Author: Maria Johnson

so I have been remiss here, according to Nancy

By way of explanation, I am diligently working on NaNoWriMo, which means, of course, that I have run out of words for here. And to add insult to injury, I am nowhere near the necessary 50,000 words to win. I lose again. I have discovered that it takes three consecutive nanowrimo years to finish a book, so maybe if I compile all the words from the previous two FAILS, I’ll have one. It’s cheating, I know, but I won’t get the “I’m a Winner” button. I do have some integrity.

Anyway, Nancy wanted some reading material, so here ya go dear! Enjoy!

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weird news…all I can say is thank goodness I don’t drive in Korea

South Korea Aspiring DriverThis lady has taken her written driving test 950 times and finally passed. She gets to go for the road test next. You can read the AP article here.

I wonder how many attempts she’s gonna need for that (although I suspect she’s been driving without a license anyway).

(REVISED)the last GaTech game [bittersweet? no way!]

Photo by Christaar on her cheap-ass LG phone:1107091810No more having to walk through that tunnel with the drunks and other shady characters. This lovely picture is like a trophy. Somebody placed the bottle in a discarded shoe like it was a fine wine decanter.

I love Atlanta.

my life in a pie chart

So, I ran across this picture in not one, but TWO different places, and so I figure that the universe is speaking to me. I love to see the cute and quirky things at The Pursuit of Happyness, and this one tickled me for its spot-on capture of…ME!

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and another thing…

toilet-paper-over

I am pretty annoyed by toilet paper that isn’t placed correctly on the turny spinny thingie. It should be placed so that the loose sheets hang over the top of the roll, away from wall, not up against the wall. First of all, it’s just unattractive to hang it backwards, but it’s also difficult to reach the loose sheet that way. I’m old and not quite as flexible as I used to be.

It also annoys me when I start a new roll and somehow the two or three-ply sheets get separated and I end up pulling the paper apart.

That is all. I really didn’t have anything deep or profound to share with you today. I just wanted to have a post. Thank you for reading.

distractability and the comfortable shoes

Please note that I am wearing one brown shoe and one black shoe. Yes, I know that’s what I get for getting the same shoe in different colors. I submit to you that as a teacher, comfortable shoes, in whatever color I can find, are a win every day of the week. Mock away.

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it’s National Novel Writing Month!

nano_09_blk_participant_120x240_pngI shall be keeping you updated with word counts…and quite possibly, all the fantastic chores that need to be completed because I will find any excuse to avoid writing.

Yeah.