THIS is what up, bitches.
I'm Jillian.
I try everyday to be a better person.
I work in a Jr. High classroom for inner-city LA children who are emotionally disabled.
If you're interested in giving a child a present, please email me: kidswhoneedlove@gmail.com
Who in L.A. is not working this week?
Let’s take advantage of this fellow hiatus/unemployed friends. Anyone for the beach tomorrow? 1 week ago
I can’t believe it. For who knows how long I’ve been searching for the Ann Arbor of the South. I think I finally found it today in Asheville, NC.
All I want in life is to live in them blue mountains.
1 week agoJust received the list of most frequently banned books in American schools that one could get fired for using. Oops. Taught #26 and #17 this year.
- Impressions Edited by Jack Booth et al.
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
- More Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
- Curses, Hexes, and Spells by Daniel Cohen
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
- Blubber by Judy Blume
- Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
- Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
- A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck
- Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
- Christine by Stephen King
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Fallen Angels by Walter Myers
- The New Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman
- Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
- The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder
- Night Chills by Dean Koontz
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks
- The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Snyder
- My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- Cujo by Stephen King
- The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs
- On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
- In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
- Grendel by John Champlin Gardner
- I Have to Go by Robert Munsch
- Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- The Pigman by Paul Zindel
- My House by Nikki Giovanni
- Then Again, Maybe I Won’t by Judy Blume
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols by Edna Barth
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz
Diana - Paul Anka
I can’t even begin to explain how awesome this song is. I mean, seriously folks, oldies are where it’s at - songs from this era are so damn good. They’re so nice and simple. Joy just overcomes me whenever I listen to oldies. I lose myself in it and belt out every word and sing like I mean it. Only oldies can do this to me. Too bad they’re all dead or broken up. I can only imagine myself at some of these concerts back in the day. Screaming crying mess.
kickin’ back on my new porch. hanging out with old men who played for merle haggard and were in elvis movies. patsy cline tribute nights. family on friday nights. ice cream from the grocery store. a slower pace is hard to handle at times, but in the long run it’s better for my heart.
Erica, this is all I want. But sadly I can’t have Family Fridays. I can’t deal with my home place for 3/4 of the year (sorry Mom, it’s too cold).
2 weeks ago