Below are the most recent 20 friends' journal entries.

Sunday, December 20th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 08:25 Goal for today: procure candy-cane JoJos. Previous attempts have been unsuccessful. 18:50 So much to do, but feeling wholly unmotivated to do it. Avoiding the phone like the plague, but need make a couple of calls. Ugh. 21:20 A little Saturday night flashback Christmas cheer--Eric Cartman sings O Holy Night. Complete with cattle prod: tinyurl.com/9eogyx 22:20 Moved on to having me some Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Good stuff: tinyurl.com/yck9wrd 22:34 Typo aside, this flow chart (or diagram, or whatever it is) wins. :-D static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/7_sins0.jpg Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:04a	Today's Tweets 08:32 I'm on my second bowl of cereal b/c it's a good way to delay going to work. :-p 09:11 Having failed to find anything red and green in my wardrobe, I am now decked out in a rather festive shade of brown. 10:04 My principal is fairly srs--jokes are deadpan, &I've never seen him laugh. Today he was beet-red + hiding behind a door laughing. HILARIOUS! 10:43 From an elementary school kid @ today's holiday program: "We ran out of 7-Up. It was the most embarrassing day ever." Still laughing. :-D 11:23 At the holiday program for the elementary school, taking pics. I so love my school. :-D 12:01 Santa goes to school flic.kr/p/7oM8xL 13:04 I really want to see this! travel.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/travel/escapes/18petroglyph.html 13:58 Hmmm. The Grinch just mentioned that just about every relationship she's had has only lasted about six months. Shocking. I wonder why. 16:04 Oh WIN. :-D twitpic.com/u2l10 18:21 I haz Christmas lights! flic.kr/p/7oQs5E 18:24 Lights from inside the apartment flic.kr/p/7oLANx 18:59 All four of a set of quadruplets got into Yale--so cool!!! www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/education/19yale.html 21:01 Going ice skating outside, two blocks from home flic.kr/p/7oRH2q 23:26 Had the loveliest evening! Cheap yummy Chinese food+fun conversation, ice skating, &then more fun conversation. Hurt my wrist though. Oops. 23:43 Boston Globe's Big Picture, decade in review: tinyurl.com/yc2s2hk #47 is my hands-down favorite. LOVE IT. Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Friday, December 18th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:04a	Today's Tweets 14:12 So much paperwork. Good news=only sitting here waiting for 1 student--all other grades are done! Bad news=this kid is WAY behind... :-/ 21:30 I am so so blessed to be where I am, have what I have, and doing what I'm doing. Life is so so so good. Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:05a	Today's Tweets 03:23 I should *not* still be awake. Tomorrow, er today, is going to suck... 04:46 New post on my blog: Day 5: Naples, er, Rome bit.ly/7Fdx7y 12:53 Have yet to get any of what I needed to do actually done today. Whee!! At least I got something off of my to-do list from, er, August... :-p 14:00 LOVE being able to tell a student that he earned a 3.6 GPA this semester, when he's averaged 1.5 previously. EXCELLENT student. LOVE it. :-D 15:05 Things that make me smile: student+ her mom bringing a pie for the student's teacher, who was also the mom's HS Bio teacher. So cool. :-) 15:51 Yeah, I didn't already have enough to do, and now I have 15 random students to call?!? ARGH!!! 15:58 So ready to cry right now. Beyond overwhelmed w/ everything that needs to get done, not sure how to find time to do it. 16:17 Total meltdown narrowly averted, thanks to awesome boss. Finally heating my lunch. Need food. 17:15 Bumper sticker on a truck: "God Bless the Ghetto". OMG, so going to use that one. HA!! 17:20 Capitalizing the first letter in every word in your sentence makes Baby Jeebus cry, esp. when it's a WASC document I have to edit. WTF. 18:25 This is ridiculously awesome! Wish I had heard about it when it was happening!! tinyurl.com/yfwcces 20:32 Ok, fake snow across this site has to be one of MOST ANNOYING THINGS EVER. tinyurl.com/yjbksmd Who srsly thought this would be cool?? 22:20 Just finished watching this documentary: tinyurl.com/y9lh3vx It's a kick to see stuff and go, Hey, I was there! :-) 23:24 If you only ever click on one link I post, make it this one: tinyurl.com/yazz68l (well, + parts 2+3...) Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:07a	Today's Tweets 01:18 Hey parents--if your kid(s) can't tell time yet + like to get you up way too early in the AM, check this out: tinyurl.com/yexusho 08:21 Sacramento has best tap water in CA, 18th best in the nation. Sweet! tinyurl.com/ybhlde5 I'm surprised we beat Seattle+SF. 10:09 Dear psycho parent: Don't show up before I start work+then flip out on my boss b/c I'm not here so that he calls + wants to know where I am. 10:20 My little corner at work. Came in this AM + a student had decorated my chair with tinsel garland. :-) flic.kr/p/7o3qfT 10:21 Another cool use for technology: USGS monitoring Twitter for earthquake data: www.sacbee.com/842/story/2395891.html 10:47 Caught our 15-year-old TA in the parking lot smoking. Kid is so busted. :-p 10:59 Just got call from my CC--flagged me for buying my plane tix. Funny part? I bought 'em on Alaska Air, + card is an Alaska Air FF card. :-D 12:47 Kid put -0 as a math HW answer. I told him to find -0 on a # line. He couldn't, but said he knew it was opposite of 0. Guess that's a start. 13:57 I really,really want another computer monitor at work. Not sure where I'd put it, but damn it'd be so nice... 16:19 After 2 hours wrestling w/ 1 data set, I have triumphed! It has been subdued, &I have my pretty pretty graph. I need to get a life, don't I? 16:46 Another computer problem solved by plugging it in. Sigh. :-) 22:18 Amusing myself tonight with bash.org's top quotes. Heh. www.bash.org/?top 23:52 Tip of the evening: if your feet are cold, eat ice cream to lower your body temp. Your feet don't feel cold, + it's so tasty, too! :-D Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 06:41 Hell is an alarm clock that won't turn off. Kill it kill it KILL IT. 07:48 Saw beautiful sunrise over river this AM as I drove to work. Orange sun through the mist over the river, train bridge, skeletal trees. Love. 09:32 Meetings all day today. Already struggling to stay awake. :-p 10:49 Consultant in mtg just developed unintentionally obscene acronym. She doesn't see it, but I know I can't be the only one who does... 11:35 I want to staple the Grinch's mouth shut. Holy crap. 12:03 Watching the Grinch bitch out the consultant. This would be uncomfortable except that it's lunch so it's not wasting my time. :-) 23:01 Good news is plane tix aren't any more $$ than a month ago. Bad news is it's still going to cost ~$600 for tix+car rental for Xmas. SO WEAK. Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Monday, December 14th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 03:38 3:38AM... why am I still awake? 07:35 New post on my blog: Day 4: The Amalfi Coast bit.ly/6MkM4T 16:18 Fun with Trisha's Christmas display flic.kr/p/7nEAsE 17:09 Death by sugar, courtesy of Skylar :-) flic.kr/p/7nBmoz 20:47 This dictionary doesn't have the word "geek" in it. flic.kr/p/7nEgik 22:46 241,000 miles on my car. Woohoo!! :-) 23:39 Can't handle coming home+seeing my bedroom infested w/ ants coming up from basement. Cleaned 'em up, but tempted to sleep on couch. UGH. Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 00:35 New post on my blog: I caught you a partridge, but I eated it bit.ly/6dhaTK 08:35 APOD: autumn picture of the day. :-) snaptweet.com/2200c 08:35 My Christmas tree, now with vertical orientation snaptweet.com/8928e 11:26 More sunlit autumn prettiness flic.kr/p/7nkFx1 13:15 I love having two kitties. They are irresistibly cute. :-) 14:30 Need to finish pics and blog posts. Would rather curl up in my flannel sheets with kittehs and take a nice nap. Which one should I choose? 16:01 Really neat link: Family pics of all 56 ethnic groups in China. tinyurl.com/ykc7xbf 18:11 To the asshat who's been doing prolonged Morse code with his horn repeatedly over the past hour--JUST STOP. DUDE. 18:19 This video is amazing. Keep in mind that these are real actors, not miniatures: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrtYRxGyuo Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
indomitable_one	11:00a	Testing something out. Nothing to see here. Testing something out. Nothing to see here., originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. I'm going to delete this anyway... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 19:31 On an epic hunt for bird-shaped ornaments. This is proving more difficult than I'd anticipated. 20:20 Operation Four Calling Birds was successful. Now home listening to John Denver+ the Muppets Christmas and setting up my tree. :-) 22:15 I'm thinking I need to change 4 Calling Birds to 4 Falling Trees. Darn cats. :-p 22:36 157 shots, 1 final image. My 2 cats will appear w/ 4 calling birds on Mon @ pawcurious.com. Thanks @pawcurious for the challenge! :-) Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Friday, December 11th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 05:27 Up since 3:30. I've been sleeping for crap this week, and I wish it would stop. 08:12 I so so so love this tishirt: www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/gaming/cf19/?cpg=wnrdf 08:19 I am going to FUCKING LOSE IT on the next person who asks me if the fucking network drive is back up. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S NOT MY JOB. STOP. 15:30 I really want to smack this mother and tell her to get out of the 1950s. Holy crap. tinyurl.com/yd2ejgy 22:51 Off to sleep and hope that tomorrow brings fewer broken shoelaces than today. Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 09:33 Got a really cryptic late-nite email from a coworker--trying to figure out if he was drunk, or...? Not inappropriate, just kind of bizarre! 10:24 Lots of emergency tech this morning. Ugh. 16:39 Grinch has decided to teach journalism next semester. Wonder what she'll censor 1st. She wants artists, but no anime b/c she hates it. Sigh. Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 06:46 New post on my blog: Italy trip, day 3: Pompeii. www.howiseelife.com/2009/12/08/day-3-pompeii/ 07:23 Put all my pants into washer last night--seemed expedient. Forgot to put in dryer. Now I have load of frozen pants+nothing to wear to work. 08:24 The watched pot corollary: A watched dryer never dries. 09:32 This is so my new favorite blog. OMG. thereifixedit.com/2009/12/08/see-honey-we-dont-need-a-new-entertainment-center/ 10:12 New post on my blog: Day 3: Pompeii bit.ly/7OtqX9 10:38 Nothing like a little data recovery-fu to make a coworker cry (in a good way.) :-) I love making people's days!! :-) 11:59 Noah's Bagels' frosted cranberry orange poppers look like a preschool art project gone wrong. :-p 12:34 Having a good day at work--no reason in particular, just enjoying my job. :-) 14:14 Evenitis: disease that afflicts HS math students, causes them to miss all even HW probs. Coincidentally, odd answers are in back of book. 18:16 Feeling guilty for knowing I wouldn't care in the least if a certain person dropped dead. Wouldn't be happy, but I'd definitely be relieved. 19:06 I am so so lucky to have someone who will hold me as I rage and cry, then make me hot chocolate (from scratch!) afterwards. :warmfuzzies: 22:58 I'm apparently totally on crack, b/c I could have sworn up and down that I'd uploaded the Amalfi Coast pics. Sigh. 23:07 Not on crack--I did upload them, Flickr's uploader just didn't tag them for some reason. Whoops. 23:38 Well, I wanted to get my next blog post online, but Dreamhost is currently borked, so I haven't been able to finish it. Bedtime now. :-p Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
indomitable_one	10:14p	APOD: autumn picture of the day. :-) APOD: autumn picture of the day. :-), originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. Taken this morning while I was waiting for my car to quit shivering and warm up. :-) (Comment on this)
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 01:05 Christmas wreath on a lightpost snaptweet.com/e024d 05:03 WTF?!? No snow!! WEAK!! 11:45 Feeling a bit better than Friday, but still achy and out of it. Brain just isn't functioning. Clearly I'm allergic to work. :-p 17:59 Things I am thankful for: that I don't work retail during the holiday season. It'd only take me one day of Xmas music to go postal. 18:22 Just got about 8 inches of hair whacked off. It was time. 20:05 New haircut. A bit longer than chin-length in the front, longer in the back. snaptweet.com/a1c22 20:18 My panel heater in my bedroom is not keeping up with this temperature. I'm not happy about this. Brrr... Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Monday, December 7th, 2009
indomitable_one	7:36p	New haircut. A bit longer than chin-length in the front, longer in the back. New haircut. A bit longer than chin-length in the front, longer in the back., originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. Why? It was time. (Comment on this)
indomitable_one	12:40a	Christmas wreath on a lightpost Christmas wreath on a lightpost, originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. Went to the boat parade/tree lighting/ fireworks in Suisun last night. Ate kettle corn and was back in time for tacos for dinner and a game of Pictionary in which I got my butt kicked. 'Twas, all in all, a fun evening. :-) (Comment on this)
indomitable_one	12:03a	Today's Tweets 07:14 27F outside, 49F inside. Whee it's cold!! 09:19 WHOOOHOO!! We're supposed to get SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW!!!! tinyurl.com/ykg8t3l Oh please oh please oh please!!!! :-D :-D 10:35 Baby it's cold in here snaptweet.com/75b0a 10:46 New post on my blog: Kari’s cheap travel tips (aka how I travel so much on a charter school teacher’s salary) bit.ly/7ox3cA 11:35 Cheap dim sum, soup, and good company on a cold morning make my tummy a happy tummy. snaptweet.com/77f61 19:10 Wintertime cat haiku: "Don't stand in the door/ Like a teenager with a fridge. In or out, damn it!!" 22:18 Do you have any idea just how hard it is to distill the week of awesomeness that was my trip into so few blog pictures? IT'S KILLING ME. :-p 23:08 New post on my blog: Rome – Day 2 bit.ly/87Z9NH Thanks LoudTwitter! (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
indomitable_one	11:15a	Cheap dim sum, soup, and good company on a cold morning make my tummy a happy tummy. Cheap dim sum, soup, and good company on a cold morning make my tummy a happy tummy., originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. And the best part? Ample leftovers for lunch this week. :-) (Comment on this)
indomitable_one	10:20a	Baby it's cold in here Baby it's cold in here, originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. My thermostat. This is what I get for being cheap. I do have a small panel heater on in my bedroom, so pretty much I'm staying huddled in there with my kitties, down comforter, and flannel sheets. :-) (Comment on this)