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    Tuesday, January 25th, 2005
    7:11 pm
    I'm in a good mood.

    I wrote a kick-ass English test for my eleventh graders and my mentor teacher just called to say that he wanted me know I'm doing a great job. I'm glad he called. He hasn't commented on how I've been doing in awhile and I thought he thought I was slacking or sucking or something awful. It's good to know he thinks I'm doing a great job, especially since his letter of recommendation will be sealed and sent to a private file that I never get to see.
    Also: My 5th period class surprised me with treats today. They convinced my mentor teacher to drag me out into the hall so they could sign a card and pull out cupcakes. It was a very nice surprise. I love the card. Every single one of them wrote something really nice and sweet even though some of them act like they hate my guts sometimes. :-) I'm sad to go.

    Current Music: at work
    Monday, January 17th, 2005
    10:18 pm
    Napoleon
    Napoleon Dyanamite
    (Please rate my quiz)


    Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?
    brought to you by Quizilla

    hah! Does Napoleon like Beck? (that's a question I answered on the quiz..I was nervous, I answered all the questions honestly and was worried I end up being one of those pouf-banged harpies...not that pouf-banged harpies like Beck...but they do like convertible BMWs)

    I wonder if the name Napoleon has increased in popularity over the last year...

    I haven't updated in a ba-gillion years!

    The last ba-gillion years in a nutshell:

    1. I quit Outback

    2. I work Mondays and Tuesdays nights in the library if you want to come say hi

    3. I'm almost done student teaching (which is actually sad because I love my class and my mentor teacher)

    4. The dean of the school offered me $1000 to be the schools cheerleading coach. I've never cheerlead (is that right) but the old coach quit and the dean just wants someone to supervise. The girls are currently being supervised by the dean..a gruff, large man. eek! I'm going in tomorrow to talk to the dean to hear the specifications for the job. The basketball team really sucks so I'd only have the job for a very short time...hmm pretty much it comes down to A vs. B where A = $1,000, good feeling from helpings kids, and coaching experience to go on resume and B = hate of getting up early, possible long-term commitment if the basketball team pulls it together this year, and I'D BE A CHEERLEADING COACH!!! WTF?

    5. I can now knit socks

    6. Life Aquatic is a very good movie that you all should run out and see right now.

    7. Apparently 24, the show I have always thought was retarded, upon actual viewing is not retarded, but rather "exciting" and "good"

    8. Oh, yeah, I'm 22!

    9. Nick took me to my first Jamba Juice on the way home from trip to see snow in the mountains. It was delicious. I don't know what was funnier: Nick getting a "femme boost" in his drink as a joke or the guy behind the counter trying to sell us sunscreen when it was dark and snowy outside.

    THE END!

    Current Mood: cathartic...hah! joking
    Current Music: Antics (Interpol) and Matador's 15th year sampler are good
    Tuesday, January 11th, 2005
    6:28 pm

    I am nerdier than 62% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!


    hmm, I want Nick to take this test...
    Sunday, November 28th, 2004
    12:32 am
    woohoo! It is officially the Christmas Season...at least that's what the tv told me...

    Seriously, I'm not ready for Christmas. It feels like it was just summer and i was searching for a house and a car and worrying about where I was going to student teach for the next three months. weird. there are only 26 days until my birthday though. that is a reality.
    Sunday, November 7th, 2004
    5:41 pm
    Life =
    student teaching is going well but the little spare time I have is spent with my boyfriend or watching movies rented from the sweet locally owned video store next to my house while I grade papers, so all i have to talk about is time spent with Nick and movies...I'll spare you lovey dovey gobbly gook and talk about movies:

    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring beautiful. This film is relaxing and moves slowly but is immensely intriguing. I only graded three papers in the two hours I spent watching it.

    8 Femmes murder mystery with singing and dancing and vibrantly colored costumes and set. Oh yeah, and it's French.

    I also saw I ♥ Huckabees at the Metro Friday night. I loved it! Not at all like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...except for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-esque presentations of dreams and memories but I managed to look past the similarities and enjoy the story and the questions posed. oh, and it's funny.

    PS: I just realized that Isabelle Huppert who plays Caterine Vauban in I ♥ Huckabees is Augustine in 8 Femmes. Weird. She is fantastic. I'm going to watch a couple of her other movies and come back with a report.

    Current Mood: well-rested!!!
    Current Music: Steven's Last Night in Town -Ben Folds Five
    Friday, October 15th, 2004
    9:35 am
    MMM!!! Jessica just introduced me to the pumpkin spice latte. If you like nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves I strongly recommend this beverage as an accompionment to your next crisp fall morning.
    Saturday, September 25th, 2004
    12:52 pm
    Kate's Homework Progress
    12:52 Messed around on Livejournal rather than doing HW. Now feel guilty. Will continue homeworking now.
    2:42 Shakespeare Scene Analyses going great. Am taking a break to print out some stuff I need for teaching on Monday.
    4:26 stuff printed out. Shakespeare Scene Analyses are not done...eek!
    12:34 pm
    I really suck at posting. I only post when I have a large quantity of work that needs to be completed and rather than do that I journal. But then I have also been really busy lately. I'm working at the OB and in ITS and teaching high school M-R 8-4. I LOVE STUDENT TEACHING! I've only been an intern for a week but I've already taught four classes, created hw assignments, graded hw, and used the copy machine. My last internship kind of sucked and left me wondering if teaching was for me. I'm no longer worried about my choice of profession. ok, now i have to be a good student and finish my BIQ hw. Did I mention I finished my notebook for Thorpe? Thirty-Two assignments...that's about sixty pages of handwritten goodness. Granted my notebook was filled with 5.5inx8in paper,not legal size, but the idea that I created that much in so little time is insane. Now I just have to whip out two papers and 4 Shakespeare scene analyses. I think I can have the Shakespeare and one of the papers finished before I leave work today. It is 12:45, I get off at 6. I will post updates to keep myself accountable. I want to turn everything in on Monday.

    In other news. I have had a silent stalker all summer...I have turned off the "no anonymous posts" option so she can be a vocal anonymous stalker.

    Current Mood: okay
    Current Music: Kilbasa -Tenatious D...I live with boys
    Tuesday, September 7th, 2004
    8:29 am
    The Pixies rocked so hard last night!!!!!!!!

    Current Mood: ecstatic
    Current Music: Pixies Bumbershoot Setlist...all songs all at once
    Thursday, August 19th, 2004
    3:14 pm
    HOOORAY!!!
    Nick was accepted into the UW Mechanical Engineering Department. I am so glad that he isn't leaving for Pullman this weekend and that we'll get to hang out together in Seattle this year! I am so happy!

    Today I throughly cleaned the bathroom Joe and I share. I used a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and i was surprised to discover that it is actually magical. I used it on the tub and the tub turned from brown to white. I used it on the shower doors. What was once frosted is now clear!!! Seriously, these things are amazing. I washed the walls in my room and it removed all of the scuffs and discoloration. I wonder how they work...

    Current Mood: happy
    Wednesday, July 28th, 2004
    8:02 am
    today is a good day!
    I have a working iPod!

    YAY!!!

    My iPod broke four months ago, the night before I got on a plane to the UK. I brought it along figuring that I could fix it once it was recharged by resetting it...NOPE! It was bizzroken.

    Yesterday I took it to the MAC store in UVillage expecting to drop it off and receive it in the mail months from now. Instead the process took FOREVER! First, I told someone that my iPod was broken and needed to be sent off to be fixed. He set me up with an appointment at the "Genius Bar" thirty minutes later. I went to Barnes & Noble. When I got back I met my genius at the bar and he conducted all sorts of tests. The hard drive was broken! Apparently, according to my genius, an iPod is a "mechanical device" and contains a "wheel" that "spins" and sometimes that stops working. So, he then continues to do more tests. It's been over an hour since I walked in the store and I'm wondering why he's continuing to do tests if he knows what's wrong and we're just going to throw the darn thing in a box and send it to the factory...AND THEN my genius said, "I'll be right back" and when he returned he brought me a brand new shiny scratch free iPod! Wheee! It was the best to be able to walk out with a fully functioning iPod when I expected to have to pay to have it shipped and fixed and not receive it back for a long time. To celebrate I purchased a blue iSkin to protect the new pod's perfection, a car charger, and a Belkin Tunecast II. Everything works great and I love the iSkin. I wish I'd bought one for my first iPod.

    Current Mood: happy
    Current Music: The Dark of the Matinee -Franz Ferdinand
    Wednesday, July 21st, 2004
    12:42 pm
    phew!!!
    Get Job
    Find Place To Live
    Buy Car
    Get Credit Card
    Be Fingerprinted

    Get Cellphone
    Fix iPod
    Tuesday, July 13th, 2004
    9:24 am
    Woah!!!


    In 1982 (the year you were born)


    Ronald Reagan is president of the US


    The space shuttle Columbia completes its first operational flight


    Actor John Belushi is found dead of a drug overdose in a West Hollywood hotel


    Automobile manufacturer John Delorean is arrested and charged with possession of 59 pounds of cocaine


    The first artificial heart is implanted in American Barney Clark


    The Cable News Network, or CNN, is launched


    750,000 people rally against nuclear weapons in New York City's Central Park


    Time Magazine's Man of the Year was for the first time given to a non-human, a computer


    The first computer virus, written by Rich Skrenta, escapes into the wild


    Kirsten Dunst and Elisha Cuthbert are born


    St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series


    San Francisco 49ers win Superbowl XVI


    New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup


    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is the top grossing film


    Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of a live bat thrown at him during a performance, later hospitalized with rabies


    "I Love Rock 'N Roll" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts spends the most time at the top of the US charts


    Cheers, Family Ties, Silver Spoons, and Fame premiere



    What Happened the Year You Were Born?


    More cool things for your blog at
    Blogthings


    First off: Cheers is ANCIENT! Does that mean I'm old too...and the first computer virus....weird...not to mention I'm as old as CNN!

    Current Mood: amused
    Friday, July 2nd, 2004
    1:45 pm
    Has anyone heard the E.E Robbins "The Engagement Ring Store" radio ad that features Chris and Katie from SPU? They met at the bus stop...awwww!
    My favorite line in the entire ad was something along the lines of Katie knowing she and Chris were going to get engaged before Chris did. Hee-larious. Ring by Spring Girls!

    Current Mood: amused
    10:25 am
    Yay!
    New Knitty
    Work just got 100% bettah!

    (edited to mention: Knitty is not just knitted underthings. Look in the archives for awesome sweater/sock/hat/tanktop/bathingsuit patterns)

    Current Mood: happy
    Current Music: Matinee -Franz Ferdinand
    Wednesday, June 30th, 2004
    3:06 pm
    I gotacar, I gotacar, I got a car hey hey hey hey
    Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, The oldest Beesley child is finally mobile. My car is sooo sweet!
    See:
    Kate's Sweet Car
    Ok, that's not my car but it is a car that looks exactly like my car. Use your imagination and pretend it has Washington, rather than Florida plates! Weee! Sorry, I'm really excited. I bought it Sunday but wasn't able to pick it up until this morning because the AC needed to be re-freeonized. It's ice cold now. BRRRRRRRRRR!

    Current Mood: bouncy
    Current Music: First Straw -311
    Tuesday, June 29th, 2004
    8:37 am
    I need to see Elf (oh yeah and Gone With the Wind)
    I am surprised that there are only 14 movies in the top 100 (I assume grossing, I got this list from Cassie)that I haven't seen. These are the movies I haven't seen:


    Passion of the Christ, The (2004) $370,025,697
    Shrek 2 (2004) $356,211,000
    How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) $260,031,035
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) $261,970,615
    How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) $260,031,035
    Twister (1996) $241,700,000
    Ghost (1990) $217,631,306
    Mummy Returns, The (2001) $202,007,640
    Gone with the Wind (1939) $198,655,278
    Pearl Harbor (2001) $198,539,855
    Ice Age (2002) $176,387,405
    Elf (2003) $173,381,405
    Three Men and a Baby (1987) $167,780,960
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) $161,963,000

    Full List Here )

    Current Mood: amused
    8:32 am
    mmm
    I splurged and got a egg, mushroom, swiss, and spinach on a noah's everything bagel for breakfast. Mmm! so good! I thought it would be a good idea to start this amazing day of work with some protein. I work this morning in ITS from 8-3 and at OB from 4:45-10:30...It's going ot be a long day, BUT with the consumption of this sndwich I feel that it will be a good one!

    Current Mood: full
    Sunday, June 27th, 2004
    11:26 pm
    sometimes I wish I could go back to being three when juice and graham crackers and tadpoles were where it was at My parents were my best friends and relationships were sooo easy. $5 was an insane amount of money and not nearly as cool as a big brown cardboard box. I didn't worry about anything and summer stretched on forever.
    Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004
    8:27 am
    Good Morning!!!
    Grace
    This is Grace. Grace is an eight week old Catalan Sheepdog puppy that is in Girona Catalunya, Spain. She's going to fly to America to live with my mom and dad in two or three weeks. I am soo excited! Isn't she cute! My parents didn't think that they would get a new dog after Precious died, but with me mostly out of the house and Bill all grown up I think my mom misses taking care of something. Precious looked like a Catalan sheepdog only she was 20 lbs bigger. The new dog will be smaller and a different color but will still be very shaggy. Though she's really dark in this picture, when she grows up she will most likely be light grey with black ears.

    In other news )

    Current Mood: excited
    Current Music: Somebody Told Me -The Killers
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