Just M.E.: April 2010

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Hilarity

So I was going through all the pictures on my computer the other day...and I came across several that just made me laugh out loud. There are a bunch, but I'll share a few. Maybe I'll do a few different posts. I'm sure you won't laugh at every pic...but if you're in it...you'll probably know why it makes me laugh. So if you have no idea...just humor me. Maybe a few will make you chuckle.

-Abby, Reed, and I were dressed like this one winter Saturday and Dad commented on how nice we all looked. So we decided to document the embarrassment.....and clearly, Reed wouldn't cooperate.

-Heather and I were in Vegas and she couldn't decide what shoes to wear that night, so we took pics to see which looked best...and I was modeling the bed runner as a scarf?! hahaha

-I took this picture of Elsina and Bethany (Christmas of 2008). When Elsina saw the picture she said it looked like she was being "crucified or something". hahahaha. Maybe she was thinking of exorcism...I don't know. Oh man that's a laugh.

-My cousin got married last summer and we had a fun night with our whole family, plus his wife's family. We had a 3-legged race. If you look closely behind me and Reed, you can see Kevin and Lauren on the cement. They took a bit of a spill. hahaha. It was funny, then it wasn't funny because Kevin was hurt, then he was better and it was REALLY funny.

-Our friend was participating in a physics launch thingy...so Heather and I decided to go and support. We brought Colby along (he's on the phone). He obviously was embarrassed to be seen with us. Everything about this picture makes me laugh out loud. Bless our hearts.

-Oh the locker room time before every game just makes me laugh. Any picture will do. Just reminds me of all the laughs we had before games. I especially laugh about the time Alisha was doing the growl voice from House Bunnies (we all were trying. Mandy and Lish were pretty darn good. I just got a sore throat)...and then proceeded to sing Josh Turner "baby lock the door and turn the lights down low". hahahaha. It was so hard to keep our laughter in when coach came in for the pregame talk. We had some funny times!

And that's all for now. There are many more to come. BE AFRAID... You might turn up in one or more!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Vampire Lovers Beware

Turns out I finished the Twilight series the other day. Yep, I read ALL 4 books (well...saying I read them completely would be a lie...I DID skip several pages here and there). So here I am to share my thoughts on this crazy phenomenon.

Okay okay...so I guess I somewhat enjoyed parts of the series. I really liked the story in the 3rd book, Eclipse. The history of the werewolves and the stories about how each Cullen became a vampire, etc. That stuff had me wanting to read more. It was a good story. However, Stephanie Meyer just ruined all her great stories by mudding it over with this completely unrealistic love story. I guess that's the interest for most girls...but let's be honest, it's not even a good representation of "young love". It's sickening, literally. The thought of a more than perfect vampire falling in love with this extremely regular, clumsy, cynical girl is just not one that my mind will entertain. Sure, I get it...forbidden, unexpected love. Well, I'm not into it and I don't want it ruining a good story. (This is why I skipped a lot...anytime it was all about Bella and Edward, I just skipped a page or two until the story was back on). Meyer's ideas had potential. This could have been Harry Potter-esque. But it wasn't.

The thing I love about Harry Potter is that I want to be a part of the magical world. I want to be friends with Harry. I want to cast spells. I want to play quidditch. Rowling doesn't ruin things with a side story that overpowers the magic. Twilight's love story takes over the magical world that I would want to be in. When it was all werewolves and vampires and their strange, magical life, I found myself wanting to read more...because I saw myself in the magic...wanting to work with them to destroy evil (nerdy? maybe a little). Then all of the sudden my imagination is stopped by Bella and Edward using corny love lines in the middle of the action. Ugh...get out of my magical world Bella!

Okay...last thing I have to say about Twilight. This might upset some vampire lovers. TEAM JACOB all the way! I absolutely hate Edward. I do. Everything about him and the way he is. I cannot stand him. I cannot stand a word he says. Jacob has a way better personality. And who wouldn't want a werewolf instead of a vampire? I mean, CHELLO!

So that's all I have to say about Twilight. I tried to understand the hype. I tried to enjoy them all. Sorry...fell short. Now I can go back to not being a Twilight fan. Is that so wrong?

Monday, April 5, 2010

My Nightmare

I'm currently substituting for high school Language Arts. This morning I had a senior class and right now I have sophomores. I know what you're thinking, "why is she blogging while subbing?...Shouldn't she be doing something?". Great question...I do actually feel a tad bit guilty. But, I'll tell you why. I'm SO bored!! All the teacher left for them to do is: READ. Independently. Quietly. BORING.

The seniors this morning were so silent. Crickets. Literally. It was so hard for me not to fall asleep. Luckily I knew one of the kids in class and he came to chat with me towards the end...so that kept me awake. Now the sophomores are doing the same thing. All you can hear is pages turning, loud breathing now and then, and my typing. Eerie. Since when are high schoolers like this? Especially the first day back from Spring Break...CHELLO, don't you want to talk to your friends about your week's adventures?! I know this is like every substitute's dream...but this is a nightmare. Look alive kids, look alive!

The worst part is...I forgot my book. Grrr. I organized my planner for the week/month last hour. Now I'm blogging this hour. If my next class hour is this creepily quiet, I don't know what I'll do.
So I guess what I'm suggesting is this: If you are in high school and all you're supposed to do is read for an hour and a half of class...please don't read the whole time. Please entertain me with hilarity and stupidity at some point. Let me over hear your dramatic conversations about who did what over break so that I can silently laugh to myself. Give me something...ANYTHING!

Let's find a happy medium between this silence and then the chaos I created last time I subbed when I taught the math class how to more effectively make a paper-ball for trash can basketball. (The wadded up paper that they were using to shoot into the trash can was WAY too light and not wadded tightly enough into a ball...they were struggling...so I helped them make a better "ball" and then told them to set the trash can against the wall so they could use a "backboard"). Not my best idea...but possibly one of my funnest. Don't worry...the students were all completely finished with the assignment the teacher left...so what do you expect me to do? I mean...I can't allow an intense game of paperball every class period...but

This. Is. Torture.