Oh, so vintage?

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

OUTRAGE.
At our faculty meeting this afternoon our Vice Principal informed us that we were under NO circumstances allowed to discuss Hurricane Katrina with our students. If we overheard students discussing it amongst themselves, we were to put a stop to it. Apparently the subject is just too distressing and emotionally trying to allow our children to hear about. But the real reason is that one of the Vice Principal's precious favorites had a grandmother in Biloxi who they have not heard from. So I must rearrange my whole curriculum for the beginning of the year because the subject is 'just too sensitive'.
I raised my hand in disbelief and asked "as an Environmental Science teacher, I am supposed to ignore this subject?" to which I was told I could teach about hurricanes later in the year, but not at this time. I was told "show them a video of the tsunami, but don't talk about hurricanes". Now, if the Tsunami wasn't one of the most harrowing, heart wrenching sights on the face of this earth nothing was. Not to discount this one in ANY way, but honestly was he serious!?
I'm absolutely, 100% outraged by this. I'm so dumbfounded that I work at a school district who would prefer that I coddle my children, lie to them, ease them into a false sense of security, pretty much stick their heads in the sand and teach them to be irresponsible adults who should not face reality as it comes but instead choose to ignore it's validity. I'm disgusted that a man with such thoughts (or lack there-of) and opinions would have ANY influence on my children, my friend's children, my relative's children, or any children period.
I fully believe that this ignorance is bliss attitude is the root of all evil and is the cause of the gradual downfall of our society. We are living through one of the most historic events of our lifetimes. What better way to teach children about something then when it is really happening. Nothing is a better teacher than the actual experience. Am I to ignore the fact that people have lost lives, that they NEED massive amounts of help? What a tremendous opportunity we could have to show the students how important it is to stand together and help one another. For crying out loud the Wal-Mart parking lot was covered with trucks full of personal belongings and displaced people just looking for a place to be. If we don't teach children to band together and respond appropriately to such situations how will they ever know how to react to these situations? Will they laugh in an awkward way in response to devastation because no one ever taught them otherwise? Or heaven forbid will they be the ones next time who were too ignorant to leave the city in the face of a hurricane because they weren't educated about such events in an effort to 'spare their feelings'?
I'm supposed to detach these kids from reality all for the sake of their feelings? Well WAKE THE FUCK UP! Life is not easy, it's not pretty and when you watch a man on the TV talking about losing his wife when his house split apart, YOU SHOULD CRY. You should be emotionally ripped apart at the tragedy. Life is hard, it is messy, it's not fair, it's not always pretty, you don't always get what you want and YES, people die. It's called being human. It's called reality. It's called knowing what's going on so you can prevent it next time.
I just don't know what else to say about this. I'm going to pray about it and trust that God will take care of it as he intends.

♥Oh, so vintage... 9:17 PM

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Amazing that Absolute Destruction can look so peaceful.
So set him up,
Let him fall.
Turn him over in your hands.
God save the King of New Orleans.

♥Oh, so vintage... 3:13 PM

How many times have I heard this?

Virgo
August 23 - September 21You are a hard and conscientious worker, dear Virgo, and sometimes you work so hard that you neglect to take any time for yourself. This is admirable in the short run, but stupid in the long run. You do no one any good if you burn out from sheer exhaustion. You must learn how to pace yourself and balance your life in such a way that there is ample time for work, play and meditation.

♥Oh, so vintage... 3:11 PM

Friday, August 26, 2005

GOOD NEWS!!!
I'm CPR certified!!!

♥Oh, so vintage... 10:46 AM

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

If on the path you don't meet your equal, it's best to travel alone. There's no fellowship with fools.
Dhammapada

♥Oh, so vintage... 10:03 PM

I know I'm a little late, but here's the wedding pics.

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AZNHDFk2ZNWLa&notag=1

♥Oh, so vintage... 9:58 PM

LOVE & MARRIAGE...

Mrs. Turner has a new rabbit, and Mrs. Swensen has a new rabbit. One is a girl and one is a boy (we think). So as a "genetics experiment" we're going to breed these rabbits. However, when placed in the same cage, the rabbits would not even look at each other. This greatly distressed Jimmy, one of our favorite students. Jimmy therefore, decided that the rabbits were shy and couldn't "do it" because they weren't married and it just didn't seem appropriate. So, in approximately 30 minutes the science department will conduct a formal ceremony to marry these lovebirds. Now I know that an arranged marriage isn't always what its cracked up to be, but I have faith that these star crossed lovers will find wedded bliss this evening when the lights are down low. Ms. Bergland's turtle, Simon is to be the best man.

reasons I love my job.

♥Oh, so vintage... 2:15 PM

Monday, August 22, 2005

And So it is...
just like you said it would be
life goes easy on me
most...of the time

I'm tired. I miss my friends. I miss my house. I miss my life. I miss my music. I miss my guitar. I miss my parents. I miss my bed. I miss having a last call of the day, oh wait...I never had that, ha.

♥Oh, so vintage... 10:55 PM

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Time for an update...
Life's been a whirlwind of activity! Auxiliary line from 9am-7pm and sometimes sleep, and sometimes food. In service starts Friday and tomorrow is my last day to sleep late. My girls are doing great and my kiddos are growing up SO fast! On a side note...

Man of Conviction.
I saw Brandon Rhyder last night at the Mucky Duck and was TOTALLY 'enraptured' (as Wade said) with him. Loved it, bought the CD, Love it! He's amazing and that's all I can say. And so is the Mucky Duck, I'll be back there soon!

♥Oh, so vintage... 9:39 PM

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Paul and Wade with their spoils of War

taken by Lacy Cooper

♥Oh, so vintage... 5:44 PM

Fucked up like a turned over tackle box...

Weekend Rundown

Thursday at Tut's with our Jen was fabulous
Josh Ward was TIRED
Josh Norman was "fantastic"
Friday night stopping in to 'get ice' turned into a few hours more
Justin (a.k.a. sister kisser) was absolutely stunning with his lap dance
I will have him in nothing but an apron before we get married
Mr. Lunsford was less than desirable with his puking in the parking lot
Wade was adorable as always
And Paul...Jesus, Paul was HILARIOUS!
Paul and I had an 'intimate moment' when he fed me chips
Paul and Wade ROCK because the re-stole THE SIGN (yeah court, you know the one)
The wedding was B-E-A-UTIFUL
The Food was Delicious
The company at Triggers was Delicious
Mmmmm Mr. Galloway and his boot gave me a run for my money
Rex was entertaining as always, such a nice guy
The company afterwards was... for lack of abetter word, interesting
Tyler was in rare form "knocked the elastic right out of his fruit-a-looms"
Bradley thinks for some ungodly reason he is madly in love with me
The dogs got sprayed by a skunk
Sara pet the dogs
The dogs came in the house
The house smells like a skunk
Sara smells like a skunk
Rayburn has more love advice to give from his 21 years than Bradley and Tyler combined
Brody is H O T
I don't dig Porn, sorry
I've always wanted to say I was in a Hinton's bed, now I've been in both of them, haha.
Nothing says "I've got the munchies" quite like velveeta and rotel
I randomly text messaged Wade in my sleep a message 3 messages long
Chips and Salsa and Queso for lunch
Rick is leaving tomorrow
Amy moved in today
There's my weekend all summed up!

♥Oh, so vintage... 5:24 PM

Saturday, August 13, 2005

And the Smell of her hair hanging over me...
one of the sexiest, sweetest, saddests songs I know.

♥Oh, so vintage... 3:19 AM

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Yesterday
I had my body wrap which was awesome, lost a total of 13 1/2 inches all over. I've got another one saturday before the wedding. And to top it off, the lady that owns the place had a fit over my jewelry and insisted I bring some in for her to sell yesterday. So Lacy's Luxuries can now be found at C-baby's!

♥Oh, so vintage... 1:13 PM

Love Song For No One...
Wade Riley Tanner wrote a song for Me, Jessica, and their friend Sara Cross. Apparently it was for his "3 brokedown bitches". We've all been through a little hell here lately and he said he just didn't know what to do for us so he wrote us a song. A BEAUTIFUL song that made me cry.
So here it is...

Lately I know you've been feeling like a queen that lost her crown
and that somehow your heart missed the ground on it's way down
Maybe you've been wondering each and every day
is this feeling you got down deep in your soul is ever gonna go away

Well I got news
I can wash away your blues
just sit right here
and I'll show you how

Chorus
I'm gonna love you till the summer don't get hot no more
Till the next ice age comes and we're choppin up the house and making firewood out of the door
I'm gonna hug you till the last breath I take
Till the dinosaurs come back and they are ready to attack, and we have to up and run away
I'm gonna need you till the oceans stops making waves
Till they all dry up and we buy tickets to the Galveston Salt-capades

Right now I'm gonna wish I was right next to you so you wouldn't be walking the floor
or worried no more about ever having the blues
I'm gonna miss you when you're married and moved away
but just know you can come back if you run across a rainy day

Chorus
I'm gonna love you till the summer don't get hot no more
Till the next ise age comes and we're choppin up the house and making firewood out of the door
I'm gonna hug you till the last breath I take
Till the dinosaurs come back and they are ready to attack, and we have to up and run away
I'm gonna need you till the oceans stops making waves
Till they all dry up and we buy tickets to the Galveston Salt-capades

I love my friends so much, they are incredible.

♥Oh, so vintage... 1:43 AM

Monday, August 08, 2005

I love this bar...
I love the highs, the lows, the good times, the bad times, the surveillance cameras, the things that happen in the parking lot, dancing with Rayburn, dirty old men, stars on the water, 'hawg huntin', missing teeth, beautiful boys, bad pool games, boys bent over playing pool, boys who can't concentrate to play pool cause they are too busy checking you out, the new booths, the new coasters, $1.50 Lonestar, boone's farm, the pick up lines, the DIRTY old man who owns the place, the porch, the dogs in the back of the trucks, the muddy boots, the 'trotlines', the camper trailer parked out back for the 'security guy', knowing you can walk in the back door, the men's bathroom, the women's bathroom, the one in between those two, the jukebox, my two cds on the jukebox, and did I mention the men???

♥Oh, so vintage... 10:07 AM

Bald Eagle

taken by Lacy Cooper

♥Oh, so vintage... 12:45 AM

Pink Salmon Run

taken by Lacy Cooper

♥Oh, so vintage... 12:40 AM

Saturday, August 06, 2005

I know I promised vacation pictures forever ago, but I'm just now getting around to it. I'm sorta limited to dial up out here in the sticks, but you gotta work with what ya got. So here's what I got for now...

♥Oh, so vintage... 11:12 PM

Friday, August 05, 2005

The Princess Diaries...

It has occured to me in the past few days that I haven't pampered myself in years. I remember when doing girlie things was a weekly occurence. Now I can't remember the last time I painted my toenails, but less given myself a pedicure. Nor can I remember the last time I had a facial or just a long hot soak in the tub. So today things change. I made an appointment to have a seaweed wrap with my mother next monday. Yes, I, Lacy Cooper, am going to have seaweed touch my body willingly. Right now I'm sitting here pounding away at the keys with a lovely green clay facial mask on and last night I exfoliated my hands. After I finish my facial I'm going to do my toenails. I'm going to start pampering myself regularly. Maybe I'll come to expect it and the next man I meet will want to pamper me. I need some pampering. I did WAY too much pampering the last time around and received nothing in return. IT'S MY TURN!

♥Oh, so vintage... 11:24 PM

Trailer Fabulous
If you haven't seen this show yet you MUST see it. I haven't laughed that hard in ages! It's absolutely classic! I think I'm in love with the gay guy though. He's hot in that skanky sort of way...

♥Oh, so vintage... 4:25 PM

why I love this boy...

LRC91080: alright kiddo I'm going to bed I need my sleep
b roach908: well ya dont need beauty sleep :-)
b roach908: you got too much of that
LRC91080: aww! you are so sweet! A girl can't hear that often enough!

on an different note, Amy told me today that I looked like I was 15. I'm not sure what she meant by that. She said I looked really young today, I'm going to attribute it to this absolute youthful exuberance I've attained after my breakup. ;)

♥Oh, so vintage... 12:01 AM

Thursday, August 04, 2005

In the essence of positive change...
I've gone with a new name for my blog because I feel like the old one is just too negative.

♥Oh, so vintage... 8:49 PM

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

For those of you interested in the REAL story...go HERE.

♥Oh, so vintage... 12:04 AM

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

In the essence of stalking, here's one for ya...

Text messages from earlier today
Jason-I'll be there in 15 minutes
Me-Why did you just send me a text message?
Jason-Sorry Mistake
Me-Well maybe you should erase my number.
Jason-No
Me-haha, Give it back, it's mine!

Why in God's name would he not erase my number? I erased his. What if he never leaves me alone. What if it's just like every other time when he calls me in 2 months and then in another 2 months after I blow him off like I did last time? Holy Mother of God what if he turns into a stalker???

No really, I don't think he'll be a stalker. but he might be harder to get rid of than that nasty smell that gets in your laundry when you let it sit in the washer for a week before drying it.
can we say PSYCHO???

♥Oh, so vintage... 7:28 PM

Monday, August 01, 2005

I'm ok, I'm alright, Carry on...

As I'm lying on the floor in my room looking up at the various things I've got on my ceiling I'm thinking about the past few years of my life. Thinking about the memories, the experience, the miles, the friends lost and gained and I realize, he was just another adventure in my amazing life.

I woke this morning a new woman and the tears I cry are not for him, but are for absolute relief at knowing the world belongs to me, and I am incredible, never doubt it. When you face the scariest thing in your world right in the face and still have the strength to walk away. You know you can do anything. When the person you love most in the world can tell you that they don't feel the same way about you and apparently never did. You can close the door that you've been stuggling to shut for a year and a half. You can start over and although sometimes that's scary it's also the most unlimited type of freedom you can have handed to you. I poured my heart and soul out in a letter that should have won some type of award and got the absolute most empty 'brief' response I've ever experienced, well...short of no response at all. I can walk away with no regrets, no remorse, no hard feelings because I just don't have it left in me to care anymore.

I can breathe again, really really deep, and it doesn't hurt. I can be confident that I'm amazing and that I'm more proud of what I did yesterday than anything else I've ever done in my life. For once I stood up for myself and took care of me, not him, not my friends, not my parents, ME. I have dreams, so many dreams that I can't even write them all down. I want to spend the rest of my life down to the last breath making those dreams come true. I have no doubt whatsoever that I will make them come true.

I feel absolutely unstoppable this morning sitting here typing away in my pj's listening to Pat Green. Because when nothing else in the world can cure what ails me, Pat Green can. Call me crazy but when some people were off finding God, I was finding Pat Green. All the things that came along with it in the next few years saved my threadbare gypsy soul.

I've had an amazing summer and I'm proud that I didn't give up my friends. I'm proud of how much beer I drank. I'm proud that when I walk into school I have beautiful children absolutely knock me down to come tell me hi and that they love me. I'm proud of my life and who I've become and I'm proud of my friends and who they are becoming. I'm proud to know that I will continue to succeed and excel at anything I choose.

So here's to me and my crazy tragic sometimes almost magic awful beautiful life.

♥Oh, so vintage... 10:40 AM

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