apparently, i don't make sense to people sometimes. i was teaching in a middle school classroom a few weeks back and the kids kept asking me, "what does that mean?" my vernacular has developed - nay, morphed - to the point where people need a special dictionary to understand me. it reminded me of a time in boulder, co, when i was trying to explain something to my friends betsy and steve. and i used a lot of words like "thingie" and "whatchamabobberdoo," and at the end of it all, betsy is nodding and steve is perplexed. "you understood that?" steve asks. "yeah," betsy says, "i speak margie." it kind of bums me out, because i think that i'm a fabulous communicator, but i guess that's really not the case.
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chronicling my adventures in teaching, ponderances, rants & raves -- and an opportunity to define all the word-blends in my vernacular
About Me
- margluvhug
- i'm an educator, i'm a musician, i struggle with my roles as teacher vs. friend, i'm a worrywart, i'm a wife, i'm a dog-lover, i'm stubborn, i love enthusiastically, random things please me, and i use a lot of my own words. that's a good start.
things that totally make my day
- climbing into bed at night with freshly laundered sheets
- seeing even or sequential numbers on my odometer -- like, knowing i have traveled 60,000 miles with my car, or 12,345 miles
- hearing little kids singing
- when all my ducks are in a row -- i've accomplished all tasks, the house and office are clean, i'm not fretting about anything
super most annoying things ever
- anything said in a whiny voice. doesn't matter what it is -- my ears just turn off.
- people who spend good money to get a vanity plate, only to put something retarded on it like "JIMS CAR" or "91 CAMRY." you have an opportunity to be clever, to be funny, to commemorate. what an effing waste of money to tell people something they couldn't already figure out. "OHHHHH!!! it's a MUSTANG! thank god they put that on there, cause i would have NEVER known!"
- cold toilet seats in the winter (pretty hard to avoid, but i really hate it)
- dishonesty. a real deal breaker.
favorite movies (a work in progress)
- life is beautiful
- napoleon dynamite
- princess bride (a classic)
- good will hunting
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