I'm random, thanks for asking.

It's amazing how I can not be hungry all day, and when I finally eat dinner I'm famished. Well, I was famished, and 3 hours later I'm content.

The smart thing to do was to go to bed early, but the need for a period movie fix won over. So, I watched half of Jane Eyre disc 2. I would have finished it but email beckoned me. Whenever I watch that movie, I always plug lines from the book in various scenes. No idea how many times I've watched it but I still get emotional. Fantastic book, fantastic movie.

holbytla will be proud - I'm thinking of buying M. Ward's album, "Hold Time."

Ok, really going soon. Oooooh, email!

Ok, holbytla, jmp0114, laurasia_mystik and ewanspotter, it's my mission to get you to watch Sound of Music. I don't know how to achieve this, but at least you know how strongly I feel about it. I already have a verbal agreement with my friend Michelle to watch it the next time she and Reena come over for movie night. It took a little persuasion, which was funny because Michelle loves Mary Poppins, which I hate. Both are Julie Andrews musicals and yet I can't stand one, and she was afraid to watch the other. Anyway, I'll hopefully make the 2 of them into SoM fans soon.

So, today was another Michelle and Reena movie day. We watched Persuasion 1995, which I actually liked. Ciran Hinds wasn't bad, nor were any of the actors really. No one was annoying, which surprised me. The movie was a fine example of England's recycling of actors. I kept recognizing people who would turn out to not be in anything else I've seen. Michelle and Reena could pick people out they really had seen before. We also watched Sense and Sensibility 2008, which Michelle had not seen. Since Reena had just watched the really bad Jane Eyre (1996) this week, we had to show Michelle some of the gems that make it so shockinly bad. Her face was priceless. Before long I found myself watching through my fingers like the first time. It's just baaaaaaaaad. More actor recycling: William Elliot from Persuasion '95 is the same actor who played St. John in '96 Jane Eyre. Ciran Hinds was Rochester in another version of Jane Eyre that I'm too lazy to look up. Amanda Root was Anne in Persuasion '95 and I saw her on the credits for JE '96. Look it up on IMDB. We always have to check it during or after movies.

-We all love S&S '08 Edward Ferrars.
-I decided I'm going to start using the term "twelve month" instead of "year" and I got Michelle and Reena going as well. That and pronouncing "mama" the British way, with the stress on the second syllable. We kept working it into conversation the rest of the night.
-I can't remember the other phrase often used in Austen and Jane Eyre that I like. It's not obliged, amiable, on the contrary, to be sure...wait, maybe it is "to be sure." Must watch Emma again.

Juno as Jane Eyre?  I haven't seen Juno, but I heard great things about Ellen Page.  Then I saw some weird horror movie at Borders she was in just prior.  So, hmm.  But seriously, another Jane Eyre movie???   Let's hope it doesn't suck like some older versions. 

Decide for yourself how obsessed/insane/[insert other adjecteive here] I am.
I own: all 6 Jane Austen novels
Pride and Prejudice 1995 and 2005
Sense and Sensibility 1995 and 2008 (yes, holbytla, I had to get the new one)
Emma 1996, with Gwyneth Paltrow
Mansfield Park 2007
Northanger Abbey 2007

Persuasion 2007 I'm kind of meh about, and I haven't read the book yet. My prediction is that I'll eventually read it.

Let's not forget my 3 versions of Jane Eyre, two of which are so bad that I would burn them if possible, and my multiple copies of Lord of the Rings, both books and movies.

Yes, I do own other books and movies. Just that the ones I really like, well, more is better.

Hmm, both the "nerdy" and "geeky" mood theme pics are of Mr. Collins. I cannot escape him!

Watching Pride and Prejudice still gives me warm fuzzies. Reading or watching Jane Eyre still gives me warm fuzzies and heart flutters. I got totally excited when I found Love, Stargirl, a sequel to Stargirl, at B&N yesterday. Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea should be watched by every person at least once. I totally want to have a kid lately. Would be nice to be married, too.

Fall break, and I need to get some things done, but watching movies and reading books are also on my list.

:)

I finally got Jane Eyre back from my friend, and watched it last night and this morning. It's four hours long, not that I watched it twice. I still love it, and I love how I can amuse myself comparing the book to the movie.

Ok, I have things to do today. I need coffee first. Coffee, then work. Eventually I'll tell about my first week teaching 4th grade.

-The day I finally watch LOTR again, I meet a little girl named Arwen. I totally geeked out. :D The girl was with her aunt, not her mom, so I couldn't get the story of how they chose the name.

-Microwaved scrambled eggs rock.

-It's ok to be hot during the day, but at night it blows.

-Scent is often the deciding factor on which cleaning products I buy.

-I really need to go into work tomorrow.

-My friend still has my Jane Eyre dvd and I would go into withdrawl if I didn't have the book to read.

Tomorrow, I will go move my stuff to my new classroom. If all goes as planned, on Tuesday I'll be going to Mexico for the very first time. Woah. I'm just going to Nogales with intothebean because that's where he's from. I have no idea what to expect there.

If I put my to do list here, maybe I'll be more inclined to actually get things accomplished instead of be online or read or watch Jane Eyre. Yes, it's my current obsession, or fandom, whatever you want to call it, and it's fantastic. So, here goes.

Things I need to do:
-Read Teaching with Love and Logic
-Review the Harry Wong book for things relevant to 4th grade
-Download the state standards for 4th grade
-throw away the pile of papers I thought I might need
-vacuum the apartment
-order my canopy bed!
-continue organizing my photo albums, which I haven't done since last summer
-renew my Costco memebership
-order prints of the many digital pictures I've taken over the past year
-mop the kitchen floor
-retrieve the lid to my traveler mug that fell under the fridge months ago
-take books to school that I don't want cluttering my bookshelf
-get SEI papers taken care of at the district office
-see about taking the AZ constitution course online

I love summer. I love that I can stay up! I've gone back to night owl mode again. I need to get my spare keys back so I can go swimming.

Tomorrow, I should do laundry.

I want to write a paper. The other night, I suddenly wanted something like a comp lit assignment where I'd have to write a 2-3 page paper. I used to DREAD writing papers. What is with me?

Jane Eyre is love.

I want a date.

mmmmmcookiesmmmm

After getting myself excited about the possibility of teaching 6th grade next year with two teacher I love, I found out I was placed in 4th grade. I have mixed feelings about this. Two of the three 4th grade teachers are veterans, and I know they will be incredibly helpful while I am learning everything. I feel really fortunate to be able to work with them. However, all 3 of the teachers are older than me, with teen to adult children. The 6th grade team is nearer to me in age, and we get along well. My other concern is the ability level of 4th graders. I student taught that grade, but that was 5 years ago. I know the kids will be much more agreeable (dude, I've been reading too much period lit; who says agreeable anymore??) than 8th grade, but I'm just out of practice teaching that age. And...teaching math again?? Crikey! I've forgotten how to be fun, do fun projects, and assignments that I can hang on the wall. My least favorite class today tells me I need to be more fun, and I pointed out that all efforts I made to do that were shot down by them, plus they never cooperate. I'm going to need a lot of help being creative next year.

Bought Jane Eyre on dvd, the Masterpiece Theater/BBC version. :D Started watching it, and so far, so good.