During a discussion about segregation in a novel, I had a sidebar convo with a black student about whether he'd go to the white side of town. His response:

"No! Why would I go there if they don't want me? Unless...I'd only go if I needed white clothes."
Me: "what does that mean?"
Him: "You know, white people clothes. Not like you're wearing. Like slacks--not even khakis--slacks with shoes that aren't tennis shoes and shirts with stripes tucked in."
Me: "Like church clothes?"
Him: "Yeah, but not even as cool as that. But you don't wear white clothes. In high school, you didn't care. I can tell. You were just like 'we do how we do' and you were in the in crowd. Not like the other teacher I bet always held the class back asking questions."

Conclusions:
All white people don't wear white clothes, but all white clothes are lame.
I am embarrassingly proud of an 11 year old assuming I was cool in high school.

The woman at dunkin' donuts made my coffee perfectly this morning. gonna be a good day. (it's the little things)

Magnets!

Latest craft push: magnets.

(upside down sticker magnets apparently. it shows as right side up before i post it!)

I need lots of magnets for my job, so I decided to try them myself. Super easy, super fun. I just went to Michael's and got 1" magnets and flat marbles/gems, like you'd use for flower arrangements. I also got quick-grip all purpose glue.

I tried a couple different things to go under the marble. With all of them, I glued the picture/cardstock to the marble, then the marble to the magnet. (I used cardstock as the background for stickers and for photos to make it sturdier.

Stickers worked best, as seen in the picture above. Photos worked ok, but I had issues with glue bubbles. I'd try pictures again, but next time using a clamp.


The worst was anything with glitter...glitter paper or glitter stickers. The glitter just didn't show well through the glass, and if I moved the backing at all the glitter released from the backing and spread throughout the glass.

All in all, a fun project that I'll keep coming back to!