tetetetigi

Concerning Me:

I'm a mid-twenties educator-in-training in the Twin Cities, currently Doing Good at one workplace, and Selling Clothes at another.  I have an advanced degree in an ancient language, and though I don't use it in my day-to-day life, I like to think achieving that degree is important in and of itself.

That is me in the picture wearing a hat my dad gave me (It says "Cheese Pleasers" which sounds like the greatest porn-n-dairy shop in central Wisconsin.) I swear, even though my mom says it's not ladylike (and I'm a friggin' lady).  I've been struck by lightning, taught Latin to little kids, jumped into a frozen lake, and embarrassed myself in front of David Sedaris (who basically makes a living writing about himself and others doing embarrassing things).   A professor of mine once referred to me as being "of solid midwestern stock" which I suppose was in reference to my amplitude. 

Concerning Others:

Recurring names like "Pineapple" and "Little Bundle of Common Sense" refer to my current roommates.  Pineapple is also the other half of my brain. K-Jo and Lyz-o complete the awesome trifecta that is Pineapple, K-Jo and Lyz-o.  The Angry Dwarf Star was my roommate and platonic bestie when I lived in Illinois.  Bubbles was my other platonic bestie.  The Starlet is my gay boyfriend.  Sunshine is my brother who does not smile.  Professor Hermano is my other brother, and I just gave him that nickname!  Neither brother is as cool as their respective wives.  Skunkmunkie is LBCS's significant other whom I like to make fun of for no apparent reason.

Concerning MagPo:

We have three types of Magpo on our fridge (insult, romance, and yiddish), and I periodically take pictures of our creations and post them here.

Concerning Blogging:

I blogged for five years at Livejournal and moved here for myriad reasons of my own choosing.  That LJ still exists in friends-only mode, in case I ever become awesome enough to have a blog on my own domain and decide to bring some of my favorite entries with me.  This is a personal blog, so I'll blog about everything that I damn well feel like.  Teaching, politics, my hair, frivolous things, how awesome my dog is, Project Runway, and so on.  I also have a blog that I use to talk about how rad Lifetime movies are, but I sorely neglect that blog because I'm busy and lazy.  Both. At the same time.

tetetetigi is Latin for "I so totally touched you!"  Tigi is the obvious shortening of it.  Motown Throwdown comes from a marquee my friends and I once saw in Downtown Minneapolis.

If anyone ever feels the urge to make me a better blogmasthead or layout, please let me know.  I would pay you in snugglebucks.


Concerning Weenises:

Yes, that's a plastic weenis straw in the drink being thrust on my totally amateur blogmasthead.