{"id":3493,"date":"2021-09-18T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T17:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2021-09-18T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T17:33:09","slug":"a-la-super-eggplant-currently-i-am-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2021\/09\/a-la-super-eggplant-currently-i-am-9.html","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 la Super Eggplant, currently I am…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Watching:<\/strong> The O-G CSI<\/strong>. I started back at the very, very beginning. HA. It’s wild how many episodes I’ve randomly seen surrounded by others I don’t remember at all. The joy of rewatching an old show like this is the constant popping up in the extras–people who are NOW famous who often were no one then. Oh wait–Voodoo Tatum! OMG a young Blake Lively! Oh look it’s the grandpa from Everwood. I mean, you always know that person is going to be either the killer or the victim. Also I am SO EXCITED to be back in movie theaters and last week I saw the quite odd, definitely disturbing, yet oddly compelling The Card Collector<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading:<\/strong> I am really burning through books these days now that I’m back on the bus AND modeling 15 minutes of silent reading for my students in three different classes. I’m up to 104 for the year, already past my annual goal. Some recent hits (linking to my Goodreads reviews) are Ladyparts<\/a><\/strong>, The Second Rebel<\/a><\/strong> and The Women of Troy<\/a><\/strong>. I’m also WAY back into poetry<\/a><\/strong> right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listening to:<\/strong> I was listening to tunes every morning on the bus, but my latest refurbished iPod decided to die so I’ve been bereft for about a week. However, until that point I was REALLY into the new Big Red Machine<\/strong>, an EP by a band called Pronoun<\/strong>, the latest Liz Phair<\/strong>, lots of singles\/EP releases from Yoke Lore<\/strong>, and I am also currently, bizarrely obsessed with the song “If I drink this beer” by Will Chase<\/strong> (as Luke Wheeler on Nashville, which I rewatched all of in July\/August). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing:<\/strong> Lesson plans. Wasting time spelling out the 97 steps I already know how to do to teach what I need to teach. What a waste of veteran teacher time. I will admit, I think they should be required of new teachers. Lesson plans were very helpful to me the first few years, especially if I needed ideas to fill extra time (paralyzing!), or really know what I was going to teach. And if you had a mentor teacher, they gave you a base to start from. You could use them for reflection: what worked, what didn’t, Now I already know how to do all of that and it’s so stupid to have to write them out, especially when it’s become very clear that NO ONE is actually reading them.etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooking \/ Eating:<\/strong> Mid-school year, the cooking gets to be such a drag. I do it every weekend so that I keep adding to the options for my lunches, rotating through the freezer, but it’s so much more drudgery than it feels during the summer! Here’s a couple<\/a> yummy recipes<\/a> I added to the rotation in 2021. Also I have become OBSESSED with Magic Spoon<\/a><\/strong> cereal. I have all the but the newest flavors. My favorites are: 1) Fruity; 2) Frosty; 3) Cinnamon; 4) a tie between Blueberry and Strawberry; 5) Cookies & Cream. I did not like the peanut butter which kinda bummed me out but OH WELL I will just eat peanut butter on toast. Heh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drinking:<\/strong> I’ve gotten really into V-8 over the past week. Huh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sewing:<\/strong> New masks. I have a few other things cut out but I haven’t gotten to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quilting:<\/strong> Thinking about it, but not doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knitting:<\/strong> Ditto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’re YOU up to? \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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