Rock Star Diva, Me. :)

Today for Red Ribbon Week I dressed as a Rock Star Diva.
Um. That's all.

Bear

Miss Carli tagged me with this random picture post.

1. Go to your pictures
2. Upload 4th picture in the 4th folder
3. Post (explain?)
4. Tag four friends

I am attaching a picture of a bear that was spotted up Salt Creek this summer. I believe that the picture was on the Sperry's cabin lot, but I did not take the photo so I am not quite sure of the details. It is on my computer because my dad wanted the photo loaded onto his iPod, and I manage his iPod from my iBook.

I particularly like that when this posting is in the new post position, it looks like I am staring at the bear.

I tag Michelle, Nicki, Cassi, and Kelsey. :)

I'm a Winner! :)

This weekend I was listening to Showtune Saturday Night on Kosy 106.5.  As I listened and enjoyed my tunes I heard them announce a contest.  Here is the premise: listeners were asked to email Kosy with a poem explaining why we should win.  The contest?  The Bard Bus.  The prize? Two tickets to Shakespearean Festival shows, Gaslight and Julius Caesar.  I wrote the following poem: 

I ought to be sent on the bus

If I don't get a break I may cuss

I teach students all day

Now I must get away.

So please let me on without fuss.

I sent the poem in sometime after 11 PM.  I stayed awake until midnight listening for them to call my name.  No such luck.  I was sad. 

So, today, I received the following email (I am offering only the exciting parts):

"Dear Krystle,

YOU WON!!!  I am so sorry this email did not reach you Saturday night - - we had a server melt down and I was worried when I did not get a response so I checked my sent file and there it was, saved, but having not been sent."

Some details of the contest:

Get on Board the Bard Bus!

Showtunes Saturday Night and the KOSY Morning Show will be taking a group of lucky theatre fans to the Tony Award Winning Utah Shakespearean Festival on Saturday, October 25th!

Participants will receive:
Bus ride down to Cedar City courtesy of Le Bus
Lunch on Saturday
Special prizes from the Utah Shakespearean Festival and KOSY to be given away on the bus ride down
Ticket to matinee of Gaslight, and a VIP talk-back reception after with the director
Ticket to evening performance of Julius Caesar, and a VIP talk-back reception after with the director
One night's stay at the Cedar City Crystal Inn
Bus ride back to SLC courtesy of Le Bus

Cost to do all this on your own:
At least $250.00 (more depending on gas prices!)

Cost to me: FREE! :)

Anon, thou rapscallion knave! Tarry not, but get thee to the Bard Bus for a most excellent and entertaining time!

Cheers! 

Have you?

(Just copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done.)

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I haven't walked to the top, but I've been there!)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

I think I can...I think I can...

There are 9 days left in first quarter.  If you are a teacher, or a parent, or a student, you know what this means. Almost there, kiddos! :)  

Music to My Ears

I have been thinking a lot about what a major role music plays in my life. Each morning when I get to school I turn on my iPod and speakers and jam out while I write the students' Focus on the board. I dance around the room while I straighten desks; I rock out to my party shuffle before the school day begins. When I was in college I was really in love with the song "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League. I was not high tech, nor did I own a computer, so I traveled to various stores looking for a CD with this song. I finally found a CD entitled "The Best of Human League" and purchased it promptly. It turns out that "Don't You Want Me" actually is the BEST of The Human League, and all other songs on the CD were a bust. Still, this song is one that gets stuck in my head more than any other song. What is it about this tune that speaks to me so? I don't know. Also, even as I share this new song with you, I find myself realizing that the last song is called "I Wanna Love You Tender." It makes an interesting contrast to "Don't You Want Me," yes?  For the record, this music video terrifies me, but I still love the song.