question #2 on the health assignment was "describe how sound travels through the ear," meaning, name the parts of the ear and their jobs. instead, one girl simply wrote, "It goes in one ear and out the other." mr. uebelhoer and i laughed for quite some time, and then i realized this is probably what she has been told all her life. on question #3, 2 of her 3 "household tasks" for which hearing protection should be used were "screaming" and "yelling."

it was one of those mornings where i couldnt get out of bed for the life of me. with it being -10 degrees out, and not having our radiators on, our room gets pretty chilly, and it pretty much takes everything inside of you to pry yourself out of those covers. plus i was just really really tired. and it made for a long day. and i took a nap when i got home from school.
im almost finished with catcher in the rye. i was pleased with where the book went when he went to visit his teacher in the middle of the night, but then it threw me a big old surprise that kind of ruined it, and now im heading back to find out how everything turns out. ive enjoyed it thus far.
thats all. goodbye.

tonight frenchy and i missed dinner at the DC, so we made our first meal in our kitchen and it was wonderful. chips and salsa and frozen pizza. we're quite the suzy homemakers.

its another martin luther king day and my heart is heavy once again. dr. dwight perry gave us some heavy things to think about this morning. but hearts are hard and prideful and people refuse to listen. people are still upset for having to get out of bed and being "forced" to be challenged. my heart is heavy for the classmate who says "oh, so their not taking attendance after all, there's no way im coming to the afternoon session!" and the other classmate who simply dismisses it all and says "i thought it was a bunch of crap." when will we actually listen and begin to realize what's going on...not to be politically correct but to be bibliocentric and christocentric in our lifestyles as we (christians) say we are. i dont know. these days are always a little long and hard for me.

"For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility...you are no longer foreigners and aliens but
fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household..." Eph 2

"Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and is in all." Col 3

"Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, 'Here's a good seat for you,' but say to the poor man, 'you stand there' or 'Sit on the floor by my feet,' have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? . . . If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, 'Love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing right. (You are a success!) But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers." James 2

but you've had a long hard weekend...you deserve a break today...you dont need to be challenged...and besides, youve never owned a slave...and its not your fault you were born white...youre not a racist...so have a great day.

not much going on here. i watched the colts do their best, but the new england weather was just too much for them. i felt awfully bad for peyton so desperately trying to make one last go at it with 3 minutes left but unable to connect.
the plan was to go see house of sand and fog tonight, but we got a late start and decided we wouldnt be able to make it. thats our 3rd failed attempt to see it, we are going to try once again tomorrow night.
watching the eagles now...donovan is hurting and the team is looking like the same team that has choked in the nfc championship the past 2 years...we'll what they can do. staley's pretty much their only hope at this point. the second half is starting.

I'm the suicide with blanks
I am fire in the tank
I'm the dishes in the sink

I'm the silence you can hear
I'm a voice inside your head
I'm a word that's never said

I'm the blood upon your sheets
I'm the air you cannot breathe
I'm the darkness you can see

I'm the pain inside your back
I'm the joke that you don't get
I'm the razor at your neck

I'm the lie that you will tell
I'm the soul that you will sell
I'm the vomit on your sleeve

I'm the reason you all fell

(im a lover, not a fighter, but if only i would love to fight.)

we decided at lunch today that oliver is a pretty cool name. not only is it a cool name, but it goes pretty well with pretty much any last name. we predict its going to be the next popular name.

last night i went to jared's room and we recorded "grace greater than all our sin" on his digital 8 track complete with guitar, bass, harmonica, accordion, egg shaker, tamborine, finger cymbals, and me singing. we were gonna throw in some cap guns, too, but we ran out of room. i was pleased with how it turned out.
this morning i woke up at 12 and ate at the DC...i made bacon egg mcmuffin thingers and they were delicious and im not sure why it's taken me 2 and a half years to think of that. it was heavenly.
this afternoon ive just been working on homework. nev and disko and i and some other guys were gonna go see a movie in ft wayne tonight and i was gonna go back to the apartment, but there's a pretty bad ice storm today and roads are pretty wild so we've decided not to. so we'll see what tonight holds.
im listening to music again which is pretty great.

i decided to come to upland for the night but that was kind of a mistake because absolutely no one is here so im doing the same thing here that i would be doing in ft wayne but oh well no big deal. im really tired too.
holy moly fridays at elementary schools are not much fun. fridays as a student were always pretty great but when you're the teacher daaaaaaaaaaaaang. the class lost a recess, got 3 extra homework assignments, and pulled lots and lots and lots of cards. i ruined one poor girls day by making her pull a card in the last 15 minutes of the day but man oh man she had it coming from me all week so i did my best not to feel too bad.
my math lesson went well and my professor was pleased so that is one more class requirement down.
the kids are still having a hard time figuring out and pronouncing "shorb." this is really quite humorous, because the teachers name is mr. uebelhoer (pronounced eeble-hair...what a name, huh?) and they can pronounce that just fine. i really wouldnt mind if they called me "mr. s," but its just the principle of it. they dont call him "mr. u" and his name is a whole lot harder than shorb. i cant say his name, that's for sure. my lips always quit on me halfway through and i say "mistel eebelhail"...i can say it, it just sounds like i have my tongue frozen to a pole or something.
have good weekends.

remember that long time ago when i predicted brandtson would be signed by militia and then i thought it was coming true and then it didnt and i felt stupid. well militia signed them. i was right after all.
tonight i was typing on frenchy's computer for a while and i one point i stopped and i happened to smell my fingers and they smelled like a computer keyboard and mouse and i was instantly taken back in a flashback to middle school when we bought our very first brand new packard bell computer and it was a whole new world and it was amazing and i would spend hours looking at and playing with the cd-roms that came with it and i was so excited and it was all so magical and for a moment i was in flashback bliss.
goodbye.