Wolverine

I looked online at the movie listings 

And I saw a treat at the cheap theater

I knew this place I'd soon be visiting 

For my love of Jackman has not petered!

Yes The Wolverine is showing tonight!

And surely you know that I can't resist

A little bit of Hugh and life is right

This is a happiness that will persist

I get to the theater and take my seat

I make sure to sit right in the middle

I know that this night will be really neat

Hugh Jackman never plays second fiddle 

Oh now be still my ever beating heart

For The Wolverine is about to start!

Leftovers

Turkey is what fills all of the fridges
and there are still mashed potatoes to eat
if stuffing was gold... I'd be the richest
but leftover pie is a tasty treat

Day 1 is an easy one: sandwiches
bread, turkey plus cranberries equals yum
if you're too full... unbutton your britches
and eat some more pie before it is done

Day 2 starts to get a little harder
sandwiches start to sound sort of boring
so you throw the carcass in some water
and make some soup before you start snoring

While Thanksgiving day, you are in heaven
leftovers slowly become a burden

Thanksgiving

As I sit here at the end of the night
I think that today's been an awesome day
so many things have just happened so right
but I've eaten much more than I can say

I went to two dinners with two turkeys
and two bowls full of mashed potatoes
the food stretched out far as the eye could see
the meals seemed to never come to a close

I left one dinner and drove to the next
It was time to head to my grandmas house
grandma's potatoes are always the best
and so I shoveled them into my mouth

Leaving for home, I started to dawdle
as I felt like I could only waddle...

Steroids and Indian Food

I woke up itchy as I have lately 

Discomfort and small red bumps all the way

But I'd soon return to being stately

As I went to see the doctor today 

At the office the doctor did decide

A steroid injection was in order

This syringe would help the itching subside 

Soon after, I crossed the crazy border

ENERGY PULSED THROUGH ME AND IT FELT GOOD!

BUT SO SOON I NEEDED SOMETHING TO MUNCH!!!

WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? LET'S GET INDIAN FOOD??

YOU KNOW...THAT WOULD MAKE A REALLY GOOD LUNCH!!

FINALLY IT'S DARK; I CAN TAKE A BREAK!

I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP... I FEEL SO AWAKE!!!!!!!!

Supernatural Dental Work

He laid down to bed with a cavity
just praying the pain would come to an end
he felt it had been an eternity
since he had felt a pain-free night in bed

Around 3 am, he woke with a chill
he could tell something just wasn't quite right
he opened his eyes and laid perfectly still
for what he saw did give him a great fright

A ghost dentist stood over him drilling
doing supernatural dental work
in minutes he had finished the filling
just maybe this ghost wasn't such a jerk

He awoke in the morning without pain
would he soon see this ghost dentist again?

Ordinary

Today was a day yes that is for sure
I'm also sure that things happened today
some things were evil and some of them pure
but all were part of this journey and way

I talked to some people who told me things
and yes I did hear the things that they said
the people did talk; none of them did sing
they were all alive; none of them were dead

It was quite ordinary I must say
nothing too good also nothing to bad
nothing really stood out in any way
and I must say this does not make me sad

For I see its the ordinary days
that make the good ones stand out anyways

Shakespeare Sunday: Sonnet Four

You have a beauty too great to not share
but all of your potential you to hoard
when you die your beauty will end right there
that is if you don't share it with the world

To love yourself it is but natural
and from time to time in yourself indulge
but don't always choose yourself above all
if you are a secret you should divulge!

If you in only your self take pleasure
you abuse the gift you have been bestowed
and when you go you can rest assured
you have left no mark on this earth below

Your progeny are doomed not to exist
if you are the only one that you've kissed

Original:
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost though spend
Upon thyself thy beauty's legacy?
Nature's bequest gives nothing but doth lend,
And being frank she lends to those are free.
Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse
The bounteous largess given thee to give?
Profitless usurer, why dost thou use
So great a sum of sums yet canst not live?
For having traffic with thyself alone,
Thou of thyself thy sweet self dost deceive.
Then how when nature calls thee to be gone,
What acceptable audit canst thou leave?
     Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee,
     Which usèd, lives th' executor to be.

Allergy

A small tingling begins upon my arm
not much at first, but it soon starts to grow
where I thought there wouldn't be any harm
a row of red bumps is starting to show

Over my whole body the bumps soon spread
a burning itch occupies all my thoughts
my discomfort is all that fills my head
and life starts to revolve around these spots

I spread on some ointment and take some pills
which do give some small amount of relief
Woe! There seems to be no cure for my ills
that I'll itch forever is my belief

I wish that the doctor would call me back
so together we could this itch attack

Ode to Waffle House

I'm done babysitting and it is late

As I drive my stomach starts to rumble 

I'm not looking for something all that great 

Just something that will silence this grumble 

I see a sign on the side of the street

Yellow block letters; a beacon of hope 

It is here I will find something to eat

Now my night does gain a positive slope

I order more than I know that I should 

I wolf down that bacon and those cheese grits 

I don't care because it tastes really good 

I will eat until my pants do the splits!

Alas I must go I can write no more 

For wielding pen and fork is quite a chore 

Domesticity

I was taking my shower one morning
It seemed no different than any day
I stepped out and without any warning
I saw that my things had been put away!

Yes it seems that my dork of a boyfriend
decided my room needed to be cleaned
(I mean... he was right; I just can't pretend)
I smirked at his delight... oh what a fiend!

We left for the day, but he came back soon
and before long he was cleaning again
his domesticity just makes me swoon!
he's clearly much better than other men

A man who enjoys cleaning up my mess...
you just can't be that; it's really the best!

The Weirdest Dream Ever

I dreamed I was in my principal's yard
I was with someone looking for his cat
but then suddenly this dream did bombard
me with visions even weirder than that

On an airplane, I met Miley Cyrus
she told me all the languages she spoke
I'm not quite sure where the plane did fly us
I started to wonder "Is this a joke?"

The plane started to drive around some town
outside of the window some children played
they rode cellos and basses up and down
and let out laughs as the instruments swayed

I woke in a cold sweat at 3 am
wondering "Where could this dream have come from"

Oops

I got home a little bit late last night 

The day had been long and I was quite tired 

I sat on my bed and turned on the light 

Then with out a warning I did expire

I woke up and saw it was three-thirty

I had slept with my clothes on... Doggone it 

But then an acute horro attacked me...

I had forgotten to write my sonnet!!

Sure I've missed midnight by a little bit 

But surely this was some grave new offense 

"I must just wait 'til morning to post it"

(To half-asleep me that really made sense...)

And so readers I do apologize

For this sad mess you see before your eyes

Yet Another Mexican Food Dilemma

I hadn't eaten much since 10:30
and now it was almost seven o'clock
I just wanted something quick and dirty
really nothing worth any sort of talk

Hmm... Mexican food... that sounds pretty good
some salty queso would just hit the spot!
I must find someone to help share this food
surely this great quest would not be for naught

Chipotle was the restaurant of choice
I know its good so how wrong could it go
... as soon as I thought this I heard a voice
saying to me that they don't sell queso!

Oh what a dilemma now in this place!
I leave without queso and in disgrace...

Shakespeare Sunday: Sonnet Three

When you see your own face what do you see?
do you see a gift that needs to be shared?
share now or you shall waste your life's beauty
which would be a wrong that can't be repaired

Is there a way you can not spread your seed?
for truly who would say no to this chance
for procreation is a human need
and do you wish to abstain from this dance?

Your own parents once faced this same question
and answered that the world deserved their son
and so now it should go without mention
that you know what it is that must be done

Shall you continue to please just yourself?
or will you help expand the world's great wealth?

Original:

Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest
Now is the time that face should form another,
Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest,
Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some mother.
For where is she so fair whose uneared womb
Disdains the tillage of thy husbandry?
Or who is he so fond will be the tomb
Of his self-love to stop posterity?
Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime;
So thou through windows of thine age shalt see,
Despite of wrinkles, this thy golden time.
     But if though live rememb'red  not to be,
     Die single and thine image dies with thee.

Jessica Pan... Continued

Today I did babysit once again
as the children's bedtime did come along
they wanted more about Jessica Pan
... and denying them that would just be wrong

Tonight Jessica went to Neverland
for she wanted a fairy of her own
She knew that she'd need to hatch a great plan
to pull it off and bring a fairy home

She opened up a fairy tutu shop
to entice a young fairy named Lovey
but soon she found she didn't want to stop
for the tutus just made her feel bubbly

So Jessica Pan stays in Neverland...
surely the next chapter will not be bland

Double Date

It was time for my best friend to meet my man
so we decided on a double date
and we sat down then we worked out a plan
the evening was sure to be so great!

Chili's was where we decided to go
we would meet up there at 6:45
I googled the map I wanted to show
and saw this Chili's was no more alive

We saw we would need to meet somewhere else
Oh no... another decision to make
we would need a plan from off our back shelves
this was a plan we did not want to break!

Quickly we found a new place for our date
and luckily the evening was great!

Yesteryear

I think back on the days of yesteryear
and realize how different things were
but I'm not talking last century here
I mean this past year that's become a blur

I used to stay up until 2 am
but now I can barely make it past 10
and my eyes will not let me open them
but now I relax and things are just zen

Once I was late almost every day
for I was too tired to even wake up
I slept my productivity away
Now I fall asleep right after I sup

I must say I'm surprised to see my range
I am amazed at how much I have changed

Itchy

I sit on the couch watching TV
suddenly I start to itch all over
this sensation it is attacking me
my hand becomes a furious rover

It feels like something is crawling on me
and biting me with each step that it takes
and there is no relief that I can see
and soon the feeling is giving me shakes

I go up and take an allergy pill
but know that it will take some time to work
and until then I just cannot sit still
I sit on my hands and I start to jerk

After a wait that does not quite seem brief
I finally start to feel some relief

Muffin Master

Winter is coming and eggnog is here

and it is starting to get cold outside

but even though the frigid air looms near

I've found a warm place in which I can hide

I bought some more eggnog, and craisins too

and threw in some walnuts for good measure

coming home I knew that it would be soon

when I'm enveloped by a warm pleasure

I took out my own muffin recipe

that I had created a year ago

the eggnog and craisins awaited me

cinnamon filled the air with a warm glow

They're done in twenty minutes-- no faster,

but now I am called the the Muffin Master

Jessica Pan

I tucked the two children into their beds
I wished them a great sleep and a good night
they wanted a story to fill their heads
and well... ummm... I guess it turned out all right

They asked for a tale about Peter Pan
It started off as a sort of prequel
of the boy who never became a man
but his family story was just cruel

He had a sister named Jessica Pan
who didn't believe and so couldn't fly.
She was not magical; her life was bland
but the sleepy children still closed their eyes

I guess there's just a strange sort of glory
in getting cheers from a boring story

Shakespeare Sunday: Sonnet Two

There is no man who is immune to age
and soon it shall rob your beauty from you
you'll wrinkle and brown as an old book's page
days you are proud of your face will be few

What will you say when people stop and stare?
When they ask you what happened to your looks?
When they spy once again your thinning hair?
Will you see yourself and curse what time took?

But yet! For your fairness there is still hope!
This beauty may live on through another...
Life must not only be a downhill slope
you may pass on your face... as a father!

As your beauty fades, your new child's shall thrive
and as it does so you shall feel alive

Original:

When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,

And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,

Thy youth's proud livery, so glazed on now,

Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held;

Then being ask'd where all thy beauty lies,

Where all the treasure of thy lusty days,

To say, within thine own deep-sunken eyes,

Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise.

How much more praise deserved thy beauty's use,

If thou couldst answer 'this fair child of mine

Shall sum my count and make my old excuse,'
Proving his beauty by succession thine!
     This were to be new made when thou art old
     And see thy blood warm when thou feelst it cold

Danceketball

Today my friend and I made up a game
that is surely the greatest game of all
and as a great game deserves a great name,
the name of this fun game is Danceketball

To play Danceketball you need some music
and you will need a basketball as well
once you have checked your room for acoustics
you can start dancing as the music swells!

The rules are the same as for basketball
except you can never stop dancing
your moves can be big or they can be small
but all to the game are quite enhancing

You may call it weird or may call it strange
but after you've played you won't be the same

Eggnog

I walked all around the grocery store
to buy all the things I normally do
I was ready to leave with nothing more
when I saw upon the shelf something new

There with the dairy products was eggnog
for sale for the first time of the season
since the last time I had waited too long
I had no need for any more reason

I grinned ear to ear when I got home
ready to take part in this yummy treat
I turned bottoms up and left only foam
until I was too full to even eat

I know it's bad... but I can't help myself
I'm glad this is not year round on the shelf

Apply Yourself

The time has now come to apply myself
and yes I mean a job application!
now if I could just hire a little elf
who could get me through the registration

The places I've lived for the past 10 years?
am I supposed to know those addresses?
Inputting the dates near brings me to tears
I think I'll have to use my best guesses

I'm almost done! The form is near complete!
I just need to fill in my references
of course this is not the last form I'll meet,
but right now is the time for reverence!

When I finish I'll have to wait and see
how many of the schools want to hire me!

7:30

Can I go to bed at 7:30?
does that make me too much of a loser
by now I am not feeling so sturdy
and really just want to be a snoozer...

I did go to bed kind of late last night
(even though it was for a good reason...)
sleeping so early just doesn't feel right
but it IS the hibernation season...

Too early is much better than too late
so I'm really just being proactive
After all... when I wake up... I'll feel great!
and you know feeling great is attractive

Maybe I'll stay up and just try to wait
I should try at least to make it till 8...

Inspiration

I know where it is I am coming from
and I know where it is I want to go
I know what it is I want to become
but the path I will take I do not know

Every twist and turn along the way
seems to change whenever I blink my eyes
they change with the choices I make each day
leaving the pathway a total surprise

So how do I know which choice I should make
I will need something that can inspire me
to add meaning to each path that I take
what oh what should that inspiration be

I look out at my students and I see
all that I really need to inspire me

Daylight Savings Time

Daylight savings ended two days ago
but it is still really messing me up
I will soon get used to it... this I know
but for now it is just driving me nuts!

Waking up in the morning's no problem
for it feels like it's one hour later
I'm so sure that the day will be awesome
everything just seems so much greater

But as the day wears on I start to fade
slowly I start to slump over and yawn
normal bedtime feels like staying up late
but I look and see my work isn't gone

I know I'll adjust... as I always do
I'm just hoping that it will happen soon

Shakespeare Sunday: Sonnet One

So I decided I'm going to try a little something new. On Sundays, I'm going to take one of Shakespeare's sonnets, post it, and then give my own little variation. This might be awesome, this might be terrible, but I'm going to go for it at least a few times. So here is my first attempt at Shakespeare Sunday:

Sonnet One:

From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decrease,
His tender heir might bear his memory;
But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies,
Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.
Though that art now the world's fresh ornament,
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content,
And, tender churl mak'st waste in niggarding.
     Pity the world or else this glutton be,
     To eat the world's due, by thy grave and thee.

My sorry attempt:

Life is a gift that all people receive
with it we can do whatever we wish
but sooner or later we all shall grieve
for nobody's life is truly endless

Yet still we might leave a mark on this earth
as we help create new generations
a legacy carries on with each birth
we all have chance to help build a nation

Alas! Some men do love only themselves
and it is themselves they would choose to wed
putting humanity up on a shelf
as they do take only themselves to bed.

People who their potential do not share
shall die robbing the earth of one more heir

(Please let me know what you think!! Is this an awesome or a terrible idea... I'm a little biased)

Globophobia

I remember way back in second grade
I was at a classmate's birthday party
Cake had been eaten and games had been played

Laughs all around were full and hearty

But next came a game I had never seen

With messages hidden inside balloons

Balloons that were red yellow blue and green 

But we'd have to sit on and pop them soon

I put a balloon right under my rear

And then tried to sit down to make it pop

But soon I was filled up with a great fear

And I could not sit; I just had to stop

I learned I was scared of balloons that day

And since then I have kept them far away 

Copycat

The long school day had just come to an end
and I needed to make a few copies
I would need these sheets for the week ahead
so I grabbed some paper to bring with me.

I was making double sided handouts
so I thought I would run a test sheet first
that I'd made a mistake, I had no doubts
looking at this mistake not yet my worst

When I'd finally nailed the direction
I hit "19 copies" and just hit start
while I wasn't expecting perfection
all those sideways pages were far from art

As this crazy process was  not a breeze,
next time someone else can make the copies!!