To try reviewing "X3" would be an exercise in futility, but I'll make some comments. Beast made me happy. How could Beast not make me happy? He always makes me happy. Hearing Juggernaut utter the lines "Do you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" was alone worth the $9.50. I'm glad I wasn't drinking at the time. It could have been better only if he had then threatened to pimp slap Kitty's ass. Kitty. I love Kitty. Yay Kitty. Fastball Special- 'nuff said. Mentally undoing a hot guy's belt buckle- a nice skill to have. I'm going to practice concentrating and see if it works for me.
I'm trying to refrain from anything negative because even though they fucked up the entire X-Men thing (ooh, I think that may have been negative), it still was a fun movie with a good story. My real feelings came out subconciously though. This morning when I awoke, I had been dreaming that I desperately had to pee and everytime I found a bathroom, Brett Ratner had stuffed up the toilet. I think that's as close to a review as I can get.
On a related note, Hugh Jackman was being interviewed by Matt Lauer on "Today". When the segment was over and they were going to a commercial, Matt read the upcoming stories, one of which was "Can corn really solve our gas problem?" and immediately Hugh cracked up and Matt turned and said "not THAT kind of gas problem!" I just love Hugh.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Kids' Conversation
8yo: Why do you smell like citrus?
4yo: What's citrus?
8yo: Oranges, lemons, limes, tangerines, grapefruits, and clementines.
4yo: You smell like poop.
4yo: What's citrus?
8yo: Oranges, lemons, limes, tangerines, grapefruits, and clementines.
4yo: You smell like poop.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
The Math Mystery
I have mentioned that I'm completely math deficient. However, I'm coming to realize what I have long suspected- that it's only in a practical sense. When I was a kid, I couldn't get math concepts for squat. In my senior year of high school, I was still taking (and failing!) math funformentals. I remember my music teacher trying to get me to understand the circle of fifths and my eyes just kinda googling around. However, I was musically inclined. Clue. And I liked the most intricate jigsaw puzzles and needlework designs. Clue. Later, I became passionate about intricate quiltmaking. Clue. Now I feel the same about knitting. Clue.
When people criticized me (which believe me, they did) because of my decision to homeschool my kids, I figured that it didn't matter because we'd learn together. Well, I was right. I'm finding that schools just have a backwardsass way of teaching math! They show you symbols on paper and how to manipulate them and then show you how to apply them to real life. However, from a young age, I work with my kids with practical applied math, not calling it anything but cooking, or knitting, or whatever it happens to be. We explore the MEANING of each number, not the numerical value. Then I show them how to represent the numbers. With my eldest, most of it seems to be taking care of itself. She'll say "Oh, this is like when..." and she'll write it out and then use other examples and get excited that she can make her own. Then she naturally makes a connection to the next logical process or concept, without me having to introduce it and then we explore it together. I find she has absolutely no trouble doing problems on paper this way.
Like I thought it would, it's affecting me too. I'm thinking differently. I'm seeing the concepts. I'm actually starting to like it. I never thought that would happen. I'm practicing my violin again, which will stimulate that part of my brain as well. My ADHD meds are helping too. Now if I can figure this stuff out, why can't so called "professionals?" Why would educators and adolescent psychologists simply use terms like "lazy" or "stupid" instead of giving a kid what she needs? Clearly, it's not difficult.
I recently read an internet post in which a woman with red hair wanted to knit a scarf using the red hair gene as a pattern. I thought that was incredibly cool! I looked a bit further for such ideas and saw that someone made a pair of striped socks using the Fibonacci sequence. That was even cooler! Now I'm very intrigued. My project list includes a large tote bag for my knitting supplies. I think I will do it in Fibonacci stripes. Who knows where it will go from there?
I'm figuring that by the time I'm finished homeschooling my youngest, I will have gotten a far more thorough education than I could have ever gotten in school. My fantasy is to have enough money to go back to college when Angus starts, and put my new education to good use.
When people criticized me (which believe me, they did) because of my decision to homeschool my kids, I figured that it didn't matter because we'd learn together. Well, I was right. I'm finding that schools just have a backwardsass way of teaching math! They show you symbols on paper and how to manipulate them and then show you how to apply them to real life. However, from a young age, I work with my kids with practical applied math, not calling it anything but cooking, or knitting, or whatever it happens to be. We explore the MEANING of each number, not the numerical value. Then I show them how to represent the numbers. With my eldest, most of it seems to be taking care of itself. She'll say "Oh, this is like when..." and she'll write it out and then use other examples and get excited that she can make her own. Then she naturally makes a connection to the next logical process or concept, without me having to introduce it and then we explore it together. I find she has absolutely no trouble doing problems on paper this way.
Like I thought it would, it's affecting me too. I'm thinking differently. I'm seeing the concepts. I'm actually starting to like it. I never thought that would happen. I'm practicing my violin again, which will stimulate that part of my brain as well. My ADHD meds are helping too. Now if I can figure this stuff out, why can't so called "professionals?" Why would educators and adolescent psychologists simply use terms like "lazy" or "stupid" instead of giving a kid what she needs? Clearly, it's not difficult.
I recently read an internet post in which a woman with red hair wanted to knit a scarf using the red hair gene as a pattern. I thought that was incredibly cool! I looked a bit further for such ideas and saw that someone made a pair of striped socks using the Fibonacci sequence. That was even cooler! Now I'm very intrigued. My project list includes a large tote bag for my knitting supplies. I think I will do it in Fibonacci stripes. Who knows where it will go from there?
I'm figuring that by the time I'm finished homeschooling my youngest, I will have gotten a far more thorough education than I could have ever gotten in school. My fantasy is to have enough money to go back to college when Angus starts, and put my new education to good use.
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