book review - eat pray love

done.

finally.

but i will soon be able to read lots more.

this one was fun and beautiful.

i love to read creative words- and she is definitely good at that

my two favorite quotes:

[a belief of Balinese people]:
"The child is taught from the earliest consciousness that she has these four brothers with her in the world wherever she goes, and that they will always look after her. The brothers inhabit the four virtues a person needs in order to be safe and happy in life: intelligence, friendship, strength, (and I love this one) poetry. The brothers can be called upon in any critical situation for rescue and assistance.

When you die, your four spirit brothers collect your soul and bring you to heaven."

"I looked into my heart, at my own goodness, and I saw its capacity. I saw that my heart was not even nearly full…my heart could easily have received and forgiven even more.

Its love was infinite.
I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing in this universe as hell, except maybe in our own terrified minds. Because if even one broken and limited human being could experience even one such episode of absolute forgiveness and acceptance of her own self, then imagine-- just imagine!--what God, in all His eternal compassion, can forgive and accept."

how beautiful is truth.

long-winded movie review #3 — yes man

yes man!

in classic jim carrey fashion, the plot is based on a somewhat of a random supernatural-like force that jim can't control that throws him into fits of inconceivable situations... some of which will make you squirm far worse than when Hitch almost kissed that one guy.

its funny. sure. you will laugh... but it will give you the heebies in moments and you will realize it is more due to a faulty plot hole and poor writing than your ability to sit still or hold on to your moral values.

as a classic comedy with no other deep value to it, the highlight moments were that bradley cooper and zooey deschanel, both we love, have fairly prominent roles in the flick. cooper comes straight from—duh—alias, and we love that. he has a handful of movies he is in this year/working on and i dont think this is the last of him we will see... watch out robert downey! jim's little boss from new zealand or wherever is quite hilarious as well... comparable to perhaps steve martin's random role as the homeopathic freakshow in baby mama. (also, a great flick, btw)

smiles all around, but not the best thing you will see. it does make you think about a positive approach to life and taking all opportunities that come at you. but that you can get from watching the warm and fuzzy trailer. as far as families go. no. i would not take my 10yr-old, or even my 16yr-old to see it. more just cause it would be awkward in those minutes of pure awkwardtown. if you are looking for mindless entertainment. go for it.

in my humble, yet correct, opinion: 3/5
owner or a renter: renter.
especially if you own "liar liar". you don't need two to see it twice.

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two days... this is getting interesting...

math? i don't teach math... but i see a problem...

one larger-than-life project due tomorrow
+
one huge apartment full of 6 teachers
+
planning for 4 classes a week
+
just plain being ADD...

equals

our other "married" student teacher (doesn't live here)
showed up to "work" with us
and asked how we were doing...

friggen great thanks...
just great...

totally on task and productive...

...and yes, we are all in the profession of teaching students to be great students...

who's ADD...?

what?

is that... a chicken.... over there...?

someone's throwing stuff...

you gonna build a fire or what?

no... but i will blog about it... to prove how good i am at stuff...

...prize to anyone who can tell me the tallest building in the world!


hoping your weekend is more conducive to productivity than mine thus far,

p • E • a • C • e

side note: my roommates all just came into my room laughing...
so... you read the blog already...?
"of course, we are working on that teacher work sample...
aka blogging... and I was thinking,
if we were in the hospital right now...
would we still have to do this damn project?...
just wondering"

Dear Blog,

the show went great, and my wonderful family was so supportive to come. cute cousins were here to play with this weekend too—it was good to relax a bit and spend time with my people whom i love so much.

but now that the show is over, i have much to do.

i will report on this past weekend shortly, but first i have to:

• write the first 3 pages of my 10-page beast due on thursday,
• write up reviews of all of the collaborators of my show,
• write a poetry unit for english on thursday,
• write a disclosure document,
• prepare a classroom management handbook,
• read lengthy things and write up reports on them by wed and thurs, and friday,
• do my laundry...,
• pull a prank of some kind,
• get the much-requested bread pudding recipe,
• pack to go to DC this weekend!!

and then, blog, will i refill you will all of the joy and useless updates on my happy little existence that you may never want... or need.