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eeyore_grrlBlack 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.
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.
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Date: 2014-03-05 11:17 pm (UTC)Transplanted from upstate NY to Cali - welcome! And we are happy to be having this rain!
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Date: 2014-03-06 02:54 am (UTC)I can't escape it.
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Date: 2014-03-06 12:38 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2014-03-06 05:34 pm (UTC)Very enjoyable.
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Date: 2014-03-06 05:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2014-03-07 12:54 am (UTC)I had to give up on fish a while back because that just never quite seemed to happen... ;)
Welcome! :D
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Date: 2014-03-07 01:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-08 02:59 am (UTC)I'm so glad you're participating this season. I'm looking forward to more of your poetry.
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Date: 2014-03-08 02:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-08 11:34 pm (UTC)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!
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Date: 2014-03-09 12:25 am (UTC)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!
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Date: 2014-03-09 12:53 am (UTC)"I believe in the Oxford comma and still put two spaces between sentences by sheer force of muscle memory."
Yay, same here.
Dan
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Date: 2014-03-09 06:33 am (UTC)(See what I did there?)
Welcome back!
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Date: 2014-03-09 02:25 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2014-03-12 06:52 pm (UTC)me too! the oxford comma is not part of the house style where i work and it drives me NUTS.
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Date: 2014-03-13 12:24 am (UTC)P.S. This drought is terrible, and I really worry about what's in store if we don't get rain soon.
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Date: 2014-03-13 06:45 am (UTC)And regardless, please continue to fight the good fight for the Oxford comma.
Welcome back!
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Date: 2014-03-13 02:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-13 02:23 pm (UTC)(I love Eeyore too…he's my favorite.)
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