A West Wing postscript...

I'm not going to be an official "West Wing" site, or anything quite that dramatic, but if you don't watch that show -- you should. Actually, on second thought... it's probably too late. If you haven't watched it by now, I can't possibly catch you up. BUT for those of you who do watch: I rarely understand all the foriegn policy stuff... and sometimes the domestic plots confuse me... but what I really don't get is why Josh and Donna can't get it together!!.. I mean really. I think four seasons or whatever it is.. is enough foreplay already! The other side of me now counters with: If they DID get together, it would be less realistic, and there would be little point in watching anymore. But still. If I were them, I'd be depressed.. In fact, who are we kidding?? I AM depressed. More on that later, I'm sure. But for now: Bradley Whitford, if you're reading this blog... I appreciate the fact that you're from Wisconsin, and you are BY FAR my favorite thing to watch on TV... but your character is starting to piss me off a little, and I thought you should know. Now that does not mean I'm breaking up with you, or giving up in any way.. I just wanted you to know I don't like the direction Josh is going in, and .. well.. that's all.

This is by FAR the geeky-est I have ever been... Except for the day my family purchased the Lord of the Rings Trilogy Trivial Pursuit, and I made Rebekah play me four or five times in a row. I schooled her shamefully, but it was definitely not my most "cool" moment -- probably right up there with posting a message to Bradley Whitford on my blog. Oh well. Let's blame the late hour and the vicodin, shall we?

Blog-envy...

If there is such a thing as "blog-envy" .. or even "blog-shame".. I have it. I just read my friend, Josh's blog. He talks about interesting, thought-provoking things, AND he's having a wonderful time in a foreign country. Perhaps it's not just his blog I'm envious of.... Anyway. I've committed myself to writing in this thing for at least a few days. I'm sure this will end as so many "new year's resolutions" have -- forgotten. BUT! For the time being, I will assume this is a new start for me, and maybe THIS time will be different... So here's my life in a sad, pathetic nutshell: I live in Racine, WI. I just moved from one apartment to a considerably smaller (but cheaper!) one. Moving day was slated for last Saturday, but due to the enormous amount of snow... it was just Mom, Dad, and me. Of the three of us, I am the one in the best physical shape.. so you can guess how the moving went. After what seemed like endless trips up and down the four flights of stairs to my apartment, I collapsed in defeat. I reached for the phone, and dialed "Two Men and a Truck". They came today and moved the rest of my things. I really probably needed only one man and a van... but the two men were quite nice -- despite an unfortunate incident involving my undergarments and Robin's great idea to leave them in the dresser drawers for transport instead of putting them in a box, as I wanted to. Oh well. As Mom said, "It's not like they've never seen underwear before, Marth." So there we have it. Now I am almost all moved in to the new place. UNFORTUNATELY -- my boxspring would not go up the stairs to the new place, and my actual bed frame would not come apart so as to exit the old place. Therefore, I have a boxspring in the garage, a bed frame in an empty apartment that will soon cease to be mine, and a mattress on the floor. Good times. In other news, I am currently teaching Special Needs Kindergarten at Mitchell Elementary School in Racine. It's my second year, and I really really enjoy it (most of the time!). In order to keep the job, I have to get certified -- so I am back in college again! This time at UW-Whitewater. Biggest difference between Ripon and Whitewater? EVERYTHING!! I am trying to get my Masters in Special Education with a certificate in Autism. The Plan is to achieve that goal by 2007 or 2008. We'll see!! Outside of work, and school -- I started and am now directing the 4th and 5th Grade choir at our school, and I work on Mondays and Wednesdays in the evenings for the Racine Family Literacy Program. I have about 16 K-2 students with varying levels of English capabilities. Lucky for them, I was a Spanish major... oh wait... noooo... I was a German major -- so that's been coming in really quite handy. Glad I spent those thousands of dollars! Other big news: My cousin, Rachel, had a beautiful baby boy in August. His name is Caleb James, and he's so awesome! I was there for the week before and the week after he was born. I was there through labor, and delivery (the part up to the C-section, anyway)... which was so great. But also the BEST lesson in birth control I have ever seen. I'm not saying I'll never have kids -- just that I'm probably going to be looking a lot more seriously at adoption. I'm not sure I could ever do what she did. And the fact that "women have been doing this for centuries.." is really not very helpful when it comes right down to it. My best friend, Michelle, got married in December. She'd been dating her now husband for the last ten years.. so that was just shocking! haha. I was Bridesmaid #2, and I had really really great time. Sure, I would have liked to have been about 20 pounds thinner, and about 3 cocktails sober-er... but what can you do? It was a LOT of fun! Well that's all the update I think I'm prepared to give. Those of you reading probably already know me anyway -- so what's the point? I'm sure you already knew all this crap! Maybe it's true: I have nothing interesting or important to say... But thanks for reading. And now that we have all the background out of the way, we can leave room for the whining and bitching. I'm looking forward to looking at this blog years from now and going, "oh yeah. I should have tried to write in that more than three times... and what the hell was I talking about anyway?"

Unbelieveable!!

I have not had this blog up for more than two minutes, and already I have received critique... Therefore, I have this to say: I didn't spend too much time picking the template, as they assured me I could change whenever I felt... and by the way, Aerosmith has always said, "Pink is my favorite color" .. and what's good enough for them is good enough for me... so quit pickin' on me

And if you think that looks like the IM I recently wrote on the same topic... it is. Usually, if someone does something based on your encouragement, it's nice to remain encouraging and positive for more than 2 mintues.....

I can't remember how to do this!!

Ok Brad... Hope you're happy... After more than a year without posting anything anywhere, out of my past comes the voice of Brad Johnson (now you can Google yourself, and show up here!), urging me to start up my old blog so he can avoid actual human, voice-to-voice contact with me ... and yet keep up on the goings on in my life. So I went to my old blog , but found I could no longer post on it, as it has been deactivated...or I just don't know my name and password anymore. SO A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS!! The old posts are classic, but at times totally incomprehensible -- even to me, and I wrote them! Take a look back, and be sure to visit my rant on "Romeo and Juliet".. But then check back here from time to time for the more "current" Martha news. Unfortunately, I'm completely depressed about my life right at this moment, and although the OLD blog would have been just an outlet for my whining.. this new blog will start out whine-free! ... So tune in tomorrow, when the blog is no longer new, and we can get back to the old whining.. hahahaha....