when i got back, caroline and i saw the simpsons movie. it was alright, about half way through i was like "damn i'm definitely going to see this movie in the theaters again!" but by the end i had changed to "eh, netflix." i understand why they took the movie outside of springfield and the established simpsons universe, but i just wish some of the secondary characters had gotten a little more play. i mean, i watch the simpsons to see moe, krusty, monty burns, principal skinner and the rest just as much as i watch it to see homer, marge, lisa, bart, and maggie. sure, many of these characters got their one liners but somehow i felt a little short-changed by their general absence from speaking roles. i also would have loved to have seen some references aimed specifically at long time viewers and diehard fans, like a visit from the ghost of bleeding gums murphy. at the end of the day, however, the twins reference alone justified the price of MY ticket. it was overall, a hilarious movie.
on friday i went on a crazy bike ride. i had been brainstorming alternate routes for my impending morning commute because my school just so happens to lie smack dab in the middle of a notorious traffic corridor in the dc metro area. sometime i came up with the idea "hey, why not bike it?" of course, most people would probably answer, "well, because it's fifteen miles and are you really gonna bike fifteen miles at 7 am AND THEN teach a full day of school?" i agree, it's not really a feasable commuting option, but i wanted to do it once, just to see what it was like. in any case, i went out with no map and didn't stop once to ask directions. NO SLEEP TILL OAKTON! was my motto. it ended up taking me two and a half hours, but i probably could have shaven off at least 45 minutes if not for getting lost and taking an overall, crazy route in a failed attempt to find a short cut. here is a map with my route:
i've also put a pink star where my old school is (notice the drastic change in commute) and a green star where caroline works.
on saturday caroline and i went out to homestead farm. to do some blackberry picking. we used to only go out to homestead farm once a year for apple picking and the corn maze but since we got our own wheels, caroline has gradually been increasing the frequency of our visits. when i visited caroline at work today i noticed that she had the harvest schedule posted in her cubicle. yes, the lady is obsessed. peaches are also currently in season so we got a ton of those as well which i have benifited from in pie form. of course, i really only get the spillover after pies have been distributed around pbs. prioritization of pbs peach pies? "preposterous," i pronounce! (sorry, just gearing up for life in second grade)
so, today starts my final week of freedom. i'll be closing out this blog at the end of next to avoid students/parents googling me and discovering my secret identity. hopefully i will include three or four more posts chronicaling the build up to next school year. for those of you who are interested (yes, i'm assuming people are reading and taking interest...) i'm keeping up the blogging in e-mail form because my first few months of teaching will definitely produce some totally hysterical stories. if you'd like to be IN THE LOOP, shoot me an e-mail, goehrke@gmail.com.
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