of their creative energy..."

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:49:10 -0700

“Like investment bankers on Wall Street, senators these days direct much of their creative energy toward the manipulation of arcane rules and loopholes, scoring short-term successes while magnifying their institution’s broader dysfunction.”

- George Packer, The Empty Chamber (via syntheticpubes)

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Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:19:10 -0700

conquistara: Yesterday I read about a genetic disorder: the afflicted are driven to hurt themselves...

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:50:42 -0700

conquistara:

Yesterday I read about a genetic disorder: the afflicted are driven to hurt themselves & those they love. It is, by all evidence, extremely rare—a single, inexplicable glitch in three billion bits of code. Case studies include men who thrust their hands into their mouths & bite off their own fingers. Some bite off their lips. They beg to be restrained. There will always be those who insist everything is getting better, even when we can’t discern it.

ashley! how is teaching life? we'll miss you at clam most definitely.

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:38:42 -0700

HI. Teaching is awesome. I miss CLAM already. Hopefully I’ll be able to come back to the bay to visit sometime this year (a release party time perhaps?) I hope you have a dope senior year! Good luck!!

San Francisco, California (via evan-g, -cityoflove) I had an...

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:33:06 -0700

San Francisco, California (via evan-g, -cityoflove)

I had an amazing last week in Washington state, visiting my grandma, spending time with my mom, and sleeping in and hiking a lot and eating a ton of fish. And then on Wednesday I spent sixteen hours travelling across three time zones and arrived back in Baltimore Thursday morning, a zombie.

I miss home. I’m also really excited to be here, though. School starts August 30th. Eeek.

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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:59:54 -0700

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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:32:48 -0700

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The Beatles/ Oh! Darling

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:10:39 -0700

The Beatles/ Oh! Darling

"There are more locations than girl and boy, man and woman. Decamping from one does not have to mean..."

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:55:20 -0700

“There are more locations than girl and boy, man and woman. Decamping from one does not have to mean climbing into another. There’s plenty of space in between, or beyond the bounds, or all along and across the plane or sphere or whatever of gender, and it is entirely okay to say, “I do not like being a girl, and so I shall be a boy.” But it must also be okay to say, “I do not like being a girl, so I shall set about changing what it means to be a girl,” and yes, okay to say, “I do not like being a girl, and so I shan’t.””

- S. Bear Bergman, from the essay ‘I’m Just Saying’ in hir book, The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You.

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