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So in an attempt to organize my Photobucket into nice little albums for your viewing pleasure, I have inadvertantly screwed many things up on the LJ. My apologies if some of the pictures don't link properly anymore...that's just too effin much to fix. But hey, I have organized albums now :)
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| Funny...I thought I'd be Miranda. |
[04 Jun 2006|10:25pm] |
| You Are Most Like Charlotte! | 
You are the ultimate romantic idealist
You've been hurt before, but that hasn't caused you to give up on love.
If anything, your resolve to fall in love is stronger than ever.
And it's this feminine optimism that men find most appealing about you.
Romantic prediction: That guy you are seeing (or crushing on)?
Could be very serious - if you play your cards right! |
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| The Unveiling. |
[31 May 2006|07:55pm] |
Oh yeah, and by the way...
MY EFFING KILLER SITE IS UP!!!!
Go visit it: http://www.kimberlyherndon.com
And while you're there, register and get a username and password. If you do, you'll get a prize :) The prize being that I'll, uhh, assign you a level of access so that you can see posts that the general unregistered observer can't. And since I know you are all just desperately interested in every possible aspect of my life, I have no doubt that you'll be clawing at this opportunity. Or, you know, whatever. Just go see it, cuz I'm pretty proud of it and I'm a nerd so I think it's nifty.
I'm still trying to decide if I'll keep posting on LJ or not. We'll see.
Sooooo...go see my site :)
(P.S. Kudos to Pete Holiday for all the site help.)
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| Teacher Kimmy. |
[31 May 2006|07:20pm] |
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So today I became a real, live teacher. Officially. I taught all on my own. As in, it's my classroom. Just mine. Granted it's summer school and it's only for 6 weeks, but it was still kind of a rush. I have 16 kids in my class...ages 15-18...none of them seem too dangerous, but then again it's only the first day and people are generally on their best behavior the first day. My biggest problem I guess will be finding enough crap for them to do for 4 hours everyday. There are 33 class days, and I only have 36 lessons to teach. I would ideally do 2 lessons a day, but there's not enough material to do that...so basically I'm killing time. I'm doing an Algebra 1 review all this week, which basically means endless worksheets and busywork. This sucks, cuz I can never judge how long it will take them to complete anything, so I have to majorly overplan just to make sure I have enough for them to do. Next week will be better because we'll start in the book and actually have more of a guideline to go by.
Sorry to bore you with all of that crap, I just thought I'd get the point across that today went alright...they didn't eat me, and I didn't cower in fear, so yay.
I really wish more people were still in town (or hadn't moved far, far away...LAURA...) so that I could have someone to hang out with. I finally get a smidgen of free time and everyone leaves. Bastards. Just kidding.
P.S. I wish I could trade in my Mac for one of the new Macs that's secretly not a Mac at all because it has a PC processor. I would like a very tiny one.
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| I don't like being a grown-up :( |
[30 May 2006|10:18pm] |
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I saw The DaVinci Code last night. It was so-so...I mean I liked it, but it could have ended like 7 different times. So by the time it finally did end, I didn't really give a care.
I start teaching summer school tomorrow. Not gonna lie...my stomach's pretty flippy about it. Feelin' a little nervous. It'll be the first time I've ever taught completely on my own...EVER. But I'm doing this to conquer my fear. I know it will be good for me. Still...*vomits*.
So yeah, I'm going to bed now so I can be up ridiculously early for that. Wish me luck.
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| Yep, Scott was right. Ha. |
[30 May 2006|06:33pm] |
| You Are Low Maintenance | 
Otherwise known as "too good to be true"
You're one laid back chica - and men love that!
Just remember that no good guy likes a dormat.
So if you find your self going along to get along...
Stop yourself and put up a little bit of a fight. |
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| So basically, I'm riding the fence in every single way... |
[30 May 2006|06:28pm] |
| Your Political Profile: | | Overall: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal | | Social Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal | | Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal | | Fiscal Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal | | Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal | | Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal |
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| Goin' to the chapel... |
[27 May 2006|09:12pm] |
Welp, Bo finally got hitched. I spent last night in Hamilton, AL (roughly 2 hours north of here, but I can make it in an hour and 15 minutes cuz I'm good like that) for the rehearsal dinner and the wedding today. Bo, Jer, Lo, Carrie, and I all spent the night in Nathan's basement. Thanks to my very special friends, I was greeted by this when I got to bed:
Yes, yes that is Aunt Jemima. In my bed. How special.
Anyway, the wedding was beautiful. I even wore a legitimate amount of makeup, courtesy of Jerica. And I know I've been bombarding you people with pictures lately, but, here ya go:
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| My grand beach adventures. |
[24 May 2006|10:23pm] |
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I safely returned from Destin, FL with more tan than burn, so yay for that. A few more freckles...but hopefully they will go away. Whoever thinks freckles are cute obviously does not have freckles. Because they are not cute. That's just ridiculous. My skin has spots all over it. That's like saying chicken pox are cute. Or rosacea (my apologies to those with chicken pox and/or rosacea). Anyway, the trip was all good. I got to lay out on the beach and eat crab cakes (not simultaneously, although that would have been pretty cool). I also got to read some of my new book (Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller) and listen to my resurrected iPod (I don't think anything in the world can beat Better than Ezra on the beach). I just noticed that I've used a lot of parentheses in this post. Hmm. Well tomorrow I'm off to run errands and prepare myself for the fact that I am, indeed, still a part of the working class (my summer school job starts next week...there's those darn parentheses again...). But before I go, here are some pictures from the trip. Feel lucky...these bad boys haven't even made it to Facebook yet.
Lo, Bo, Me, Car, and Jer
At dinner
Outlet shopping. What else were we supposed to do in the Disney store? Buy stuff?
Don't even get your hopes up...this was no orgy. They were watching American Idol, those weirdos.
I tried to get all artsy with the camera on the beach. This was pretty hard to do with no viewfinder and massive amounts of sunlight *shrugs*.
Sorry, no bathing suit pics. Trust me, you're not missing out on much.
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[20 May 2006|10:47pm] |
Maybe I should drop you at your door.
Or leave tonight and vanish up the shore.
Anywhere but here.
It's three o'clock we're driving in your car,
You're screaming out the window at the stars,
"Please don't drive me home!"
Blame us 'cause we are who we are.
Hate us 'cause you'll never get that far.
And who'd suppose you would go?
I've already learned enough to know.
Tell me all the places we could go.
And count the headlights passing on the road,
A long, long time ago.
Here we are.
Foreign to their world.
Straight and composed.
Your sermons I can do without
And I finally found.
That everybody loves to love you
When you're far away.
Could it be we've done something wrong?
We'd make it home to your place before dawn.
"Please, don't drive me home."
"Please, don't take me home."
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| Bored at Madden... |
[20 May 2006|11:03am] |
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I haven't done anything of much merit over this past week but hey, screw merit, I'm a college grad! *cough* Yeah...
I did get to take a little trip to the eye doctor so that I could get the assurance that I am still, in fact, blind, so that was fun. What was more fun was sitting in the dark room, my eyes all pupil from being dilated, and Mom telling me about how the KKK used to put alligators in the lake to eat black people. She said this to me in a small, dark room containing black people. I'm just thankful that I couldn't see a darn thing...such as the murderous stares that were probably coming my way.
I'm leaving for Destin tomorrow morning. It's kind of a bridesmaids' trip for Bo's wedding, but only Bo, Lo, Jer, Carrie, and I are going. I'm not really looking forward to a 4 hour drive in the back seat of a packed Audi, but I don't think I'll mind sitting out on the beach for a couple days. Hopefully I'll come back with lots of pictures and stories to tell. Feel free to call me or text me whilst I'm away.
Otay, that's all I've got. Keep it real. Real gangster.
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| Concert... |
[16 May 2006|02:08am] |
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So tonight I went to see The Fray at Sloss Furnace with JWest and her friend Kayla. It was pretty killer. Literally. We had to drive through (and got lost in) the freakin' ghetto to get there. Luckily, I'm black, so we were cool. Moses Mayfield and the Damn Wells opened up for them...they were ehhh. But The Fray...oh, The Fray...they were totally worth it. They are amazing live. The only thing that sucked about the concert was that it was crawling with skanks. Not the normal, awesome people like myself who you would imagine listen to The Fray...no, no. Nasty. Freakin'. Skanks. Case in point: A girl standing near Jenn and Kayla dropped her pants and peed. As in, urinated. Right there. In the crowd. Classy. And two drunk guys near me were threatening to get into a fight...it was scary stuff. But I survived, and I got some wicked awesome pictures and video. Yay. Here are some pics:
Oh yeah, and I saw D-Money and Stu there, too. Yay for that :)
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| Graduation weekend. |
[13 May 2006|09:55pm] |
We'll go ahead and start my weekend on Thursday, cuz that's when the fun started. Pete came to town for a visit, and just in time for our Thursday night out. We went to Mugshots and 4th & 23rd. It was pretty awesome. Friday consisted of pictures on campus, working on my website, and taking Pete to City Cafe and McAlister's so that he could get his proper fill of Alabama's finest. And today...what did I do today? OH YEAH, that's right...I GRADUATED COLLEGE! That's right people...5 years and God only knows how much loan money later, I am now officially the proud owner of a diploma from the University of Alabama. No wait, wait...I'm not. I don't have a diploma. That gets mailed to me sometime (hopefully) in the near future. But I did get a shiny medal and second-by-second pictures of me walking across the stage (thanks to Pete's freakin' awesome camera). After I gradj-i-aded, Mom, Pete, and I went to Lonestar for lunch. I had steak and lobster, and it was pretty much amazing. After lunch, Pete left to enjoy the rest of his vacation in Florida (that bastard). Later that afternoon I hit up JWest's graduation party at her aunt's mansion. We took lots of hawt pictures. Speaking of hawt pictures, here are a few from the weekend. Enjoy.
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[11 May 2006|12:37am] |
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~got "advised" by Dr. Thompson.
~had lunch with the mathies for the last time at Dr. Hodge's.
~braved the storm to get a pedicure and buy some HAWT shoes to wear with my graduation dress. Seriously, folks...these shoes are killer.
~tutored for the last time this summer.
~finished the DVD I've been making for all the gals as a graduation present. It's insane. I love some iMovie and iDVD.
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Funny quote from today:
Me: "Shelby Hall sure does look ugly when it's wet..."
Lo: "Yeah, it looks like a drowned rat. I'll bet it looks better when it's dry....Hey...that car sure does look ugly when it's wet..."
Guess ya had to be there for that one. Trust me. It was good.
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| What's been going on with little ol' me. |
[09 May 2006|05:10pm] |
I've been sparse in my updates lately because, if I were to update about my life, then I would be forced to confront the 79,000 life decisions that need/needed to be made. But I'm crawling out from under my rock to catch you guys up.
~I made several life decisions yesterday and, as a result, I feel a big burden off my shoulders. I decided that I would rather do the Secondary Math masters instead of the CAT masters, because my main goal is to get my 18 extra hours of math in order to teach lower college level. And, with this program, I could do that quickly and my schedule would be a lot less burdensome. I mean I love the CAT stuff, but this program will benefit me more in the long run, so yeah. I'm meeting with my advisor Dr. "I don't know what a humanity is" Thompson tomorrow to plan things out, so we'll see how that goes.
~I'm fairly certain that I did not getting an assistantship seeing as they have not told me anything, and they told Casey over a week ago. I tried to call yesterday to make sure, but the lady I needed to talk to was out. So hopefully I can try again tomorrow. I'm just sick of getting screwed up the butt by UA. I feel like I work so hard and never get any kind of reward. I just get to pay more money.
~I found the apartments that I like. They're in Northport, they're fairly inexpensive, and they have openings for the fall, so yay. I've asked Ashley Waldrop to be my roomie because she's enjoyable and considerate, so hopefully that will work out.
~I got the job to teach summer school for the County May 31st-July 18th. Now the question is whether or not I want to take the job. I'd be working 7:30 till 12:30 everyday for 6 weeks, and I'd get $2000 when it's all said and done. That would be roughly twice what I'd make working the same amount of time at Madden, and I'd have enough money to not work the rest of the summer. I'm just trying to decide if it will be worth all the extra work involved with lesson preparation, grading, etc, etc, etc. I'm still praying about this one. I have to let them know whether I'm accepting the position or not by the 19th. Any advice what I should do?
~I took my last exam ever as an undergrad this afternoon. It was an education final, so of course it was pure crap. It's kinda surreal though...I'm done with undergrad. Weird.
So that should pretty much catch everyone up with the happenings of my awesome life. I'm looking forward to Thursday when Pete gets here and we have the graduation party of the century. Should be fun. Okay, later haters.
HI EVERYBody ;) <---That was JWest.
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| Cinco de Mayo. |
[05 May 2006|10:34pm] |
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Today was a pretty awesome day. For one, it was my LAST DAY OF STUDENT TEACHING EVAR. And, to quote Jerica, "Hells yeah!!!" Yes. It was quite exciting. I had parties and stuff at school all day long. First period (my hoodlums) got me a card and a little teachery thing for my desk. I almost cried with them because, honestly, I didn't expect them to do anything. I was kind of shocked to get a gift. In second and fourth period (my AP Cal kids), I gave them glow stick bracelets, to which they replied "Miss Herndon! You are the coolest student teacher ever!!!" We would turn off the lights and they'd wave their bracelets around and go "OoOoOo". It was awesome. I got video of it, too. Ha. I got a love letter from one of my senior guys (cuz I'm such a hawt student teacher, I guess...ha), and Dr. Wu's son made me an origami rose that was stinkin amazing. Oh and my teacher apparently decided to make up for being a total bia all semester by getting me a really awesome teacher bag with my initials monogrammed on it. That was a really stinkin good gift. She was very nice to me today and redeemed herself quite a bit. And all the interns and their cooperating teachers ate Steak Out upstairs in the home ec. room for lunch. It was so nice a civilized. I took some pictures today but I guess I'd better not post them seeing as it's more than likely illegal or something, and I'll be darned if I get thrown out of the College of Retardation on a technicality like that, so yeah. Long story short, it really was an awesome day, and I'm really sad to leave all of those awesome kids :( But I sure will be happy to sleep in on Monday....
And, as you all may know, it is indeed Cinco de Mayo. K-Co, Bo, Nathan, and I went out to El Rincon for dinner and it was UMMM packed. Big surprise. We waited like 30 minutes for a table, but it was worth it. I had a baby margarita. It was the first one I've ever drunk all by myself. K-Co and Nathan, however, chose to get their own pitchers....ha. When we were there we shouted "Who else seen the leprechaun say YEA!" and the WHOLE ROOM shouted "YEA!!!" It was so awesome. And then we were like "Who else seen the leprechaun say SI!" and they shouted that, too. And our table and another table got the whole room to sing songs together. We sang "Yea Alabama" and "Rammer Jammer". It was pretty much the coolest thing ever. But anyway, now I'm home and exhausted, and I'm going to bed since I have to work in the morning. Goodnight.
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| Love this song. |
[03 May 2006|10:20pm] |
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Looking for something I've never seen
Alone and I'm in between
The place that I'm from and the place that I'm in
A city I never been
I found a friend or should I say a foe
Said there's a few things you should know
We don't want you to see we come and we go
Here today, gone tomorrow
We're only taking turns
Holding this world
It's how it's always been
When you're older you will understand
If I say who I know it just goes to show
You need me less than I need you
Take it from me we don't give sympathy
You can trust me trust nobody
But I said you and me we don't have honesty
The things we don't want to speak
I'll try to get out but I never will
Traffic is perfectly still
We're only taking turns
Holding this world
It's how it's always been
When you're older you will understand
And then again maybe you don't
And then again maybe you won't
When you're older you might understand
When you're older you might understand
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| Worried. |
[01 May 2006|10:24pm] |
Casey got a letter in the mail today saying that she got an assistantship. And I didn't. I'm pretty worried. Please pray that I got something. Cuz, if not, I mean why should I stay here? It wouldn't be any cheaper. If I didn't get anything here, then I might as well move away to somewhere different. Who knows. We'll see.
This has been kind of a sucky day, and my stomach is all in knots...I've lost my appetite completely. I keep trying to focus on positive things, like the fact that I only have 4 more days of student teaching left *falls on knees praising Jesus* or the fact that Pete Holiday is coming to visit me next week. Oh yeah, and graduation...puh. But I dunno, it's getting harder and harder to focus on the good things. I'm getting bogged down with the bad things. I need some encouragement :/
Goodnight.
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