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Argh, I was going to go to bed early.

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Back in college my very favorite professor was Dr. Beck. He was a musical genius who was the most quiet, humble man on the face of the earth. It was in his class that I realized I wasn’t some hot-shot grown up, but rather still a dumb kid, and he made me realize it by just quietly blinking at me with a look of “I can’t believe someone let her in here. Why am I doing this again?” Despite being a huge disappointment to him, I loved him and craved his approval.

In composition class, I was in way over my head. He kept saying terms that I knew were not English words and I was so, so lost. By some miracle I finally wrote a little piece without ‘parallel fifths’, and he gave me a smiley face sticker on my music paper. I think that very act defines who we both were.

Anyway, he wrote a little ditty to explain about rounds, and we all just loved it. It’s called ‘Friday the 13th’ and anyone who took his class has it going through their head every time that date rolls around.

I made this too late in the evening and had all kinds of trouble. I had iTunes trouble, ‘This computer is not authorized trouble’, iMovie trouble and Facebook trouble. By the time I posted it on Facebook for my fellow classmates, it was basically Saturday the 14th.

Oh, well.

Just for Curt

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Warning: I am being very lazy with this post. Sorry in advance.

Curt, if you are still reading this, I was remembering when you said you liked it when cats fought. “Not mean fighting, just wrestling around.” Well, remember these guys? This video is just to show that it’s not all uncomfortable loving around here.

Oh, and don’t worry about their temperaments. Immediately after this rough-and-tumble session, they fell asleep in the sunshine.

Together.

My first day of Summer Vacation

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Okay, maybe it’s not technically summer vacation, because the teachers have to be in school this week, but on our first day without kids we went to do a rope course as a faculty. It was higher than any of us expected, but I think everyone had fun, including everyone who was scared –which I think included everyone at some point.

I shot some video…

I actually did nearly the whole thing before coming a little unhinged. The very last “obstacle” was just some non parallel lines. This was different because there was nothing to hold on to and no platforms to move between. My first attempt didn’t go so well. We decided to go across with partners leaning into each other for support. I was putting my foot on the wire in a different way than I had during the whole rest of the course and, because of the groove down the middle of my shoe, my foot kept sliding out from under me. At the time I didn’t realize what was happening. I did not like that.

Surprise Video of the Semester

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Friday was the last day of school at Lincoln Lutheran and for our “Finals” period we watched the videos that the students had been working on for the past 5 weeks. They were pretty good, given (a) the time constraints, (b) that it was their first attempt at editing together a video and (c) the fact that it was the end of the school year.

But after Ben showed his, the whole room erupted in applause.

This is probably the best stop motion animation that anyone has ever done for one of my classes. Some of the ways he uses those legos is really inspired.

Magic shorts.

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Sorry, butt I have to talk about the shorts again.

They were on clearance for $25, and were originally $45. I think i know why.

They are made from a very ‘crispy’ fabric, and I was thinking i could run them through the washer to soften them up. Then I sat down and read the tag. Apparently these are water resistant? (I think they are made to wear kayaking.) Hmmm….. That will come handy when it a billion degrees here and I’m sweating like a pig.

But how will I wash them? Behold the video: