I read this story on yahoo.ca

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091009/koddities/us_gator_bites_golfer

And all I could think of was "Rippy the gator went CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP"

So I woke up today to the following from Craig (who is my roomie):

Craig: Did you hear anything last night?
Me: No, why?
Craig: Have you looked out the window at all?
Me: Just got up, is there a problem?
Craig: There was an accident last night. The power box on the street is absolutely destroyed
Me: Wow. I heard absolutely nothing. Mind you I sleep like the dead.

*please keep in mind that the power box is near the driveway which is right beside my bedroom window*

Craig: I didn't hear anything either. Wow. Awesome.

I go out to my car, and the guys from Atco Electric are telling me how friggin lucky I am because if it wasn't for the power box the drunk driver who plowed through the boulevard would have creamed the back end of my car.

And not the neon (which is going to my mom), my nice new-to-me car.
Somebody out there/upstairs likes me. I like them too.

The RCMP phoned because they noticed the damage on the back end of my car. Now...I could have lied and said that yes the damage was caused by the drunk driver and gotten a new bumper out it with minimal increase to my insurance (because I was not driving at the time), but when push comes to shove I am a good girl who is willing to admit that stupidity and lack of depth perception is the reason why I need to replace my own bumper.

They also asked me if I heard anything. To which I had to reply that I, Sarah Scharf, can sleep through anything.

For fordanglia

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Eric Tillman, the dude who promised to clean up the Saskatchewan Roughriders, has been charged with sexual assult.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090203/sports/cfl_tillman_sex_charge

He is still innocent until proven guilty, but this does not bode well.

Ugh.

alixkat made a post the other day that really made me think.

In her post she referenced to a person at her college who seems to want to collect 'gay friends'.

I found the post rather odd because I had to consider for a moment if I'm guilty of the same concept.

Through the post and the responses of those who commented I think it can be said that the difference between having gay friends and 'collecting gays' is how you compartmentalize the relationship in your head.

Do you refer to the person as your friend or as your gay friend?
Do you actively seek out a homosexual/bisexual person in order to achieve a certain status?
Do you seek out friendship with an LGBT person based on their personality or just based on their sexual orientation or gender identity?

This was very odd for me to ponder because I believe my answers to be rather positive (the compartments in my brain are friend or acquaintance, seeking status through friends/acquaintances is dumb, and friends without personality is just a bunch of groupies).

However I DO find myself guilty of the following offenses;
1. I actively seek out to be on good terms with Drag Queens. Not only do they know the ins and outs of the community, but it's only the TRULY DUMB who piss off Drag Queens.

2. I seek out my friends from the LGBT community. It is where I naturally gravitate, or more appropriately for me where I feel at home. On occasion they find me. I like to think I throw out a homing beacon, a little signal that reads "queer-positive!!"

Even as I write this I'm starting to question again. This time I have to wonder if maybe my circuitry is a little askew. I was raised around acceptance - and even my mom gets along better with the community than most straight people. I was taught to appreciate personality traits like a wicked/warped sense of humour, honesty, directness, and compassion in my selection of friends and many of my parents' friends demonstrated those qualities. Only as I grew older did I begin to understand that many of the adults that surrounded me when I was little were from the arts community and the LGBT community.

The tale that was presented has impacted me, but I think in a positive way. Sometimes it's good to step back and analyze your perspective on the world.

More importantly it is good to have input as well. While having my friends pounce on me with all my character defects would end up being a serious downer, I think a little constructive criticism is healthy. I wouldn't mind if this post generated some discussion. It wouldn't shock me if how I perceive myself is different from the way many of you perceive me. It's human nature I think to gloss over our imperfections - trying to imagine ourselves as better than we might actually be.

Can a person realistically have a black/white view of how we create relationships, or is there a subconscious categorization happening that the individual cannot see but those close to the person can?

Discuss.

'nuff said.

Eat. Drink. Be Merry.

Peace.

Am I loser if I like Twilight (The Score) soundtrack??

The dude is not a half-bad composer.

But the OST?? It would be better if it didn't feature the MuurrrraaAAAGGGHHHHrrruuuhh of RPattz.

Click on the link for a much better explanation.

Changed my layout, because it was time.

Not sure if I like it yet, but we'll see.

I borrowed this from my "dictator" lourdesmont

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! In June I gave halloween49 a wet willie, then I took it back (-5 points). In March I helped heyliz see the light (8 points). In August I farted in an elevator (-6 points). In July on a flight to Colorado Springs, I stole the emergency flight information card (-40 points). Last Wednesday I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points). Overall, I've been nice (283 points). For Christmas I deserve an XBox 360! Sincerely, Teacherlady

Write your letter to Santa! Enter your LJ username:

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I decided to celebrate because I am ALMOST done report cards!

Arrested!

If you saw me in the back of a police car, what would you think I would have been arrested for?

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Sibling Howitzer of Desirable Mindfulness.

Get yours.

Heheh....rockstar!

1. Tories won!
Yeah yeah, lunge for those conservative bones in my body, but my fiscal management jedi forces will just repel you - so there.

2. NDP's gained seats.

No really....There are a few issues where the Center Left and the Center Right can meet. Granted, the economy, global warming, and fiscal policy are not those issues. But Layton has the right idea that acrimony has to be put aside to run this country. With an increase in seats, Mr. Layton does hold the balance.

143(CP) + 37(NDP) = 180 Seats

77(Lib) + 49(BQ) = 126 Seats

2 independents. Weird.

And if all three parties choose to, they can gang up on Harper and we'll be back at the polls in 18-24 months.

Personally though....I think Dion's days are numbered.

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
teacherlady goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Bellatrix Lestrange.
alixkat gives you 11 red-orange grapefruit-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
degenecle gives you 18 light yellow orange-flavoured gummy bats.
fordanglia tricks you! You lose 23 pieces of candy!
heyliz gives you 6 light orange chocolate-flavoured pieces of taffy.
lourdesmont tricks you! You get a wad of paper.
madrigalist gives you 11 brown lime-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
musiquephan gives you 16 blue coconut-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
radiosupply tricks you! You get a wad of paper.
sail_i_do gives you 6 softly glowing chocolate-flavoured pieces of taffy.
weshootstars gives you 7 mauve blueberry-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
teacherlady ends up with 52 pieces of candy, a wad of paper, and a wad of paper.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

I'm not dressing up for Halloween this year. I'll be in Red Deer for a conference.

To make posts as easy to read and brief as possible, I'm going to start using some of the abbreviations that have come to dominate my life.

So, here is a glossary of terms:

-SNCS = Spirit of the North Community School (grades 4-6) is where I teach in the mornings
-HLPS = High Level Public School (grades 7-12) is where I teach in the afternoons
-Flo Mac = Florence MacDougal Community School (K-3). I do not teach there, but I share resources with their music teacher
-FVSD = Fort Vermilion School Division #52. My employer.

They are infiltrating my speech pattern too.

Just a heads up.
Cheers!

5. When using a stapler, especially when opened for bulletin board use, please remember to get your fingers out of the way.

Remember your teacher's stapler?
They were black and silver, and at the head of the stapler was the black portion you pressed down to get your staple in?

Remember that there was a gap between that head and the body of the stapler?

Guess where my index finger was today.

It's an ever so delightful shade of purple.

1. What a person DOESN'T mention is usually more important than what they DO mention.

Case in point: England.

I wasn't told that the music position was basically a revolving door. They also neglected to tell me that rabid rats were better behaved than their students.


Case in point: Today.

I got my timetable today. Now....I have been classified as a Music/CTS person, which means that I teach something to the kiddies so their teacher can have a release period (it's not a prep period. Those are different. Teacher Release means the teachers sit down with their TA's and sort their lot out).

That something isn't music. I knew that going in. I hoped that since they mentioned my interest in computers and I mentioned that I was relatively useful on a computer meant that I would be teaching something like...I dunno...computers?

Nope.

You'll never believe what I teach for 5 -45 minute periods a week....






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Phys. Ed.


My immediate thought was,

OH GOOD GOD YOU HAVE THE FAT CHICK TEACHING GYM??!!!

Then I laughed.

These kids are going to think the school is on crack! It's not like K-3 students who are happy to throw balls and play tag. I'm teaching 4-6 Gym. I have to actually teach them stuff like...hockey, and basketball....

And these kids have the presence of mind to understand that a person who has VISIBLY NEVER ran/jogged/jumped in her life is making them run/jog/jump.

Just wait until I hack up a nice smoker's lung in front of them. Oh yeah. This'll be just great.

Stay tuned....this ride is going to be worth watching.

So, teacherlady, your LiveJournal reveals...

You are... 0% unique and 16% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy women). When it comes to friends you are normal. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are keen to please. Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is intellectual.

Your overall weirdness is: 22

(The average level of weirdness is: 27.
You are weirder than 50% of other LJers.)

Find out what your weirdness level is!

Awww.....I'm not weird at all. Boo.