So Many Good Movies Coming Out Soon

Busy busy day today.  Woke up did Insanity, and then drove to Dtown to get my hours sheet signed.  Then I dropped off dry cleaning, picked up the lawnmower from the repair shop, and headed off to work.  After eight and a half hours and some relaxation time I'm home, and tomorrow won't be any more fun then today was.  I'm planning a 7 am wake up followed by working on my unit plan all day long.  Fun fun fun, Starbucks please get a seat ready for me, I'm going to be there for a while tomorrow.

I think I'll do another movie review segment.  Today I watched new trailers for three movies that I really want to see in theaters.  The first movie is Fast Five, the fifth installment of the fast and the furious movies.  They're all pretty decent but this one looks ridiculously awesome; plus Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is in it so it's gotta be excellent.  I was listening to Elvis Durran this morning and Mr. Moviefone agreed with me during his 6 second review.  I may go see this one as a celebration after I'm done with finals so if anyone wants to join I have a gift card that needs to be used. 

The next movie trailer that I watched today was for Transformers 3.  Loved the first two and this one looks like it's going to blow them both out of the water.  No Megan fox but whatever, a pretty hot girl's replaced her so I'm not worried.  Can't wait to see this movie come July.  The Transformers movies are exactly the type of movies that you go to see in the theater so I'm really looking forward to this movie.

And then of course the trailer for part II of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows  came out.  I can't wait to see this movie it looks so amazing.  I was literally fist pumping while I was watching the trailer.  It's going to be so excellent, I can't wait to see it.  I wouldn't say I'm the biggest Harry Pothead around but I love the books and the movies.  In my eyes J.K Rowling and Harry Potter can do no wrong.  July will definitely be a great month, Transformers and Potter, Boom.  I look forward to all of the movies and I hope that I will have friends who will want to join me to see these flicks.  Otherwise I'll have to go by myself; I've done it before and I'm not ashamed of it.

So Ready to be Finished with Finals

Too tired to produce anything of worth.  I'll give it a couple minutes to see if I can come up with something good.  So today PA saw the aftermath of those terrible tornado filled storms that ravaged the southern United States.  When Britt and I were driving to West Chester this morning it seriously looked like we were driving straight into the mouth of hell; wasn't looking very pleasant.  Anyway, the rain held out until after class when it began to pour.  As we neared the exit we were faced with a couple of choices: try to wait out the pouring rain, or make a run for it and get soaked.  I knew my choice but I knew Britt probably wasn't up for it so I volunteered to run for it and get the car.  Right as I was about to go Jeff was like, 'Want to sprint for it?' and I thought what the hell.  So there was Jeff and I sprinting down Rosedale Ave in West Chester and into the back parking lot to our cars, getting soaked in the process.  Oh and I almost got hit by a Forester parked right next to Britt's car. 

Anyway, after I got Britt she noted how girls from class remarked about how nice I was to go and get the car so Britt wouldn't have to get soaked.  It was nice to hear that random people recognized the kindness that I exude for my friends.  Britt was saying how my kindness would eventually lead to more with the ladies but I don't know about that.  I think I'm still in the age group where pretty girls like assholes who treat them like crap.  Oh well, in time I'll find my lady and she'll just have to deal with the fact that I'm a down to earth and nice guy. 

That's probably the most interesting even of today.  Besides school I came home, did Insanity, and then went to work.  I did a little bit of work on my unit plan at work and I plan to do more tomorrow on my break.  Then after I got home I finished watching Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhall.  Never was a big fan of Maggie G's until this movie but now I have a huge crush on her.  Except for her name, I may have to refer to her as Margaret because I'm not huge on the name Maggie.  No particular reason it's just not for me.  Anyway, great movie.  I've wanted to watch it ever since Nicki used it in her lesson plan.  Sure I probably should have tried to do a little more on my unit plan but I'll work on that tomorrow afternoon (hopefully), tomorrow during break, and tomorrow evening.   It'll get done this weekend's just going to suck.  Alright well I'm going to go write a thank you note to my cooperating teacher whom I observed this semester because he was awesome and I want to write down everything so I don't forget to tell him verbally.  Goodnight all, hopefully these posts are still entertaining even though I'm under an immense amount of stress for the next week. 

First Speeding Ticket Ever :(

Today started out not great but since then hasn't been too bad.  I began the day getting a speeding ticket for a large sum of money.  I'm thankful that there was only a fine with no points, and the officer was actually really nice.  I can't stand it when police officers are rude or standoffish right off the bat.  I always respect officers of the law and I appreciate when they treat me with the same respect.  Anyway you would think that getting a large speeding ticket would have ruined my day but so far I'm ok with it.  Maybe it's because I'm in denial or maybe my mind is on other things like my two huge projects that I have yet to finish.  Come to think of it I probably should be working on them now as opposed to blogging about my day but whatever, if I don't write now I'm not going to write today.  When I get home from class tonight I'll do Insanity and then PTFO. 

So tired right now.  You know it's bad when you have an iced venti Americano and you're still dead tired (that's four shots of espresso with water for those of you non coffee snobs).  It tasted horrible and the only reason I bought it was for a wake up call.  Probably should have taken Britt up on her offer of a Red Bull but whatever that stuff is poison anyway and I'm trying to lead a healthier lifestyle.  I don't know how I'm going to make it through tonight but whatever I know I will, just like I know I'll finish my two final projects.

Today is my last super Wednesday and I'm so very happy about it.  It's been going well so far minus the ticket and the fact that I forgot my hours sheet for my Downingtown observations so I'll have to drive there on Friday just to get my sheet signed.  Not too psyched about that in the least.  Anyway I taught two mini lessons at Downingtown and then I unexpectedly taught one mini lesson at Kennett High School about Sonnets.  It was a good time, except for the fact that I realized my sonnets weren't written completely in Iambic Pentameter.  Iambic Pentameter involves 5 unstressed syllables followed by 5 stressed syllables (I think that's the order but it could be the other way around; I should probably google that but for some reason I just don't feel like it right now because I'm already feeling guilty about blogging at a busy time like this).  Anyway, in future sonnets I'll attempt to adhere to the Iambic Pentameter so we'll see how those turn out.  Sonnets are also supposed to be love poems so maybe I'll start writing about love even though I don't have any of it in my life right now (romantic love I mean).  I was going to take this post in another direction and now I've lost my focus; damn you Shakespeare and your sonnets for fascinating me.  Oh I was really happy to find out that the student teacher at Kennett liked Britt and I the most out of all the Writing Zones mentors.  She was so sweet and hugged us, it was really nice to know that she thought we did such a nice job.  Hooray Writing Zones, great experience.  On that note it's time for me to get some productive stuff done for the next three hours.  Let the mediocrity continue. 

We are same, Brothers!

I actually worked out this morning, first time ever if not first time in a long time.  I did a morning run with Kyle once (It was brutal and we haven't gone since if that gives you any idea about how much we enjoyed it) and I think I lifted in the morning once or twice in college.  Either way neither experience was all that memorable.  Today was much better.  I was a little more tired and stiff than usual when I began my Insanity circuit but the beauty of Insanity is that every session contains a rigorous warm up session that wakes you up if you need an extra boost.  One again I finished the session dripping sweat with sore muscles all over.  I'm loving it, I can't wait to see my results after day 60. 

Funny story, well not really but whatever.  Jeff and I are essentially wearing the exact same thing today.  We're both wearing khaki shorts with navy t-shirts, terrible.  Doesn't help any that we sit near each other in both classes and right now in the library.  It's funny because we both wore green shirts on last Wednesday also.  It feels like High School when girls would call eachother up to see what they were wearing to school so that they could match. I'll make sure to call Jeff on Thursday, to make sure we don't wear the same thing.  So ridiculous, I'm surprised we haven't gotten more comments so far today.  Only Nicki, Britt, and Natalie.  We'll see if anyone in our later class has anything to say.  This is what happens when you go to the outlets off a recommendation from a friend, you end up looking exactly alike. 

So what else is going on today.  I just finished one major assignment to be turned in tomorrow and now I need to begin banging away at my other two major projects.  I think I'm going to start making some progress on my unit plan because that one's due first and I haven't put too much effort into it just yet.  I'm not worried though, I'm feeling good about things.  I know I keep saying that but honestly, when have I ever not gotten an important assignment finished.  It'll happen-I'll probably stay in both nights this weekend-well that's not true.  Two people invited me for outings which I'll probably attend but I definitely won't be drinking much if any.  I don't think I'll make it through this week without Hookah though.  I'll have to hit up the tobacco shop either Thursday or Friday, really the only days that I'll have time.  I'd love to go out and get a bottle of vodka and some tonic water but I don't want my mother to have a stroke.  I had vodka tonics Thursday night in Manayunk and I really enjoyed them.  I always said vodka tonic would be my drink of choice but mixed drinks are usually so expensive so I just go for beer.  It's getting to the point where beer's almost the same price so I might as well go for the good stuff.  Although at bars they usually cheapen out on you and give you all mixer so beer's the only way you actually get value for your money.  I'll end with a haiku to sum up my feelings on the impending two weeks.

Finals week blows
I want this shit to be over
Bring on summer now

The Beginning of My Mediocre Posts

I'm going to make a prediction that will most likely come true because it's about me: My posts for the next two weeks are going to suck.  I'm sorry but it's the week before finals week and I'm nowhere nearly as prepared as I should be with my two large final projects.  No worries, they will be completed, it's just a matter of the time to do them.  After I finish this I'm going to complete my assignments for classes tomorrow and then correct my final project for my ENG 615 class.  I probably won't even mess with it all that much I just want to give it another look to see what I can do to make it better.  If I get all of that done tonight I'll be quite proud of myself because that means I'll be able to devote nearly all of tomorrow's break to either my unit plan or my multigenre project.  Let us hope I can avoid any distractions following this post and efficiently fly through the remainder of my work. 

(Transition)  I was slightly saddened today by the fact that it was so beautiful out and I had to go to work.  Not just that but even if I didn't have work I didn't really have anyone to enjoy the beautiful day with.  nearly everyone was busy with work or whatever else leaving me to stare out the window at the sunshine and perfect weather for tossing around a Frisbee or football.  I hope this nice weather remains after next week so I can start capitalizing on some outdoor activities.  Once school is over I'll have no reason to sit stuck inside and instead I can enjoy more of the sunshine.  Oh how I love the outdoors and being active outside.  Soon enough I will have the time to enjoy the summer months, it will be delightful. 

I need to go deeper then this.  If you're asking yourself what am I yearning for, what's driving me right now then I shall answer you.  Right now I'm yearning for what I'm currently doing; I'm trying to be the best me I can be (weird ass sentence whatever I'm just gonna keep going).  I want to keep working out, work hard at improving my teaching, writing, and my overall outlook on life/the way I treat people.  Yes I'm obviously running on too much sleep deprivation and stress from my impending mountain of schoolwork.  Soon I'm going to go and complete another tedious article response paper.  Such a useless assignment; whatever it's got to be finished.  Tomorrow's going to suck because I'm doing Insanity in the morning.  It should be interesting to see how I perform.  Whatever it's gonna happen and I'm gonna kill it.  Lovin' Insanity but not the fact that I ate when I got home.  Sure it was chicken, shrimp, and broccoli but now I have to stay awake for two hours so it can digest meanwhile all I want to do is PTFO.  This is probably the weirdest and most eclectic post I've ever written.  See this is what happens when my readers make no requests, I just write jibberish.  Plus my brain's fried from the semester but whatever, the end is in sight.  Buenos Noches. 

Macbeth Tomorrow

Tomorrow I'll begin my day bright and early with tutoring followed by a lesson demonstration to some twelfth graders.  I'm excited for my lesson demonstration, I'm giving an introductory lesson to Shakespeare's Macbeth.  Macbeth is my favorite of the Shakespearean tragedies that I've read and it's the play that got me to finally appreciate Shakespeare's writing.  Anyway, I'm excited and I hope it goes well.  Engaging twelfth graders can always be a challenge, especially at this time of the year so we'll see how tomorrow goes. 

So I'm in the home stretch of the semester.  A couple of big projects left and I'm very excited to nearly be finished with them.  It's going to be tough getting everything done in such a small window but I'm feeling good about things.  I just need to be super productive during any free time during this week, especially breaks during the day i.e Tuesday and Wednesday's mid-class breaks.  No worries I'll get everything done.  I may suffer from some more sleep loss towards the end of next week but it's the price I'll have to pay. 

Speaking of sleeping poorly, there was an excellent article in this month's issue of Men's Health (my favorite magazine).  There were too articles that had a lot to do with my current point in life.  One was on anger, wasn't so helpful, but funny how it was included in the magazine.  The other article was about trouble sleeping.  It discussed some possible solutions like memory foam and gel pads to put down on top of mattresses.  I think I might go with one of the gel pads because apparently the memory foam traps your body heat and that could be bad because body heat was one of the reasons why some people don't sleep well.  It also said people may not sleep well because of worries with money and smart phone addictions.  I think I'm going to start setting my phone on the calls-only setting when I go to bed and I'll start to use an alarm clock instead of the alarm on my phone.  That way I won't be so reliant on the phone and I won't have to worry about checking it.  I wish I could write more but tomorrow will be an early morning.  Cheers. 

Redemption for Last Night? Maybe

So I'm sitting at Starbucks, I won't say which one, but let's just say I come to this specific one because it's usually pretty quiet and I probably won't see people that I know.  Not that I am completely opposed to seeing people that I know it's just I'm here to do work and not socialize.  Ha, I say I'm here to do work yet I'm posting; a walking contradiction I am (as Yoda would say).  Anyway I had to try to redeem myself from last night's nothingness.  Plus I've already had enough of my final multigenre project.  No bueno because it's still early but I'm already looking for excuses not to do any more work on it.  I leave the house to go find a work space and I do no work typical.  Why is it that we always work so well under pressure?  Forgive me I know I've written about procrastination before but it honestly feels like I can only get quality work done when I'm under an immense amount of pressure.  No worries I'll get back to my project in a bit.  It's not that I haven't done any work it's just I could be doing more.  I knocked out the easy parts today like the table of contents, title, and spacing.  Plus I found some resources that I'm going to include in the appendix.  Anyway I'm taking a pandora and blogging break.  I really want to watch The League on Netflix.  I always wanted to watch it but I worked, or had class (or some other BS) when it was on so I never got a chance to get into it.  Now that I have I love it like I knew I would.  I mean how could I not love a show where a fantasy football league totally runs the lives of 5 guys (I think it's five, for some reason I'm blanking on it right now).  Either way if this internet connection allows for it I will watch the next episode in the near future. 

Besides schoolwork not too much else on tap for today.  I'll go home and get my Insanity on, maybe catch up with a friend later, but besides that I'm just trying to be productive.  I figure if I get all the other stuff such as errands, phone calls, exercise, and TV watching out of the way early I'll have nothing left to do but schoolwork.  Full proof strategy (is it full proof or fool proof? I don't know I'll have to google it)...yeah right.  When does everything ever go to plan.  Maybe I shouldn't always be so regimented and have plans.  Oh well, in the long run it's probably a good thing that I am so regimented. Finals couldn't come at a worse time though.  So much cool shit going down next weekend.  30 seconds to Mars concert, Janet's bday, and work drinks Friday night.  Terrible timing, oh well.  I'll have to manage some fun in between all the work next weekend.  I'm itching for some creative writing right now.  I hate to be repetitive but I feel like writing a Shakespearean sonnet.  So here I go, if it's crap forgive me. 

So dark and gloomy,
Oh how I hate April,
At least Starbucks is roomy,
Why does it rain still?
I miss the sun,
So much schoolwork,
This is no fun,
The creepy guy's beginning to lurk,
Why do you continue to stare?
Don't you have a home?
Please go over there,
He looks like a gnome,
This dude is so creepy,
And all this typing is making me sleepy.