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or, a leapin’ lemur lyrics list

my sisters and i used to play this game where we’d write random words on slips of paper and put it into this jar, then we’d pick a slip of paper, and we had to sing a lyric from a song that had that word in it. we’d keep going until no one could think of another song. we found out that the ones with the most were “girl” and “baby.” since staring right at me right now is a little monkey, i decided to choose the word “monkey.” let’s see how many i can remember…

1. george michael’s “monkey”. “why can’t you do it? / why can’t you set your monkey free?” one of my favorite songs from his. my sisters and i would copy his dance steps.
2. peter gabriel’s “shock the monkey”. “shock the monkey” okay, that’s the only lyrics i know i remember the video well. it spooked me out.
3. beastie boys’ “brass monkey”. “brass monkey / that funky monkey / brass monkey junkie / that funky monkey” look at all the different ways you can spell the -”unkey” words. i can’t sing this song without pretending to scratch records.
4. ub40’s “red red wine”. not sure what the exact line is but it sounds like “the line broke / the monkey get choked / we all went to heaven in a little row boat” i remember thinking that line sounded familiar, like we learned it at summer fun or something, but i’ve never been able to remember that song.
5. bon jovi’s “bad medicine”. “i got a jones for your affection / like a monkey on my back.” i always liked the way he said “monkey” heeheehee.
6. duran duran’s “notorious”. “don’t monkey with my business.” ah, duran duran. i remember in intermediate, you either liked duran duran or you liked menudo. when i look back at it now, i wonder why in the world…?
7. beatle’s “come together”? i’m actually guessing this one–was it “monkey finger” or something with the “googoo eyeballs”? hmmm.
8. “pop goes the weasel”. “all around the mulberry bush / the monkey chased the weasel…” i always wondered what it meant that the weasel was popping. though when i was young popping was popular…
9. the wiggles’ “do the monkey”. heeheehee “do the monkey / ooh ooh ah ah / that’s all right…” come on, it’s a fun song. it’s one of the first songs my son learned how to dance and sing to. i still enjoy singing it every now and then.
10. “happy birthday”. okay, this is a copout, and not technically a part of the song, but how many times have you sung, “you look like a monkey / and you smell like one, too!” heeheeheehee.
11. oh, and isn’t there “all the monkeys in the zoo give their best regards to you / happy birthday to you!”

isn’t there a song “monkey see, monkey do, monkey look just like you!”? or am i making that one up??!?!

well, that’s all i can think of now. perhaps more will come to me later, and then i’ll update the list…

or, the where-did-i-put-it? list.

i don’t know what it was about today. everything kept disappearing! i felt like i was in that twilight zone episode where they construct the world minutes before the world actually enters that time. and sometimes, they misplace something, or forget to put it out, so that’s why sometimes you swear you looked somewhere, and it wasn’t there, but when you look back, there it was. except i never found everything i was looking for!

1. this morning i gave my son a little snackster package for breakfast, but he didn’t finish it by the time the bus was going to leave, so he handed the package back to me. so i folded it up and planned to take it to school to snack on later. i remember getting in the car and putting it right on the purse. but i got to school–and it was not there! it didn’t fall over. it wasn’t inside the purse. it wasn’t in the bag. i have no idea where it disappeared to?
2. my highlighter was gone this morning, just before i was going to correct the kids’ spelling. i use different colors depending on the subject (all the subjects are color-coded). i took the highlighter out to do corrections when i got a notification for a new email. i turned my chair toward the computer to look at the email, and saw that a colleague needed a specific book. so i stood up to go get it. when i came back, i could not find my highlighter. it was not near the computer. it was not on the floor, having rolled off the desk. there were no papers on that desk to hide it. it was not near the bookshelf i got the book from. where the heck did it run off to?
3. the sponge i use to erase the whiteboard with disappeared. the kids even helped me look for it. no one could find it? in fact, i have two, and both could not be found. very strange.
4. i was asked by the counselor for some attendance notices. i got them out last week but had a question about one of them, so i put them on the side and emailed her my question. she got back to me today, so i went to go find the attendance notices i put on the side–and yes, you’re right!–they were gone! now my desk does have quite a bunch of piles of papers on them. but i went through every pile 3 times. three! and i could not find them!!!!!! grrrrr.
5. i made a whole bunch of xeroxed copies of subtraction sheets for my kids last week. a WHOLE bunch. today when i went to get a stack for them to do, i couldn’t find them. i couldn’t find a WHOLE bunch!!!! i scanned all over the room and didn’t see a WHOLE bunch of papers anywhere!!!!
6. in the morning before i left, i usually make sure my bag has my phone and my ds in it. i remember thinking about the ds, but then since i couldn’t find it near my bed, where i usually keep it (i sometimes play when my legs go crazy so i can fall asleep that way), i thought it was still in my purse probably, from this weekend. but i got to the bus stop, and i had no ds in my bag. i looked all over the car. nothing. when we came back home, i looked all over my bedroom. NOTHING!!!
7. my son gets the book-it pizza hut coupons every month for meeting his reading goal. yup. you guessed it. i could not find his coupon, when i JUST took it out last week.
8. the fork i packed went missing. there was no hole in the bag. hmmm.
9. my keys were lost for a moment, and the kids closed the door, thinking i had my keys. i had to go ask the clerk for the extra set of keys so i could open my classroom up again, and i hate bothering them for something so silly like that. but i guess this really isn’t “lost” so much as it was just that i was locked out. when i was able to open my doors, my keys were right there. i was just surprised i didn’t grab them on the way out–that’s habit already, and i see it hanging there, so it’s a reminder to grab it. so i must’ve not seen it? hmmm.
10. but, obviously, the last thing on this list is going to be my MIND! i don’t know where it went today. if anyone has seen it wandering around lost, please direct it to me. it should look like a big ol’ confused jumble of words. thank you.

or, oh-no-not-again list.

1. sleeping. i haven’t had much sleep this weekend. i’m going to be a zombie this week! ugh.
2. planning. i’m supposed to be looking up triorama ideas. but this is due in 75 minutes, so…
3. playing my ds. i have to return the game soon! i should hurry and finish it.
4. baking. i have to finish up the leftover cookie dough before it gets bad. yes, it’s nearly 11 but i could’ve made a batch for my son’s snacks or for the kids or something…instead i’m doing this list.
5. reading. i need to catch up on my reading.
6. crossword puzzles. i haven’t done one in a while! the book sits idle on my table…waiting…
7. zoning out. helps me to prepare for the week by getting my mind ready. i go over all i have to get done in the upcoming week. and there’s a lot coming up in this upcoming week!!!!
8. daydreaming. well, i’d rather be doing that, anyway.
9. ironing. i have to iron my son’s shirt for tomorrow. whoops, i forgot.
10. cleaning. i really should do that and soon. why not now? because i’m making a list!!!!
11. dancing. or at least, practicing my dancing. or just doing something totally unrehearsed. that would be fun.
12. deciding what to wear for tomorrow. so i don’t take 20 minutes just sitting there wondering what to wear tomorrow morning, as i do each and every morning.
13. fixing things. i have to figure out why my cold water knob thing is getting so hard to turn.
14. organizing. i so need a better system. i want one of those tv shows to come and organize my house for me, but not show it on tv. that’s not too much to ask, is it?

okay! enough whining. there, this list is done. i’m sure there’s much more i could’ve added, but….i’m done. for now. now guess how many things i’m actually going to do on this list, now that i’m done?

or, my jump-the-shark list.

okay, my list yesterday reminded me of how almost every show i’ve ever watched, something will happen to turn me off to the show. i guess it’s my own “jump the shark” moment. here’s a list of them:

1. frasier. loved it, until niles and daphne succumbed. booooooooo. niles lost his cuteness. they really should’ve left it alone. i guess this is the moonlighting syndrome.
2. cosby show. we would always watch this, but then all of a sudden they’re bringing on olivia and cousin pam, and it was just … not the same. same for all those other shows that brought on babies (family ties, growing pains, etc.) because the main characters were getting older. sure, the new bunch is cute, but it’s just not the same.
3. ally mcbeal. i stopped watching when billy died. it just seemed weird after that. i didn’t even watch it when jon bon jovi came on!
4. friends. i guess this should go up with frasier. i stopped watching it when ross and rachel were together. when they broke up (”we were on a break!”), then i started watching again. when they got married? stopped. when they split again, watched–and when she got pregnant, i was soooo angry that it was ross’s. but i still watched, except the last 15 minutes of the finale when it was apparent she was not leaving for good. *sigh* i don’t know why i didn’t want them together–i just didn’t like them together. i *did* want her with joey though during that whole pregnancy thing. he was so cute to her. and he was really hurt when she didn’t want to be like that. but at least they did stay away from each other after that, and not fall back into each other’s arms, like she did with ross. blech.
5. beverly hills 90210. i guess this is the same as above. i watched it until kelly started going out with brandon. why brandon, of all people, kelly?!??! then they made dylan go off and be all psychoish. bleah. so i didn’t watch that whole college season. it was only when dylan came back, that i started watching, and i was slightly happy with the finale. i wish they showed more, that there was something more going on between the two, but oh well.
6. melrose place. i really liked this show until it went all psycho! bringing kimberly back from the dead was especially a big turnoff. i cannot look at marcia cross without imagining her tearing off her wig and exposing that huge scar on her head. ugh.
7. roseanne. i refused to watch the roseannes that had sarah chalke on. i wince now when i see scrubs because of her taking over as becky. even in reruns, if i see that she’s becky, i won’t watch. i did watch that season they brought back lecy but then the final season they went back to sarah chalke and i stopped watching again.
8. bewitched/i dream of jeannie. i loved these shows. i wanted to have magic powers so bad. but i stopped watching bewitched when they switched darrins, and i stopped watching i dream of jeannie when they got married. and this is not the first-run shows, of course, but when they would play on tbs, usually before the braves played. so if i came across a show from those years, i would know that in a few weeks it would be back to the “good” episodes

i guess i’m a real finicky watcher! geez!

or my own must-see-tv.

1. LOST. this is my only current must-see show. at first i just thought it was a show about survivors of a plane crash. but it has revealed itself to be much, much more. anyway, i admit i had only first watched it because it was filmed here, and thought, hey, gotta support something that’s filmed here. but i got drawn in and now i can’t get enough of it.
2. whose line is it anyway? i used to always watch this on pbs, when it was the british version, whenever it came on. i was into a british phase, and i loved game shows, which is how it was billed. but when i saw it, of course, it was very different from a game show. but it was hilarious, and i found myself looking up the schedule. then, they moved to comedy central, and i would watch that. i remember my family not understanding why i was watching something like that, and even more weird, why i would be rolling in fits of giggles watching the show. then the show came to abc with drew carey as the host. while i did not like him as much as clive anderson, i loved the dynamic of ryan and colin. i would just crack up whenever they were on. after it was moved to abc family, my mom decided to see what this show was that i would just laugh and laugh at, plus it was something to watch after all the primetime shows were done. she got drawn in, too! then my sister got drawn in, and then my nephew, staying at my mom’s, got introduced to the show and cracked up about it, so he got my other sister watching it, too! now the whole family loves it, but they hardly play it any more on abc family. booo.
3. law and order. i used to watch law and order because there was nothing else to watch some nights, and on usa and bravo, they replay the reruns over and over and over at all times of the day. then they brought on the loveliness that is benjamin bratt, so it became even more must-see for me. but then, they came out with law and order: criminal intent. i didn’t realize how much i enjoyed this show until i had a dream about it. now, i can’t miss it–except i have been, because it hasn’t been airing on nbc, but on a cable station which i’m not sure of…usa? maybe? but i have no idea when it’s on. but lately because of the writer’s strike, they’ve been playing ci on nbc, so i can catch it but only if it’s a goren episode–if it’s logan, i tend to lose interest. something about the goren…
4. frasier. when it was on, this was another one i’d always watch. frasier and niles would just crack me up. i loved the way they interacted with each other. i loved the whole snootiness of the series. i hated it though, when niles and daphne got together. seems like all the shows have one thing that turns me off and then i don’t want to watch them any more–hmmmm, sounds like another list idea
5. simpsons. i used to watch this all the time, but i rarely do any more–sundays just aren’t good nights to just sit in front of the tv. but when the movie came out, i had to go see it on the first day! $9 or not!
6. dancing with the stars. dancing just intrigues me. i would love to be able to learn these dances. i’ve watched all the seasons since the first, although the last season, i lost interest when i realized i didn’t care for anyone in the finals. so i didn’t even watch the finals. but this next season looks interesting!
7. the mole. my most favorite reality show ever. i LOVED this game. i hear they’re bringing it back during the summer, but without anderson cooper. booooo! he was part of the reason to watch the show! i wonder how different it’d be without him?
8. scrubs. whenever it’s on, which i never know when! i’m no superman…
9. gilmore girls. i loved this show when it first came out. i lost interest somewhere in the middle, but once lorelai and luke got together, i had to go back and watch. and then, they ruined it but even worse, they had it moved to the cw network–and my cable provider didn’t offer cw! so i never got to watch it, and i had to resort to searching on youtube for the episodes. until i guess they were getting sued, so no one ever posted them up any more! i had to go to bittorrents. sad. i still have the video in my bookmarks, and always watch it when i feel i need a good cry. so sad it went off the air and left us “hanging.” i wonder, though, if obama does become president, if they’ll do some sorta update thingie? that would be cool.
10. unwrapped. i love shows that show the behind-the-scenes things! plus, this came on on monday when there was hardly anything to watch! it was usually followed by good eats, another one of my favorites!
11. wiggles. this was actually more for my son. i’m serious!

i think that was all! i’m sure i’m missing a few here and there–when i think of them, i’ll come back and update

or how i pass most of my time

1. zelda games. since the first legend of zelda for the nintendo system to the latest for the ds i’ve always been hooked on zelda games. especially when it went from that little blip to a more “fleshed out” character, it was always something i would play until i could beat it, even if it meant days of consecutive play! one of my most treasured memories is sitting with my nephew, who owned the game, but at age 4 could not play it, so aunty would play it for him. he’d sit next to me and watch, so engrossed in the story. of course it didn’t help that i would overdramatize all the talking blurbs. but he’d sit there and watch and get so involved in the story. and i didn’t realize it, but i tend to sing made-up songs when i’m playing to the tune of the music in the game. my sister was laughing and saying how her son would sing this song “i’m going … up the mountain … but i don’t know … how to get there … do i try this? … oh it didn’t work … ” and she was going on, and i was laughing until i realized — he got that from me!!! that’s exactly what i say when i’m playing the game. *blush* but yeah, to this day, whenever a zelda game comes out, he’ll get it — but he won’t play it. he saves it for whenever his aunty comes to his house, and then asks her to play it and he’ll sit beside me and root me on.
2. mario / donkey kong games. i do like the mario games. i didn’t care for mario bros. game when it first came out, though i did like donkey kong. but then they exploded and i got hooked into any kind of mario games — super mario world, super smash bros, mario party, super paper mario…even luigi’s mansion (which spooked me out)! then there was donkey kong country and donkey kong racing and even the kongos (love those!). i just enjoy that whole family, including yoshi!
3. pokemon. well, there’s nothing really more to say about this one!
4. the lost vikings. i don’t know how i first got into this game–it might’ve been on sale, or something. but once i started it, i absolutely loved it! it’s 3 viking brothers, with 3 different talents, and so you have to work together to try to make it to the end of the level by switching between the brothers to take advantage of their abilities to get through the level. i guess i love those puzzle type games, but it was quite hilarious, too. i even got the sequel, though i don’t remember the storyline that well. but i loved this game a lot.
5. pikmin. another sorta puzzley game. there are 3 colors of pikmin, and each have different abilities. you command the pikmin to collect your ship items, but you have to plan which pikmin to use where, and stuff. great strategy game. pikmin 2 came out, and i was thrilled, but i never finished that one!
6. sliding puzzle games. the first one i tried was yoshi’s cookie, which was so fun. i dreamed of nothing but cookies for nights after that! then they had pokemon puzzle mania which was similar, but in a cylinder shape.
7. kirby’s avalance. this was a fun game! i think pokemon trozei is kinda similar, too. but i loved this game. i could say the intros perfectly i played it so much!
8. tetris and its clones. from tetris to wordtris to dr. mario…i couldn’t get enough of these. i still like to pick these up now and then and just play for fun.
9. management games. i’ve only recently got into these types of games. i especially like those tycoon games where you take charge of a zoo, amusement park, what have you, and try to manage it to success. i never really got into sims, but i did enjoy these. i don’t know if it’d be in this category, but i love cooking mama, too! very fun!
10. brain games. there’s been a whole rash of them lately–brain age, right brain/left brain, big brain academy…they’re all very fun, though! and challenging, so that’s good, as well.

i keep holding off pressing ‘publish’ because i know there’ll be something else i want to add! oh well there’s always edit, i guess!

or, where i’ve visited. which is not plentiful, so this is a short list.

1. o’ahu. of course. but i had never been west of pearl city except for a yearly trip to makaha to the retreat for my dad’s work. that is, until i started my career. now i actually live out that side! i went out to the windward side a lot because of hula, and to visit a former beau who lived out that way. i guess the next area for me to get to really know would be the north side.
2. kaua’i. we used to go there for hula. our kumu had a little beachhouse in hanalei. soooooo beautiful. we would hike to the hula mound in ke’e and gosh, it was just so lovely. i wanted a house there. sooo pretty. i went with my fiancee at the time island-hopping after graduation and this was the place we stayed the longest at.
3. maui. again, we used to go for hula. not really for hula, as in dancing, but for bonding-purposes, which our kumu was big on. i remember waking up too early to go on that cold, cold trek up haleakala. brrrrrr. then on that island-hopping trip mentioned above, i had mentioned that i had done that, so of course, HE wanted to do it. but the junkie thing was GUESS WHO HAD TO DRIVE. grrrr. i hate driving. and i had to do the whole hana thing too. SCARY. he would comment “i think there’s a turtle trying to pass us.” “the snail is tailgating.” and i’d be like “well then YOU drive!!!!” but he couldn’t. grrrr. never ever again. i’ll gladly go as a passenger, but i refuse to drive that again. there was one time when i swear, the road was at a 45 degree angle, and it was all gravel and i was soooo sure we would roll backwards into a ravine. never again. but we were going to buy our home together there; i was just waiting for a phone call from pa’ia elementary.
4. big island. practically every year, and yes, for hula, again. but i also went other times, too, to visit friends who lived there, or for workshops. beautiful island, but too cold! my dad’s friends lived in kamuela, and it was just freezing there! at workshops, we’d stay at the schools’ dorms, and again, cold! but nothing beats riding along and looking out and seeing the majestic mountains. i still remember very distinctly going to a lava flow at night, and watching the trees fall, and seeing the night rainbow. so beautiful.
5. california. when i was 10, we did that whole california trip. my mom’s aunt lives in monterey, so that’s where we stayed. we went in november, and again, brrrrrr! but we went then because that’s when football season is i guess, and part of the reason we were there was to see my uncle play (my dad would go up once a year with my grandma and other uncles and aunties to see my uncle play–this was the one time we came along, too). we did the whole disneyland-knott’s berry farm-magic mountain thing. my parents drove to vegas with my mom’s cousins, while we stayed behind at my mom’s cousin’s orange county house. we drove down to san diego for sea world and football, and then we went to tijuana. oh, would that be the next one?
6. mexico. well, quasi-mexico. i really don’t remember much driving there — i can’t recall going through customs or stuff like that. but what i do remember were the many shops and the people there–they were persistent in their sales. they’d follow you around, begging you to look at what they had to sell, trying to barter with you, as you’re walking away. that made me sad, and fearful, of them!
7. texas. i went to san antonio for a conference. longest airplane ride i had ever been on!!!!! i was used to short 45-minute rides. this one was 8 hours!!!!!!!!! that was the worse thing. oh, and i hate to say this, but the people were pretty bad, too–very, very rude. not the workers of san antonio–they were very gracious i thought, especially the way they were treated by customers. but the way people treated each other left a bad memory for me whenever i hear “texas.” otherwise, i was just surprised by the vastness of it all. you had to drive hours just to get to another city! my gosh, everything was just so far apart over there! and just sooo flat–no mountains at all. but san antonio, with its riverwalk, was very pretty. i just wish the bad experiences with the other people wouldn’t have sullied my thoughts about the place. it was funny, because people couldn’t figure out what we were. mexican? black? what? a lot of people thought i was indian, even pegging it down to a tribe, which i don’t remember the name of. i guess especially since i had very long hair at the time, too. people would speak spanish about us all the time, not realizing that two of us actually could understand what they were saying. oh well. it was an experience. and again, that plane ride was killer!!!
8. misses:
   • kaho’olawe. i was supposed to go, but at the last moment chickened out–i didn’t want to do that jump off the boat and swim to shore thing.
   • england. i was slated to go one summer for an oxford graduation, but we broke up.
   • chicago. i was supposed to attend another conference, but had to back out at the last minute due to a family emergency.
   • moloka’i. we had it planned in our island-hopping tour, but during that time they had the strike, so the airport was closed down, and we couldn’t fly in. bummer.

i need to get out more!!!

or, a list of total desperation about my routines. i know. iiiiinteresting. :/

1. wake up, but immediately roll over and try to fall back asleep. yes, every day.
2. use the bathroom, brush teeth, and all that other hygiene stuff.
3. spend about 20 minutes staring at the closet wondering what to wear. i’m so indecisive. if i don’t really have to be anywhere, i’ll end up staying in my sleep clothes all day because i don’t know what to wear.
4. forage the snack table outside for something to nibble on, and find nothing.
5. everytime before i leave the house, i always check the stove. even if i haven’t used it for days, i still check it. old habit i have.
6. twirl my keys. i carry my keys everywhere, in my hands, rather than in my purse like most people. and i always end up twirling them. yes, they do go flying, sometimes. *blush*
7. twirl my hair. no matter what hairstyle i come up with, it always ends up twirled in a bun by the end of the day. i don’t know why i just don’t start the day like that!
8. oh, i eat every day. duh. i guess i can add drink water to that, too. i guess that goes with all that bathroom stuff above, too.
9. i avoid every single mirror i see. i’ll go out of my way to avoid catching a glimpse of me.
10. i sing my own made-up songs. no matter what i’m doing, i’ll hum or sing a song that either expresses my frustration or my boredom. my son now does, too. heh.
11. i am constantly thinking of things that i *should’ve* done. i can’t let things go sometimes.
12. i talk to myself a lot. especially when i’m driving in the car, i tend to have conversations with whomever i should’ve talked to or who i need to talk to.
13. i spend quite a few minutes every day just observing. you learn a lot by doing this, and people don’t even notice you doing so.
14. i really do try and smile at at least one random person out there. whether it’s a service person, or someone just walking by on the street, i do try to pass on a friendly greeting. i mostly get weird looks back, but whatever. lately though, this has been verrrrrry hard to do.
15. oh! i check email every day. how could i forget about this?!? now that i have an iphone, it makes it so much easier to do and not like i’m important or anything, that i can’t miss an email! it’s just nice to check and see something waiting for you and equally disappointing to see you have nothing, as well! heehee.
16. i dance. whether it’s in the shower, or just across the floor, i always tend to do some sorta dance. i can’t seem to just walk normally, even to go to the other side of the room.
17. i tap my foot. not to the beat, though sometimes, yes. but mostly it’s to show my impatience. i actually didn’t know i did this until i heard one of my students say it. whoops. but i guess i do.
18. i try to sing, like really belt out a song, once a day. this is a real song, not a made-up song. i always have to have music on somewhere, so every now and then i’ll just get caught up in the music and start singing, even forgetting where i am, sometimes. *majorblush*
19. i remind myself of a thousand things i have to do in my mind. i have to keep them going in my mind because i rarely write things down, so to remember them, they just float around in my mind, and every so often, they come up to the surface, so i remember them, before it goes and disappears in the abyss again, only to come up later on. i can go through a list of things i need to do several times a day in my mind.
20. before settling in to bed, i always try to talk to the boy and let him know that he’s loved. even when he’s not with me, i’ll call him up and talk to him just before he goes to sleep. a little ritual i hope can continue for a while, before he kicks me out of his room and becomes all angsty teenager that wants nothing to do with mom.
21. i turn on the fan and snuggle beneath the covers every night before i go to sleep. i can’t sleep without the fan on, yet it makes me cold, so i need the covers. even when i sleep at someone else’s home, i need to sleep right in front of the fan, but have a blanket. i also need some kind of background noise–the television, the radio, something! then as i drift off to sleep, the day’s events flash through my mind, and that’s how i fall asleep. unless my legs are bothering me. then it’s up to pace the hallways all night. *sigh*

i’m sure there’s much more but i’m tired and it’s almost midnight, so up this goes. what new list of mundane stuff will i do tomorrow? oh, the suspense! :/

or a list for girl’s day

1. i love wearing long and swirly skirts and dresses.
2. i love having long hair which can be put up in many different styles.
3. i love making my nails all cutesy.
4. i love flowery fragrances.
5. i enjoy being smooth and feminine.
6. i used to be able to get away with things by just pouting.
7. women are smarter!
8. i love to cuddle.
9. beautiful women can make guys do anything they want
10. women are given a “pass” for not knowing certain things, even if they do secretly know.
11. i feel free to talk my problems out with other women.
12. it’s okay if i’m weak.
13. i can dance hula.
14. i can decorate things.
15. i can do what i want without fear of labelling by other people.
16. i’m not expected to fight in a war.
17. i can take care of people.
18. there’s all kinds of jewelry and trinkets for girls
19. cute things make me squeal.
20. i love being a mom.

of course, there’s a whole list of why it’s junk being a girl…but i think it’s worth it just to be that last option.

hau’oli lā kaikamahine!

hopefully third time’s a charm! this is the third post i’ve written–the other two i’ve decided to save for later, or maybe not even at all. but because time’s running out, it shall be very easy–things i need to do tomorrow, or how i get out of thinking up a whole new list

1. make sure i pack snacks for the boy while he waits for the bus. sometimes i forget, but he says other people share with him, so now i pack it full with snacks he doesn’t like any more to give away to the others. he always comes back with an empty snack pocket! but there are times i do forget to fill it up, so it still has to go on my list.
2. xerox my girl’s day stuff. i just ran off a whole bunch of stuff but forgot all about girl’s day being tomorrow. so i have to be the first at the xerox machines tomorrow to get all that stuff run off. might leave it ’til lunchtime, though.
3. rearrange plans for tomorrow to include girl’s day things. again, forgot about that! whoops.
4. spelling. i need to get the spelling words prepped and up. i can’t remember what the words are this week, so i won’t be able to put them up ’til i get there.
5. need to make sure everything’s running smoothly for our songfest later this month. might have to hold another practice. or two.
6. need to make sure everything’s ready for songfest. all the stuff i ordered should be in. i think i just need reminder letters for the parents, and a schedule for the colleagues.
7. need to get the book orders in. i was supposed to do it on friday but forgot to do it. that’s why i need to start making lists!
8. need to get the money counted and sorted. i really don’t like being in charge of these sorts of things. i don’t know why they trust me with this stuff. they probably know i’m the only one who won’t say no.
9. need to find out if i have to get all the lei again. do i even know where it is? hmmmm. might have to search for them.
10. reschedule inservice i missed because of other meetings last week. ugh. i kept putting it off, and then the last two possible options that were left, things popped up and i couldn’t attend! gotta try and see if i can bego for another time.
11. call the 3 parents i still have to call about their children’s attendance. yeah, i’ve been putting this off. sorry. i don’t like this part of the job.
12. coordinate with parent about next week’s party. she wanted to do a whole big thing, but i don’t know if there’s going to be time. but how can you turn down a parent’s generosity, especially knowing these kids hardly get those kinda things regularly?
13. find a substitute for 2 days next week. ugh. next week’s going to be really hectic. i hope i can find someone. i might just skip it and show up to work anyway. there’s just too much to do!
14. get all the paperwork done for next week. i gotta make sure it’s all in order and ready to be sent out. i do have all week to get this done, though, but i fear i’ll get sick and then won’t be able to finish it later in the week.
15. remembering the bills and mailing them in. gosh, i’ve been slacking lately. the pile has been sitting there for a long time, and i keep looking at it and thinking, okay gotta do that! but i haven’t, yet. i need to get them in before i have to pay fines.
16. find out if the swimming lessons application is out yet. i went in january; they told me to come back the next month. i went in february; i was told to check back at the end of the month. watch, i’ll go now and they’ll tell me, sorry! all full! grrrr.
17. get financial aid information in. i need to make sure that’s complete and sent away, so that we are set for next year. that’s always a headache, but worth it!
18. grocery shopping. although i might put it off until tuesday. depends how i feel after all i have to do tomorrow!!!

i’m sure the list will get longer by tomorrow morning, after all the OTHER stuff i think up as i’m settling down in bed! *sigh* oh, to be young and without responsibilities again! or at least, find another job!!!

yay! i didn’t have to start again, and still made it in before midnight! phew!