January 21, 2012

  • 2011::movitymovies

    i know i haven't used this to update or to record events, but i may get back into that sometime... maybe this year perhaps? i actually miss the xanga community that i experienced in college. it seems everyone's chosen other sites to blog on. i'm one of those people: i like to compartmentalize... maybe a little too much.

    this school year has already been an interesting experience. (don't you love it when people describe something as "interesting" when no other word really describes it or when you don't want to talk badly about the person/situation? i do it allll the time.)

    i started out the year with the 4th graders, who i miss so much, and then about 2 months into the school year, the principal decides to move me up to the 5th and 6th grade (students i had last year... arggggh) to split the 6th grade because there were 40 of them in a class. so now there are 20 some 6th graders in one class, 20 some 6th graders in another class and 40 (yup, i repeat 40) 5th graders in one class. help.

    my principal wasn't exactly being forthright with me; he first told me i would be teaching math, science, and social studies. finally after i kept asking questions to get clarification, he said i'd be teaching social studies which i am not certified to teach and i flat out told him that too. eventually i had to go to my school's union representative and get this straightened out. it didn't really even get straightened out until the middle of december.

    in the beginning of october, i received a student teacher in october who was supposed teach social studies to the 5th and 6th graders. WTH ?!?! and i was not officially informed this would happen until the day the student teacher arrived. i was introduced to her in the parking lot by the principal. and i'm still thinking to myself, "I AM NOT CERTIFIED TO TEACH SOCIAL STUDIES !!! what part of that don't you understand?" i had to file a grievance with the union rep and because of all the paperwork and redtape, it wasn't really resolved until after my student teacher left the last day before christmas break. my principal basically denied that i was ever assigned to teach social studies. argh. may 30th cannot come fast enough... i think this will be my last year at cps. i just do not like how they operate and treat teachers.

    anyway, onto THE list !

     **denotes highly recommended movie

    1. the other guys
    2. knight and day
    3. salt
    4. dinner for schmucks
    5. blades of glory
    6. percy jackson and the lightning thief
    7. the american
    8. sex and the city 2 (AWFUL AWFUL)
    9. despicable me**
    10. date night
    11. shrek forever after
    12. extraordinary measures
    13. beezus and ramona
    14. green zone
    15. the social network
    16. the runaways
    17. old dogs
    18. just wright
    19. the road
    20. takers
    21. how to train a dragon
    22. the love guru
    23. the eye
    24. red
    25. jackass 3
    26. due date
    27. the fighter
    28. devil
    29. cop out
    30. the switch
    31. machete
    32. eclipse
    33. romancing the stone
    34. rudy
    35. megamind
    36. the tourist
    37. love and other drugs (i was surprised by this movie; not your usual chick flick)
    38. gulliver's travels
    39. secretariat
    40. tangled
    41. you again
    42. how do you know
    43. when in rome
    44. no strings attached
    45. tron legacy
    46. black swan
    47. pirates of the caribbean: on stranger tides
    48. burlesque
    49. unstoppable
    50. the king's speech** (colin firth = swoooon)
    51. lottery ticket
    52. harry potter and the deathly hallows: part i
    53. talk to me**
    54. ghost writer
    55. babies
    56. the tailor of panama
    57. traffic
    58. american the beautiful
    59. kick ass
    60. punch drunk love (weird movie)
    61. waiting for superman
    62. rio
    63. blue valentine
    64. the cove**
    65. the adjustment bureau
    66. rango
    67. arthur
    68. water for elephants
    69. kungfu panda 2
    70. surrogates
    71. all good things
    72. nanny mcphee returns
    73. easy a
    74. the girl with the dragon tattoo (book is better)
    75. company men
    76. red riding hood
    77. the dilemma
    78. green hornet (jay chou? really?)
    79. hereafter
    80. limitless
    81. flash of genius
    82. just go with it
    83. 127 hours
    84. go the distance
    85. the girl who played with fire
    86. beastly
    87. it's kind of a funny story
    88. scream 4
    89. lemonade mouth
    90. morning glory (couldn't stand rachel mcadams in this)
    91. bridesmaids
    92. the roommate
    93. green lantern
    94. x-men: first class**
    95. lincoln lawyer
    96. the beaver (strange movie)
    97. harry potter and the deathly hallows: part ii
    98. transformers: dark of the moon
    99. bad teacher
    100. cars 2
    101. madea's big happy family (madea is hilarious !)
    102. horrible bosses
    103. soul surfer** (better than i expected)
    104. super 8
    105. jaws
    106. mission impossible: ghost protocol** (cool stunts)
    107. taken from me
    108. i am number four

    i'm happy to say that i increased the number of books i read this year. last year, i only read a measly 5. this year, i read a total of 11.

    • sunday's at tiffanys by james patterson
    • the secret between us by barbara delinsky
    • mary mary by james patterson
    • crazy love by francis chan
    • the girl with the dragon tattoo by stieg larsson
    • double cross by james patterson
    • the girl who played with fire by stieg larsson
    • unbearable lightness by portia de rossi
    • i walk alone by mary higgins clark
    • parenthood by bill cosby
    • open by andre agassi

    hopefully i can read at least this many books this year too !

    yellow diamonds in the light & we're standing side by side, as your shadow crosses mine, what it takes to come alive, it's the way i'm feeling i just can't deny but i've gotta let it go...

    currently listening to: the lumineers - ho hey

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