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So my students liked learning the lyrics to Mr Grinch  - complete with gross pictures to illustrate it (banana with greasy black peel? Check. Dead tomato splattered? Check. Overflowing garbage? Check. It's amazing what happens when you type in song lyrics and hit up Google Image search!). They also liked reading the script for the cartoon version of 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas.'  They're looking forward to watching the show next Saturday during our Christmas party. :D

I had 6 extra kids today. The teacher who has a G7 class on Saturday mornings was sick, so I told Lu to send them over to my class for the day. We played reverse bingo with vocab from the Grinch, Apples and Worms (using questions from the script) and all in all, they seemed to enjoy their stay. ^^ They also liked the Grammar Cats activity (wherein I make a powerpoint presentation using carefully selected captioned pics from ICanHasCheezeburger - they need to fix the cats spelling, grammar, AND tell me why it's funny. ^^). One of the activities in the book asked the kids to pick the answer which best suited them. One of the questions talked about handling stressful situations like tests - do you study? Panic? Cheat if you don't know the answer?

M: "Jerry, what do you think? Do you cheat if you don't know the answer?"
Jerry: *looks exasperated* "Mandy, you say we have a test today. I'm not going to tell you."
Hallen:  "I think he means he is going to cheat."
Happy: "So even if he not wants to tell you, Mandy I think he did."
M: "I think you're right. And I think Jerry is going to be at his own table during the test."
Jerry: *claps hands over his face* "Oh no!"
Class: *erupts into laughter*


Ruthie has a fake-leather coat that she loves (it's so warm!).  The secretaries bustled around us comparing her coat to mine - they thought it was so cute that we matched (even though we don't - hers is fake brown leather with fake fur trim, mine is black leather w/out fur). I paid $15 for it - so cute. ^^

I am SO tired. Lots of traveling this week, Qingpu and Fengxian districts. Before the end of the semester, I have to go to Hangzhou for a few days to evaluate all the teachers (with a stop in Lin'An on the way back). This means I need someone to stop by to feed the cats and empty their litter box. I may ask if Em can do it - I'd be gone during the week, and she teaches every day at my old school, which is literally a one-minute walk around the corner.  Ru will stay with Jenny for the 3 days.

I had to train 2 teachers yesterday for 3 hours, plus they came for observations today - they saw my class and then I escorted them to our teaching building to see E's class (he's really good about letting me use him as a live example all the time). Between all that and still keeping in close contact with all 20 coordinators re: teachers and problems and so on and so on and BLAH. I need a vacation.

I spent 2 hours doing marking, and now I'm killing time on our forum - I'm adding my 'Mr Grinch' lesson plan in case anyone else wants to use it - until Lu texts me so I can leave. Early day today because I have to renegotiate my contract for my apartment (my god it's been a year already) - should be fun. I know for a fact they want to raise my rent, and I also know I'm already paying 400 more than the average local Chinese family pays for the same apartment in this building.  I'm hoping they'll agree to only raise it by 100rmb per month instead of 300. They did say they wanted me stay - apparently I'm low-maintenance.

Who'da thunk?

Title: This Is Your Life
Rating: R
Warnings: Yaoi, Modern AU
Pairings: ZoSan from here on out
Spoilers: Ah, recent chapters now...
Chapter: 27/?
Word Count: 5194

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Title: More Ezio x Leonardo ♥
Fandom: Assassin's Creed
Rating: PG13
Pairing: Ezio x Leonardo

EDIT: +Ezio x Leo x Altair, ftw.

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Title: The Second World 9/9
Fandom: Assassin's Creed II
Pairing: Ezio x Leonardo
Rating: NC17
A/N:finish! :D

 

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Title: The Second World 8/?
Fandom: Assassin's Creed II
Pairing: Ezio x Leonardo
Rating: PG13
A/N:Fight scenes take me forever.

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The winner of the [bad sex award] is announced: Jonathan Littell, The Kindly Ones, winner of the 2009 Bad Sex In Writing Award.

"Her vulva was opposite my face. The small lips protruded slightly from the pale, domed flesh. This sex was watching at me, spying on me, like a Gorgon's head, like a motionless Cyclops whose single eye never blinks."

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..lol. More at the above link, including other runners up.

Title: Firsts: Sunstreaker and Mirage
Author: Mirage Shinkiro

Rating: T
Warnings: mech/mech kissing, a.k.a. intimacy between androgynous and nonsexually reproducing but male-"pronoun'd" 'bots.

Disclaimer: Transformers is the property of Hasbro, and although I wish I could make money off the TF franchise so I could be independently wealthy, I am not. Alas, I remain poor and am just borrowing the lovely robots.

Summary: G1. Sideswipe supposed he should have seen it coming: Sunstreaker thought he was the best and deserved the best, and Mirage was the best-a beautiful noblemech. Unfortunately for Sideswipe, it wasn't all such a good thing.

A/N, explanation: Pairing requested and secured by fic trade with BloodPaper. Idea the result of a bunny stolen from tf_bunny_farm on LiveJournal. Prompt by perianfrost. Also inspired in part by Ariel-D's "A Bond So Special" and Asher119's "Bridges."

A/N, time: Joor=roughly an hour. Orn=roughly a day.

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Title: The Second World 7/?
Fandom: Assassin's Creed II
Pairing: Ezio x Leonardo
Rating: PG13
A/N: ... why is the entire supporting cast writing themselves into this story? >_> it was meant to be short!!

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I've been watching Disney all day - Hercules, Sleeping Beauty, Lilo and Stitch. I need to get a new copy of the Little Mermaid. After several hours of singing, twittering wildlife, I'm watching Married with Children to reset my brain.

I got one of my 5's back! I walked into my class yesterday morning and saw my Betty Boop!

( G3 and G5 pic! This is the kid that adopted an older outdoor cat over a store-shop kitty. )


She's joining us to finish off the term and then she'll be back for the new one! *glee* Now if Kitty, Angel and Jenny are telling the truth, they'll be joining in February!

And of course, there were stories. ^^

M: "How's your cat, Betty?"
Betty: "It's good, Mandy."
Hallen: "It? Is it a boy or cat?"
Betty: "It's not a boy or a girl."
M: *has a feeling she knows what she means* "Do you mean the doctor made it so your cat will never have babies?"
B: "Yes." *to Hallen* "But it used to be a boy."
M: *howls*

My class is three hours long, which means the kids do a LOT of work - talking, reading, writing, the whole shebang. Sometimes they get a little bored, so I bribe them with prizes and candy. I had candies from last week - expensive Cadbury's I bought from the import store (yes, I spoil my kids, so sue me).

M: "So what are some ways people can help each other?"
*crickets chirp*
M: "C'mon guys, I know it's been a long day. Anyone?"
Amy: *reluctantly* We can help someone with their homework if they don't know it."
M: "Good girl, thanks Amy! Anyone else?"
*more crickets*
M: *hauls out ye old bag o'sweets* "Remember these from last week? How do we help people?"
Tom: *throws hand in the air eagerly* "We can help people who don't have sweets - like me - and give them some!"

Sammy seems to know his status has changed. He insists on curling up on my arm while I'm typing, and he no longer runs from Ruthie. Now I have a little prince to go along with my little princess. ^_____^

I'm gonna make pasta with cheesey meat sauce and lots of parmesan, and then methinks it's time for some Wolverine. :D

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