I love you, Cookie Monster!

Cookie Monster - so bold, so brave, so obsessed with cookies! I cannot believe that current-day Sesame Street has you eating fruits and vegetables. You will always be my blue, cuddly cookie-scarfer and hoarder. You bring a smile to my face and give me a craving for desserts.

Ok, it's not the JOB I hate...

It's my mother fucking principal!

One of our students that decided to go to a public middle school this year just came back to my school. And (jumps up in down in excitement!) she wanted to join band! Finally, a female in my 6th gr. band class! I told her when to bring her clarinet and she came down for band.

Shocker, since I forced my kids to take their instruments home for fall break, 2 out of the 3 others (boys) did not have theirs. And they made these pouty faces at me when I was giving them the business. So curious, I asked my new fav. student what was expected of her for band at her other school.

Well, they are required to practice for 15 minutes a day. This must be recorded on a practice log chart. This chart must be signed by a parent every week and turned in. Failure to turn your sheet in results in an automatic drop in their grade by one letter. If they do not have their instrument, they get lunch detention. If they continue to forget their instrument, they are kicked out of band.

For fuck's sake. This is how it was when I was in middle school band as well. And we all took it seriously. Well, most of us did, and those who didn't were quickly weeded out. And I loved every minute of it.

So why can't I run my instrumental program like that? Because my principal is a push-over pussy. I've tried doing practice logs before and requiring practice time, but when they didn't turn them in (and no one did) I was not allowed to take appropriate action. The kids here have no motivation to do well because we are not allowed to punish them regardless. This more than anything else, infuriates me about this school.

It's not just my band kids. All of the middle school kids are disrespectful and lazy. If they don't want to do their homework, all they have to do is argue with me that I didn't tell them the right due date and then that means that I have to give them another chance. I'm serious. And I'll tell ya - my assignments are never difficult or time-consuming.

I want so much to be able to run my music program with structure and accountability. If teachers have to be accountable, why don't the students?

Our new mission statement at this school should be : "_________ _________ school - where you pay for your kid to get away with murder."

A scam and a fail

Well, it was too good to be true. I know there's no way you'll ever believe me, but the Baby Einstein series was a scam, a fark, a fuck-up. Apparently Disney is even going as far as to refund people who have bought these videos. Disney is giving money back?!

Wait, Disney, what do you mean my kid won't become a genius from watching these videos while I paint my nails? This was a win-win! And I'm sure that's how they got so many people on board with this. Plus, they used Einstein's name, and that automatically makes me think - smart!

But there has to be something to make my baby automatically smart! ::cries:: There just has to! ::stomps foot:: So go ahead, corporate America, what's your next move? What about Baby Ghandi? Surely that would stop war and cause world peace, right?


On another note, I came across this gem this morning on the forums. Too good not to share. Here's your fail:

A new look

So I finally figured out how to make my blog look more original. Do you like it? I know that the Halloween banner will have to go away in a week, but right now I couldn't find anything else to go with it and my other picture just wasn't working out. I really like the background that I found.

Well, it's time to watch wrestling with the hubs. Just wanted to write something, since I neglect this blog too much.

4 more days until the weekend!

5 more days until Halloween!

Less than a week until Halloween!

This month has just flown by it seems. It's crazy to think that Halloween is almost here! I know I haven't really had that much to say on here lately, especially since I have the other blog to keep track of too. But I always love pumpkins. Sure, these here aren't going to make a great pie anymore, but they sure are entertaining!




Tee hee! yes, that's me giggling. Silly pumpkins!

This judge should be shot

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Seriously.

Greys is getting more gray

Seriously, Grey's Anatomy used to be my favorite show. I would eagerly await each Thursday when a new episode would come on. I own the first 3 seasons I think. I loved it. And I was really looking forward to the new season starting. My best friend at college and I would always take a break from whatever we were doing to watch it together.

The first episode just left me crying the whole time. George is dead. I'm pregnant. I couldn't handle it. But I waited for the episodes to follow, because TVGuide promised that this new season was going to being back some of the funny that it used to have.

You lied to me, TVGuide!

While I haven't cried anymore yet, I've just sat on the couch pissed off while I watch. It seems like this season is all about maybe getting fired, and I don't like it. Give Christina a surgery once in a while! And why do all of the new residents from the merger have to be such douches? I don't like it at all.

If I weren't so emotionally invested in all the main characters, I would just give the show up. But I continue to watch, hoping that the next week will be better than the last.

I knew Izzy was going to leave, but it was sad anyway. And it seemed like such a cheap way to write her off. I don't think that she almost killed that poor woman! You're full of shit, whoever decided to write that!

And I'm just wondering how they're going to write Meredith off. It is so fucking obvious that she is mega pregnant in those tapings, I don't know why they didn't decide to write it into the show. She's laying in a hospital bed, big as a whale for her size, and we're just supposed to overlook it. Well I see it! And I feel like it's a cover-up as big as a soap opera!

The only good thing they seem to have going for them right now is Cali and her lesbian relationship. She was the only reason I laughed out loud at all during last night's episode. "You can't pray away the gay!"

Greys, I hope you get your shit together. Because right now Mercy is beating the pants off you. I'm so disappointed! ::wagging my finger::

Never let a crack head sing at your funeral