eeyore_grrl ([personal profile] eeyore_grrl) wrote2014-03-05 03:07 pm
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LJ Idol Season 9, Week 0, Topic: Introduction

Black tea with milk and sugar. The sounds of play dough being played with (clicks, clacks, and self-talk) coming from the next room.

I sit at the table, round, wooden, with a claw-foot pedestal, thinking about who I am. There is always the list method, narrowing myself into bullet points. Or the quoting others method, using words that sing of my heart. Or the rambling monologue method… I think that’s the one I’ll use.

I’m nearly 39 years old, married, homeowner, mother of one. We have two cats and I hope to get a fish that I can keep alive at some point. Once and future special education teacher; in other words, I taught for a decade and will return to it (barring unforeseen circumstances) once my son is in school. I’m a transplant where I live, from lower-upstate New York to Silicon Valley, California. And while I’m not happy about the drought, I’m sure glad I wasn’t living in NY this winter.

I believe in the Oxford comma and still put two spaces between sentences by sheer force of muscle memory.

I believe in the power of poetry. I’m sure you will see some from me this season as you did in the mini-seasons. It’s what I do, after all.

[identity profile] bleodswean.livejournal.com 2014-03-05 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
A very nice introduction!

Transplanted from upstate NY to Cali - welcome! And we are happy to be having this rain!

[identity profile] eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com 2014-03-05 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. I suppose I should have mentioned it was about 10 years ago that I moved here... But hey, this year was the worst snow they've had in awhile so it made me more glad I was out here. And, yes, the rain is lovely!
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[identity profile] x-disturbed-x.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
I wish I hadn't been in NY this winter. Oh the snow!

[identity profile] eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Where are you? i was totally amuse EVERY time it snowed... my facebook page went crazy.
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[identity profile] x-disturbed-x.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
I live in the albany area. We didn't get it as bad as some areas of new york but... it was still pretty bad, lol.

[identity profile] cheshire23.livejournal.com 2014-03-12 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, I didn't realize you were nearby to me! Cool. :)

[identity profile] sweeny-todd.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
ah! I do the two spaces too! (Well, less than I used to, since I had to re-edit all my freaking papers... but when I am not thinking it happens).

[identity profile] eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I am doing my best to NOT do it, but it still sneaks in. Many years of typing that way will do it to the best of us.

[identity profile] adoptedwriter.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Special Ed kids are the best! AW

[identity profile] eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
They have their moments. But it's a job I love! (Mild/Moderate Credential. I generally teach incarcerated/troubled teens with learning disabilities and/or emotional disturbances).

[identity profile] ljidolvillian.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
"still put two spaces between sentences by sheer force of muscle memory."

I can't escape it.

[identity profile] eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
uh huh.

[identity profile] alycewilson.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
Nice to learn more about you. My son just discovered Play Doh this weekend and is enchanted.

[identity profile] eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
We use it with the kitchen toys. Yesterday the vehicles were delivering it back and forth across the living room.

[identity profile] kehlen-crow.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the implication that keeping fish alive is more difficult than doing the same with two cats (even you did not intend to say so ^_^ ).

I do not believe in Oxford comma, but the publishing house translate articles for in my spare time insists on it. It is quite painful sometimes, lol.

I believe I have seen you in one of the earlier season. Nice to meet again :).
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[identity profile] eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi again! You did, mini season A and B I was the one who wrote almost all poetry. Had some videos to go with it, too.

It's no implication, it IS more difficult to keep the damn Betta Fish alive. The cats practically take care of themselves!!!

[identity profile] mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Huzzah for the Oxford comma!

Very enjoyable.

[identity profile] eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
It is the way i don't eat grandma. :-)

[identity profile] deza.livejournal.com 2014-03-06 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I enjoyed the snow for you. :)

[identity profile] eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yay. i'm glad someone did!

[identity profile] snarkerdoodle.livejournal.com 2014-03-07 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
"I hope to get a fish that I can keep alive at some point."

I had to give up on fish a while back because that just never quite seemed to happen... ;)

Welcome! :D

[identity profile] solstice-singer.livejournal.com 2014-03-07 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Good luck to you this season.

[identity profile] tatdatcm.livejournal.com 2014-03-08 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
I still use two spaces between sentences and am a fan of the Oxford comma.

I'm so glad you're participating this season. I'm looking forward to more of your poetry.

[identity profile] kathrynrose.livejournal.com 2014-03-08 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't understand why we're supposed to stop using two spaces at the end of a sentence. This is what we learned to do. I get that trends in entertainment change to the point that I want to scream, "You kids get off my lawn!" And I can accept that Pluto is no longer a planet, but where is the hate for the second space after my sentences?

[identity profile] penpusher.livejournal.com 2014-03-08 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Our NYC winter really wasn't all that bad, to be honest. Yes, a lot of snow that wouldn't go away, Yes temperatures below 32 Fahrenheit for more than half the time. But I'd rather have snow than the expected wildfires headed for the Golden State this spring! Besides, with Global Warming, who knows how many more winters we'll have like that one?

But on more positive thoughts, teachers are the salt of the earth, and special ed teachers really deserve special treatment of their own! My mom is a retired teacher, so I know a thing or two about it.

Good wishes for good writing!

[identity profile] jenandbronze.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Nice to meet you!

Kudos being a special ed teacher... sadly, I've had my share of ups and downs with a few I've encountered in my life in the local school district I grew up in. Services were not followed through, ... Mother and I advocated far too much to the point I ended up as a high school drop-out, no where healthy enough to stay in the system.

Sounds like I'll enjoy reading your stories, and welcome to Idol... It has been a few years since I've dived into my writing!

[identity profile] muchtooarrogant.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Good to meet you.

"I believe in the Oxford comma and still put two spaces between sentences by sheer force of muscle memory."

Yay, same here.

Dan

[identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
Let's hear it for the Oxford Comma! Rah, rah, rah!

(See what I did there?)

Welcome back!
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[identity profile] goldmourn.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for poetry!

Also, I'm from the days of the two spaces between sentences. I've had to try very hard to do leave single spaces (peer pressure has been intense!) but it's good to see I'm not the only one who has used two spaces.

[identity profile] kajel.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha We have a new betta in the house for the kiddos. I am hoping I am better at keeping it alive than the plants.
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[personal profile] kshandra 2014-03-11 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
*waves, dedicates use of icon to you*

[identity profile] cheshire23.livejournal.com 2014-03-12 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
This two-spaces thing is so hard to unlearn.

[identity profile] barrelofrain.livejournal.com 2014-03-12 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, I lived in "lower-upstate New York" for a while, and most people have noooo idea what that means.

[identity profile] gratefuladdict.livejournal.com 2014-03-12 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
I believe in the Oxford comma!!!

[identity profile] whipchick.livejournal.com 2014-03-12 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the Oxford comma :)

[identity profile] eternal-ot.livejournal.com 2014-03-12 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice knowing you..:) would love to read your poems!

[identity profile] suesniffsglue.livejournal.com 2014-03-12 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I believe firmly in the Oxford comma, the power of poetry, and never can bring myself to use two spaces between sentences. Nice to meet you!
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[identity profile] tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com 2014-03-12 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
>>I believe in the Oxford comma and still put two spaces between sentences by sheer force of muscle memory.<<

me too! the oxford comma is not part of the house style where i work and it drives me NUTS.

[identity profile] favoritebean.livejournal.com 2014-03-13 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
So much of this reads like my own life, it's uncanny. Some of the variables are different, but that's beside the point. It's really nice to meet you again (we didn't interact much in _b, but I enjoyed your entries then as well). I look forward to reading more from you.

P.S. This drought is terrible, and I really worry about what's in store if we don't get rain soon.

[identity profile] kittenboo.livejournal.com 2014-03-13 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Love the way you write, so glad to have you back for the final season :)

[identity profile] halfshellvenus.livejournal.com 2014-03-13 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
I hope you do find your way back into teaching again some day.

And regardless, please continue to fight the good fight for the Oxford comma.

Welcome back!

[identity profile] majesticarky.livejournal.com 2014-03-13 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm from NorCal and lived in San Jose for a few years. Nice place... great food! It's probably what I miss most about Silicon Valley... the Asian food lol.

[identity profile] magenta-girl.livejournal.com 2014-03-13 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Oxford comma forever!
(I love Eeyore too…he's my favorite.)

[identity profile] baxaphobia.livejournal.com 2014-03-13 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Welcome back! I can send you some snow if you'd like!

[identity profile] jem0000000.livejournal.com 2014-03-14 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Welcome back. :)