December 31st, 2012 in 1/2 funny 1/2 serious 100% important, and then i laughed out loud, confession of the day, happiness, hello universe? I love you, i promise this is cool, it's a good thing, life lesson, lists, mindful happiness, other people say it better, people i like, quote of the day, something I won't forget, the title says it all, this one is about you, what i found when i went looking I know the best people on the internet. These are my favourite tweets of the entire year. Drumroll please……
On feelings
- “Can’t walk when I’m this angry.”- @HonestToddler
- “You’re just a feeling.”- @PreschoolGems
- “After Cinderella’s carriage turned back into a pumpkin, it was turned into 10,000 pumpkin spice lattes so everyone was fuckin’ thrilled.” – @AngryBFlay
- “I’m learning to drop my fear of being earnest. We’ve been taught to mock earnestness, but it’s truly a lovely thing.”- @schmutzie
” ‘Razbliuto’ is a Russian word to describe that empty feeling you have for someone you once loved, …READ MORE
February 13th, 2012 in happiness, hello universe? I love you, here is my heart, it's a long one (twss), lists, mindful happiness, other people say it better, people i like, so sappy it hurts, something I won't forget, this one is about you I am forever amazed at how fucking awesome the people I know are. I mean it. I’m not sure how I was able to cultivate friendships with such a talented, brilliant and gifted group of women but I am glad I did. My life is marked by the fingerprints these women leave, through their writing and word, kind acts and calls for action and I am better for it.
They are talented moms and friends, wives and daughters, runners and photographers, big idea people and get it done people. They are the women who write essays that can leave me …READ MORE
It’s Secret Project time!
1. I am currently living overseas and my best friend back home is battling depression. If I could do one thing for my friend it would be to take all the strength in my body and belief I have in her, out of myself and put it into her. I wish that, even for an instant she could feel what it’s like to know such a phenomenal person and how she makes us all better people, just for having her in our lives; I’m also afraid that telling her this will only make her feel worse.
2. I …READ MORE
Lately I’ve become one of those people who routinely is up at 4:30am laying in bed attempting to use a soothing voice to tell myself to go the fuck to sleep. And when that doesn’t put me into a deep slumber, I make lists in my head- things I should do, things I want to do, things I wish I would have done, supplies I need to buy at Wal-mart for the projects I started thinking about at 2am.
(Sidenote: I’ve never been a regular Wal-Mart shopper, but it opens earlier than anywhere else (8 am) so I have found …READ MORE
June 27th, 2011 in advice, charm, games we play, hello universe? I love you, is it weird this makes me cry?, it's a long one (twss), other people say it better, people i like, school, teaching, this one might be my favourite, youth One of the absolute best parts of teaching young kids is that you are there for all those quotes and stories that come out unfiltered. Young kids don’t always put the words in the right order, they don’t care what others think and they are never politically correct. Which makes conversations with them one of the highlights of my job. So whenever we had downtime, whether it was eating at lunchtime or riding on a fluorescent orange school bus coming back from a field trip, I always liked to ask my third grade class questions. About love and books and …READ MORE
He meant “dishwasher”. We clarified when he brought it up to my desk for me to check.
See, the thing is, teaching 3 grade is the best. The kids are independent, they get your jokes (well most of them unless you try to tell something that doesn’t involve the words “knock knock”), yet they still want hugs and draw you pictures of flowers and a sun wearing sunglasses and tell you that you are the prettiest person in the world. (It would be wrong to argue with them).
So every so often we skip learning cursive (because daily cursive practice …READ MORE
It’s Secret Project time!
Here’s my not so secret, secret: I miss you.
Also? I am ANGRY at every online poll that has ranked “Out of Sight” as the sexiest movie ever. I’m watching it, and although I adore me some George Timothy Clooney, I feel confident stating that buying toe socks is sexier than this movie. End rant.
And yes, I have pre-ordered Harry Potter tickets for next week. Yes! Okay Muggles, let’s get this show on the road!
1. I’m a gay man, open, in a relationship. And I LOVE men. But for some reason I still really want …READ MORE
Today I gave my grade 4 class a writing assignment. They were to write a persuasive letter to anyone- on any topic. Some of my students wrote to their parents wanting an increase in allowance, some wrote to the school principal- begging for school to be extended (yes, I have THOSE students). But one student wrote to me. He didn’t write the most articulate letter, nor did he ace the spelling, but it made me smile like a lottery winner, so I thought I would share it with you.
Dear best teacher.
I am writing to you to tell you …READ MORE
I grew up in an era of kick-ass television. Sure, my definition of ‘kick-ass television’ makes normal people weep, but I miss the days of Cheers and Seinfeld and Family Matters and of course, Full House. I always thought I was alone in my mourning of the end of Full House, until Shaba and I started talking one day about the most ridiculous episodes (Who remembers the one where D.J ate ice pops and fainted in the gym because she felt fat? Seriously, she didn’t eat for 3 hours and was already passing out? Full House, you are so crazy) …READ MORE
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quote of the moment "Once you start googling 'unlikely animal friendships', life gets better."
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