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Things Zachary and I did Today

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:44:58 GMT

-Made a sock puppet
-Played button hockey (like air hockey, but with buttons on a table)
-Continued reading "Little House in the Big Woods"
-Failed to locate our Scooby Doo book

Things Zachary and I did Today

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:47:56 GMT

-Played Super Mario Brothers. We made it to World Three, yes!
-Baked pumpkin bread while listening to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
-Began reading "Little House in the Big Woods"
-Said "Happy Bird Day" over and over again and laughed

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:34:10 GMT

I log in to lj a couple of times a week but I barely update and rarely comment. But I do read all of the posts on my friends page!

food

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:26:07 GMT

I tried a cake covered in fondant for the first time and found it surprisingly good. Like so good that I could go for some right now.

When I was in Egypt I ate at least three oranges a day. The oranges were so sweet and juicy and exceedingly easy to peel. I wish I liked oranges at home as much as I liked oranges there.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:06:07 GMT

it's three a.m. and i'm up writing lesson plans and it is going very well! i am making good progress and my plans are, you know, great.

of course, if i was a real teacher it probably wouldn't be advisable to be up this late. then again, if i were a real teacher i probably wouldn't ahve to write such detailed lesson plans!

if i'm still up at four i'm making pancakes.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:28:16 GMT

last night i had a dream that i had a baby, at home, a home birth, and i was holding the baby and the cord was cut but i had no idea where the placenta was and could not rememeber whether or not it had come out. and i kept thinking "a placenta is big, right? i would know if a placenta came out of me right?" but i just didn't know if i had or not.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:01:02 GMT

Today I taught my first real lesson in front of 26 rowdy kids with my advisor watching. Had an evaluation afterwards. He told me I did well, but the whole thing was really really intense. (My mentor teacher says she still feels that way during observations, even after 5+ years.) Been listening to Sloop John B. by the Beach Boys on repeat ever since I got home, it is a calming song.

note to self

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:33:12 GMT

you don't have to be perfect at everything
it's okay to get a b in a class
it doesn't amtter if you fail a midterm for an elective...
...right?????

Re: The Last Entry

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:14:00 GMT

So, the cookbook in question was Vegan Brunch by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, and the recipe was the basic pastry crust. The recipe says to use 1 1/4 cups margarine (yeah, I proabaly should have seen troube coming!) but you should really only use 1/4 cup. Oops!

I was making the White Bean, Mushroom, and Leek Pie, and despite the crust being a tad greasy, the pie turned out well. The filling tastes awesome.

So far, I've made that pie and the Cocoa Raspberry Muffins from the book, and they were both excellent; even my family (who generally abhor vegan food) liked them, especially the muffins.

By the way, I picked up Vegan Brunch (along with the Doris Anthology!) at the Philly Zine Fest last week, from Wooden Shoe Books. The zine fest was a blast this year!

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:09:44 GMT

So I am making a recipe from a new cookbook of mine right now... the crust didn't look right, but I rolled with it... then I google some shit to see what was up & come to find out that the recipe has a g.d. error in it. i am pissed as hell, and wasted a lot of an expensive ingredient. i hope it tastes okay. it looks funky.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:21:02 GMT

philly zine fest was pretty awesome! bought a ton of zines and two books and came home having sold or traded every item i brought. nice.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:25:02 GMT

I got my field experience placement today! I'm so excited! It's a third grade classroom. The only thing I am nervous about is that we have to actually teach one lesson with the head of the ed department watching. I know I write awesome lessons and I can give awesome demo lessons to my classmates, but actually being in the classroom and teaching... I'm very nervous but excited about it!

Writer's Block: Touch-Screen Pros & Cons

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:22:11 GMT

How could touch-screen technology enhance the way you currently use your PC? How could it make things worse?

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I think it would be fun, and would have the potential to make computers more accessible/easier to use for some people.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:54:43 GMT

So a lot of kids in Zach's class are taking soccer this year. I don't think a four year old needs to be on a soccer team, especially when registration is about $100. Yikes.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:48:36 GMT

I stopped caring... long before you started to cry

...that has to be one of my favorite lines in a song ever.

feeling pithy

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:26:34 GMT

Back to school for me and Zach today. Good times. Working on a zine, it's coming along very nicely, I'm very pleased.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:32:31 GMT

Went on a job interview today, didn't get the job. Thinking about subbing.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:47:15 GMT

I did something kind of mean today. I find it a little bit funny actually, but I do feel bad.

Writer's Block: Birthday Shout-out

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:30:32 GMT

Happy birthday, J.K. Rowling! Which of her seven Harry Potter novels do you think is the most satisfying read?

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I love all seven Harry Potter books, but my favorites are the sixth and third. Tales of Beedle the Bard is pretty decent, too.

Writer's Block: Leave Room

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:55:44 GMT

What's your favorite dessert?

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Don't make me choose! As of today I'd have to say...
-vanilla ice cream w/ peanut butter and whipped cream
-zach's great grandma's lemon delight
-chocolate mousse

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:43:43 GMT

Been watching Roseanne a ton, which makes me laugh so much; and starting to exercise, which makes me feel good.

Finished my website (for school) which I worked very hard on.
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/simons/

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:10:26 GMT

I saw a poster at the movie theatre for the movie "Holmes" (as in Sherlock) and the first thing I thought was "They made a movie about Oliver Wendall Holmes?"

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:45:01 GMT

so i jsut read this old journal entry
http://reelxhorrorshow.livejournal.com/55925.html
where i say i saw the movie 'forgotten' and i find that i totally forget wtf that movie even was. i read a synopsis of it and still don't know. yay for crappy movies.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:01:02 GMT

I went under my bed searching for a case to a now-overdue DVD from the library and my copy of What It Is by Lynda Barry. Sadly I did not find the book, but in addition to the DVD case (phew!) I found the following items:

-A box set of The Godfather Trilogy
-A creepy magazine with a close-up of Arnold Schwarzenegger on the cover
-Two perfectly intact spiral notebooks (one green, one blue)
-An ancient fucking sippy cup, no way am I gonna touch it
-A mix CD a boy made for me in high school
-Lots of unpopped popcorn kernals

I remeber when I got the bed... maybe it was a year ago? A year and a half? I know Zach was maybe two because he was climbing on on all the beds in the store... anyhow, when I got the bed, I remember I was super embarrassed becase when they hauled out my old bed there were a TON of (unused!) condoms under it. Like, two dozen or more, and I just scopped them all up real quick before they came back in.

sdsimon3@hotmail.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:44:18 GMT

it is so hard for me to do computer-based work. i get so easily distracted!

sometimes i can't believe i'm still in school. people who graduated high school the year i did graduated college this year and i am still not done. i've got two more years. i'll have a b.a. and a m.a.t. when i'm done, but still. i'm tired.

by the way, you should visit my website. i update it often so check on it!
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/SimonS/
actually, it's pretty much nothing right now, but perhaps you'll like the name i came up with for my fake elementary school, and the names of the students in my fake class.