Play along if you wish, this originally came from Amity
1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
Since I am a math teacher you would think that I enjoy the task of paying bills, but mostly I just dread sitting down and paying them all.
2. Do you miss being a child?
I was just talking about this last night with friends, there are great parts of being a child and great parts of being an adult.
3. Chore you hate the most?
Anything to do with laundry, just ask The Mother.
4. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
The Music Man and I went to Slate's, always a wonderful dinner.
5. If you could go back and change one thing what would it be?
What sort of question is this?
6. Name of your first grade teacher?
Mrs. Collins, and Bob had a different chair than the rest of us.
7. What do you really want to be doing right now?
This
8. What did you want to be when you grew up?
A dolphin trainer
9. How many colleges did you attend?
One for undergrad, and another one for masters and doctoral
10. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
It was there on the pile
11. What are your thoughts on gas prices?
Got to get the motorcycle out and drive it more.
12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
No alarm today, it is Sunday.
13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
Long weekend.....
14. What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
Gary Larson
15. Have you ever crashed your vehicle?
Gone of the road a few times due to icy conditions
16. If you didn’t have to work, would you volunteer?
Yes
17. Get up early or sleep in?
Both
18. What is your favorite cartoon character?
They aren't a cartoon, but I loved the Fraggles
20. When did you first start feeling old?
When I got my first real job
21. Favorite lunch meat?
I hate lunch meat
22. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart?
Lean Cuisines, that way I don't have to eat lunch meat for lunch
23. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
It works for some people, so no
24. Favorite movie you wouldn’t want anyone to find out about?
??
25. What’s your favorite drink?
Fruit smoothies
26. Who[m] from high school would you like to run in to?
Well I ran into a whole bunch of them last night, it was great to catch up with them all.
27. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
NPR.
28. Sopranos or Desperate Housewives?
Sopranos, I had hope for Desperate Housewives but it just got too weird.
29. Do you like the person that sits directly across from you at work?
Yes, and sometimes we wave across the hall/library to one another when we shut our classroom doors.
30. Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purposes?
Yes, a coffee cup caught on fire it the microwave. Moral of the story: Some plastic travel mugs have screws in them and fire extinguishers can make a huge mess!
31. Last book you finished reading?
Prep
Enjoy ~SJ
In my relaxing hours of the evening I sometimes like to practice a little paper folding art. As I have mentioned earlier origami has been a hobby since childhood. I have a lot of origami books, none of which have a hippo pattern in them! I recently stumbled upon this website that is origami out of Netflix envelopes, environmentally friendly and exercises your visual-spatial skills! So far I have tried the shirt, frog, and crab.
It has been awhile since I have posted a Skywatch. Last week while driving home from the middle school production of Annie the moon was reflecting beautifully on the river. Oh, and I guess I am the "Skywatch Host" for another week - such an honor!
My students and I have had a running joke about hippos that steams from the Pythagorean Theorem. We also have been working on origami on and off all year long, so last night I got the idea of teaching them how to make an origami hippo. One small problem though, I don't know how to make an origami hippo, nor do I have a pattern - Google to the rescue! I did a little searching, found a few patterns but nothing that I really liked. While in search of the perfect paper hippo I updated my Facebook status to "is wondering how to make an origami hippo, anyone know?" Within moments I had a response complete with links, another few moments and I Mi Prima offer to look at the library for me today. Talk about service! Today I had a few moments so I gave one of the hippos a try, very simple and it might be the one I teach them how to make. With a few changes in the "nose" folding it could become an elephant too!
