I'm back!

holy god, I haven't been on the interblog in 5 days; I think a tiny piece of me died.

well, now I'm back and have I ever got a lot to catch you(z) up on.

I went for my first day of reporting as a teacher - and had a great day. I met my new co-teachers and other staff, ate a bit of lunch, walked around outside..... oh, and did I mention we're ON STRIKE!!!!?!!!!!

#*(#$^)@!@!!!! can you $*&%*@#$%">$*&%*@#$%#& believe it????? so here's what happened on my second day of work: I slipped inside to talk to the principal (after official protest hours were over, of course) to find out if she'd assigned me a classroom yet. I wanted to spend the evening making the sign for outside my door. she told me that not one parent (NOT ONE) had signed up their kid for my class. perhaps this shows good judgement, but we'll just let that pass and instead point out that I was shitting myself.

third day: principal says she's "very hopeful" I will (magically) have a class by next Tuesday. I decide this sounds very positive and go ahead and set up my classroom (again, we're allowed to do this after official strike hours. everyone kind of looks the other way, as it's obviously in the best interest of everyone to have the school set up for when the kids show up. I figure since I won't be getting paid for that time, it's quite like being on strike.)

so who knows what developments may occur by tomorrow........? stay tuned.......

picture day

it's my new haircut!!!!!!!






















whatd'ya think?

15 more hours to go!!!!!

Fri at 5:00pm, I'll be walking out that front door forever!!!

what a blissful thought!

where has tha lorider been???

sorry for the absence, folks, I've been taking somewhat of a mini vacation - that is, I have so much going on, I couldn't even think about blogging.

"why?" you ask.....

because I've been busy testing, interviewing and being hired for a NEW JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm leaving my old job!

hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be making real money!

hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll have vacation time enough to visit my neglected family and my friends around the globe!

AND, best of all: I have a teaching position!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be teaching Spanish to little kids in an urban school! it's right up my alley - the job that is perfect for me just appeared out of the blue! I'll finally be using my certification and all my years of training, and I'll have little subjects to use for my thesis research. and then I'll have my master's degree and I'll be making even more money! hurray for tha lorider!!!!

ha ha

so busy - no time to blog - here's some pix

fat boy slim

haha, poor Olga!

as you know, my new roomie is beginning medical school this week. in the grand tradition of medical school, she had to begin disecting a cadaver on her very first day of med school. but not just any cadaver!!!! her group got the FATTEST cadaver ever - I mean, so fat that when the other med students walk by their table, they all bust out laughing.

she and her group had to dig through layers and layers of fat before even beginning their work - they were throwing it out by the handful! (oh, don't read that last bit if you're squeamish.) tough luck, Olga!! HAHAHAHAHA!

stealing rediscovering a cool idea

anonymous coworker did a neat thing a while ago where he let his readers ask him any question and he would answer it. in honor of my BLOGOVERSARY (!) I am going to afford you the same opportunity - go nuts! I promise to answer any and all queries!

1-YEAR BLOGOVERSARY SUCKERZ

yeah, that's right, it's august 8, my personal special holiday and also the blogoversary of 1209 anarchists.... *tear* I can't believe it's been a whole year.........

"Let's Look Back" at some posts this past year.......

-a great post about making sandwiches
-a great post about eating out in Toronto
-a great post about non-vegetarianism
-a great post about cooking pastel de choclo
-a great post about enjoying the Detroit nightlife (and eating out)

hmmmmm, I think I detect a theme.


and now...... "Towards the Future"

what does tha lorider have in store for you in the coming year, kiddies....? well, I think it's going to be a little thing called mobile blogging, or mo-blo, or blog-mo, if you prefer. like any respectable blogger, I have become obsessed with technology and last night I purchased myself a radical new celly:






MDA, suckerz! you wish you had one!








actually, I wish I had one too, cause I'm waiting for it to come in the mail (couldn't get it at the store - a little something about always paying my bill late.... oops!).

so look for some amazing real-time posts coming at ya soon! and "thanks for your support!"

wassup?

Blogging from tha tmobile store!

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quiet weekend

I went to the play on Fri, it was good. it turned out to be just Ximena and I so we got to talk a bit, which was nice.

then I saw my brothers and my aunt and one cousin for dinner on Sat night. I gave Omari his gift for his 14th birthday - a wireless X-box controller (with camo design). he loved it!

Sun I just cleaned the house, did some food shopping and later, Olga and I worked on the cabinet - it's totally assembled and painted! we just have to flip it to touch up the bottom and then put it in place. I'll post a pic when it's up.

I'm going to Pennsylvania to visit my grandparents this weekend - it's just a quick three-day trip, but I'm really looking forward to the "vacation".....

I would love to see this:

link

meatball sub for lunch!!

suckerz!

sssssssssssszzzzzzzzzzzzzz

that is the sound of everyone in my office deflating, after all the recent heat and now today's cold spell. we are all absolutely pooped, and it's thunderstorming outside, the perfect sleeping weather. on top of that almost every single piece of equipment in the office is fubar'd, including the server. ( I saw the IT guy sitting on the carpet with the server open beside him, wrestling with a big cable.) we all just want to go home.

I slept in the dining room the last two nights - it was so hot the a/c didn't reach into my bedroom. I really hope I get a good night's sleep tonight.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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(I just saw that an environmentalist coworker of mine has a "hooters" calendar - all pictures of little owls - cute!!)


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shakespeare in the park

**today is Olga's First Day of Orientation for Medical School. hurray, Olga!!! here's hoping you get a relatively fresh cadaver when classes start!**

this is the link to the theater company I'm seeing this weekend - it's a production of shakespeare's comedy of errors set in the gold rush days in california. as I have roots in cali I expect to get a lot out of this production.... but seriously, I'm looking forward to kicking back in the park and just relaxing..... any local bloggers interested in meeting up there.....?

meanwhile, apparently brainon are going to some lame festival.
like I care.

........I'm jealous!!!!! have fun, you two!

stay cool, wittle Maria!

awwwww this post inspired me to post this new picture of Maria.
also to add this blogger to my bloglist.....
(Maria looks so kitty-wise, doesn't she!?!)

*sizzle sizzle*

omfg, it is so so hot today. .....of course, I haven't been outside since 8:30 am. so I guess the weather only affects me like... not at all..... but I hope my little kitty Maria isn't too hot at home, or Olga's little birdies. I left them all lots of water, but to be honest they seemed fine and completely unaware of the heat yesterday, so hopefully they'll be good today, too.

all I want to do lately is sit under the air conditioning and watch movies. in the past few weeks I've seen:

layer cake - awesome
son de mar - awesome
the sea is watching - okay
the (new) pink panther - made me laugh
pride and prejudice - yes, the long version

next, I have nothing to watch - it looks good, I'll let you know........ oh, yes, & I also plan to go see a play this weekend, go to a tiger's game later this month, visit my grandparents in PA next week and have my brothers over to see the dream cruise. so hopefully, I won't get stuck to the couch before then!