things i noticed today.

i noticed that...

1. 5:15 am is a pretty unpleasant wake up time.
2. tuesday morning before 5:30 am feels suspiciously like you've been hit by a big fat truck.
3. my train rides are all about the 90s music
   
4. they can sell hard-boiled eggs in "protein snack packs" at starbucks? eew.
5. it feels like fall outside. awesome!
6. it feels like a tropical rainforest in my classroom. not awesome!
7. i am entirely overscheduled.
8. on average, my students are pretty terrible liars.
9. i'm tired of bringing my lunch to school. (and it's only tuesday)
10. kickboxing yesterday killed my legs.
11. i was slightly tempted to strangle a few students.
12. there was a boy of no more than 10 walking across the street in a 1940s style military uniform, holding the hand of a well-dressed older woman. motherboy anyone?
13. i may have consumed an entire bottle of salad dressing on top of one salad. does that make it less healthy?
14. while i find her somewhat repulsive the "rachel zoe project" on bravo is sort of addictive. (ps: i should be banned from watching bravo tv)
15. the thought of leaving this chair to go to the gym is pretty much impossible.
16. the thought of leaving this chair to go get ice cream is HIGHLY tempting.
    
17. i have to get up and do it all again tomorrow.
    

summer thing 13: the rural juror

have you seen 30 rock? did you see "the rural juror" episode? awesome.

technically, i could be considered a 'rural juror.' i went to jury duty and grew up in rural oregon. so there you go. and so...

today i woke up at 7am (trust me, it was not pretty) and sped down the R train to Canal St to get to my jury duty site. we sat, waited and waited some more. but i was prepared: books, computer and snacks. luckily, NYC has decided to provide jurors with wifi, so i was able to send the following email to my roommate:

From: Ms F	Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:02 PM
To: Ms. F's roommate
jury duty. bored. computer dying. gum chewing to my right. ack!

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to which my roommate was gracious enough to indulge me, rather than giving me the appropriate response (which is "suck it up ms. f. i'm at WORK. like, real work.")

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From: Ms. F's roommate	Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:05 PM
To: ms. f
OH NO! I'm sorry. I should have given you my book in which a woman goes to jury duty and meets one of the loves of her life. Then at least you could be pretending to have a good time. Do you have any idea when you'll be done? Maybe they'll let you out soon!

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i, sadly, did not meet one of my lifelong loves while sitting in the jury room. But they DID let us out early (and i left only having to serve one day of jury duty).

i would like to emphasize that, without question (as evidenced by above email) my roommate situation is far superior to the Lo/Audrina drama currently going on on the season premiere of "The Hills." yep. i said it. i watch it. you know you do too (or at least you should).