LJ Idol Season 9, Week 0, Topic: Introduction

[eeyore_grrl]

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.

Comments

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

A very nice introduction!

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

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

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!

[x-disturbed-x.livejournal.com]

I wish I hadn't been in NY this winter. Oh the snow!

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Where are you? i was totally amuse EVERY time it snowed... my facebook page went crazy.

[x-disturbed-x.livejournal.com]

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.

[cheshire23.livejournal.com]

Hey, I didn't realize you were nearby to me! Cool. :)

[sweeny-todd.livejournal.com]

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).

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

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.

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

Special Ed kids are the best! AW

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

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).

[ljidolvillian.livejournal.com]

"still put two spaces between sentences by sheer force of muscle memory."

I can't escape it.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

uh huh.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Nice to learn more about you. My son just discovered Play Doh this weekend and is enchanted.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

We use it with the kitchen toys. Yesterday the vehicles were delivering it back and forth across the living room.

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

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 :).

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

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!!!

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

Huzzah for the Oxford comma!

Very enjoyable.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

It is the way i don't eat grandma. :-)

[deza.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the snow for you. :)

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Yay. i'm glad someone did!

[snarkerdoodle.livejournal.com]

"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

[solstice-singer.livejournal.com]

Good luck to you this season.

[tatdatcm.livejournal.com]

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.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

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?

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

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!

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

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!

[muchtooarrogant.livejournal.com]

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

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Let's hear it for the Oxford Comma! Rah, rah, rah!

(See what I did there?)

Welcome back!

[goldmourn.livejournal.com]

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.

[kajel.livejournal.com]

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.

[kshandra]

*waves, dedicates use of icon to you*

[cheshire23.livejournal.com]

This two-spaces thing is so hard to unlearn.

[barrelofrain.livejournal.com]

Haha, I lived in "lower-upstate New York" for a while, and most people have noooo idea what that means.

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

I believe in the Oxford comma!!!

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

I love the Oxford comma :)

[eternal-ot.livejournal.com]

Nice knowing you..:) would love to read your poems!

[suesniffsglue.livejournal.com]

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!

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

>>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.

[favoritebean.livejournal.com]

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.

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

Love the way you write, so glad to have you back for the final season :)

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

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!

[majesticarky.livejournal.com]

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.

[magenta-girl.livejournal.com]

Oxford comma forever!
(I love Eeyore too…he's my favorite.)

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! I can send you some snow if you'd like!

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Welcome back. :)