Go cashmere. You're a total badass!
River: I know you have questions. Mal: That would be why I just asked them.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Sep 25, 2012 4:45:02 pm PDT #23451 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kat - Sep 25, 2012 4:45:39 pm PDT #23452 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And in a completely self pitying move, the massage I had scheduled for yesterday had to be cancelled. Growl.
Cashmere - Sep 25, 2012 4:50:30 pm PDT #23453 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Sometimes, I'm a little shocked how much I enjoy hitting other girls on skates. She was especially fun--she spent the whole night jawing at me about elbows. I didn't have a single penalty that bout.
Boo on cancelled massage. I hope the surgery goes quickly and easily.
DavidS - Sep 25, 2012 4:53:08 pm PDT #23454 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Badass, Cash!
Oy, Kat I hope you get some relief.
-t - Sep 25, 2012 4:56:23 pm PDT #23455 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
This has been a month of shit.
Yeah it has. May October treat you better. Starting ASAP
Awesome pic, Cash!
sarameg - Sep 25, 2012 4:59:15 pm PDT #23456 of 30001
Your insides are getting a massage? OK, not a silver lining.
I'm watching this Frontline 'Dropout Nation' and I swear to god, FNL may not have based Tammy Taylor off this dean/counselor, they sure could have. Attitude, mannerisms, dedication, the way she talks to kids. Connie Britton even looks a lot like her. A lot of the other educators have the same skill and rapport with the kids, she's just a ringer for Tammy in so many ways.
Kat - Sep 25, 2012 5:03:19 pm PDT #23457 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Not going to watch Dropout Nation as I live it, but I'm curious. Has the dropout rate changed dramatically? If so from what to what?
Atropa - Sep 25, 2012 5:08:44 pm PDT #23458 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Good luck, Consuela!
Kat, I hope things get better for you quickly
ION, thank G-D for ThermaCare patches and a TENS unit at home. Stupid period.
sarameg - Sep 25, 2012 5:11:20 pm PDT #23459 of 30001
They pointed out that the numbers (in HISD specifically) are incredibly convoluted and opaque. This is more following 4 students and the interventions at this specific school than a numbers show. But here's an article from PBS with links about the Apollo 20 program at [link] It saw gains the first year.
Jesse - Sep 25, 2012 5:13:52 pm PDT #23460 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dropout Nation is part of a big CPB American Graduate initiative, fyi. I don't think there are any drastic changes going on, but part of what I heard last night is that the numbers are really hard to get, because different people count things differently, and districts try to keep the dropout numbers as low as possible.
I hab a code. And I think I won't go to work tomorrow. On the plus side, I did go to the Red Sox game, and it was fun! They had players from the 2004 team there, and we saw them outside, and one threw me a little baseball because I waved at him like a dork instead of screaming like other people were doing. We had a Moment. Good times.