The Way the Story Goes

Every story starts the same. Boy meets Girl, Girl meets Girl, or Boy meets Boy. So maybe they don't start exactly the same, but it's the same premise in every story. They meet, one loves, they both love, and a connection develops. It's the ending that varies. For the lucky ones, the hopeful ones, the determined ones, there is no ending. But for most of us... the ending comes, often unexpectedly often, there is never a warning, no giant sign of discontent. The unhappiness sneaks in at the corners of the night and one morning we just wake up and realize that the love is gone. Maybe the love isn't gone for both of the players, but for one of them... it's over. And all that's left is to break the heart of the one they professed their undying love for.

If you're like me then you've been on the heart breaking end of the story more than once. Every time it falls apart it seems like it will be the last time. It seems like you can no longer rebound, no longer pull yourself together. If you're like me... then you've given up on love. Don't be like me.

Don't give up. Remind yourself every day of the things that make you laugh, of the moments that make you smile, of the friends who will do their damndest to make you laugh. Find joy in your memories, find happiness in the love of friends, find peace in knowing this is not the end.

There is always hope, there is always a tomorrow, there will always be another chance for love, don't give up.

Some things to make you laugh:

[03:01] <spuernam> you can be the keeper of my chicker

[03:01] <Sarah> thanks :)

[03:01] <Jess> lmao

[03:01] <Sarah> ur chicker..?

[03:01] <spuernam> *chicken

[03:01] <spuernam> lol

[03:01] <spuernam> that too

[03:01] <Jess> here chicker chicker chicker

[03:01] <Jess> here chicker chicker chicker

<spuernam> I can't help it. you have my chicken and sarah has my stick

 

[00:16] <partied_out_gia> WIDGET - noun - a penguin with the ability to maintain airbornity (it can fly. Duh.).

[21:00] <gia_pet> yeah...my head grows green things and i walk around singing gi-gi-gi-gia!!

[23:37] <Meegs> *plays with rubber duck*

[23:37] <Sarah> lmao

[23:37] <Nina> sex in the water, anyone?

[00:29] <gia_pet> looking at a girl and liking her hair is not the same as looking at a girl and wanting to tangle your hands in her hair

  

Q: What's the difference between a blonde and a solar powered calculator?
A: The blonde works in the dark!

Q: How can you tell if a blonde has been using the computer?
A: The joystick is wet.

Q: What does a blonde put behind her ears to make her more attractive?
A: Her ankles.

Q: What do you say to a Blonde that won't give in?
A: "Have another beer."

Q: What do Blondes say after sex?
A1: Thanks Guys.
A2: Are you boys all in the same band?
A3: Do you guys all play for the Green Bay Packers?

Q: How do you make a blonde's eyes twinkle?
A: Shine a flashlight in their ear.

Q: What does a screen door and a blonde have in common?
A: The more you bang it the looser it gets.

Remember that things will always get better, that no matter how heart broken and lost you may feel, there will always be someone there to lead you on, and remember that you are loved.

Don't get lost in the memories when you have a future to look towards. Don't let assholes who break your heart destroy you, pick yourself up and let your friends glue you back together. (Don't forget, all good lesbians come equipped with a bottle of Gorilla Glue, just in case)

Remember to laugh. Remember you are loved. Remember you are important. Remember you will find happiness, I know you will.



I love you sunshine.

To the future...

This blog is to be read again on December 31st 2021.

Dear Me:

Yes, I realize this from the past. Think of yourself as a time traveler. though that's really not the important part. The important part is what I have to say after this.

I realize the past few months have been busy, I know, you just turned 35 which is scary. And your sister just celebrated her 10 year wedding anniversary. Remember the wedding? How your crazy uncle kept collecting empty beer bottles and putting them at your seat at the head table? By the end of the night it looked like you'd had 3 cases of beer just by yourself.

But really, let's not get too caught up in the memories, I want to remind you of a few things.

1. Remember why you're teaching. Remember how much you love it, how much you enjoy your time with the kids, remember your student teaching and how much the kids made you smile, even when you wanted to throttle them.

2. Remember why you wear fun socks everyday. Remember why there are Hot Wheels and Legos on your desk.

3. Remember what your family means to you. Remember your grandparents. Remember how much they have always loved you. Remember how much they have always been there for you.

4. Don't forget how terrifying it was to begin teaching on your own.

5. May 17th.

6. Don't forget the simple joys, the tweets from a friend, watching Monty Python and Mel Brooks, getting a new action figure.

7. Don't forget the friends that were always there for you.

8. Don't forget what it means to be a friend. Don't forget what it means to stand up for your friends and be there when they needed you.

9. Don't forget what your believe in, don't let others trod over your beliefs.

10. Remember who you are.

11. Remember the comfort of Jersey sheets.

12. Don't forget where your scars are from.

13. Don't forget to laugh. Remember the silly things, like the Exit sign over your closet door. The silly putty next to your bed. Angry Birds and Stair Dismount.

14.Don't get too caught up in new technology or technology in general that you forget the things that are important to you and the things that you love.

15. Don't forget the joys of curling up with a puppy.

- You
March 15, 2011

Time for another night of fun and games

Alright ladies, it's time once more for a night of fun and games. Unfortunately this post did not come as early as planned due to grading, cleaning and general internet sketchiness issues. So this weeks fun and games will be drawn out over the next few days.

Here's my plan...

1. go to pogo.com
2. add friend jokerpoetgirl801 (yeah, that's me)
3. Join me in a fun game

Because I'd rather just play with you ladies and other people who are out there reading this, I feel like I'll probably set a password to any games on there that I'm playing. Because I'm somewhat random, we'll just set the password as bananas ... don't ask me why.

If you have a request for a game to play just let me know. =D

I'm partial to games of Monopoly and Risk, as well as card games.

Beyond that, anyone interested in some March Madness betting? I never do well, but it'd be fun to try.

Oh yeah, any requests for next weeks fun and games?

Alright ladies, I know it's a short post tonight, but I'm hoping to get this up in time for some of us to get a game in tonight. It'd be fun, I promise!

I promise, longer post later this week and I've got a couple pretty good ideas in mind. I'm open to suggestions though.

- me

Just today

I'm not asking for forever
I'm just asking for now
Asking for today.
I'm asking for another rotation of the earth
Another setting of the sun
Another coming of the dawn.
Just another 24 hours.
I'm just asking for today.
And every today that follows.

Do Not Let Your Silence Become Your Consent

This evening lawmakers in Wisconsin have acted again the heart of democracy to push through a bill that removes the collective bargaining rights of state employees. Individuals who were protected by unions and have worked for the state for years now find themselves in a perilous position. Last week StateBill 5 passed through one house of the Ohio Legislature. SB5 will remove the collective bargaining rights of state employees. These employees include teachers, firefighters and police officers.

Some alterations have been made to protect firefighters and police officers, but still the attacks come for the teachers. Ladies and Gentlemen if you are currently reading this, remember who taught you to read, who taught you to think, to expand on your thoughts, who taught you how to write. And please, remember your teachers.

First They came... - Pastor Martin Niemoller

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

The majority of American's support unions, public unions and the collective bargaining rights of those unions.

In 2008 68% of eligible voters voted in the Presidential elections.

My thoughts on this whole subject are so disjointed right now that it's hard to explain.

I am not currently a member of a Teacher's union, but I will be. Currently I am a member of a United Food and Commercial Worker's Union. My current union is unaffected by the changes but that does not mean they are silent. Calls are being made and we are being asked to make our voices heard. If politicians are attacking the public workers how long will it be before they choose to interfere with all unions, including those in the private sector.

My lovelies... we can not allow our voices to be silenced. We can not allow our silence to be consent. For too long too many of us have say by the wayside and made the assumption that those with more experience, with more power, more knowledge will make the decisions that are best for us. We have made the assumption that what is truly evil and wrong in society will not be allowed to pass. We have made the assumption that our government will protect us, will make the best decisions for our nation and for the citizens.

We have our voices, we must use them. We can not allow the citizens of this nation to be trampled, we can not allow our voices to be silenced, we can not stand idly by as our rights are ignored in favor of those with deep pockets.

Do not allow your silence to become your consent. Speak up, let your voice be heard, change the world.

Damn Whiny Bitches

Okay, so I had given up on writing a blog tonight. Mostly because my words are getting all muddled and I can't even keep my thoughts straight. (straight...get it.... it was punny) Anyway, some people decided to whine about it, so let's see what I can come up with for tonight.  This is probably going to be random as all hell, just a warning.

So, I'm apparently being especially gay tonight. Never mind the fact that my pajamas for tonight are boxers and a tank top. Never mind the fact that I just bought new rainbow earrings. Never mind the fact that I'm thinking about getting a gold star tattoo. Oh no, what makes me especially gay tonight is the fact that I had an incredible urge to watch Mamma Mia and I'm now propped up in my bed between two golden retrievers singing along to the DVD.

Side note, you guys are taking over my life. I picked up an app for my iphone so I can blog easier straight from my phone. And I'm already thinking ahead to what I can do for Sunday's lesbian fun and games night. (just for the record, an account with pogo.com might be useful.) Also, Sunday's blog is aiming to be posted by 6 pm EST, so that gives time for people to figure out if you're joining the fun or not. (I vote for joining the fun)

I have a goal of  getting on a regular posting schedule.... but that's going to take some consideration and scheduling on my part to figure out. I think Sunday's are going to be kept for fun and games night. Just because it's fairly amusing for me. Although I'm still not sure how the mad-lib from last weeks worked out. So... if you guys did the mad-lib and came up with anything interesting feel free to share it.

I'm a nerd for mythology. I really am. I have like 15 books on the subject, just because I find it fascinating.

(I've started filling in this blog with just random information at this point, just to make a certain couple little whiny bitches happy by having posted something.)

My room currently smells like incense and I haven't burn any in months. Apparently the stuff I bought over the weekend is strong enough to make my room smell good without even lighting it.

As crazy as my kids make me, I wouldn't trade my job for anything in the world. Even if I am only student teaching right now. I love it, absolutely love it. One of my students asked me why I wanted to teach today, and I told her the truth, I love what I do, I love being in the classroom and working with my students. She gave me this look like I was insane, but it's so true, I can't even help it.

Because my kids drive me crazy I have to look forward to the little moments that make things worth it. I have 130 8th graders every day. And at this age they're just plain nuts. But I love it. I love the silly ridiculous things they do. I love it when one of my kids is being a goof and introduces himself to the paper he's writing. I love it when one of them makes a zombie joke on their quiz. I love it when they tie themselves together and then fall over. I love their silly goofy things. They drive me out of my mind sometimes, but I love my job.

Lately when I have problems sleeping I listen to audiobooks on my iphone. The problem with that is that I tend to get caught up in what I'm listening to, and then I can't fall asleep. So I figured out that I have to listen to something I can't understand. As a result, I've been listening to fairy tales... in Russian. Let's see if osmosis really works. I might even switch over to some text books later this week.

I was going to write another couple paragraphs of random information, but I really am falling asleep while typing this. While some of you might enjoy the potential typos, as an English teacher, I can not approve. So, we're leaving this here. I am going to bed. Thursday night should probably be my next blog post... and hopefully I'll figure out what I'm writing about further in advance this time, though I am open to suggestions.

Good night my lovelies.

A little bit of lesbian fun and games

Alright ladies,. I had one plan for my blog tonight, but as I'm sitting here watching Burlesque I decided it'd be more entertaining to dedicate tonight's blog to a little bit of fun and games. So let the fun and games begin.


Lesbian Mad-Lib

1. a greeting
2. an adjective
3. time/day/etc
4. adjective
5. activity
6. food
7. noun
8. place 
9. activity
10. time span
11. noun
12. adjective
13. verb
14. noun
15. adjective


Well    1     there      2     lady. How are you this fine    3    . I think you are very       4     . Would you like to    5      with me? I've heard that you like    6      . Would you like to have   7     with me? Perhaps after we could go to    8      ? Maybe then we can    9       back at my place? You can stay for    10    . My place has a great    11   . I think we could get really      12      together. I'd like to        13        your     14      all night long. Are you    15        for this?





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It's the Little Things

Hello my lovelies... 

Alright, I'm sure it's no real secret that I've been down this past week. I won't lie, I've been feeling lower than I have in years and frankly that never leads anyplace good. And for those of you who have noticed and done your best to pull me out my funk I appreciate it and I love you for it. 

Thanks to my down mood lately I've decided I needed a bit of a pick me up, and I figured I would share it with all of you. So for tonight's blog.... it's the little things in life that make me happy, and I thought I'd share some of those with you.

1. Girl Scout Cookies. 
2. New Video Games
3. Pictures of beautiful women
4. Pictures of semi-naked beautiful women
5. Women in general
6. The alot monster  ( http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html )
7. My 6th and 7th period classes all having their homework today
8. The daily tweets from @emeraldfirefly. I know she's tweeting how awesome I am because she lost a bet, but honestly everytime I get one it totally makes my day that much better and I can't stop smiling for a while. I'm of the opinion that more of us should tweet our friends and tell them why they're awesome every day
9. My knives. (dear friends do not take this the wrong way) I have 10 or so pocket knives, most of which were gifts from my grandfather, two of which have extreme sentimental value to my family. One belonged to my great-grandfather and the matching one belonged to my great-grandmother. Both carried their knives with them all the time, the knives make me smile just because of their connection to me family.
11. Orange Pop. 
12. Old Books (like 50+  years old)
13. PostSecret
14. My Darth Vader Lego Minifig Alarm Clock (trust me, it's awesome!)
15. Awesome socks. Honestly... I hate dressing up, so when I do, I always make my day a little more interesting but putting on some awesomely colorful and entertaining socks. 
16.My Students
17. The smell of incense 
18. Hitting someone in the back with a snowball
19. Waking up with a puppy curls up next to me
20. The Golden Girls
21. Fish. Like the kind you keep in a tank, not the kind you eat.
22. Trips to the zoo
23. Baking cookies with my favorite 4 year old
24. Poetry (which might be why I have 20+ books of poetry) 
25. Comments on my blog
26. Comments on my fanfic
27. Getting new twitter followers who aren't bots
28. Beating someone at a game of Words with Friends
29. Gifts from friends
30. Decorating my room/home/classroom with pictures of my friends
31. Decorating my room/home/classroom with artwork and photography done by my friends (Seriously, when I get my own place I want to cover it with the work of my friends because they are generally awesome and talented people)
32. When any of my favorite webcomics get updated (You guys should check out Looking For Group, Girls with Slingshots, Questionable Content, Least I Could Do & Gutters. My 5 favorites)
33. New Action Figures
34. New Hot Wheels
35. Legos
36. Reading fairy tales to my little cousin
37. Sticking my head in at work and catching up on all the gossip I've missed
38. Hitting a bullseye on the dart board (without cheating) 
39. A New bottle of Vanilla Vodka and a 12 pack of coke
40. Cooking, new recipes or some of my favorites, I love it either way
41. taking pictures of my Roaming Gnome in awkward positions/situations
42. My grandfathers engraved Cross pen and pencil set. He got them years ago when he retired from teaching... before I was born. And on a recent visit he gave them to me... I carry them with me every school and I use them frequently... they always remind me of him.
43. New razor blades
44. My pocket watch. Like a lot of things, this was something passed on to me by my grandfather. He gave it to me years ago, and most days it is now clipped onto my belt loop and carried with me during the school day. 
45. My grandfather. This man has been the world to me since I was a little girl. He tells me stories about World War II because as much as he might have hated the experience, he knows that I love history. He passes on things that mean something to the family because he knows that they mean something to me and that I'll respect them. 
46. My grandmother. She has always been a huge part of my life, just like my grandfather. The two of them make an absolutely adorable old couple and remind me every time I see them what love should be like. She has also become that adorable old woman that talks to everyone and is generally acknowledged as a crazy old lady.
47. TV on DVD! one of my biggest guilty pleasures, I love watching shows on DVD and I have a decent length of shows I have available at home.
48. Saturday morning cartoons.
49. Sleep.
50. My friends, those people who love me despite how much of an ass I might be, despite how messed up I might be, and despite how down I might be. My friends make every day worth getting up for. <3 






Alright, that's my list of 50. And I'm sure the list will be continued at some point, but for now I'm leaving off there. What would you guys add? What's on your own list?


Love you guys, always. 
- Me.