david hasselhoff, why raw rock kills, and weed at last

ladies and gentlemen, to your left you'll find the picture of the incredibly hot guy we all know (and germans love), david hasselhoff. i recently found out that his second marriage is sadly ending in divorce after over a decade of happiness. now, you might be thinking, "where's she going with this?" or perhaps, "who cares?" well, the reason this is of interest to me is because my family has had to man the phonelines at our house to make sure that mr. hasselhoff isn't trying to hook up with his high school hottie. still confused? allow me to enlighten you: hasselhoff dated my mom in high school. i don't make this stuff up, folks. he was 14, she was 16, and they met doing theater in atlanta. he was her romeo, and she was his juliet (literally). growing up in the 80s and 90s, we couldnt avoid the man in our household. my dad was a fan of knight rider (although, we weren't allowed to talk about it), and then of course came the big acting phenomenon of baywatch. add to that the fact that my dad is half german, and there are all kinds of jokes waiting to be made. anyhow, if david calls, i'll let you know.

in other news: last night i died. ok, i lied, obviously. last night i saw my first live showbread show at le morte rouge. i just threw the fact that it was at le morte rouge b/c i think it's a cool name. moving on. the show was a lot of fun. the roundtable and oakstreet thesis also played and they all did an amazing job. there was a weird culmination of several of my worlds last night. i saw a few people i know from church. i saw a few of my students (who thought it was really cool that i was there -- not lame like im trying to be the cool teacher or anything), and then there was matt davis, featured 2nd from the right in this picture of showbread. matt and i met in 2nd grade at hesse elementary school. i remember coming home the first day of school (matt was a "new kid" in our class, which was mostly the same kids every year we were at hesse) and telling my mom that i wanted to marry him. im not sure i have those same feelings today, but nonetheless, it was really cool to see all the guys play the songs that i've actualy been listening to for over a year now. i remember back in the day matt and my friends barry, josh, and another matt were in a band called johnny angel. they were pretty good. they even opened for five iron in atlanta one time. anyhow, the show last night was a lot of fun, so, sorry if you missed it.

and finally, weed at last. we've been working on public speaking the past two weeks in class. last week, of course, we did dr. king's speech, "i have a dream." this past week i worked on persuasive speeches with my students. they picked their topics in the beginning of the week and then we worked on drafting and going over the "how-to's" of good speech delivery. well, there was a broad range of topics covered yesterday in all of my classes. the three most popular topics were: abortion, school uniforms, and the legalization of marijuana. my fifth period class is particularily fun, but one kid is just ridiculous, and i love him for it. patrick gave a speech on the issue of marijuana and why it should be legalized, and his closing statement? "weed at last, weed at last. thank god almighty, there's weed at last!" i cried i was laughing so hard, to be honest.

over and out.