Wow, the drama over at Ponderosa is almost better than the actual show...

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/video/?pid=hYSQ8GVhOTv1xeB8B0bynsCAi2C0lefE&vs=Ponderosa&play=true

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/video/?pid=n0xOP8EJCYMW8cv3oCazo0HixYaf8Dmd&vs=Ponderosa&play=true

I had the most bizarre experience last night. I think what made it seem so bizarre is that I showed up expecting one experience and having a totally different one. I went to my nephew's Christmas chorus concert...or so I thought. I turned out to be a male pagaent at which the chorus was singing a song.

I'm not a believer in beauty pagaents. Maybe it is living in the South for so long and seeing how the moms and girls can get so very wrapped up in the hoopla. But really, I just don't believe in judging a person (or a book!) by her/his/its outside appearances. Now, the Most Striking Viking pagaent that I attended last night did have a significant talent portion. And wow, I was pretty amazed at how talented these kids were, and how un-shy they were to share their talents with their peers. Most of them sang, and sang really well, while they played an instrument. Two danced and one did yo-yo tricks. We voted for the yo-yo tricks because that's the one my kids liked the best (the audience picked most talented). I was also impressed that when any of the guys messed up--even the obviously less popular of the group--the audience cheered them on and encouraged them to continue, giving them a much needed boost of confidence. There was no laughing or jeering. That was so awesome.

We left at the intermission because Zack had a headache, it was closing in on bedtime and the kids were whining for food. All that loud cheering for the contestants was too much for Zack. He often gets sensory overload in such situations and he was sitting there with his hands over his ears for most of the time, poor guy.

I didn't even get to hear my nephew sing because we left before the performance. Like I said, it was an odd night.

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It is so windy out there right now! It sounds more windy than when that tropical storm blew through a couple weeks ago. It's kind of creepy. I heard a loud thump a few minutes ago. I'm not going to see what it was...my trash can blowing away?

Project one, done! If you're interested in seeing it, you can check it out here: http://gaminglibrarian.pbworks.com/ . It's a site providing resources for librarians/educators who are interested in learning how to use gaming in the library setting.

Project two, mostly done.

Project three, not yet started. Fortunately it isn't due until Dec. 12 and it is also on gaming in the library. I got to choose the topic and I purposely overlapped with my other project. Why research twice, right? I now have a plethora of resources ready to be perused.

Finally, after two years of pestering school officials (albeit not these school officials) Petey has started the testing for the gifted program. He passed the initial IQ test with a score of 128. Today he was tested more rigorously by the school psychologist but we don't have those results yet. Of course, the irony is that this school has no funding for a gifted program and the only thing they do is give the kids more advanced work. Since it looks as if we will most likely be moving again (blast!) I am going to try and make sure our next school has a good program (if he even gets in, that is. There's still no assurances at this point.)

Tonight at Cub Scouts we made fudge to send to some of the boys' dads who are deployed. I hope it makes the trip to Iraq in one piece!

I don't want to hear about Tiger Woods any more. Leave the poor man alone!

I just heard another thump outside...

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In response to this post about a recap episode on Thanksgiving Day and the speculation about when the finale will be.

According to the Survivor Facebook, the Season Finale will be December 20 from 8Pm to 11PM.

The survivor website says...

let all your friends know that you'll be tuning in to the 2-hour
season finale of Survivor: Samoa Sunday, December 20th at 8/7c on CBS!

So maybe they have a double elimination or someone goes home injured or sick.

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i'm posting this from my phone (thus the lack of capitalization--my shift key is on the fritz.) the power cord to my macbook died and i've been computerless for 24 hours now. withdrawals much? yes!!! fortunately chris will be bringing his cord when he arrives tomorrow night. that's right, i have much school work to do despite the holiday.
chris' dad and i went shopping saterday for all the thanksgiving supplies. i couldn't make up my mind about which sort of pies i want so i ended up buying the stuff for five different kinds. :)

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Went through the list and cut those that haven't updated in about 6 months.

I know I don't often comment on entries but I do read them all. And by the lack of comments on my entries, I'm sure it's the same with some of you for my entries.

But if you decide to cut me loose, there will be no hard feelings.

Hmph... it appears, contrary to what I had understood previously, that there will indeed be a "Re-Crap" episode next week, on Thanksgiving day.

(see promo below)



I don't see any way shoehorning one of these into the schedule is compatible with the previously announced Dec. 20th finale (perhaps it's being rescheduled to Dec. 27...). Apparently, the powers that be at CBS decided that pushing the schedule back one week, putting the next-to-last episode on Christmas Eve, was less of a ratings risk than competing with Thanksgiving dinner.