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It's way way way way way too hot to have outside recess for two half-hours a day. Now I've got a sweat rash on my thighs that stings horribly. What do you put ON a rash like that? I'm used to putting Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion on uncomfortable skin conditions but that was when all those conditions were excessively DRY skin, not excessively WET. It's diaper rash, but not involving diapers, and in a slightly less embarrassing location. Anyway, I'm sure you all wanted to know this.
Had a dream last night about student teaching AGAIN for the I-don't-know-what-th time this week, and it finally occurred to me that the reason I'm dreaming so much about student teaching is that technically my position is that of a student teacher-- I'm the secondary adult with the class, I'm still learning how things are done, I prepare one "lesson" a day (storytime) and am mostly the assistant. The good news is, this time I get paid. And I'm also much better at it now than I was when I was actually student teaching. This last part has got me thinking that it's like maybe somehow I'm getting a chance to do my student teaching over again. And maybe after awhile I won't be as scared of looking for a school job again after all. I don't know, there is so much political crap that goes on in the schools, still. I'd probably still prefer public library. But who knows. Right now I just want to be where I am for awhile... which is odd, because I also feel sort of lost, like I don't KNOW where I want to be. My job has its great and its not-so-great and its boring moments, and I care about the kids, but on the whole it's really just a JOB, keeping us from starving or living with the in-laws. For so long I had this CAREER GOAL of finding a library position, but now that I've settled just for a Job that's actually Close to Home, I'm comfortable just waiting for a nearby library position to open up, or maybe even... not. I don't know. I don't know what I want to do with my life. I suppose I just want to be a family person, but I still have to wait until July/ie-I-get-health-insurance, and even then we're so far in the red that it's probably wiser we work on building up some emergency funds first, too-- considering right now we're still scraping by/timing things properly just to pay the bills. My increase in pay/decrease in gas/parking charges hasn't had time to make an effect yet. Still, I don't want to wait TOO long. The older we get the increased chance of problems, and we already KNOW our children are going to have ADHD (and myopia. And they'll all be blonde that turns darker when they grow up), they don't need autism or dyslexia on top of that. We are so genetically healthy in this family, aren't we. Hey, we've got some good genes, too! Anyway, my other life goal is to work on my writing. I guess I should focus on that. But every so often I get the urge to focus on it and I DO, and then the urge just sort of peters away, as I look at my books and say "these suck, why do I keep BOTHERING?" I need to find a writing circle. I wish my friends who write weren't all so far away. Of course I know I'm pre-menstral also and should probably put off all deep life decisions for another week until my chemicals get rebalanced.
Here's a music meme Nathan did days ago that I've had saved in a text file on my desktop ever since then waiting for me to have time to/feel like doing it:
It's the Random Soundtrack Game, and it goes like this:
1. Put your music player of choice on shuffle
2. Scene one = first song played, scene two = second, so on.
3. No cheating/skipping
4. Pass it on
Opening Credits: All Along the Watchtower -- Jimi Hendrix Experience (somehow I think this would make really good closing credits, instead)
Waking Up: So Far Away -- Carole King (ah, it's a sad movie. And somehow a completely different style than the opening credits suggested)
An Ordinary Day: Sweet Talkin' Woman -- ELO (I can see this, at least if the main character is a flirtatious woman or a man who spends a lot of time watching a particular girl)
The First Date: What Is Life -- George Harrison (this is another song that might make good closing credits. Not appropriate for a first date though. Maybe like the 871st date?)
Falling in Love: Manic Depression -- Jimi again. Director's a Hendrix fan. (I can see this one, though. This is good, especially if the relationship isn't exactly a smooth one)
The Rumble: The World I Know -- Collective Soul (this is, like, making a statement about how the director feels about fighting or some junk. It's supposed to be moving and stuff. And the hero gets in there and breaks up the fight, although some bad things happen in the process. You can see this, right?)
The Break-up: (They Long to Be) Close to You -- The Carpenters (the BREAK-UP song? SOMEbody's in for a shock. That's depressing)
Getting Back Together: Tapestry -- Carole King (all wrong. You know, this might be a good opening credit song actually. For the movie that has "so far away" as the wake up song. Not the movie by the Hendrix fan)
Life's Okay: Just You 'n Me -- Chicago (that one works)
The Mental Breakdown: Here Comes the Sun (it's the GOOD sort of mental breakdown. Ah, finally the world is leaving me alone!)
Cruising: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) -- Jimi ONCE again. This would be a very good cruising song assuming it's in the same movie as all the other Hendrix songs
The Flashback: Piano Man-- Billy Joel (That's where he met the love interest I suppose)
The Frat Party: Ballad of Easy Rider -- the Byrds (SO any other category on here BUT this)
Everybody Dance Now: I Feel Free-- Cream (maybe. Vaguely).
Regretting: Mr Tambourine Man-- the Byrds. "Random Shuffle" can be really, um, repetitive, can't it?
The Long Night Alone: Helplessly Hoping -- Crosby Stills and Nash. (This is a good one, I think)
A Death: A Day in the Life-- the beatles (wow, that one's the most appropriate one yet)
Nathan pondered how the songs would all work, but for different categories, so now I'm going to use those songs but switch them around to the categories they would better fit in:
The Better Arranged Soundtrack:
Opening Credits: Tapestry -- Carole King
Waking Up: Because none of the other choices are as good, A Day in the Life. Obviously the bridge.
An Ordinary Day: I Feel Free -- Cream
The First Date: Sweet Talkin' Woman -- ELO
Falling in Love: (They Long to Be) Close to You -- The Carpenters
The Rumble: The World I Know -- Collective Soul. I'll stick with the scenario posed above.
The Break-up: Ballad of Easy Rider -- the Byrds. It fit the best out of any of them. He's gotta flow on. You know how it is.
Getting Back Together: What Is Life -- George Harrison
Life's Okay: Here Comes the Sun. I mean, really.
The Mental Breakdown: Well, we're going to have to go with Manic Depression just on principle, aren't we?
Cruising: Just You 'n Me -- Chicago
The Flashback: All Along the Watchtower -- Jimi Hendrix Experience. I'm not entirely sure what it's flashing back to. The middle ages?
The Frat Party: Piano Man-- Billy Joel. It's at a bar. The frat house got raided.
Everybody Dance Now: Mr Tambourine Man-- the Byrds. It's a hippie party.
Regretting: So Far Away -- Carole King
The Long Night Alone: Helplessly Hoping -- Crosby Stills and Nash.
A Death: Voodoo Child, on the principle that it's not just a DEATH, but he's actually going to become a ZOMBIE.
An interesting question to pose would be, what if you WERE writing the soundtrack and could pick ANY song? And to narrow down your options, this would be a movie about YOU. (And, seeing the scene choices, it's you in your college-aged years). Although that is a bit limiting seeing as I wouldn't be caught dead at a frat party.
The Soundtrack of the Movie About Me:
Opening Credits: "See Emily Play"-- Pink Floyd. Without A Doubt.
Waking Up: "Mr. Blue Sky"-- ELO. Well, it's on my computer right now and somehow nothing else seems nearly as good in comparison.
An Ordinary Day: I'm so going to cop out and pull Paul's "Another Day."
The First Date: hmmm, "Beginnings," Chicago?
Falling in Love: "Head Over Feet" --Alanis Morrissette
The Rumble: Yet another scene of my life I can't seem to remember. I'm just going to petition the estate of Leonard Bernstein for use of something from West Side Story. I mean, really.
The Break-up: "It's Too Late"-- Carole King. Although that's entirely too emotional for any of the breakups I've actually had.
Getting Back Together: That's never happened, either. Hey, Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" reminds me of the guy I liked in high school, it would be good for any scene of later encounters with him. "Reunited"?
Life's Okay: "Here Comes the Sun," still. I mean, even more really.
The Mental Breakdown: Is the Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" too cop-out-y? Or Floyd's "Hey You." Maybe, for me, "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane. It's really a drug song, but feels like MY traditional breakdowns. Maybe "Dear Prudence," too. "Dear Prudence" could be good for the waking up song, too, depending on the mood of the rest of the movie.
Cruising: "Louie Louie" if there's a red covertible involved. But since I've never actually had one of those....
The Flashback: "Old Days" -- Chicago. It's actually one of the songs by them I don't really like. But it fits, until you tell me what the flashback is actually flashing back TO.
The Frat Party: "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" -- Three Dog Night. This IS the movie about ME.
Everybody Dance Now: "Smoke on the Water" (Deep Purple), of course.
Regretting: "So Far Away" -- Carole King. Have to keep this one.
The Long Night Alone: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." Carly Simon does a cover of this that I really like.
A Death: "Don't Fear the Reaper," Blue Oyster Cult. I'm morbid, what do you want.
Actually, that soundtrack kind of sucks. What you really need is some REAL scenes. Or a story about someone more interesting than me.
Had a dream last night about student teaching AGAIN for the I-don't-know-what-th time this week, and it finally occurred to me that the reason I'm dreaming so much about student teaching is that technically my position is that of a student teacher-- I'm the secondary adult with the class, I'm still learning how things are done, I prepare one "lesson" a day (storytime) and am mostly the assistant. The good news is, this time I get paid. And I'm also much better at it now than I was when I was actually student teaching. This last part has got me thinking that it's like maybe somehow I'm getting a chance to do my student teaching over again. And maybe after awhile I won't be as scared of looking for a school job again after all. I don't know, there is so much political crap that goes on in the schools, still. I'd probably still prefer public library. But who knows. Right now I just want to be where I am for awhile... which is odd, because I also feel sort of lost, like I don't KNOW where I want to be. My job has its great and its not-so-great and its boring moments, and I care about the kids, but on the whole it's really just a JOB, keeping us from starving or living with the in-laws. For so long I had this CAREER GOAL of finding a library position, but now that I've settled just for a Job that's actually Close to Home, I'm comfortable just waiting for a nearby library position to open up, or maybe even... not. I don't know. I don't know what I want to do with my life. I suppose I just want to be a family person, but I still have to wait until July/ie-I-get-health-insurance, and even then we're so far in the red that it's probably wiser we work on building up some emergency funds first, too-- considering right now we're still scraping by/timing things properly just to pay the bills. My increase in pay/decrease in gas/parking charges hasn't had time to make an effect yet. Still, I don't want to wait TOO long. The older we get the increased chance of problems, and we already KNOW our children are going to have ADHD (and myopia. And they'll all be blonde that turns darker when they grow up), they don't need autism or dyslexia on top of that. We are so genetically healthy in this family, aren't we. Hey, we've got some good genes, too! Anyway, my other life goal is to work on my writing. I guess I should focus on that. But every so often I get the urge to focus on it and I DO, and then the urge just sort of peters away, as I look at my books and say "these suck, why do I keep BOTHERING?" I need to find a writing circle. I wish my friends who write weren't all so far away. Of course I know I'm pre-menstral also and should probably put off all deep life decisions for another week until my chemicals get rebalanced.
Here's a music meme Nathan did days ago that I've had saved in a text file on my desktop ever since then waiting for me to have time to/feel like doing it:
It's the Random Soundtrack Game, and it goes like this:
1. Put your music player of choice on shuffle
2. Scene one = first song played, scene two = second, so on.
3. No cheating/skipping
4. Pass it on
Opening Credits: All Along the Watchtower -- Jimi Hendrix Experience (somehow I think this would make really good closing credits, instead)
Waking Up: So Far Away -- Carole King (ah, it's a sad movie. And somehow a completely different style than the opening credits suggested)
An Ordinary Day: Sweet Talkin' Woman -- ELO (I can see this, at least if the main character is a flirtatious woman or a man who spends a lot of time watching a particular girl)
The First Date: What Is Life -- George Harrison (this is another song that might make good closing credits. Not appropriate for a first date though. Maybe like the 871st date?)
Falling in Love: Manic Depression -- Jimi again. Director's a Hendrix fan. (I can see this one, though. This is good, especially if the relationship isn't exactly a smooth one)
The Rumble: The World I Know -- Collective Soul (this is, like, making a statement about how the director feels about fighting or some junk. It's supposed to be moving and stuff. And the hero gets in there and breaks up the fight, although some bad things happen in the process. You can see this, right?)
The Break-up: (They Long to Be) Close to You -- The Carpenters (the BREAK-UP song? SOMEbody's in for a shock. That's depressing)
Getting Back Together: Tapestry -- Carole King (all wrong. You know, this might be a good opening credit song actually. For the movie that has "so far away" as the wake up song. Not the movie by the Hendrix fan)
Life's Okay: Just You 'n Me -- Chicago (that one works)
The Mental Breakdown: Here Comes the Sun (it's the GOOD sort of mental breakdown. Ah, finally the world is leaving me alone!)
Cruising: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) -- Jimi ONCE again. This would be a very good cruising song assuming it's in the same movie as all the other Hendrix songs
The Flashback: Piano Man-- Billy Joel (That's where he met the love interest I suppose)
The Frat Party: Ballad of Easy Rider -- the Byrds (SO any other category on here BUT this)
Everybody Dance Now: I Feel Free-- Cream (maybe. Vaguely).
Regretting: Mr Tambourine Man-- the Byrds. "Random Shuffle" can be really, um, repetitive, can't it?
The Long Night Alone: Helplessly Hoping -- Crosby Stills and Nash. (This is a good one, I think)
A Death: A Day in the Life-- the beatles (wow, that one's the most appropriate one yet)
Nathan pondered how the songs would all work, but for different categories, so now I'm going to use those songs but switch them around to the categories they would better fit in:
The Better Arranged Soundtrack:
Opening Credits: Tapestry -- Carole King
Waking Up: Because none of the other choices are as good, A Day in the Life. Obviously the bridge.
An Ordinary Day: I Feel Free -- Cream
The First Date: Sweet Talkin' Woman -- ELO
Falling in Love: (They Long to Be) Close to You -- The Carpenters
The Rumble: The World I Know -- Collective Soul. I'll stick with the scenario posed above.
The Break-up: Ballad of Easy Rider -- the Byrds. It fit the best out of any of them. He's gotta flow on. You know how it is.
Getting Back Together: What Is Life -- George Harrison
Life's Okay: Here Comes the Sun. I mean, really.
The Mental Breakdown: Well, we're going to have to go with Manic Depression just on principle, aren't we?
Cruising: Just You 'n Me -- Chicago
The Flashback: All Along the Watchtower -- Jimi Hendrix Experience. I'm not entirely sure what it's flashing back to. The middle ages?
The Frat Party: Piano Man-- Billy Joel. It's at a bar. The frat house got raided.
Everybody Dance Now: Mr Tambourine Man-- the Byrds. It's a hippie party.
Regretting: So Far Away -- Carole King
The Long Night Alone: Helplessly Hoping -- Crosby Stills and Nash.
A Death: Voodoo Child, on the principle that it's not just a DEATH, but he's actually going to become a ZOMBIE.
An interesting question to pose would be, what if you WERE writing the soundtrack and could pick ANY song? And to narrow down your options, this would be a movie about YOU. (And, seeing the scene choices, it's you in your college-aged years). Although that is a bit limiting seeing as I wouldn't be caught dead at a frat party.
The Soundtrack of the Movie About Me:
Opening Credits: "See Emily Play"-- Pink Floyd. Without A Doubt.
Waking Up: "Mr. Blue Sky"-- ELO. Well, it's on my computer right now and somehow nothing else seems nearly as good in comparison.
An Ordinary Day: I'm so going to cop out and pull Paul's "Another Day."
The First Date: hmmm, "Beginnings," Chicago?
Falling in Love: "Head Over Feet" --Alanis Morrissette
The Rumble: Yet another scene of my life I can't seem to remember. I'm just going to petition the estate of Leonard Bernstein for use of something from West Side Story. I mean, really.
The Break-up: "It's Too Late"-- Carole King. Although that's entirely too emotional for any of the breakups I've actually had.
Getting Back Together: That's never happened, either. Hey, Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" reminds me of the guy I liked in high school, it would be good for any scene of later encounters with him. "Reunited"?
Life's Okay: "Here Comes the Sun," still. I mean, even more really.
The Mental Breakdown: Is the Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" too cop-out-y? Or Floyd's "Hey You." Maybe, for me, "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane. It's really a drug song, but feels like MY traditional breakdowns. Maybe "Dear Prudence," too. "Dear Prudence" could be good for the waking up song, too, depending on the mood of the rest of the movie.
Cruising: "Louie Louie" if there's a red covertible involved. But since I've never actually had one of those....
The Flashback: "Old Days" -- Chicago. It's actually one of the songs by them I don't really like. But it fits, until you tell me what the flashback is actually flashing back TO.
The Frat Party: "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" -- Three Dog Night. This IS the movie about ME.
Everybody Dance Now: "Smoke on the Water" (Deep Purple), of course.
Regretting: "So Far Away" -- Carole King. Have to keep this one.
The Long Night Alone: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." Carly Simon does a cover of this that I really like.
A Death: "Don't Fear the Reaper," Blue Oyster Cult. I'm morbid, what do you want.
Actually, that soundtrack kind of sucks. What you really need is some REAL scenes. Or a story about someone more interesting than me.
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Date: 2006-06-01 02:01 am (UTC)From:Are you wearing skirts? If you are, my other little trick is to wear bicycle shorts under skirts. ;)
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