I’m struggling to find some high fives this week. Every morning I have been woken up to my alarm clock blaring NPR news stories like … RECORD UNEMPLOYMENT! BIGGEST DROP IN GDP! WE’RE ALL GOING TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET! And don’t even get me started on the whole Wall Street Executive bonus payout story. Why can’t they throw in a little happy happy now and again? Perhaps more cute puppy stories?
On with the Fives:
I just found a new Twitter-er? Twitter-i? Twitter-ite? to follow. I know, maybe it’s a bit depressing to look at, but I love the Internet. Or more appropriate, I love the people on the internet. Always wanting to inform.
Whatever your opinion is on the Iraq war, I think it’s always moving to hear someone say: “I just voted and I’m very happy.” I know that feeling and I’m proud that our troops had something to do with it. Sure the reasons for going to war was a big farce, but even positive things can happen in the middle of mistakes.
I am officially answering the call to service and volunteering for this place. I am redoing the website and sitting on the marketing committee. Sadly, the teal has to stay.
Oh yeah, you can also do some good to by participating in the:
Learn more about it here. All proceeds to benefit The Nature Conservancy.
I think I would have just imploded if I was home schooled. First of all, I don’t think that there would be anyone at home to home school me. Secondarily, as a child of Korean immigrants, it was the other way around – I was often home schooling my parents. I can definitely recall quizzing my newly immigrated Korean step-mother on the naturalization questions. Or preparing the tax returns for the household. Or interpreting for my parents when they pretending that they didn’t understand English (even when they really did). You try arguing with a child who is interpreting for their parents. It shuts people down.
I think that I would make an awful home school teacher, but I applaud those that do. Teaching Paige would be something akin to this:
Me: Math is important.
Paige: Nuh-uh.
Me: Uh-huh.
Paige: Nuh-uh.
Me: Uh-uh.
Paige: Nuh-uh.
Me: Math is important BECAUSE I SAID SO AND I’M THE BOSS.
In about six weeks, Rene’s (one of my bff’s) baby girl is going to drop. We are calling the little bun in the oven – Panda. No real name has been figured out.
My biggest hope is that she’ll someday be into old school rap and be a Mac user. I believe that the next generation deserves to rock around the clock too.
PS. Thank God there are other people to have babies.
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