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I Google Image searched “guilty face,” so I could post one here to reflect my guilt for being an infrequent blogger, and this one came up. \u00a0You like? \u00a0You think it reflects guilt? \u00a0I’m not sure, but the other main option was OJ Simpson, and I just didn’t feel right about including him here comme ca.<\/p>\n
I’ve been busy, with great things, some of which I can share and some of which I won’t, but busy, busy, busy. \u00a0Here’s what I can tell you: The Cybils! \u00a0I am reading reading reading for these awards. \u00a0So far I have especially enjoyed Ann Angel’s RISE UP SINGING, a biography of Janis Joplin, which really captured Janis’s pain amid the achievements. \u00a0And I’m loving LINCOLN’S FLYING SPIES, by Gail Jarrow, about the hot-air balloonists who spied for the Union Army! \u00a0Who knew, right? \u00a0Completely fascinating.<\/p>\n
Another note of busy: the play I’m overseeing at school is in rehearsal, and I get to spend two hours every night cracking up. \u00a0This play and the actors are so freakin’ funny. \u00a0I feel lucky that I get to be a part of it–though it’s definitely time-consuming.<\/p>\n
That’s pretty much all I can share about le busy. \u00a0So now I’ll share 6 other random facts, just for laughs…<\/p>\n
1) I hung out with my mentee today (she’s 12), and as usual, she completely whipped me in Skee-Ball. \u00a0I don’t understand it, but she always<\/em> gets some balls in the 5,000-point range. \u00a0I’ll never be as good as she is.<\/p>\n 2) Instead of paying $849 for a flight the other day (actually, I just would not have gone), I found the same flight available through Bonus Miles and instead paid just $105! \u00a0Go, Bonus Miles! \u00a0Thank you, US Airways! (Who ever thanks an airline?)<\/p>\n 3) In a terrible mood and stranded in a lame town the other day, I went to the pizzaria … pizzeria…. oh, I spelled it right–and couldn’t even get a slice (no slices on Saturdays–what the–), so I ordered the cheesy bread. \u00a0Turned out to be just like a pizza, with no tomato sauce. \u00a0So good, and yet–I would’ve just ordered a whole pizza if I’d known, and taken it home!)<\/p>\n 4) \u00a0I can’t believe America’s Next Top Model will be over this week! \u00a0Sob! \u00a0I love ANTM! \u00a0Who do you think will win? \u00a0I think Kayla. \u00a0Jane’s so outta there; Anne is too guarded (though I wish someone could communicate it to her like this), and Chelsea’s just too grim. \u00a0Kayla’s got the unusual looks, pleasant demeanor, and ability to deliver. \u00a0I like her muchly and hope she wins!<\/p>\n 5) I got to speak to 20 librarians at Destinations Booksellers on Friday as part of the store reaching out to schools. \u00a0It was so fun–I’m sorry, I love answering questions in front of a crowd–and they even gave me a gift certificate! \u00a0I immediately bought Rex Zero the Great Pretender<\/em>, by my former advisor Tim Wynne-Jones. \u00a0I’m loving reading it.<\/p>\n 6) I have an appalling number of dishes that have been sitting in the sink since–nope, I’m not going to tell you how long. \u00a0(Well, okay: since Friday. I didn’t want you to think it was, like, really<\/em> long.) So now I’m going to wash them.<\/p>\n Tootle-oo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I Google Image searched “guilty face,” so I could post one here to reflect my guilt for being an infrequent blogger, and this one came up. \u00a0You like? \u00a0You think it reflects guilt? \u00a0I’m not sure, but the other main option was OJ Simpson, and I just didn’t feel right about including him here comme […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756,"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}