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It is the beginning of a new school year and I must be antsy. I am making some changes in my life.
I resigned from Strollerderby this morning. It is sad. I really liked that job, but it just stopped being fun for me. I guess I am on the lookout for a new paying gig, so let me know if you know of anything that is available.
I think I need to start exercising too. That may seem pretty obvious to a normal person, but my idea of being involved in sports is watching football with a beer in my hand. Since I am not about to give that up, I think I need to start walking again. I’m going to start wearing my pedometer (hopefully tomorrow) once again. I’ll let you know if it helps. The last time I tried to do the 10,000 steps a day thing it seemed to work out for me.
I’ve also decided that I am not quite in the position to hire a cleaning service quite yet (a large part of that is due to the fact I just quit a job) so I am going to be making an effort to keep my house in better shape. Hopefully, with the kids going to school three mornings a week this year I’ll have more time to worry about cleaning toilets.
It feels good just to say these things out loud. (Or type them out loud?)
Since I have spent most of my life living in Florida I am just getting used to the whole idea of seasons. Is it normal to feel rejuvenated in the fall?
Posted by Sarah @
2:00 pm |
Well, we have an answer to the “Am I a hipster parent or a huge dork?” question. Thanks to Mike from Cry it Out and Google. If you do a Google or Blingo search (come on, do a 
search. I haven’t bothered you guys about this in a long time, and now Gabe’s iPod is dying. Can somebody please win me $1000?) and search “parent dork” I come up number one.
Ouch.
Do you need proof that I am the number one dork? I saw this picture on Cheeky’s Hideaway this morning and I have been racking my brain to think of a way to use it on my site. Problem solved:
At least I have closure.
And you get to see this lovely picture. Clearly, this is not the real KISS. I don’t really know who these guys are (if you are one of them feel free to confess) but the fact that are wearing suits and KISS makeup really made me laugh. So there you go - I really am the number one dorky parent and I’m learning to be at peace with this. I order documentaries on Netflix too, so it must be true.
Yeah, so maybe it wasn’t a burning question so much as a regular question. Perhaps you even knew that I was dorky anyway, but I got to post the KISS picture so I am happy.
Posted by Sarah @
3:09 pm |
Hipster parent or humongous dork? It is all in the eye of the beholder.
As I was all set to clean my house (the universe still hasn’t come through with that cleaning service yet, but I haven’t given up) I loaded up my iPod with The Horrors and EL-P* and I realized - Oh my God. Am I a hipster parent?
Lets see… I’m not really very cool, but my kids did have Misfits onesies and I have a kind of hipster job. I don’t have trendy clothes and I’m still not entirely sure who Death Cab for Cutie is.
You guys don’t think I’m a hipster, do you? I mean, you don’t have to say I’m a dork. I really mean, please don’t call me a dork. I guess what I really mean is that when I first read about the whole “grup” thing, and when everyone else was talking about it I kind of assumed it didn’t apply to me. Do you think you are a hipster? Do you hate the word hipster? How many times do you think I can work the word hipster into a single paragraph?
I give up. I’m going to go make some chai tea.
I’m kidding. It was a joke. That stuff tastes like ass. Plus you guys know I only drink coffee, water, beer or wine.
*( I also put a bunch of Nirvana on there because cleaning to songs from college make me appreciate how big my house and then I don’t mind vacuuming the stairs so much.)
I’ll try to have the contest results by tomorrow. Some of you guys are really close. I may need to bring in a third party judge.
Posted by Sarah @
3:41 pm |
I wrote this for Strollerderby, then I realized that Stefania had already covered this, so I’m posting it here so it won’t be a total waste of time.
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Okay, this one is kind of funny. A principal in Pennsylvania is suing four high school students that he says posted a MySpace page that used his name. The profile said he liked having sex with students and smoking drugs. It also said he keeps beer at school.
Eric W. Trosch used to be a co-principal at Hickory High School. He claims that the fake MySpace page was humiliating. Trosch also says that it hurt his future earning potential and damaged his reputation. He is now the principal at a middle school. Sheesh. Middle school kids are even worse - and they have more free time in front of the computer.
Seriously, I would be mad too. This is something that is kind of unnerving. Anybody could make up a MySpace/Classmates/Friendster page on anyone else and say anything they wanted. It is actually a pretty good way to get revenge. If I were anybody involved in this decision I would watch my back.
It is also kind of funny - but only because it didn’t happen to me.
Posted by Sarah @
11:01 pm |
