BestSetupEverBlog

That's right. Last night, I had the brilliant idea to prop my iTouch up against my computer screen in homage to the short-lived technological anomaly known as, picture-in-picture (PIP). Come to think of it, I have never seen an actual television that had the PIP option and, I probably never will. Oh no! This idea has revolutionized how I sit on my bed and use my computer because it combines 2 things that I <3: reading blogs and watching 30 Rock.


Dan Gaz inspired me to write again and, this time, I am not going to put a ton of pressure on myself to drop amazing blog posts. I'll thank you, kindly, to stop pressuring me as well. Dan's most recent post is about how he has been told, on numerous occasions, that he looks like Jean Claude Van Damme. The only person I have ever been told that I look like is former child star and recovering meth addict, Jodi Sweetin. Thanks a lot, Angala.


Time to play some volleyball with Liz!

The Case of the Blood Drooling Cat

I can't figure out how to upload pictures onto my computer from my cell phone...



... but when I do figure it out, I will be able to unveil the most disgusting creature to ever walk this Earth. Now I feel badly for even saying or thinking that because the cat that we inherited from my dad's friend is one of God's creatures and he's really nice. We got Shade about 3 months ago and he started out fine, the other cats got along with him really well. Recently, he contracted some kind of virus in his mouth that started out as drool and led to drooly blood. It has now spread to his eye and makes his face look gnarly. My dad is so great with Shade, he administers his eye drops and dotes on him like a baby, something I could never stomach. The poor thing is in pain so hopefully, when my mom takes him to the vet tomorrow, they will put an end to this drool. As for right now, every time I walk in my room and look at him, I am reminded of the T-1000, the ficitonal android assassin from Terminator 2

Feature Emcee: Mr: Maintenance

Today was the last day of finals week for a large portion of the GSU population and, keeping with tradition, some numbskull decided to have a paper airplane throwing contest in the large foyer of GSU.

That's it everyone. A piece of paper folded up and thrown from the third floor balcony over and over again accompanied by a raucous narrative of the flight provided by the maintenance guy. I guess this activity was a way to "blow off steam" from the trimester, but at that moment? And for three hours? I would not have normally minded, but it was directly disturbing the popular study area on the balcony of the library. At one point, a woman came out and yelled at the emcee. He laughed at her. Apparently paper flight is more important than becoming a professional. Many have complained, nothing will be done about it.

Old Person Joke of the Day

Maybe I am just one of the lucky ones that is witness to old people acting like old people on more than one occasion, and here we go again!

I am at the Flossmoor library right now doing some reading, and this old woman just walked up to a younger man reading to tell him a joke. It went like this:

Woman: "Did you hear about the Bush's library that burned down in the White House?"
Confused Man: "Uh, no."
Woman: "2 coloring books and a box of crayons were destroyed!"

And before the man could even make a sound she goes, "It was a joke!" and walks away! Where is this pass that old people seem to get to do and say whatever the hell they want, and when do I get it!?

Fuck It

This reminds me of a dad flipping out...it makes me nervous!

I got a cat about a month ago and I named her Lady because that's what she is, a lady cat. My dad suggested "Pee-Pee 2" or "Pee-Pee junior" but I chose to stay away from those titles. Grey kitty had a bit of an awkward adjustment period with her which, most of the time, looked like this:

The joke in the Gaz household is that our Grey kitty is re-animated, much like the cat from Pet Semetary. She's so unpleasant and we have tried to be nice to her but she just ends up whining and having terrible breath. Angala says she will breathe in your soul at night if you keep your mouth open. I don't have a picture of Lady because my digital camera is broken but maybe this will do:

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! NOOOOO!!!!!! My lady has not been reduced to a pelt streched out by some guy in his office...but it does remind me of a storrrrryyyy! One of the first times Maria came to visit our house, my dad showed her how tall Grey kitty had gotten by stretching her out, much like that businessman/cat skin picture. That is a story that will be told and re-told for the rest of our lives. I tried to google image a picture that was an accurate representation of M'lady, but none of them do her justice. You all know what a tabby cat looks like: blackish, grey, white, brown and tiger-striped. This is slowly turning into a cat post overload. More on the cats to come. Goodnight!

Smarter Than the Average 4 y.o.

No need for a long explanation, I've been on vacation! I haven't posted in a while, my apologies, but I was bitten by the blog bug today at school during my lesson on interpreting standardized tests. I started my second trimester (I'm getting huge!)at Gov State in January, and I can't stop watching the Sopranos. I can't even stay on topic without talking about the show. I'm watching it RIGHT NOW! My mom and I have started somewhat of a book club but with t.v. watching this series, beginning with season 1. Here he is the cause and solution to all of our problems:


...and I am not referring to Patsy Parisi...OH!

One of my requirements as a fledgling speech-language pathologist (SLP) is to learn how to give a standardized measurement tool, also known as, a test. I have to administer, interpret, and report these tests and it just so happened that I was able to use Sean Healy as one of my test subjects.



I went over to Becky's while they were out of town and assessed Sean using the TOSS-P. I tested Sean on his receptive and expressive language abilities using label identification, category stating, and function identifying. I was in the library today while grading his test and I couldn't help but laugh a few times at his responses. When asked to describe what an announcement was for Sean replied, "doing something". This was question 70 out of 103, so I think he was getting a little restless. At one point, Sean flipped the script and began asking me questions and attempting to grade my responses. He showed me a picture and asked "What's silly?" and then I would have to point to something that I thought was silly. Since, the pictures on the test are pretty straight forward, it was hard to choose. After pointing to what I thought was "silly", Sean would mark on a piece of paper my "score". Hopefully I passed.

I finished scoring his test today, and his age equivalency score is 4 years, 9 months! That means he's 9 months smarter than his age! Bravo Sean!

I Need to Learn This

I'm a little behind in the times posting this video, but learning the dance to Beyonce's song "Put a Ring On It" is my goal for Christmas break. The trimester ends on December 15th and Winter block doesn't start until January 5th. That means I have 20 days total to perfect my moves...do you think I can do it? Maybe it will be my Holiday challenge and if I complete it, I will have someone tape it out in the snow like this guy. I will mimic the moves of Beyonce but follow guy in the snow's lead in terms of wardrobe and setting. Happy Day Before Thanksgiving everyone!