so mbc (the school broadcast news magazine) ran their story on teacher's who blog, which seems to be just me. they had this lovely site on the screen several times. and in a strange twist, they had me saying that i don't like to publicize my blog while the whole time there was my blog on the screen. they didn't give the exact address, thank goodness, but enough of my students are bright enough to find it by the title, which could definitely be seen. so much for all the cursing i do here.
kidding. kidding.
i'll still be cursing.
kidding. kidding.
academic team (or as i like to call it, fun with smart people) had its first scrimmage yesterday against little miami. a bit intimidating - we walked into the band room with our nine students while their 50+ students (!) sat around eating pizza. but we soon proved that size does not matter. our varsity team annihilated their varsity team in both rounds, 72-27 and 73-38. and our JV did well - the first round ended in a tie, which we lost in overtime. and they were close in the second round. a couple questions here and there and the outcome could have been very different. i'm still frustrated that we miss so many literature questions, but then so did the other teams.
hilarious moment: the team is composed mostly of guys, and they give out what they call "man points" when they answer "manly" questions - sports, certain literature, etc. and they take away man points when you answer something "unmanly" - opera, show biz gossip, etc. so i was a little worried when we got to the fine arts section of the match and the topic was the top 100 romantic films of all time. i had to convince them they would not lose man points for answering. we got jerry maguire, but missed the toss up, much to my relief - the answer was the bridges of madison county, which was a bad book and a worse movie. bleah.
called tonight for an audition slot for cmt's beauty and the beast. figured i needed something to steal away all my time this spring, right? not sure what i should sing for the audition - my usual is "stars" from les mis, but i get the feeling it might be overused. trying to think of some other options - perhaps something from carousel or south pacific? unfortunately, i don't have sheet music for those. will have to see what i can scrounge up before monday at 9:00.
been doing some reading on reformed theology lately in response to some discussions i've had. now i'm a born and bred wesley-arminian, so of course i'm going to be biased. but i have major problems with much of what i've read so far from calvin. just the five points make me cringe. and then to hear how they are often interpreted and applied...
enough blathering for now. feeling worn out tonight and am just needing to sit back and relax a bit. here's hoping i can actually do that.
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