Happy Thanksgiving

Even though I am not going home, (sad...) I will be having Thanksgiving with some wonderful people. Here are some things I am Thankful for in no particular order:

1. My family, roommates, and friends.

2. When the 1-train pulls in just as I get on the platform.

3. The Bx19 NOT pulling away as I reach the stop.

4. The AM New York's Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday crossword puzzles.

5. Winning at drunk Scrabble.

6. Fridays at around 3pm (the teachers know why).

7. Television with my roommates.

8. My students (particularly my 7th grade students)

9. Living in New York City

10. Strong drink and good beers.

Livin' with the Popular Kids

My roommates are too cool for me. It has become the cool kids versus the NERD. Granted my comic books are all over the place, and that must be annoying, but how can you not like watching SCRUBS?!?! Another case of the popular kids picking on the geek... Lord, it's like middle school again.

Oops... Haven't posted in a while.

Drama in NYC. No lie, there was a fire in my Laundromat. Bubbles Inc. was on fire. And not that good fire, but actual fire (with smoke and five fire-trucks). This meant that I had to haul my loads of laundry to the Megamat down the street, and let me tell you, they have nothing on Bubbles. First, the Megamat does not have Grandma Bubbles. Grandma Bubbles is the kindly Spanish speaking lady who smiles and talks to me in Spanish (even though I don't know a lick of Spanish). She is the nicest lady on our block. Megamat had a mean lady who took my dollar, gave me quarters, and insisted that I give her another dollar because the one I gave her a crisper dollar. WTF?! (And I saw a mouse.)

The kiddies have been treating me well, I am glad for Thanksgiving. I wish I were going home, but Christmas is not that far off. I am fairly certain that I will be having T-giving with Amanda and some of her friends in Brooklyn. Uh... Brooklyn. It is so far, but turkey, stuffing, and yams are essential to my Thanksgiving experience, and I will not compromise.

On the up side, the Dems are in control of the House and the Senate. This could be good, but it seems that for the next several years we will be cleaning up after bush (lower case was deliberate). We have a lot of ground to cover. We need to have equal rights for people, women's choice in what happens to their bodies, rethinking about a war on a concept, the list goes on.

:) peace out, friends!