Whew! Don't go in there!
Man, I really hope we didn't all eat something bad last night, but so far Sebastian and I have been taking turns clogging up the toilets this morning.
Maybe it's just the natural bowel cleansing abilities of MSG, but I do feel lighter.
Ha hahah!
I need to take a shower and get ready to get my butt back to the hospital to be scanned again.
It's not so bad, only takes 45 minutes, but it's so close to your face it's like being in a box.
Once it moves down and you ca see the ceiling again, it's ok, seems to go faster and that's not so bad.
I just don't want to go back ya know?
I'm like over this test already.
But when I get home, I'll tell you what it shows you on the screen later.
It is kinda neat.
By the time I get home, the mail should be here, and Netflix is sending The Outsiders
The boys have never seen it!
I don't know why I've never shown it to them, and I know it's old, but it's one of those stories that is just so good, and the boys are the right age to see it now and understand it all.
I know, cheesy, but I remember reading it in school and being impressed with it, and then when it came out as a movie in 1983 (holy hell I'm old) it was just an awesome way to bring the book to life.
I had a cool teacher that year, she had us reading so many classics, writing, expanding what we knew from our limited lives, to all these things around us, possibilities.
She died when I was a senior in high school.
I think our entire class who had her in 7th and 8th grade, and then when she moved up to teach 11th grade English lit and we had her again, felt the impact of her loss.
She was one of those teachers who told you where you made a mistake, but turned around and praised you for taking a risk with your writing.
She never just criticized, she never just circled misspelled words in red pen, she would tell you things like just clean these areas us, and this will be a great story, we can submit it to the writing competition or have it printed in the paper.
She gave you something to go for.
She handed us books the school didn't want us to read, she allowed us not to be censored.
Every now and then I think of some of the amazing teachers I had and wish my sons had teachers like them. They cared, they actually taught, they let you explore the world around you.
Man, I'm sitting here rambling, I have things to take care of, shower, dishes, stuff.
Later days!
Comments
One if not my favorite book of all time! The Outsiders began my love of reading. I have taught this book and That Was Then, This is Now ... another one that captures a lot of kids' interest in otherwise boring must reads. I hope your boys enjoy it. Makes me want to see it all over again.
Posted by: Charlene | November 17, 2007 11:24 AM
Great flick and that's a good idea. I don't think my boys have seen it.
Posted by: windyridge | November 17, 2007 12:46 PM
I LOVE The Outsiders--both movie and book...and both as works, and for sentimental reasons. We read and watched this in 7th grade. 7th grade was by far my favorite year in school ever. All of our teachers were amazing and fun. My homeroom/math teacher, Mr. Douglas, was an incredible guy--my favorite teacher, and he passed away the year after we had him. "Nothing Gold Can Stay" will forever remind me of him and that year.
Posted by: Jade | November 17, 2007 1:04 PM
This is one of my all time fave books. First book that made me cry! I wasn't as crazy about the movie though, don't get me wrong I thought it was good (and all those 80s hotties was a plus) but eh I don't know. I do have the dvd here though, I found it at Walmart for $5
Posted by: Tasha | November 18, 2007 4:21 PM