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Thirteen Things I am Afraid of………….

1. That what Barack Obama said on page three of Audacity of Hope is correct, “…every man is trying to either live up to his father’s expectations or make up for his father’s mistakes.”
2. That happiness is not at the bottom of that jar/box/bowl of [insert any carb-food type HERE].
3. That I do not fit in at my new job.
4. They will eventually stop rerunning Seinfeld
5. Having to go through debit/credit card or check theft/fraud again - that’s a real pain. And here I used to tell my mom, “don’t worry, you’re not rich enough to steal from.” Guess I was off base on that one, huh?
6. Having to dance or sing in public, unless pathetically drunk.
7. I am going to start to talk funny working with all these Southerners.
8. Aerosmith might break up, or die.
9. The Re’pubs will freeze Guiliani out, if I need to see one of them in the WH it’s Rudy.
10.What would I do if I didn’t teach?  (and sometimes I think about not teaching)
11. Not getting pregnant.
12. Money, I always worry about money, no matter how much or how little there is.
13. That my friend is going through something really scary and I cannot/ don’t know how to help him.

Top Thirteen Favorite Lyrics1. “I think you;re blind to the fact that the hand you hold is the hand that holds you down” Everything to Everyone, Everclear 2. “I will be sitting on top when the sky falls down and it all goes wrong again” When It All Goes Wrong Again, Everclear 3. “You know I live for the day when you say “baby let’s just run away” Learning How to Smile, Everclear 4. “Our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere, won’t let time pass us by, we’ll just fly” Fly Away From Here, Aerosmith 5. “It’s amazing, that when the moment arrives you know you’ll be alright, it’s amazing” Amazing, Aerosmith 6. “And then she asks me, do I look alright? And I say yes, you look wonderful tonight” Wonderful Tonight, Eric CLapton 7. “I don’t wanna meet your friend and I don’t wanna start over again. I just want my life to be the same just like it used to be” Wonderful, Everclear 8. “I see friends shaking hands…..sayin’.. how do you do, they’re really sayin’……I love you. I hear babies cry…… I watch them grow, they’ll learn much more…..than I’ll never know. And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world” What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong 9. “If you pay the price, she’ll let you deep inside. But there’s a secret garden she hides” Secret Garden, Bruce Springsteen not the Madonna version 10. “The past lives on inside your brain. I don’t think you need those memories hangin’ round, yeah, good-bye, kiss your past good-bye” Kiss Your Past Good-Bye, Aerosmith 11. “What good is a man who won’t take a stand? What good is a cynic with no better plan?” Better Way, Ben Harper 12. “Like an old man sitting alone at a lunch counter, never leave lonely alone… ” Never Leave Lonely Alone, Ben Harper 13. “Where do all the porn stars go when the lights go down? I wonder where all the porn stars go ’cause when you need one, they are never around. I think they moved out to the suburbs and now they’re blonde, bland, middle-class Republican wives. They all have blonde, bland, middle-class Republican children. Blonde, bland, middle-class Republican lives.” Volvo Driving Soccer Mom, Everclear Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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1. Coach stops the school from calling for Jimmy when the original team takes the floor.
2. Jimmy says he’ll only play if the coach stays.
3. Coach gets kicked out intentionally to give the assistant (drunk) coach ‘Shooter’/Dennis Hopper a chance to win the game, and the team does win.
4. Right before the team executes ‘The Picket Fence” the drunk coach makes the joke not to “get caught watching the paint dry.”
5. When Ollie makes the free throws to take the team to state.
6. When ‘Shooter’/Dennis Hopper and his son make up in the hospital where he is drying out.
7. The converted church van that takes the team to state.
8. THE BEST MOMENT: when the team enters the
   Indianapolis stadium and measures the court – I cry every time.
9. SECOND BEST: When the player calls out “
   Hickory” as they exit the floor measuring scene.
10. Right before the game a player says “Let’s win this one for all the small schools that never had a chance to get here” and after the prayer, coach says: “I love you guys.”
11. At the last time out the players are not happy with the play called & Jimmy says “I’ll make it” and the coach says okay and changes the play.
12. ‘Shooter’/Dennis Hopper jumping up and down on his hospital bed after the team wins.
13. The last scene where you are looking at the team picture and you hear the coach’s words: “I love you guys.”

I would like an invitation to Google’s Analytics if you have one available….thanks!

I must confess I am recently in a vicious McFlurry cycle.  I have a host of theories why am involved with the ice cream & bits rut, but that doesn't bother me as much as the local McDonald's misuse of the term 'Medium."

The menu at the drive-thru offers only a Medium or Large McFlurry.  This bothers me because it should be avertised as a  Small or Large.  What irks me further?  When I ask for a medium and the minimum wage worker has to correct me that they "only offer a small or large."  Dooooh! 

The misuse of the term medium is planty, but when I have the drive thru operator correcting me - must have been a sugar low.

There is a name for the L & O trademark sound, "ching-ching", which calls me to the TV.

ADA Serena Southerlyn (Elisabeth Rohm) outed Jack McCoy's "weird obsession with the clash."

ADA Serena Southerlyn outed herself as gay when DA Arthur Branch (Fred Dalton Thompson) fired her.

Wait for it, wait for it, there it is!  Lenny Briscoe delivers his wisecrack at the end of the "aftermath;" the aftermath is the opening clip before the opening credits.

Location managers aim to select for shooting based on what the scenes require.  They will select a "hub" to include a few city blocks.

The orig. Law & Order premiered 9/13/90, SVU premiered 9/20/99 and CI premiered 9/30/01, Crime & Punishment 6/1/02 - ended, Trial by Jury 3/3/05 - ended, Conviction 3/3/06 - currently ended.

Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) has experienced two ADAs being killed: Claire Kincaid (Jill Hennessy) & Alexandra Bourgia (Annie Parisse)

Ben Stone (Michael Moriarty) the ADA before Jack McCoy makes me think of the old miniseries Holocaust; I think that is why I dislike him.

Detective Partnerships: Max Greevey(George Dzundza) and Mike Logan(Chris Noth), Phil Cerreta(Paul Sorvino) and Mike Logan, Lennie Briscoe(Jerry Orbach) and Mike Logan, Lennie Briscoe and Rey Curtis (Benjamin Bratt), Lennie Briscoe and Ed Green(Jesse L. Martin) , Joe Fontana(Dennis Farina) and Ed Green, Joe Fontana and Nick Falco(Michael Imperioli), Joe Fontana and Ed Green*the only detective to return after a serious injury. 

Adam Schiff, the orig. DA, leaves to pursue war criminals.Lennie Briscoe's date of birth is January 2, 1940.

Steve Zirnkilton reads the opening lines, "In the criminal justice system…"

After Jerry Orbach's death my DH pointed out a newspaper picture of him in a store window near Columbus Circle, thus almost fulfilling my dream of walking by him on a NY street and nodding my head, saying "Hey," and having him respond in kind.

If "nothing" is not an option what advice/encouragement would you give 7/8th graders?
I speak to the members of the National Junior Honor Society tonight & picked these things outta my quote book:

1. "…the will to excel is the thing that endures.  This quality is so much more important than the events that occur." Vince Lombarti
2. "I'd like to say that the quality of any man's life is a full measure of that man's personal committment to excellance and to victory, regardless of what field he may be in." Vince Lombardi
3. "If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all." Michelangelo
4. "People always talk about playing over your head when you are up against someone really good.  Maybe you don't play over your head at all.  Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had." Fran Tarkenton
5. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”Theodore Roosevelt
6. "Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing.  That's one of the greatest things about life - it's a wonderful surprise."  Marlo Thomas
7. "Life is full of beginnings.  They occur every day and every hour to every person.  Most beginnings are small and appear insignificant, but in realit they are the most important things in life." (cannot find the credit for this - any help out there?)
8. Going to school doesn't make you a student anymore than going to the garage makes you a car. (I think I'll leve out the orig. wording of going to church doesn't make you a Christian)
9. We are morally responsible for every wrong we have the power to correct.
10. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
11. "Of all the peoplle you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose.  Tot eh question of your life, you are the only answer.  To the problems of your life, you are the only solution."
12. "Achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you.  Success is being praised by others, and that's nice too, but not as important or satisfying.  Always aim for achievement and forget about success." Helen Hayes
13. "Part of the art of living is knowing how to compare yourself with the right person.  Dissastisfaction is often the result of unsuitable comparison."  Dr. Henrick Sobotra

I love all of these, cannot use them all (obvs.), but enjoy writing them out.  Any predictions on which/how many I will actually use?

Things to do before I move:

1. paint three rooms downstairs
2. paint the entire upstairs
3. carpet the front two rooms
4. put in a tub (just shower for the past … so long)
5. clean/pack my classroom by 6/9
6. store my classroom stuff for awhile until I move at end of June/start of July
7. have a killer yard sale
8. transport some of my fav. plants to GA - - - shhh, don't tell DH
9. get tested for Allergies - needles!
10. watch all the Law & Orders I have on Tivo, but haven't watched yet.
11. learn to burn DVDs from my computer.
12. Get my desktop back up & running.
13. work on 'The Paper'

Of course my DH had every reason to worry I'd click on something looking THIS REAL.  The only reason I rarely fall for these is that I acknowledge, nay embrace, my ignorance & usually go through & type the URL, so I know I really get where I think Iam going…..

THanks all the same Dear!

Reasons I am Freaking Out:

1.My Computer is crashed & my DH is outta of the state.  I have a big presentation Tuesday & do not have access to most of my data. 
2. Tech guy at work tells me (after my emailing requests since the start of April) that now he thinks he cannot find my last year's data.
3. Tech guy had the balls to ask, "didn't I already do this for you?" I had to remind him that I requested another set of data, but eventually I just gave up….this is another request.
4. My cousin is working in the house again - it's not too stressful - just invasive.
5. I have to start boxing up my classroom soon…I am not making any sudden movements…..
6. My thesis will (obvs) NOT be completed this Spring, that means I will wallow in it from another state….another school.
7. I wonder if I slipping back into a slight depression, the xanax sound really good lately.
8. I didn't mow the (uneven) grass lasat night & last night may have been the last non-rainy day for awhile.
9. I haven't read the "easy read" my fav uncle gave me to read - we're talking under 200 pages here folks, geez.
10. I have to paint rooms - I get a little 'perfectionist' about that I guess; I don't paint perfect - see the potential stress?
11. Daisy misses Buddy Lee, she is very needy & always under foot, always a consideration in how long I stay anywhere.
12. I miss my husband.
13.My Computer is crashed & my DH is outta of the state.  I have a big presentation Tuesday & do not have access to most of my data…YES, I am still freaking out about that!