Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Alison's LiveJournal:

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Sunday, January 9th, 2011
11:07 pm	you need to diversify yo' bonds A couple of days ago, there was a story on NPR about the Wu Tang clan. It amused me to no end to hear the peaceful, cadenced, but overpronounced reporter discussing how ghost face killa and old dirty bastard and the rest function as a collective conscious on stage. It was then I had a thought that had not occurred to me in quite a long while: "I should write about this in my livejournal". At the time, I had more thoughts about it, and remembered more about the NPR story. I usually log on here, read about what is going on in the lives of people I no longer have regular contact with but still care about. And I seldom update because I don't have much to say. And just now before I typed this, I read my "friend page" and I even looked at other's pages, others who, like me haven't posted in a while. The whole thing kind of makes me sad. I know it's impossible to keep up with everyone, but there are so many wonderful and freaking cool people who have come in to my life, shimmered there, and then moved on. Maybe we wouldn't appreciate this world as much if it weren't ephemeral. . . (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
9:43 pm	paperwork make-it-work When last we left our heroine, she was drowning in paperwork. Remember the 3.5 hours spent on paperwork for 10 pieces of paper? Today I produced 27 pieces of paper for the same binder in 15 minutes flat. I've learned to deal. Hopefully not to the detriment of sooo many young minds. . . Who am I kidding? I'm the dance and drama teacher! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
9:43 pm	work I have ridiculous amounts of paperwork right now. I just spent 3.5 hours here at home creating 10 pages of paper that don't help me DO MY JOB to go into a flipping binder. AND (I'm not making this up, I promise) I have to take the papers from my binder, copy them and put them in a bigger binder. Is that not kinda ridiculous? I think they're trying to get us to write down everything we do maybe so they can replace us with robots. I've spent every weekend at work for at least a day. I'm not caught up. I'm maybe more behind. I feel like quitting right now. But then they would win. Play the game. . . Play the game. . . Play the game. . . I'm drinking on a Wednesday night. What's wrong with me???? Current Mood: cranky (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
9:55 pm	Obama Does anyone else think that maybe one of the reasons many kids have little to no respect for authority these days comes from the parents? You know, the same people who are completely disrespectful concerning their PRESIDENT (whether they voted for him or not). Really, people. What were you expecting? "stay in school." is not exactly scathing political speech material. And yet we had about a hundred kids who "weren't allowed" to watch the president talk. Do you guys remember watching the OJ trial? I do. Or at least the sentences. We got to watch murderers if it was historical (and I truly believe it was). Now, panties get in a whirl over the president. I felt like kicking something. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
11:09 pm	Reason Why I Love My Husband Number 367 At communion Saber ALWAYS takes the wine(juice) that is in the very center. But he was at his Mom's today, so John took it instead. When I gave him a look, he mouthed "This is for my homie" and mimed pouring a cup of communion wine on the floor. (Comment on this)
Friday, July 17th, 2009
12:50 pm	summer school Summer is school is over! I'm free! FREE!!!! I actually love summer school, it's really nice to have a manageable group of kids and really see results. Having 40 kids crammed in one room, it's hard to really know what each kid knows and when they're just faking it. You can't hide behind 6 other kids. Still, it was really nice to sleep in today. (Comment on this)
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
8:21 pm	invisibility I always thought, growing up, that invisibility would be a pretty cool super power, not as cool as flying, but you could get away with a lot of stuff. Now that I have achieved invisibility, it is not as awesome as it looks. At first, I only thought I was invisible in my car. Which is why any vehicle that encounters me cuts me off. This is not just in my head, my car pool homies notice it too. And my car was hit TWICE from behind while it was stopped at a stop sign twice in the last year alone. So I thought I was like wonderwoman in the invisible plane, which kind of made me happy. So I started wearing only red white and blue bathing suits and of course gold cuffs and carrying a lasso. (Not really) Lately, people have started running into me (the real me), especially at places like Kroger, and standing in my personal space, etc. Then, yesterday, at the gym, this guy comes up and says to the other guy on the treadmill 3 machines away from me, "You watching this?" about the t.v. When the guy says "no", he does not even acknowledge my presence and turns it on, and loud to this other channel. Then like 10 minutes later he leaves, with the t.v. still on and blasting. Nobody notices the invisible girl as she slinks off her machine, turns the t.v. off and gets back on. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
9:55 pm	. . . I don't want to go back to school. . . I have a GRADUATE DEGREE now!! Also, I have shiny new papers from the state proclaiming me a rank 2 teacher. Now I won't be quite so poor. Just a little less than poor. But who cares?? I have a man named John who LOVES me. (Comment on this)
Monday, June 30th, 2008
3:44 pm	Herbert's pearls of wisdom Grandpa: Ali, telephone poles are what caused the buffalo to die out. Think about it. They went up, the buffalo vanished. Grandma: Here he goes about the buffalo again. . . Grandpa: People in cities should not have trees. Period. Alison: But Grandpa, you have trees. Grandpa: And they're nuthin but trouble. Grandma: Here he goes about the trees again. . . (Comment on this)
Friday, June 13th, 2008
11:12 pm	Being engaged is weird. Part of me gets mad when it's all certain people want to talk about it. And another part of me shows my ring off to ANYONE who pauses long enough to look like they may care. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
10:43 pm	at least i have a good boyfriend I fell down my steps. Again. I can't decide whether to write, "it's like I'm 80" or "It's like I'm 5". Both seem to fit. Play opens tomorrow. Shite! Current Mood: anxious (Comment on this)
Monday, April 14th, 2008
9:06 pm	making it make sense to him. So I have this kid, who has actually kind of given me grief this year. He is the spawn of closed minded republicans. Last year, they threw a fit about Harry Potter. This year, it was An Inconvenient Truth. Shawn and I were working on his piece today for his portfolio. He asked if it was too biased. I said, "Editiorials should express opinions, but yes, I do think sometimes your wording is a little harsh and makes you sound like you aren't even considering the other argument at all." Shawn looked kind of confused, so i tried to put my message in terms he, from a die-hard republican family, would listen and get. I said, "See, right now your editorial is a raving, slobbering, red-faced yelling Bill O'Reilly. Now I'm not trying to turn you into something you're not. . .But could we at least aim for Rush?" He totally understood and fixed it. me = teaching genius. Current Mood: cheerful (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
9:17 pm	spring break no trips. not too much work. mostly relaxing. dog watching. and taking care of my man. spring break goes well thus far. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
11:27 pm	the good, the bad, and the ugly The good: I'm very, very smitten with a certain man friend. Sometimes when really good things like this happen to me, things that I don't really feel like I deserve, I get to panicking that something else in my life while surely go horribly, horribly wrong. But I'm trying to focus on how lucky I am and how amazingly good he is, and not on the impending DOOM! The bad: Snow days have put us into June. I'm freaked out about portfolios. And I need to get my ass in gear if I'm going to direct the play. Which I am, and we're cast, we just need to . . . rehearse and shit. The ugly: Explosive vomiting and other fun toilet adventures over the last couple of days. But if this was the impending doom, it was so worth it, because I'm so freaking happy that even projectile diarrhea can't keep the smile from my face. Sorry for that image. Current Mood: happy (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
4:47 pm	Man Friend So not to brag or anything, but my new-ish man friend is kind of totally perfect. He's sweet and kind; he sent me tulips (and other flowers) for Valentine's Day. He is good in a crowd because he can hold his own in a conversation. He's ruggedly handsome but still has dimples and smile lines when he smiles. He's sufficiently goofy, but I trust him enough to have serious conversations. Sunday he cooked an incredible dinner. I am smitten. Current Mood: ecstatic (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
10:13 pm	Last night Last night I had the best first date ever. Ever. Current Mood: hopeful (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
9:40 pm	date night I'm so freaking excited about the date I just had. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
10:47 pm	Ah, accidental jokes. So I overheard the word "white trash" in a group of kids. We'll call the one kid Timmy. Me: Hey guys, you really can't say "white trash in school" Timmy: But Ms. Furlong, WE'RE WHITE. Me: Yes you are, but I don't allow black people to say the n word either because if you use racially derogatory terms, other groups of people think it's okay to call you that. Timmy: But we are white trash, and they can call us that. Me: I'm not saying you're not white trash, Timmy, I'm just saying you shouldn't say that at school. **Let it be known going into this that I didn't MEAN to call Timmy white trash, but he didn't catch it, so I let it stay. If the shoe fits. . . Current Mood: okay (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
11:26 am	A few things. . . 1. I put my picture into one of those face recognition thing-ies to tell you who you look like (I LOVE doing that). Anyways, the first three people were Asian girls. do i look Asian and just never realized it?? 2. I had a dream that some kid killed my cat last night. I woke up and cried a bit. I have arrived! 3. I applied for a new job, teaching for the Department of Defense. Not because I'm not happy at my current job, I just think it would be kick ass to teach abroad. Naples, Italy is my first choice. Nothing will probably come of this. 4. I think I'm getting old, or lame, or something, but I just feel like every single other person at parties enjoys those parties more than I do. It has nothing to be with being depressed, I am a happy person, I just don't. . .really. . .like. . .parties. . .anymore. I think something inside of me broke. Current Mood: relaxed (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
8:14 pm	Holi-daze It cannot almost be time to go back to school. Not yet. I'm. not. ready. Hope everyone had a great Christmas/New Year's/Festivus. I know I did. Now I guess I need to prepare for school on Thursday and Friday. booooooo. . . (1 Comment |Comment on this)