It’s my last week with my seniors. So I’m ending physio class with a bang: fetal pig and cat dissections. One kid cried, another (future marine) had to leave. Other than that, there were happy faces all around.
FYI, all students pictures are over 18 and have given consent for the photos.
It’s teacher appreciation week. I got some love today. Warm fuzzies all over.
SF weather is bi-polar sometimes. One day it’s 60 degrees and the next, boom! it’s 83 degrees. Yesterday was one of those freaky hot days. When this happens, everyone in the city comes outside and lounges in the sun. B, Bambi and I did just that at Dolores park. B called me a hipster. whateves, dude. There is nothing wrong with being awesome!
Switching gears, I didn’t get an chance to take any outfit photos last week, but I got one iPhone snap on friday! 
btw, these photos were taken using the Camera Awesome App.
The Beastie Boys have been a part of my musical life ever since I was old enough to really appreciate my own music. I spent hours looking at the CD liners for Check Your Head, Pauls Boutique and Ill Communication. For my 18th birthday, Henry Wong (one of my best friends in high school), braved the embarrassment of asking the Tower records employee where he could find “Hello Nasty” because he knew I loved them. When they came out with side projects, such as the BS2000 record, I snatched one up. I was (and still am) an uber fan, and I wanted to be their best friend. I had more than a few Beastie Boys T shirts including the one below in my sophomore ID
I idolized these three boys to no end. They made incredible music of all genres, they made really cool videos, they ran a cool record label, they looked cool, they designed cool clothes, had cool hair, everything about them was cool. My adolescent heros. A few of my favorites over the years:
I remember watching and taping the above SNL performance. I probably watched that tape a thousand times. Sigh. Sad to hear of Adam Yauch’s passing today.
It’s been silent here on Teachers Have Lives this week. I’ve been freaking out over the looming summer and getting all my lessons taught in what little time we have left. I only get 2 more weeks with my kids! I’ve been focusing on school stuffs and finishing up my BTSA stuff for a clear Cali credential. This means staying in my classroom from morning till eve and no chances to escape for outfit shots.
On another note, I’ve also been cleaning out my closet. It’s been difficult to do, due to “I swear I’ll wear that again, someday” type of thinking and “but I paid a lot for it!” remorse. With every item, i have to remind myself that 1) the less I move, the less it will cost me to move it, 2) B and I will be sharing our ONE closet in Brooklyn and 3) I haven’t worn the dress/shoes/jeans/top in well over one, two years even. Sigh. I went to Crossroads yesterday and sold 2 shopping bags worth of cute dresses and tops. 21 things sold…for a whopping $103. Booooo. One dress alone cost me $100 when I bought it. Hella Booooo. Oh well, like B said, those dresses weren’t making me any money sitting in a closet. Shucks.
So I’m streamlining. And while I’m at it, I’ve decided I need to change my look and start sticking to streamlined basics. Some photos for inspiration…
Photos from here and here, two blogs that I’ve been style stalking for a while.
With our move to the east coast looming, B and I are trying to squeeze in as much Northern Cali as we can. I want to do all my favorite things and see all my favorite people as much as possible before I leave. My list was hella long, but I’ve been working on whittling it down. checked two off this weekend.
10 mile hike through Robert Louis Stevenson state park by Calistoga. I struggled a bit with the climb, but in the end it was worth it.
Next up was a trip to Great America. Last time I came here it was on a physics class field trip. Rides haven’t progressed much. The biggest change was the names of the rides. Paramount doesn’t own Great America anymore, and they’ve changed the name of my favorite ride from “Top Gun” to “Flight Deck”. meh.
Sandy won me a Domo 🙂
Pulp is playing a show tonight in SF. One of my all time favorite band from my high school days. Seriously amazing. I was not one of the lucky few who got tickets within the first few minutes before they sold out. I am so green with envy.
To console myself, I’m listening to as many Pulp songs as I can during the 40 min we have for lunch. Students are already giving disgusted looks and asking why Im listening to country. Bah. Kids these days don’t know good brit pop when they hear it!
I have to remind myself that in instead, I have Gotye tickets for tonight!
I’m a Forever 21 sunglass sucker. I was just browsing the shop and saw the sunglass display from across the room. It sucked me in like a tractor beam. Who can resist such cheeky prints on sunglasses? For a whopping $3?!?! With such cute sunglasses at F21 (although not very imaginative shapes) for virtually pocket change these days (you can’t even get a latte for $3 anymore), who would spend over $100 for Ray-Bans?
Though I suppose Ray-Bans aren’t made with little tiny children hands somewhere in south east asia. I can only assume that my F21 cheap-o sunnies are… With baby hands… Child labor… OMG, I’m a horrible person.
Today was easter sunday in San Francisco. This means, unless you have kids and are playing easter bunny, you are either at the Hunky Jesus Contest at Dolores Park or at the BYOBW race in Potrero Hill (18th street and Vermont, the real windiest street in SF). Last two years, I’ve made it out to see the ruckus (and my friend Nelson go zooming by on his tricycle) at the BYOBW event. This year I brought Bambi with me. She snuggled in my tote bag while we watched and interjected our staring here and there with “OOOoooooos, Whooooaaas, Dayyyyyym, and holy crap!” Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day. I love my hometown, SF.
We dissected sheep hearts today in my Physiology class. “this was the highlight of my year, Ms. Scheck”, a student said. That one tugged at my heart strings for sure. Which by the way, if you’ve never dissected a heart before, heart strings are a real thing. They hold your valves in place so to speak. Here they are below:
Today was a good day.
Teachers Have Lives Too! 
