Rubik's cubes have become a big thing in my class. So I had one of my students get me one and I have been working on it. I solved it tonight!!! I admit, I didn't do it myself... I used algorithms that I found online. That is my goal, to understand how it works and why. I like to work backwards...solve it, and then figure out how I did it. Thats how I learned the dragon lock.
Anyway...even using the algorithms it took me a while to get it. But I got it!!!! I am so happy! I can't wait to show my kids tomorrow!!!!
Monday, January 30, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Bob Saget!!!
Grant and I had a great night last night! We had dinner and then spent about an hour at California Adventure and rode the new Monster's Inc. ride and Tower of Terror.
After that, we went to the the Improv in Brea to see Bob Saget! It was a lot of fun. Bob Saget is so funny!!! We saw the late 11:00 show that they added. He seems to be somewhat obsessed with Brokeback Mountain...everything was "Brokeback" this and "Brokeback" that. Anyways, awesome night! We had the best seats... we were in the first row of booths (just behind the tables that hug the stage) in the center. It was great!
After that, we went to the the Improv in Brea to see Bob Saget! It was a lot of fun. Bob Saget is so funny!!! We saw the late 11:00 show that they added. He seems to be somewhat obsessed with Brokeback Mountain...everything was "Brokeback" this and "Brokeback" that. Anyways, awesome night! We had the best seats... we were in the first row of booths (just behind the tables that hug the stage) in the center. It was great!
Thursday, January 19, 2006
New Season!
American Idol started this week...the beginning episodes are such a crack up!
Survivor premiers on Thursday, Februaury 2nd. This is a preview from the website:
MEET THE NEW SURVIVORS
Stranded on an island off the coast of Panama, 16 strangers must live together and compete for the million-dollar prize. This time, the castaways will begin their competition as four tribes: older men, older women, younger men and younger women. At least one Survivor each week will be banished to a separate island miles away from camp. How will this change the game? Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast all others? Don’t miss a single episode of SURVIVOR:Exile Island.
The Amazing Race website isn't up yet, but season 9 was filmed last November and should premiere this Feb...I hope!
Other shows I am watching this season are Medium, The Ghost Whisperer (check out the Mythology section, it's pretty cool), Any past or current episode of Law and Order that has Jesse L Martin in it, and (new for me this season,) 24.
In addition, I plan to watch Sex and the City when I have time and am able to borrow the DVDs.
Of course, Rent should be released on DVD sometime this Spring, but rumor has it that it may be released on February 21st! Wait, scratch that, It is official!!! Just a little over a month! Sigh. And I love the cover art!
Survivor premiers on Thursday, Februaury 2nd. This is a preview from the website:
MEET THE NEW SURVIVORS
Stranded on an island off the coast of Panama, 16 strangers must live together and compete for the million-dollar prize. This time, the castaways will begin their competition as four tribes: older men, older women, younger men and younger women. At least one Survivor each week will be banished to a separate island miles away from camp. How will this change the game? Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast all others? Don’t miss a single episode of SURVIVOR:Exile Island.
The Amazing Race website isn't up yet, but season 9 was filmed last November and should premiere this Feb...I hope!
Other shows I am watching this season are Medium, The Ghost Whisperer (check out the Mythology section, it's pretty cool), Any past or current episode of Law and Order that has Jesse L Martin in it, and (new for me this season,) 24.
In addition, I plan to watch Sex and the City when I have time and am able to borrow the DVDs.
Of course, Rent should be released on DVD sometime this Spring, but rumor has it that it may be released on February 21st! Wait, scratch that, It is official!!! Just a little over a month! Sigh. And I love the cover art!
Pumpkin Pie
Do you ever wonder how words came to be?
OR, do you ever wonder how certain foods got put together? Marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate, for example? Who thought that up?
Lets look at "Pumpkin Pie". Obviously called such because we are referring to a pie made out of pumpkin.
But Pumpkin in itself is an odd word, no? Where did that come from? (It comes, by the way, from the Greek word for large melon, "pepon" which the English evolved into "pepion" and later, by the colonists, "pumpkin". Nothing particularly magical there, right?)
And who ever thought of turning that big orange "melon" into a pie? Hmmm??? Again, i am sure we could look at a rational view of that, too...colonists cut off the top of the pumpkins, filled the inside with milk and spices and honey, and baked them in the ashes of the fire. This was the early version of our Pumpkin Pie. Again, not particularly cosmic.
This is what makes the world, and its people, so incredible...simple, logical steps...I believe.. all evolved to this point for one very simple reason...the word Pumpkin Pie.
So why is "Pumpkin Pie," those words, put together, so important? So special?
Well, have you ever heard a little kid say "Pumpkin Pie?" There is nothing cuter in the world then a little kid saying "Pumpkin Pie." It just is adorable. No ifs, ands, or buts. You should have heard Amy yesterday talking about pumpkin pie. It was like a roll of giggles in my tummy everytime those words bounced off of her lips.
Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie.
The words evolved so that kids could say them in their little kid way.
Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie.
Right now, I can't imagine a more magical sound.
OR, do you ever wonder how certain foods got put together? Marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate, for example? Who thought that up?
Lets look at "Pumpkin Pie". Obviously called such because we are referring to a pie made out of pumpkin.
But Pumpkin in itself is an odd word, no? Where did that come from? (It comes, by the way, from the Greek word for large melon, "pepon" which the English evolved into "pepion" and later, by the colonists, "pumpkin". Nothing particularly magical there, right?)
And who ever thought of turning that big orange "melon" into a pie? Hmmm??? Again, i am sure we could look at a rational view of that, too...colonists cut off the top of the pumpkins, filled the inside with milk and spices and honey, and baked them in the ashes of the fire. This was the early version of our Pumpkin Pie. Again, not particularly cosmic.
This is what makes the world, and its people, so incredible...simple, logical steps...I believe.. all evolved to this point for one very simple reason...the word Pumpkin Pie.
So why is "Pumpkin Pie," those words, put together, so important? So special?
Well, have you ever heard a little kid say "Pumpkin Pie?" There is nothing cuter in the world then a little kid saying "Pumpkin Pie." It just is adorable. No ifs, ands, or buts. You should have heard Amy yesterday talking about pumpkin pie. It was like a roll of giggles in my tummy everytime those words bounced off of her lips.
Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie.
The words evolved so that kids could say them in their little kid way.
Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie.
Right now, I can't imagine a more magical sound.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
books and stuff
I just read "The Sisterhood of the traveling Pants." I really enjoyed it, and boy did some of those stories hit home! I can't wait to read the next two books! They are pretty popular, and so they are always checked out at the library! I am currently reading "YaYa's in Bloom." I can't quite wrap my mind around these stories...they are so confusing. The characters are so complex.
Anyway. we had a great camping trip this weekend. My Belle dog is so skittish in the tent when it is windy. it is pretty funny! Thats all for now!
Anyway. we had a great camping trip this weekend. My Belle dog is so skittish in the tent when it is windy. it is pretty funny! Thats all for now!
Thursday, January 05, 2006
My sense of humor is so different from others...
because I don't think this new trend in kids shirts is very funny. Yet they are quite popular among the elementary school set (an age in which, I assume, parents are still buying the t-shirts, right?)
Anyway, the shirts say things like, "Sister for Sale - Will take any offer" or other things that insult their siblings (I've seen a couple of different versions of the shirt...)
I just don't understand why anyone would buy that for their kids. Is it funny? I mean, don't you want your kids to be friends? What am I missing here?
It seems to me that when you wear a tshirt with a message on it, you become a walking advertisement of your charecter...of the type of person that you are. There are plenty of funny shirts that aren't hurtful to others...especially family members! I don't know. Maybe its just me. I have been accused of being too sensative.
Anyway, the shirts say things like, "Sister for Sale - Will take any offer" or other things that insult their siblings (I've seen a couple of different versions of the shirt...)
I just don't understand why anyone would buy that for their kids. Is it funny? I mean, don't you want your kids to be friends? What am I missing here?
It seems to me that when you wear a tshirt with a message on it, you become a walking advertisement of your charecter...of the type of person that you are. There are plenty of funny shirts that aren't hurtful to others...especially family members! I don't know. Maybe its just me. I have been accused of being too sensative.