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This picture is a clarification for question 1:
1. How do you feel about “Gladiator” sandals, also called “Roman” or “Jesus” sandals? A fashion yea or nay?
I cannot stand gladiator shoes, unless they are worn by Russell Crowe in such movies as Gladiator (one of my favorites, by the way). I’ve tried really hard to like them, but I just can’t make myself. I think they make me feel bad for the feet they are keeping in jail. They are nothing like simple flip flops.
2. What is your favorite pizza?
Veggie pizzas rock! If I had it my way, I’d eat vegetarian, which would include chocolate because there’s no meat in chocolate, and cocoa beans come from some plant, which makes them a vegetable, right?
How did I get from veggie pizza to chocolate? I have no idea. However, this is the Random Dozen, so it’s fitting.
3. There are plans in the works to sell roughly 1,000 items from Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas. This means you could buy Picard’s chair for your family room. If not a Star Trek item, what prop, background, set, etc. from what TV or movie would you buy if you could? [Ex: Hurley’s “I Love my Shih tzu” shirt from LOST, the plantation home “Tara” from Gone With the Wind, or Tracy’s tambourine from the Partridge Family.]
Russell Crow’s gladiator shoes from the movie Gladiator.
Just kidding.
If I could have a memento from a show, I’d take the Mirror Ball from Dancing With the Stars.
As one of the original fans from Season 1, I think I’ve proven myself worthy! It would be the centerpiece on my dining room table. Yeppers!
4. Name a local food or restaurant that your area is famous for.
Let’s just say that Guy Fieri won’t be visiting my locale for his Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives…
Since I cannot think of a food my area is famous for, so I’ll reach back to where I grew up. Forgive me if you’ve read this story before.
I grew up in LA (Lower Alabama), where the specialty of my small town was Chitlins. I won’t post a picture of them as they are quite nasty. Every year, we had a Chitlin Jamboree, complete with a parade and fair, of some sort. There was a chitlin eating contest, and I still remember the sight of those greasy old men eating those nasty, slimy pig innards. You could smell the aroma from my house. Blech. I never tried them, though. I was smart, even as a kid.
5. What is your current favorite snack?
Brownies. Remember that I bought 14 boxes? We’re eating brownie bites here!
6. Hypothetical: You are required to be a reality show contestant. Which show would you choose based on your probability of success? (You cannot choose “none.”)
A. Dancing with the Stars
B. Biggest Loser
C. Survivor
Gee, you had to throw in that little clause, eh? Probability of success.
Hey, can I fake stupidity. I’m actually horrible with math, and probability is the worst!
See, I think I could win Biggest Loser because I actually do enjoy dieting and working out. However, I’d lose because I don’t have enough weight to lose…five pounds wouldn’t get me far.
If I was on Dancing With the Stars, I’m afraid I’d look tense, like Kate Gosselin. You can tell she’s really focused on the dance steps, so she’s not enjoying herself. And, although, in my imagination, I see myself moving smoothly like Shakira, if I look at myself realistically, I’d look like a 40-year-old knitting mom trying to slither around like a snake while dancing the Rumba. Um, not ballroom worthy, and the judges would eat me for dinner.
Survivor, oh how I love thee. I’ve watched this show almost every season it’s been on, but I have a little problem with lying, so I’m not so sure I’d do so well. However, Ethan won by being honest, so maybe, just maybe. But my dislike of spiders might hurt me. Is there a place on earth that doesn’t have spiders? Pray tell they wouldn’t stick me on Antarctica! I’m a Floridian, and that TRULY would be Survivor!
Ok…my pick would be Survivor. I’d beat Russell and have him crying during the finale.
7. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being uninhabitable and 10 being cleanliness that meets the standards of OCD, how clean is your vehicle’s interior?
I’d say a 5. It’s fairly neat, if you don’t count the reusable Publix bags in the back. At least someone finally threw out the leftover cheese biscuit from Saturday night’s dinner at Red Lobster. One of the kids left it in the backseat, where it stayed until this afternoon. Maybe that’s why my car smelled like garlic.
8. It doesn’t feel like Spring until _________.
I can leave my windows and doors open to enjoy the fresh air.
9. Something that made you laugh really hard recently is ____.
During the Dancing With the Stars results show, viewers were treated to fake movie promo’s. I hee-hawed at “Cha Chablanca,” starring Evan and Niecy. It was really funny!
10. Tell me about a goal you’re working toward.
Finding a teaching job. I’ve been subbing for the last year and a half. I am so grateful for this time of preparation. I feel confident in classroom management, and I know that this is the job that I am supposed to do (unless God sees fit to let me win the lottery and be a couch potato).
11. Share a thought-provoking or inspiring quote this week.
Does this have to be from a famous person, because I can’t think of one. What I’ll do is share a question that a student asked me today:
“Mrs. AuburnChick, have you ever worked for the police or been in the military?”
Um, yeah. See, this was during my fourth period class, and I’d been forewarned that this class was “fun.” What a way to send a sub off to lunch, eh? Gave me something to look forward to when I came back.
So, I went in ready to stand my ground. And that’s what I did, keeping the kids on task…kicking them off of games, and making them work their magic in web design.
And then the question came. And it’s making me think.
How do I run my classes? Is it like being in the military?
Honestly, kind of sort of yes. This is how I run my home as well. Everyone has their things they are responsible for, and I allow little leeway for slacking.
My belief is that students should show up ready to learn. That’s their jobs right now, just like it’s teachers’ jobs to show up, prepared, and ready to teach.
Food for thought…how to balance (which I think I do in the classroom…at home, maybe not as much as I should).
12. Name one thing that you do as a parent that you absolutely know will make your kids happy. If you’re not a parent, feel free to substitute “friend” or nomenclature that works for you.
Bake brownies or cookies. This act alone brings grumpy teenagers out of their bedrooms. It unites the entire family…until we start fighting over who’s had how many. I guess my baking brings about a temporary peace. I’ll take that. It’s better than nothing!
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