You've Got No Mail

Today I lost a dear friend. My UNI e-mail account was officially deleted. This dear friend has been there through thick and thin for over four and a half years. From the day I chose my user name to sometime early this morning, I have never been let down. Over the years I have received fun e-mails from family and friends, class cancellations (rarely, but hey... it happened!), and even job opportunities. DAYLE@UNI.EDU was survived by an older brother and a younger sister, both residing at the yahoo.com domain. Any messages sent to the deceased will be lost in cyberspace or returned to you by that crazy mailer-daemon. In other news, I really enjoy Yahoo! Mail Beta. While it loads the program you are entertained by an animation of a man being chased by an ostrich.

Feed Your Inner Mexican

I was recently inspired to share with you an Australian ad for McDonalds. I saw the commercial so many times while I was there it was ridiculous. Looking back on it now makes me wonder even more why they thought this was good marketing. I tried to find the actual video, however I was unsuccessful. There is another version of the ad campaign that features small children. Watch the clip, but imagine a small mustached Mexican man in full Mariachi attire carrying a guitar who climbs out of a white guy and goes to the counter at McDonalds to order the "legendary" El Maco! The only word I can think of to describe it is RIDICULOUS! Stinks that I couldn't find the original commercial.

McDonalds Ad

Ready, Set....Happiest Place on Earth!

Who: You (Unless you're a cyber-stalker who doesn't really know us) and any other connectedly campy people since this is an open invitation

What: A truly magical experience with amazingly wonderful people to the happiest place on earth

When: November 20 - 25, 2007 (For all you teacher friends, this probably means only taking one to one-and-a-half days off of school due to the holiday); 10 months and 5 days to save money for smashed pennies with pictures of the seven dwarfs on them and fast passes and swims in character shaped pools and curbside seats while wearing your glow-in-the-dark necklaces at the Spectromagic parade and going 0 to 60 on Aerosmith's Rock'n'Roller Coaster and photographs with Aladdin and Jasmine and getting the tune "It's a Small World After All" stuck in your head and seeing the new additions to the Pirates ride and visits to foreign countries Epcot style and riding Space Mountain till you puke and hearing the history of our nation in the Hall of the Presidents and spinning around on a giant gray elephant and getting sea sick on the spinning teacups and spending an hour's wages on a silhouette-shaped ice cream bar on a stick.

Where: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and MGM Studios
We think it would be good to stay on the site to get the most bang for our buck!

Why: An unnamed family has infected us with their Disney fever and the only cure is more mouse ears and pictures of camp friends busting their move at the Cinderellabration


M - I - C (See ya real soon)
K - E - Y (Why? Because we like you, a lot.)
M - O - U - S - E!!!

Disclaimer: We are NOT being crazy. We're seriously planning a trip to Florida in November and just want to see if anyone else is even remotely interested. We wanted to give you a heads up so you can start saving now.

I'm a Real Teacher Now

Hello blogland! I'm back from a nice long Christmas Break! Hopefully I'll blog more frequently. I can't make promises though. I break them, just ask Debra.

I had my very first day as a licensed teacher today. It was awesome. First of all, I would never have told you before today that I would enjoy teaching middle school band. Fortunately, I had no time to think about it. I got the call at 7:40 and was on the job in less than an hour. I taught fifth grade lessons all day except for a couple of other-graders and the fifth grade group rehearsal. I had two requests for instrument repair, the first being a trumpet and the second being a bassoon brought in by my neighbor! Hooray for friendly faces! As for the repairs... I was of little help there. Fifth grade band rehearsal went so much better than I could have hoped. I have a deep sense of respect for those willing to take on the daily task of teaching middle schoolers armed with instruments. I think my ear drums are still feeling the effects of those trumpet lessons.