Janae Says...

Dinner at The Pie Pizzeria? $20 (for him) Watching Salt on my comfy couch while cuddling? $10 (for me, 2 for $20 at Blockbuster!) Ending a two-year kissing drought? Priceless. I WIN!

Old doubt and a girl by your side She’s feeding your pride As you go for a ride Down the Star Mile Worlds arise as she lets you come in A duo begins To the Hollywood Inn Of the lonely Chorus: And all the gold dust in her eyes won't reform into a ring You had and lost the one thing You kept in a safe place Remember the face Of the girl who had made you her own And how you left her alone All’s well at the base of the hill You might need to fill A prescription to kill Off the silence. Look down from your tower on high And take in the night Look her right in the eye She’ll listen Chorus Life goes to those that are true The regular news Over playing the blues With the light on And if you burn the road That’ll lead you back to her in time I watch you turn to stone You can’t find the sunlight She’s moving on without you The tide breaks You watch the stars fade They gather you back to their home I guess it’s better than being alone

I am going to be alone forever. Seriously. Anytime I allow myself to think differently, I am quickly reminded of how stupid I am. I always get put back in my place. "No, Janae. You were being dumb. It's never going to happen for you. Aw, what was that? You hoped for a little while that something might work out? That someone would be truthful and actually follow through in his intention to give you what he says you deserve? That's sweet. How cute of you to let yourself be hopeful." EFF you, boys. Eff you all. Seriously.

My kids in Provo last year were much nicer, more appreciative, well behaved, and (insert any other positive adjective here) than my students this year. I am friends with ONE student on Facebook because she is a lovely, mature, intelligent young woman. She messaged me on Facebook tonight, and I need to commemorate it. hey ms. balibrea, i know that i'm not your student this year and that i don't have the right to bother you with questions anymore but i figure one question won't hurt right? ok well, i'm taking honors this year and so a lot of times we end up having to learn things really fast because a lot of the other honor students know what we're learning already so that is kinda what happened to me this time and i was wondering if you could give me a little extra help with something i didn't really get. i need a little help with how to write specific and vivid figurative phrases. i don't know why but it has been so hard for me to under...

So since I got flowers for my birthday, and since I'm so used to celebrating my birthday and Valentine's Day together in any relationship I've been in... I was not expecting anything at all today. I felt a little sad that I wouldn't get to spend Valentine's Day with someone special, and I also felt sad that nothing would make this day different from every other day. But he said that we'd celebrate later on in the week. And really, like I said, I didn't expect anything at all except maybe a cute text message or something. So you can imagine my surprise when in the middle of my 3A, the secretary walks in with these... Spoiled much? As far as #3 goes in my last post--feeling praised and appreciated?--this boy's got it down. 

(Before I get into the actual meat of my post, I wanted to make a list of all that I have to do and have done this weekend): *Grade/enter: - A roots quiz (x140) - A commonly confused words quiz (x140) - A worksheet for II.3-4 of Romeo and Juliet (x140) - A worksheet for II.5-6 of Romeo and Juliet (x140) - A word families worksheet (x30) - Late work *Lesson plans for the 15th/16th and 17th/22nd (and I have a sub on the 17th => lesson plans are more difficult to do because they're more detailed) *Read a chapter in my comprehension book and do a page of discussion notes on it All of the above items have been accomplished. Come tomorrow, I have to - Grade all of the A classes' journals that come in - Grade 2B journals because I didn't on Friday - Grade any reading logs that come in - Grade any late work that comes in - Print off my lesson plans - Make copies for those lesson plans All of the grading needs to be done by 5 PM. Awesome, huh? I...

The festivities began on Monday with a birthday dinner from my grandma and family. She made chicken broccoli casserole and bought me a delicious red velvet cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes.  Among the presents I got were: a box of Emergen-C, a cute mug, a stuffed wiener dog, a bag of Hershey's milk chocolate hearts, a bag of Reese's peanut butter eggs, a big Hershey caramel bar, a cute shirt (I've worn it twice this week already), a cute pot of purple flowers, and a George Foreman grill. She also got me a cute balloon. Uncle Dave and Aunt Jess got me some Bath & Body Works products :) Here are some photos. I got some birthday cards starting a couple days ago. From Grandpa Mike, Carmen, and my mom, plus my grandma on Sunday, and Rachel's early Valentine's card. :) On my actual birthday I started the day off with a text from Sydnie telling me happy birthday, and some other really sweet stuff. I got several more texts throughout the day from such ...

I think it's really weird that I find Jason Schwartzman attractive. You can judge me if you want. I already judge myself. I especially adore how he looks like a Beatle in this picture. I mean, how cute is that? There's something amazingly cool about this kid who was in Rushmore, formed the band Phantom Planet, and who makes me giggle uncontrollably. I just watched I Heart Huckabees. It's been on my queue for a while now. I had no idea that Jason S. starred in it. It made it that much better. (Also the fact that I had Video on Demand dollars on Amazon and watched it for free, made it that much better). What made it perhaps the greatest part of my week (Thursday has yet to pass, for it's my day of birth) was the strip underneath the movie... "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought..." Feel free to click on it and blow up that bad boy. Does it look like my taste is consistent to anyone? Hm? Dost thou see Garden State and Eternal Sunshine on thi...

I was reading a friend's blog recently, where he was explicating why he would like to find a Hermione-type girl. He gave reasons he would not pursue a Bella-type girl. I've never read the Twilight books, so I'm going only by film in this comparison, but I can't believe that was even a question amongst males. I guess I can understand that they'd want the needy helpless totally unfeminist girl. It makes more sense when I think of it that way. Now I'm trying to think of a character in a book or movie who would be considered "my type." At first I had nothing. But right when I typed that last sentence, two characters came to mind. One is Joel from Eternal Sunshine , and the other is Jesse from Before Sunrise (or Sunset ). Joel is boring. He is realistic. He has his crap together. Really, I think he'd be even too boring for me. He's not a go-getter and is probably the ultimate white personality. He also isn't very verbal or communicative (...

Being sick is boring. I have two classes' worth of worksheets I can grade. But what have I done today? I've eaten (Cream of Wheat, a smoothie, soup and crackers, chocolate cake). I've had tea, naproxen, and Airborne.  I've slept (not a lot, only 5 hours through the night and less than 3 a little bit ago). I've watched TV (Price is Right, The Fast and the Furious, Where the Wild Things Are, A Beautiful Mind). I returned a RedBox movie and got more tea at the store. Booooriiiiing... Two more weeks till I go home. I WILL say that lying in bed sleeping is so much more gratifying on a Friday when I should be at work than on a Saturday when I don't have to be anywhere.

Someday, when I retire, I will spend every morning eating an optimal fiber breakfast... Exercising... and watching The Price is Right. P.S. Does anyone else think it's funny how all of the commercials during the show are geared toward old people? Makes me think I have no business enjoying this show. But I've been watching it since I was in 5th grade. I can't help but love it.

Things I want... A cheap full-length mirror for my bedroom A basket to put fruits/veggies in New exercise clothes A new copy of Garden State :'( A keyboard (a piano, really, but I try to dream realistically) Someone who says they'll do something, and then does it Most of these are attainable, methinks.

Woke up at 7:24 this morning instead of 6:15 due to yet another alarm clock fail. I am going to exchange that piece of .... at Best Buy in a few days. I made it to work at 7:50, and I live 20 minutes away. That should tell you how awesome I am. Fortunately, I have a substitute for tomorrow because I am not feeling well. Last night and the night before I got 9 hours of sleep! And I still am feeling yucky. Throat and nose kind of yucky. Not to worry, I have plenty of soup and crackers and a nice comfy couch for tomorrow. Plus no concern with my alarm not going off at the right time.  In teacher news... My 3B makes reading Shakespeare into torture. I feel like I'm being stabbed in the gullet along with them. They can't appreciate it, no matter how hard I try. But my 4B! They LOVE Romeo and Juliet. They're eating it up and understanding it so amazingly well. And today, I felt I could really relate with some of what was being said in the balcony scene. When Juliet is...

Dear New Neighbors Below Me, Thanks for choosing to hammer the shiz out of your wall while I was sleeping last night. I also enjoyed those drilling sounds. It only took me 20 minutes to fall back asleep. By the way, did my really loud music at 6 AM while I was showering wake you up? I hope so. Love, Your Sleepy Neighbor