confession time: i am really so proud of myself.

is that weird?

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Clementine Vintage Sneaky Peek

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Arizona Ethnic Studies Classes Banned, Teachers With Accents Can No Longer Teach English

when i first saw this headline, linked through a friend's facebook, i thought it was a joke headline from the onion, a jab at arizona's immigration law sb1070. alas, i was wrong...

hey, speaking of wrong, let's read a few excerpts from the article, which can be viewed in full here.

"Meanwhile, in a move that was more covert until the Wall Street Journal uncovered it, the Arizona Department of Education has told schools that teachers with 'heavy' or 'ungrammatical' accents are no longer allowed to teach English classes."

"Teachers who don't meet the new fluency standards have the option of taking classes to improve their English, the Journal reports, but if they fail to reach the state's targets would be fired or reassigned."

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big girl time!

FINALLY, FINALLY have enough money to pay for all of my bills this month without using my credit card! plus a few treats (coffee and lunches, plus more film!) i feel as though a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders. of course, too much is never enough with me, and now i'm working 6 days a week, some days all 7. but when i'm sleepy or grumpy or any other dwarf, i just remember my glimpse at the alternative, and i am happy again. but (if anyone is even still reading this blog) i think it will be pretty hard to take days off any time soon, if you are planning to come visit or anything. i still have to build my savings back up and, since i have yet to even attempt to take a day off, i have no idea how that will work. since i work at two small businesses with so few co-workers, it might prove to be a little difficult. you should probably all visit at once, yeah? and white cloud is coming in late june/early july, so come then! i like to think i will be in the clear by then!*


thanks for listening, whoever you are. for the record (and hopefully your reading enjoyment) i am also blogging here, here, here and here. no, seriously. all four.





*we'll see...

absolutely lovely!

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"Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering."

Nicole Krauss - The History of Love

i like kids!

you can dress them however you want!

"i studied fried chicken at the school of hard knocks!"

catching up on my 30 rock. job interview this morning, the dog park in the afternoon...life isn't too bad right now : )

lamebook, i love you

sucks to be you. however, it truly enforces my own happiness at knowing the difference between "your" and "you're."

also - hahablink182lyricshaha.

also - 400th post whoop!

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how did these get in here?! nonono, i'm rotten! rotten, i tells ya!