hey california

such a great song by catie curtis! long live pandora!

I'm gonna turn the heat up in the house
I'm gonna get you to lie down with me baby
Let the sun shine underneath the clouds

The ground below us is frozen
And the snow, well it keeps on coming down
I'll build a tunnel to your skin, if you let me in
We'll make a fire right inside the house

Hey California, we're cold as hell
But we got ways to entertain ourselves

In December we pretend that we're moving
We point out places on the map
We look at houses online, we read the L.A. Times
We go out in to the snow and laugh

And when you go to California
They want to know why you'd live back East
When the weather there is cold and the people there are cold
I say the people are why I'll never leave

Hey California, we're cold as hell
But we got ways to entertain ourselves
Hey California, when you watch us freeze
Please don't talk about those lemon trees
Hey California just one more thing
I'm about to get my mind blown by spring

cruise ships return

cruise ships return to juneau--wow.  i forgot what a circus downtown can be when the popcorn is going, the old folks are a hazard to drivers, and all the closed up businesses are open for sales.  

so, anyway.  its a zoo down there. even the smell of sweet sugar lingers on the streets.  everyone is carrying these bright red "the alaska t-shirt store" bags. the tour buses have renewed their route on my running route along basin road.  shew.  and the view from our apartment is markedly different.  gone is the open channel and here is the moving city.  

i wonder where they are getting electricity from.  are they paying the same rates we are?  hope they're paying more:)!

sunny today!  those touristas got a good one!

classroom management

have been meaning to post this for a long time.  

h. has this sign posted above her classroom pencil sharpener. 

makes me laugh every time i look at it. i had it as my desktop background for a while there.