I think there are about five guys present in this packed theatre. Caroline has gotten six of us girls tickets to see the latest rage in Hollywood chickflickdom: He's Just Not That Into You. We giggle excitedly as we take our seats in the posh Empire Theatre, the sight of hundreds of movie premiers, and waste no time retrieving our snuck-in candy from our purses. I wonder how many celebrities have sat in this very seat. I think as I munch on my maltesers. Rather than having only one storyline, the film is a conglomeration of stories that intertwine as we slowly see how the characters are connected. It's stacked with an all-star cast, which seems to be the trendy thing to do these days. Like, let's see how many huge stars we can fit into ... read more

Stephanie: Homemade chili Catherine: Guacamole dip, chips, and litte cream cheese rolls Me: Sweet cornbread Catherine, Steph, and I sit on the air mattress and eat while we watch The Family Stone, which I'd never seen before, but rather enjoyed (surprisingly). I really wanted to see Journey's opening act, but we miss it somehow. Journey rules, y'all. Jennifer Hudson sings the best version of the national anthem I think I've ever heard. I get all teary-eyed, probably because I've been feeling all patriotic lately. Anyway, it's a great game. I'm pulling for the Cardinals, because they'd be such unlikely winners. We don't get ANY of the Superbowl commercials here! As the game continues, snow begins to fall in London. And it doesn't stop. I keep running to the window and checking out the accummulation, saying, "Snow, ... read more

Police are investigating an incident involving some of my students. Four boys from my school, two of which are my students, came across a cat in their neighborhood and started hurting it. Enjoying the cat's pain, they continued to do one thing to it after another. I won't go into detail about what they did, because I wish I could get those images out of my mind. Upon learning what they did to this innocent cat, my throat closes up, my stomach lurches, and tears spring to my eyes. But not enough tears to actually cry. My students tortured a cat to death. I assume it was in their neighborhood, because a girl (whom I also teach) heard the cat screaming and ran outside. She's a tough cookie, a little on the bitchy side. She can ... read more

I've never seen so much bullying in my life. The kids at this school literally have no regard for each other. They are heartless and cruel. It makes me sick. We have a situation where these four obnoxious girls are bullying a quiet, introverted boy. He's about fed up with it, so he's starting to lash out at them in retaliation. At the end of my class, last period of the day on Fridays, I have the students put their chairs on their desks so the floor can be cleaned. While the chairs were up, one of the girls acted like she was going to push the chair into the little boy's face, just to watch him flinch so they could all laugh at him. She accidentally hit him in the face with it. He was ... read more

One of the ladies who works in the front office at school has cancer from asbestos. It's all over the school and in practically every building in England. At home, schools are condemned, torn down and rebuilt if they have asbestos. Here, they'd have to tear down the whole country to get rid of it. It's just everywhere. So we've been planning a fundraiser ball for Nicky to raise money for asbestos cancer awareness. I had assumed the fundraiser was for her and her family, because cancer treatment is expensive. Then I remembered, Oh, yeah! Universal health care. They don't have to pay for her cancer treatment. So the money is going to charity. Megan, the beautiful music teacher, has been assigned the task of recruiting teachers to sing a couple of songs for the ball. ... read more