Voting!

I hope I'm not the only one, but I think Election day is just the most exciting day ever!! So this morning, I went to our polling station (the local fire station) and voted and I took some pictures to document the day. The whole family went and the kids were very upset that they couldn't vote. But we got through the wait with some MadLibs and it was fun. Below are the results... well at least the pictorial results of my voting day, not the election results.

on our way there. 

Henry and showing off the flag

The line, it doesn't appear to be too long and it really wasn't. Just about 30 minutes or so. 

Me voting (taken by Henry)

There's my "Vote" sticker!! I am definitely wearing it with pride!

"Your argument and determination are worth a .4"

This was the response I got from my professor to a problem I had with a question on my last test. The question was worded very poorly for the answer that was supposed to be the correct answer and I had a problem with it so I told her so. It started with a nice email about how I thought the answer was wrong, it ended with me looking in the book of all books pertaining to Psychological Disorders (the DSM-IV) and proving her throughly wrong. (YES!!!) 

In the end, the question was only worth .5 points, but it was more a point of proving her wrong... which I did and I got 80% of the credit!!!

Costumes these days!

Of course this Friday was Halloween and Trick-or-Treating. And one thing that does require a little musing about are the costumes that girls feel are appropriate for them to wear. Almost every girl over the age of 13 was dressed in some type of inappropriate rendition of a normal costume. Such as "pirate girls" or "fairies," "sailor," even Minnie Mouse. They all were wearing clothes that looked like they bought them at Hustler and they thought it was something they should wear outside of the house. There are many things that I don't understand about these costumes, but the main one is WHERE THE H- ARE THIER PARENTS?!  These costumes that the girls are wearing are only saying ONE thing and which is"I want to look like someone who has sex with strange men for a living." and at some point their parents are looking at what they bought and saying "oh honey, that looks so cute! Everyone is going to love it!" I'll tell you who are loving these costumes perverted, old, grey, stinky men who are masturbating behind the bushes are the ones who really love seeing girls in these ridiculous costumes. 

In short, GIRLS, STOP WEARING THESE COSTUMES!! Respect your self enough to wear appropriate costumes that do not degrade your bodies. And PARENTS, pay attention to what your children are doing and what they are wearing. Of course they may not be as innocent as what you want them to be, but allowing them to dress as porn stars and walk the streets is no way to teach them to respect themselves and even to protect them from the crazies that ARE out there. 

Blog #1...

For my first blog I would like to tell the reader (which really may just be myself) a little about myself. Currently I work as a Children's Director at Bethel Church of Christ and I am a grad student at Xavier University. Directing Children's Ministries is not my dream career, so I am going to Xavier to get my Master's in Secondary Education/Social Studies; so, really I want to teach History to the crazy, hormonal teenagers of the world. Actually, right now I am sitting in my office, supposed to be doing "something", but I don't really feel like it, so I started a blog. Some more about me, I am married and have two children; all of whom are AMAZING. Any other interesting stuff about me might come out during the existence of this blog so I'll stop here. 

I would like to say a little something about the title of my blog, so that it is written down and dated and no one can take it away from me. The other morning I woke up with a brilliant idea... (background to my idea: Lately, I have been really wanting to get back to writing and every once in a while an idea pops into my head) well this specific morning I'm discussing I woke up with a brilliant idea for a children's book titled "Max and the 11th Dinosaur." And so, one day when I don't have 1 and half jobs, two kids, and am going to school; I'm going to write a book with this title and when I do so I do not to find out someone else has taken by title. Because, as of October 30, 2008 at 2:35 p.m. (EST), to my knowledge, a book with this title does not exist. Also, to save my book aspirations, I'm not going to tell you what the book is going to be about, but I can tell you, it will be fun.

Well, I must bid ado 'til another time. (soon, I hope)  And get some work completed.