brief weekend recap

knocked up was excellent. similar to 4oYOV with its combination of bawdy humour and touching moments, but much more romcom. katherine heigl is lovely. seth rogen is hilarious. and paul rudd is genius. so that's two pregnancy movies in a week and i liked them both. go figure.

rode my bike for the first time in months - 20 miles from around newtown to just south of loveland and back. would like to do it more often, but it's 20 minutes to get there and 20 minutes back, which means i'd have to block out about two hours to bike. maybe once summer rolls around it will be doable.

saw pomegranates again last night at the southgate house. excellent show, complete with cedarville marching band uniforms, though i am baffled by advertising. posters say 8:00. show didn't start until 9:45. and everyone else seemed to know this because we were the only ones there at 8:30. must be some secret i am not privy to. unfortunately, the boys wrecked their van (cleverly named the pomevanate) on the way to the show. they and the equipment were fine, but they kind of need transportation. anyone have a van they're not using?

finished grading the independent novel projects. now i just have the mockingbird essays and their journals, plus the making meaning questions for the stories they've been reading. the end is in sight. this week is going to be tough, though, 'cause all their friends are done and out. and it doesn't help to remind them they started two weeks after everyone else. they've conveniently forgotten that.

started reading U2 at the end of the world. i know, should have done it much sooner. but i finally found a used copy at half price and picked it up. good stuff so far. i know most of the stories so far, but still a fun read. would rather do that than grade essays.

saturday was one of those odd days, where i actually felt like the cool and interesting person i am. i really like my new haircut, got some encouraging emails, an actual handwritten letter. excellent day all around. wish i could remember how that felt for those days when i feel less than cool and interesting.

five days of classes. two days of exams. one teacher day. two days of training. one month of ohio writing project. then summer break for six weeks. somehow this fails to inspire me.

to sleep, perchance to dream.
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tunes: journey - stone in love