I love my job

Last week, I had a kid walk up to me in the hallway and hold up a PSP where I could see it. I told him that, per school rule, he couldn't have that out during the school day and he needed to put it up.

"No," he said, "I'm not trying to play it. I want you to take it. I got God of War: Chains of Olympus last week, and I already beat it twice over the weekend. I know you don't have a PSP, so I brought you mine so you could play it."

I love that my students and I can talk about video games and things like that, and they'll respond by wanting to play them with me. They want me to like the games they like. They want to talk to me about games, get my opinions, ask me what else is cool, and tell me that they think is cool. I have such influence over these kids, it's shocking.

BTW, I played Chains of Olympus until the PSP lost its charge. SWEET! Now I want a PSP.

An open letter

Dear guy who's too dumb to read the directional arrows in a parking lot,

You are a special kind of illiterate, and there is a special place in illiterate hell waiting for you and your kind.

Love,
Morgan

HA HA HA!

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=304846&GT1=7703

I don't know...she looks pretty high to me.

What does an "instructional facilitator" do?

I'm not quite sure what an instructional facilitator would do in the Holden school district. But I'll be able to tell you next year when I start MY NEW JOB.

That's right. My new job. My district has created an instructional facilitator job for the next school year. I applied in January, I interviewed yesterday, and they came to my room to tell me I got the job less than 24 hours later.

Basically, I'll be overseeing the new teachers in the district and helping them learn how to teach better. I'll also be helping experienced teachers with learning new teaching techniques and technology for their classrooms. Since it's a new position, the district acknowledges that we're not fully sure what the scope of my duties will include yet. But it will be fun, and it will be a challenge. Go me!

It runs in the family

Last night I took my brother Joe out to dinner at the local Mexican place. We got bored waiting for the check. As a responsible older sister, I made sure we did something productive and educational.

We made a ninja weapon out of butterknives and straw wrappers. Then we put salsa on it to look like blood.

Bang Bang!

Check out my new haircut. I kind of have bangs. I haven't had those in 17 years! And it only took me 2 hours after my haircut to remember why I haven't had them for 17 years. I think I've already given myself whiplash trying to keep them out of my eyes. That's okay though. They're so cute!

Pray for me

I was on the way home from running errands in Warrensburg this evening when something strange happened to me.

I heard a Miley Cyrus song on the radio.

And I loved it!

I am SO ashamed of myself.

What the hell? I'm a goddamned adult! I don't have to eat sloppy joes anymore, I have never seen High School Musical, and I know that stuff I like can be more than just uh-maay-zing.


UPDATE: I just bought that shit from iTunes. If I'm reverting like this now, I wonder how bad it's going to be when I turn 30 in August. Seriously guys, if long about June, I start commenting about how "that Zac Ephron's kinda cute," have my ass committed.

UPDATE 2: I just looked it up. I spelled Zac Efron's name wrong up there. There may be hope for me yet.