PyroKitty's Lair

My assigned teacher is Clare Brimer, who teaches World History and AP Psych at FWBHS. I worked with her 2nd period World History and 3rd period AP Psych today. She's really nice...and young! I think she said she was 30! In my mind, that makes her a good role model for me...she's I'm gonna be a young teacher also. She likes to use as many visuals in her class as possible, and looks down on "couch history teachers" that just use an overhead and lecture on and on... I like that about her!

World History was fun - she was introducing them to the founding of Rome myth today... I'm really happy that I get to work in a World History class because this really is what I want to teach! I love this stuff!!

Psych was kinda boring today - they had a test all period, so it was just silence, lol... it gave me time to observe the classroom environment tho, which was nice... normally I'd stay for her 4th period Psych class also, but they're having a test today too, so she suggested I go ahead and leave early today

Mrs. Brimer let me enter some grades into Pinnacle - she even got me to grade a worksheet that 2nd period did in class (it was a simply "give them points for doing each thing" not accuracy)... so that was interesting. She's gonna let me create a lesson plan or two...she's also going to see if she can arrange with a colleague friend of hers who teaches AP World History to let me sit in her class occasionally

I think I'm really gonna enjoy working with her and in her classrooms... Definitely gonna take in mind some of the things I see in there whenever I start teaching

UPDATED: Wish list organized & a couple things added and removed....

If you're considering getting us something from the list, PLEASE let me know!! You can just make an anonymous comment! Doesn't have to be specifics.... I just wonna make sure that I or my parents don't end up buying doubles of something! Just drop a quick note saying i.g. "Toaster" and that's all you gotta put & I'll understand!!


If you're not planning on getting us something off this list, then don't worry about it, lol - it's just the stuff on the list that we'd be getting!


As some of you know, Jeremy & I are going to be moving soon...we have the lease signed and deposit down! The address is:
1000-C Pineview Blvd
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

And as for things like dishes/glasses/silverware - yes, we have some right now...but I've had them for at least 6 years now...several of the glasses have died, the silverware tastes like cheap metal, and I'm just waiting for the dishes to start chipping on us...

Obviously, some things are too expensive for anyone except like family to consider, but this is just our complete list...


- Bookshelves x3 - $40 ea/Walmart (Sauder Five-Shelf Bookcase)
- Desk x2 - $50 ea/Walmart (Mainstays Student Workstation, Black)
- Dish Set - $40/Walmart (Home Trends Rave 16-Piece Square Dinnerware Set, Red)
- REAL RICE COOKER!!! - $35/Walmart (Aroma 8-Cup Digital Rice Cooker)
- Iron and ironing board - $33/Walmart (Panasonic NI-S650TR Steam Iron) & ???


- Laundry Bag - $50/Target (Antique Bronze 4-Bag Sorter)
- Silverware Set - $20/Target (Solano 20-Piece Flatware Set w/ circle design)
- Goblets x4 – $3 ea/Target (Polycarbonate Wine Glass – Smoke)
- Dining Room Set $250/Target (3-Piece Dining Set – Gathering Height, Home Kitchen Collection)
- Over-the-Sink Cutting Board - $23/Target (Over-The-Sink cutting board w/ collapsible strainer)


- Glassware Set - $25/Bed Bath & Beyond (Luminarc Sterling 24-Piece Drinkware Set w/ square shape)
- Plastic Bag storage - $7/Bed Bath & Beyond (Made Smart Plastic Bag Saver)
- Welcome mat - $20/Bed Bath & Beyond (Kikkerland Enter key 18” x 30” Doormat)


- Panel Pet Door - $150/Petsmart (PetSafe Deluxe Patio Panel Pet Doors)
- Smooth-Edge Can Opener - $20/Pampered Chef (online)
- Washer & Dryer - $250/Craigslist


- TV Cart for Computer Room – anywhere inexpensive
- Set of 2 Barstools – anywhere inexpensive
- Cookware Set (8- to 10-Piece) – anywhere inexpensive
- Desk Chairs x2 – anywhere (not the cheap-o ones, comfy ones)
- Blender – anywhere inexpensive (but durable looking)
- Toaster – anywhere inexpensive (but big enough to fit a slice of bread…)
- Kitchen Rug – anywhere inexpensive
- Black Bathroom Rug – anywhere inexpensive
- Compact Microwave – anywhere inexpensive
- Electric Griddle – anywhere inexpensive (Black & Decker Family-Size Griddle)
- Placemats x4 – anywhere inexpensive & nice-looking
- Folding Chairs x2 – anywhere inexpensive
- Pantry Shelving – anywhere
- Mixing Bowl Set – anywhere inexpensive
- Star Trek: The Original Series movies on DVD – anywhere inexpensive

...for room planning at least, lol...
Room Layout Tool

It's one of the very few free programs that let you customize the measurements of each piece of furniture...and it's not a download! Bad side - the Print option doesn't really work with Firefox, at least not for me. But otherwise, it worked awesomely!!!

Had a Star Trek themed party on Sunday!! Yay! It was fun!!
Jeremy called my bday into Coast 93.3 this mornin and I won a cake!! Yay!!


Awesome Trill spots that I had on Sunday(thank you, Jeremy, for a wonderful job!!)

Birthday Loot (so far):
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village for the DS (neat little puzzle/adventure game)
- From Maya & Crystal

- Star Wars figure thingies that I've been wanting
- Also from Maya & Crystal

- Pretty Tiger's Eye jewelry (earrings & necklace)
- From Jeremy's mom

- Eddie Izzard - Unrepeatable DVD
- From Lizzy

- A neat poster of 2 dragons that form a female face
- From Katharine

- Two X-Files mythology collections (Black Oil and Abduction)
- From Wookie

- Money for Cirque du Soleil tickets for Jeremy & I and to help with lizard stuff
- From Mom & Dad

- A lizard!!! A cute little "baby dragon" (aka an Anole)
- From Jeremy (we're still getting all of the stuff, so I don't have it yet)

- Belladonna by Anne Bishop
- From myself, hehe

- A Shamrock plant
- From my coworkers

- A cute drawing of Jeremy & I
- From DJ

Go to the Wikipedia home page and click random article. That is your band's name.
Click random article again; that is your album name.
Click random article 15 more times; those are the tracks on your album.

Fabrice Pancrate's
Ángel Espada

1. Kay Redfield Jamison
2. Anne Heggtveit
3. Queen city Independent
4. Star of India
5. Swifts Creek, Victoria
6. Malitbog
7. Jacod Raphael Saraval
8. Gichki
9. Balkanabat
10. Vladislav Ozerov
11. Consolidated
12. A Kiss of Shadows
13. Tibulati
14. THG
15. Dhakai

Nightwish concert is coming up - w00tness!!! Liz is (has?) bought a ticket so Wookie is joining up - yay! We'll be taking Jeremy's car, heading up there early (buttearly) Saturday the 17th morning, stopping by my sister's in Columbus to eat lunch & look at some stuff she might have for Liz & my apartment, continuing to her empty condo in Decatur, unloading stuff, heading to find parking near the venue, eating blah blah blah until the concert starts, then having an FRAKKING AWESOME TIME!!! Then sleeping at the condo, getting up early Sunday morning, going over to IKEA to do some "window" shopping at furniture, etc for the aforementioned apartment, then continuing our merry way back to FWB.
Other great news - I'll be staying back home the ENTIRE week following the concert until the Sunday after Thanksgiving!! Yay!!

Sunday (night) December 2nd is the Sounds of the Season concert here at UF - the Women's Chorale (which I'm a part of) will be performing... so far NO ONE I know will be there (my parent's were like "That's a Sunday night, so no way we can come... show us a recording sometime" and I have no faith that Jeremy can get off work). The concert is going to be awesome - Men's Glee, Women's Chorale, and University Chorale will all be performing (I think) and it will be followed by carols & a candlelight procession to the Reitz Union where a tree lighting will take place.... If ANYONE wants to come... please please please do!! You can stay at my apartment (granted, on my floor or couch) and I'll see what I can do about paying your way to the concert (probably no more than $10)... I'd really like to have someone in the audience that I know...

I graduate in just over a month... holy crap... and I'm really nervous about the job... I emailed Erica (the lady that interviewed me at PTA) telling her that I do definitely want the job & asking about detail stuff (pay, how many hours, benefits, etc) but she hasn't replied again... I just tried sending her the email again (because it wasn't showing up in my Sent Mail folder, so I figured accidentally sending it twice [with a short apology at the top] was better than not sending it at all, lol)

Oh - so this Wednesday, the UF Alumni Association is treating seniors to lunch at the Swamp Restaurant, hell yeah!! Free food!!

And on that note... when I graduate, the UFAA will give me a rebate to get the UF license plate (and I plan on getting it)... I want to get a personalized tag, but am having problems thinking what I want to go with... so here's the ones I was thinking up so far (and I've checked them all & they're all available) - it has to be 5 letters for the UF tag:
PYRKT, UFKTY, UFMEW, RBYGL

What should I get put on my license plate? PYRKT UFKTY UFMEW RBYGL view results

OK - sooo I talked to Mom today and she said that her & Dad are going to be getting a hotel room for the Friday night, which means that my friends can stay in my apartment - so, don't worry about having to pay for a room!!

They want me to get all my stuff packed (as in ALL but what I absolutely need to keep unpacked) the week prior to graduation... They'll get here Friday morning probably, go take the mandatory pictures all about, load up most of my crap, go out to dinner, go to graduation Saturday morning, and pretty much leave right afterwards. Then I'll load the rest of my stuff (which hopefully won't be too much) and leave probably Sunday morning/afternoon.

I was looking up hotel info:

Travelodge is on Williston Rd - right down the street from my apartment Travelodge site

1 room for 1 night is $79 and that can be split by a max of 4 per room. It's right off the exit, near my place, and out of where most of the traffic of Gainesville will be -- and hopefully people won't fill it up fast because it's not one of the closest hotels to campus (its 5min away instead of right next to). If y'all want to only book the room for Friday night - check out is by 11am on Saturday, which means you'll have to pack all you stuff and check out BEFORE the ceremony at 9:30 - just as a note... For those that can stay until Sunday, you can - but be warned you might get roped into helping with that whole packing/moving this, lol
AND if you want to see me before the ceremony, I have to be there by 8:30am - this is also when I recommend y'all getting there cuz parents' will probably start filling seats up then... I suggest you find my parents/family and sit in the same general area - they won't bite, I swear. I told them I'll be having friends come to graduation.

I'll hopefully be ordering my announcements this upcoming week - my plan is to first set aside enough for my family & friends-familys (aka Knochenmus' instead of just Sunny) and then depending on how many I have left over, sending individual ones to Sunny, Liz, Ryan, Jeremy, etc



Sorry... Recently (ever since I got my confirmation of application for degree) I've been on this big graduation thing... getting my announcements designed, trying to figure out who'll be there, etc... sooo... this might not be the last you hear about it

OH! And if you'd like to receive an announcement - please comment/email/message me and let me know -- I just know I'm gonna forget people... I'll probably go through my Facebook/MySpace/LJ friends lists and be like "you...you...you" heh then send messages to get your address - I'll kinda need that, lol

"Ten Quotes I Expect My Best Buds To Get Without Explaining."

-- "They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!"
Star Trek: First Contact Captain Jean-Luc Picard

-- "I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request. Means 'no'."
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Barbossa

-- "If I were human I believe my response would be "go to hell."... If I were human."
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Spock

-- "I'm a hero really. I mean, to be cast such an ugly lot in life and then to rise above it. To seek out better, nobler things. It's inspirational, isn't it? And the two of us...natural enemies, thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness."
Buffy Episode Tabula Rasa Spike

-- "It's only forever... Not long at all"
Labyrinth Jareth

-- "The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan Spock

-- "Why you low down, stuck up, half witted, scruffy looking nerf herder!"
Star Wars: Episode V - the Empire Strikes Back Princess Leia

--"Save the cheerleader, save the world."
Heroes originally - future Hiro, but by practically every character at some point...

--"I'll be in my bunk."
Firefly Episode War Stories Jayne

--"Second star to the right, and straight on till morning."
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Captain James T. Kirk

Movies I want to see...

And an repost/updated wishlist:
Nintendo Wii console & games
-Marvel Ultimate Alliance
-WarioWare
-Smash Brothers
-you know me, pick something. lol

"I'll be using these to my advantage" shirt -Black Market > Girls babydole, large
"Sorry for being so fucking sexy" shirt -Black Market > Girls babydoll, large
"Talk Nerdy to Me" shirt -Print to order > Girls spaghetti, black, large
"Trouble is my middle name... Do you want to get in trouble?" shirt -Black Market > Girls babydoll, large

Car stereo system (speakers & CD player WITH front audio-in jack for my iPod)
T-Mobile Wing phone
or a BlackBerry
This laptop

Sunny and I have decided that when we are apart our hearts rain inside. Therefore to add more sunshine to our lives, we are going to get a domestic partnership. We already discussed kids, finances, etc. So all that is left is the paperwork. YAY!

I think if we're both not well on our way to the altar when she turns 25, this will become a serious option, lol.
We're gonna each have a baby - and choose the fathers wisely without their knowledge, lol. We'll take turns baby sitting if we have dates/"visitors," but once a month we'll hire someone so we can have a girls' night out. Obviously, it'll be an "open marriage." We're gonna each pay for our own car. One is going to do car insurance and one is going to do savings. We'll use whoever's job has the best health insurance. We'll split rent/house half & half. One will pay electric, the other will pay water & gas, one will pay TV cable & the other will pay internet. Each will have individual bank accounts, but we'll also have a joint account.

Oh! And we decided we'd live down here Sept-May and then up in New England June-August. And we'd rent out our places the times of the year we're not living there, lol

I keep thinking up all these things that I want on my wishlist - so I figured I'd post it somewhere else I'll forget or somethin, lol
---

Nintendo Wii console & games
-Marvel Ultimate Alliance
-WarioWare
-Smash Brothers
-you know me, pick something. lol

"I'll be using these to my advantage" shirt -Black Market > Girls babydole, large
"Sorry for being so fucking sexy" shirt -Black Market > Girls babydoll, large
"Talk Nerdy to Me" shirt -Print to order > Girls spaghetti, black, large
I heart my geek shirt ->Large
I less than three geeks shirt ->Large
Awesome Talk Nerdy to Me shirt (want more than the one above) ->Large
The sun is trying to kill me shirt ->Large
Username Password underwear ->Large
Carpe Noctem shirt ->Large
Pirates are cooler than ninjas shirt ->Medium
Bonus stage underwear ->Large
Gaming lifestyle shirt ->Small
Pirate Ninja Alliance shirt ->Small
Zombie of Death shirt ->Small




Car stereo system (speakers & CD player WITH front audio-in jack for my iPod)
T-Mobile Wing phone
This laptop

I'm such a nerd - lol
Be sure to read all the program names, lol

( Cut so I don't die )

For your viewing entertainment - the trailers for the movies I MUST sees sometime, heh
( Cut so no one kills me... )

What color is your soul painted? Red Your soul is painted the color red, which embodies the characteristics of love, strength, physical energy, sex, passion, courage, protection, excitement, speed, leadership, power, danger, and respect. Red is the color of the element Fire, and is associated with blood, life and death, birth, volcanoes, and intense emotions. Click Here to Take This Quiz

Quizzes and Personality Tests

( More quizness to follow )

Look them up, lol - I'm too lazy to find & post the links, lol

^-^ Fantastic Four - saw with Dad last night = awesome movie, though Jessica Alba looked almost ugly in it...

Knocked Up
DOA
Transformers!
Shrek the Third
Harry Potter
The Simpsons Movie
Stardust
The Golden Compass

Nerdgasms, lol ^-^

And add in Starfleet Officer uniforms for the bridal party, lol!!