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About Me

Who am I? I am a Daughter, Sister, Friend. Confidant, lover, partner. I am an adventurer, explorer, questioner of the methods and the madness. I am calm, collected, and logical. I am a worrier, a ruminateor, an examiner. I am just a girl. I am me.I look for the balance in how we teach our children. The balance of creative, mindful learning and tradition because there are things to be said for both! We live in a world of extremes and there is something to be said for being progressive, but when it comes down to it, it is all about balance.Don't get me wrong, excess can be good from time to time. Just not when it comes to homework.I am a girl in Brooklyn who would rather be in my neighborhood than in Manhattan. I love the feeling of fall in New York. Cold. Crisp. Dry.I love the adventure that is my life.I hope you enjoy yours.HOT Myspace Layouts

My Interests

Why people can’t say what they feel, bilingual kids who have learned their second language from their nanny, double short soy lattes, pole dancing in the subway, what people are thinking about when they smile to themselves, summer mornings at dawn, the difference between movies and films, the best way to make grilled cheese, why peanut m&m's taste better when you eat them with popcorn, the great American road trip and all the great roadside attractions along the way (like the huge cow in North Dakota, you know the one!), good plays, post modern art, why people like performance art and how they can keep from laughing, why my friends are so damn fantastic.

I'd like to meet:

Supertramps, Brickhouses, Anti Rachel Ray Fanclub Members, Artists, People from Alaska, movie junkies, blond girls who had dreads in the mid 90's, people who have kicked small dogs, people who've made love on international outdoor sex day, women who were lesbians until they graduated from college, people who have never been on a horse, who prefer Dave to Jay, who can recite pi more than 12 places out, who enjoy a good cup of coffee, who know Colin Hay wrote the best love song ever written, and who have had their faith in love renewed by a movie.
My World Visitor Map!

Music:

Miles Davis, Digital Underground, , Sara Gazarek, Prince, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Old Madonna, Pearl Jam, soundtracks (High Fidelity, Garden State) some pop, some classical, some rock, some folk, some old skool, some rap....it just depends on the mood. Just don't play me any country.

Movies:

Garden State, Dirty Dancing, Annie Hall, Pulp Fiction, Field of Dreams or Bull Durham, The Wedding Singer (its not a good movie, I know, but it makes me laugh.) Croupier, Before Night Falls, Ten Tiny Love Stories, Whale Rider, Love Jones, Rize, Bent, Empire Falls, Antonia's Line, Henry and June, Titus, Kinsey.....

Television:

The OC and ER. That is really it.

Books:

A Tale of Two Cities, The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, The Red Tent, The 4th Harry Potter, Orlando, Naked....

Heroes:

Matilda Major. Check our her website: www.matildamajor.com; Gina Williams, My brother, Betty Jane Hayes, but my parents...for real, yo!

My Blog

Girl Time....

I treated myself to a good hair cut this morning.  I don't care what anyone says, paying a little more to have someone who knows what the hell they are doing and who understands my hair (finding ...
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Fri, 11 May 2007 10:10:00 PST

I have a confession to make.....

I love General Hospital.  I know.  It is a little frightening, but it is true.  I love the melodrama.  I love that I know Ned and Lois named their daughter Brook Lynn.  I love...
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Mon, 07 May 2007 12:46:00 PST

Calm collected Meredith....who knew?

As Mary J would say, No More Drama!  I always felt like my life was kinda of dull.  When I moved to New York, things exploded and I made a huge effort to put myself out there, meet new peopl...
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Fri, 04 May 2007 10:29:00 PST

WARM WEATHER!

Sun! Bumble Bees!  Green on the Trees!  AHHH SPRING!!!  I can't believe it is finally here.  I am almost done with my classes for Spring semester.  Officially, tonight is my l...
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:08:00 PST

Almost done.....

So close.....I emailed my last paper this morning.....now, the online component of the no credit class I am REQUIRED to take.  Nice eh....here we go.
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:20:00 PST

The Soundtrack of My Life

Facinating....Opening Credits - In Your Eyes (Live version from the Secret World Tour) by Peter GabrialWaking up - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) also live from the First Lady of S...
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:24:00 PST

Summer is coming and it is time to start cooking!

I have always wanted a food processor.  I know, it is not what normal little girls dream of, but I have always enjoyed cooking and it really is a must in any well stocked kitchen.  So yester...
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:29:00 PST

The best gift ever!

Charlie got me one of the best gifts ever for our one year anniversary.  It came a little late, ariving yesterday and then I had to look at it there sitting on the coffee table all afternoon....b...
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:31:00 PST

The VT Shooting and Implications for my teaching

As many of you know by now, the school shooting at Virginia Tech was very sad and a horrible act of violence.  In reading an AP Article this morning I could not help but think about the implicat...
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:15:00 PST

It is really just about the kids....

Good Morning,Rain falls this morning here in Brooklyn.  I am hardly awake, but I am.  Howie (the fish) greets me with a warm flip of a fin and asks for something to eat.  He is so deman...
Posted by Because You Give Love a BAND-AID !!! on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:50:00 PST