Unexpected Blessings

You never know when blessings are coming. They are usually right around the corner and take you by blissful surprise! Keep patiently waiting for the amazing.

Dream Quashers, Be Gone!

Hey, you. Yeah, you, I'm talking to you, there, fellow dreamer. I want to remind you of one important thing: as the legendary 80's rock band, Journey once said, don't stop believing. All your life, there are going to be people who, for one reason or another, try to stand in the way of you and your dreams. Maybe they're jealous of your youth, your lust for life, your unadulterated promise. Maybe they are jealous of your youthful idealism, your untainted passion. Maybe they are intimidated by your intelligence, your competence, your skillfulness at what you do. Maybe they are scared that you are going to take their job. Whatever it is, DO NOT listen to these naysayers! They are only trying to bring you down and hold you back from being your greatest. Just keep on plugging away at trying to reach your dream and trying to be the best whatever it is that you want to be. Stay true to what you know to be true, what you know is right. Don't even listen to that little voice inside your own head that says that you can't, you won't, you couldn't possibly achieve your dreams and do your best. That little voice that Anne Lamott termed our own personal radio K-FKD. Just tune out the negativity as best you can and stay true to yourself. It may take time and practice to do so, but don't give up. You can do anything that you set your mind to if you believe in yourself, that you CAN and you WILL do it.  Go get 'em, tigers!

Update

So I am about halfway done with my Master's degree at Hunter College in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education grades K-12, with a dual certification in regular education grades 1-6.  I have 25 credits under my belt and another 33 to go!  I am taking three summer classes, so that will knock out another 8 credits.  It's been a stressful and chock full semester, but I made it through.  I even got a job as a teaching assistant this summer at the school for the Deaf that I have been volunteering at all year.  Hooray!  Things are looking up.  Going for my teaching assistant certification, and then my teacher's certification.  I hope to graduate by May or August of 2012.  Not that I want to rush through my Master's, but I am eager to get into the classroom and teach, already. Two more finals to go this semester, and I will be done May 23rd.  No rest for the weary--it will be a busy summer.  Looking forward to it!

Signed,
The Energizer Bunny

P.S. GO YANKEES!

I Can Has Internetz Video?

This is what happens when I am left to my own devices on a Saturday night.  I obviously can't be trusted.  Oh, wellz.  I am on the interwebz making singing debut!  ROFLMAO OMGSTFU.

Bon Voyage!

I've been talking with my friend Karin about possibly doing an EF College Break trip to London and Paris over New Year's 2012.  We wanted to go to Ireland, too, so maybe we will plan the trip independently because she has a lot of family there.  It might be cheaper if we plan it ourselves.  But the EF College Break is really cool because it is all-inclusive: the price includes hotel, airfare, a 24-hour tour guide, entrance to museums and special attractions, and one meal a day.  It doesn't include lunch or dinner, drinks (obviously), or shopping.  So, if I'm not broke by that time, we may go.

My mom and I also discussed going to Italy together the summer after I graduate and get my master's degree.  I was thinking something along the lines of an Adriana Trigiani tour, since we read all of her books, love Adriana, and would love to see the sites on the tour (think Rome, Amalfi Coast, Capri, or Florence, Tuscany, Arezzo, and Pisa).  That's an even more expensive one, though!  I guess after I went to Ireland, I caught a little bit of the travel bug.  But there's worse things, right?  Just don't ask my bank account...

More stamps on my passaporto, per favore!

Trash Talk

Alec Baldwin:  Hello, John.

John Krasinski:  Hey, quick question: are you a Phillies fan now, since you guys couldn't get Cliff Lee, and he went to Philadelphia for less money?

Alec Baldwin:  First of all, Yankee fans don't consider Philadelphia to be a legitimate sports town, John, you know that.

John Krasinski:  I'm worried for you. Are you prepared for what's coming? It's going to be the worst misery you've ever experienced in the history of this rivalry.

Alec Baldwin:  John, John, John, for the last time, this is not a rivalry. Just like fire doesn’t have a rivalry with kindling, lawn mowers don’t have a rivalry with grass, America doesn’t have a rivalry with Costa Rica.

John Krasinski:  (forced laughter) Ha, ha, ha. Lemme ask you something, seriously though. How are you a Yankees fan at all? It’s like being a huge fan of fascism. 

Alec Baldwin:  No, it’s like being a huge fan of winning—which we do—relentlessly.

John Krasinski:  Pfft, not this year, man.  Not this year.

Alec Baldwin:  Cla-ssic Red Sox fan.  Go ahead, celebrate in April—we’ll dance in October. 

John Krasinski:  You will be dead in October!

Alec Baldwin:  ….

John Krasinski:  …Was that a little too much?

Alec Baldwin:  I think you know it was.

John Krasinski:   Sorry, I just got—really worked up.

Alec Baldwin:  (beat)  We all do.

Campfire Song Songs

 Once a camp counselor, always a camp counselor.

The Cannibal King
Theeeeeee Cannibal King
with the big nose ring
fell in love with the dusty ma-a-aid
and every night
in the pale moon light
across the lake he ca-a-ame
He hugged and he kissed
his pretty little miss
in the shade of the bamboo tre-e-ee
and every night
in the pale moon light
it sounded like this to me-e-e
BA RUMP (smooch smooch) BA RUMP (smooch smooch)
BA RUMP BADI YADI AY-AY-AY
BA RUMP (smooch smooch) BA RUMP (smooch smooch)
BA RUMP BADI YADI AY-AY-AY

We'll build a bungalo big enough for two
big enough for two, my honey, big enough for two
Then when we're married, happy we'll be
under the bamboo, under the bamboo tree
If you'll be M-I-N-E mine,
I'll be T-H-I-N-E thine
and I'll L-O-V-E love you
all the T-I-M-E time
You are the B-E-S-T best
of all the R-E-S-T rest
and I'll L-O-V-E love you
all the T-I-M-E time

Match in the gas tank, BOOM BOOM!
Love in the moon light, WHOO WHOO!
Skunk in the cellar, P U!

Camp St. Joseph's Song
I go to camp St. Joseph's, pity me
There's not a man in the vicinity!
And every night at 9, they lock the doors
I don't know what the heck I ever came here for
I'm gonna pack my bags and homeward bound
I'm gonna turn this camp right upside down
I'm gonna smoke and drink and neck and peck so what the heck--
The heck with the whole damn camp!

Camp Anchor Bus Classics:
- The Green Grass Grows All Around
- Baby Shark Song
- Treasure Chest Song
- I Am A Pizza Song
- The Wheels on the Bus
- Down By The Bay