ajessica
02/26/2009
3lbs to go.
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:D
Yesterday the principal at the school I work at asked me to come in early today to have a talk. I knew it wasn’t going to be anything bad, but I found myself worrying a little b/c I do have a temp job and the county is doing major budget cuts everywhere. Instead it turns out that my class yesterday had a great evaluation/observation and that he was really proud of me and the teacher I work under. He also said that he had gone ahead and set the foundation for both of us to get rehired next year. It was great hearing that. I really don’t want to go back to 35 hours a week at my other job and now it’s looking like I won’t have to.
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Up until about a year ago, I had recurring nightmares about tornadoes. This probably has something to do with the fact that I grew up in tornado alley, and that growing up, my family was forced into an interior closet at least once each spring because of nasty weather. It probably also has something to do with the fact that I am terrified of anything I can’t control.
Same here, growing up I had terrible nightmares about tornadoes. Ranging from one where the sky was filled with a few dozen tornadoes and we were driving in the family car trying to dodge them, to the worst one where a tornado was half-way through ripping apart my home and I was in a struggle trying to keep my Blanky - the tornado had hands and we were in a tug-of-war. I still remember waking from that one so scared that I couldn’t get any screams for my parents out of my mouth.
I love tornado weather. The way the sky turns green is just so neat. I like watching little funnels form in the clouds. I should probably be more worried about them. I’ve seen first hand the aftermath of what they can do, but, they just don’t bother me. I can’t prevent them, so I see little point in giving them much thought besides knowing where I need to go if one is headed in my direction.
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I wish whatever was wrong with my throat would either get better or get worse. Better would mean an end to the level of pain that could be described as “annoying and irritating.” Worse would mean that I’d be more motivated to go to the doctor and get a stronger drug than Aleve and gargling salt water.
Stop being swollen right lymphnode. You’ve been like that since Saturday morning. It’s annoying :|
I blame the kingpins, jack and cokes, and flaming dr peppers I drank Friday night.
Text posted at 14:34
02/20/2009
Sometimes...
I wonder what this world would be like without me. Like if I could just watch how everything turned out if I didn’t exist. Yeah.
I wouldn’t have nearly as many brownies and DIABEEETUS on my dashboard :)
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It’s 2:42pm. Do you know what that means?
It means that it’s time for a beer.
I drink this for Aaron, who loves beer more than anyone I know. Well except for Dad.
That looks very, very good…
That’s b/c Coopers is so very, very good.
Photo posted at 14:58
02/18/2009
» Tetris and PTSD
“Researchers at Oxford University hypothesized that playing Tetris after witnessing violence would sap some of the cognitive resources the brain would normally rely on to form memories. In the study (available in full at PLos ONE), participants were exposed to a 12-minute film containing real injury and death, and then given a 30-minute break.
After the break, one group was asked to play Tetris for 10 minutes while the other group did nothing. For the following week, both groups were monitored to determine how much flashback memory they were experiencing. The group that played Tetris experienced significantly less flashback and significantly less post traumatic stress.”
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If you squint, you’ll see Flight of the Conchords, Butch Walker, and Ryan Adams tickets.
It’s going to be a good spring.
I am very very jealous of your Butch Walker ticket. I need to buy tix for when he’s in Nashville next month.
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Stimulus money and secession.
I’m partially masochistic, in that I will listen to Nashville’s conservative talk radio station from time to time on my way to work in the morning. Usually I get a kick out of listening to the deranged ramblings of Savage, but today was something special. In light of the recent proclamation from LA’s Bobby Jindal about the stimulus money and how he’s doesn’t want it, the host of the show invitied listeners to call in on whether or not TN should take it’s portion of the stimulus. Of all the callers I heard, all of them felt that TN should not take the money. I’m not surprised here, as I’m sure the calls were screened in order to agree with the host. What bothered me was how many of the callers said that not only should TN reject the money but that it and the rest of the south should secede. They weren’t joking about it.
Lolwut.
And then jokes were made about Gov. Bredeson being a Dumbocrat.
I should probably stop listening to talk radio.
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GPOYW I need a haircut real real bad edition!
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