Songs and Spirit

Here are the October Tunes. A mix of some indie stuff, songs that I listened to a lot this summer (but couldn't figure out how to get the iTunes mix to publish) and some poppy stuff that's been on rotation. I think that "Nothin' On You" is listened to at least once a day. Sorry I'm not sorry.

It was spirit week at school, culminating in our Halloween fun. We had Pajama Day, Crazy Hair Day, Sports Day (wear athletic gear or whatever supports your favorite team), Grade Level Color Day (careful to avoid gang colors, of course) and Costumes! Here are a few pics from Friday.

The English department as Lady Gagas and Alejandro. Amazing!

If you check my last post, you'll see that these boys are dressed as my friend, NK. They have it down...even the Gatorade and the black backpack! Uncanny!

The math department. I'm a lurking variable over there in the corner. We've got Matha-magic, a Natural Log, the 9th grade math teacher dressed as the 9th grade Physics teacher, Polor Coordinates, and a Tan Gent. Yup. We're nerds.

One of our student teachers as Superman. "Your wait is over," he said.

Our fearless leader on his birthday. Love him.

N L C S!

Today was a great day. Bucket list worthy.

At 4:25, K, N and I got on the train, heading north to the city. We were going to a baseball game.

N had been on a boat with his students, so he was not feeling well at all. Here he is, post whale watch. Not adding value.

When we got to the park, for the National League Championship Series Game 4, Giants v. Phillies. You might think that with a 2-0 lead by the Giants, N might have perked up. You would be wrong.

This is the last of me happy for a while because this was taken before: 1) the Phillies fan in front of me got in the beer line got in a literal fist fight with a Giants fan over nothing and I almost got hit with a punch as I tried to break it up and 2) a guy was in the women's room to announce that the Giants scored a run and to use a stall. It was tough for a few innings while I tried to recover.

Definitely not perked up.

Given that the K, N, and I are 3/4 of the GTL gang (we all watch Jersey Shore together on Fridays), we loved this part of the game!

Hey! There's a smile. Good to have you, N! This was right before a single in the bottom of the 9th lead to a Giants win. It was pretty great. I kept score if anyone wants a recap. Hoping for good news tomorrow night.