Today was Dr. Suess's birthday. Hooray! He was such a wonderful writer, and did such great things for children and adult readers everywhere! So, to commemorate his birthday, I started class today with a reading of Oh, the Places You'll Go!. What a great, inspirational and motivational book! If you haven't read it before, you definitely should. Even my students, with the exception of first period, got into it. The ones that sat close to me even tried to read along with me! At the end, it said to never get your right foot confused with your left, and you could see the students looking at their feet trying to make sure they knew the difference! It really made for a great day. I love that book! Those of you with kids really should invest in this book. I, personally, had to borrow it, and upon thinking about it, realized how sad I am that I don't own my own copy! I must change that, and soon! TJ needs inspiration in his life!

Speaking of TJ, I went to get him today from Lancaster. When I got there he was jumping (yes, jumping!) off of the top of his toybox! I have to say, as much as it scared the living daylights out of me, he was doing a very good job at it! I swear, that child keeps getting older and older each day! We stopped at Subway on the way back home b/c I thought I would die if I didn't get some food, and he flirted with the girl that worked there. My son, barely a whopping two years old, and already a total player!

Oh, so we just finished watching the movie Paparazzi. You must see this movie. It was directed by Mel Gibson, but I don't think it got too much play or did too well in theaters. I'm assuming it was even in theaters. I rented it basically b/c it was directed by Mel Gibson, and I figured it must be good. I mean, look at his last movie! It was TOTALLY different than the Christ movie, but still great! This guy becomes famous, and the paparazzi are all over him, turning everything in his life into a scandal. He punches one of them one day when they take pics of his kid playing soccer, and the guy's buddies are taping it. He is crushed by the tabloids as some evil guy, and the game is on. It was good, and I wasn't expecting the ending. I have to say, it hit on some moral issues for me, but after all, it was just a movie. I do have some different feelings about tabloids and magazines now that have all kinds of candid pics of celebrities in them. I hadn't thought about what must be done to get those pics. I always wonder how they get pics of them getting gas and walking down the streets and stuff. I really think I may just stop looking at that stuff from now on. It doesn't seem right, and who the hell really cares about the lives of celebrities, anyway? I'll just stick to the Behind the Music's and shows like that when I want to learn more about celebrities. Then it's only what the celebrity approved, right? Of course, I'm sure those are all evil, too. Anyway, you really need to see this movie. Scary stuff!

Alrighty then, I must be going now. If you get a chance, you should add a little joy to your life soon and read a Dr. Suess book! They are all just so much fun! Have an awesome day, and I'll see you soon!