She Won't Cooperate
Renee Smith
- Location
- Hell Town, Texas, ObamaNation
- Birthday
- July 20
- Bio
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12:33PM - “I could not have said it
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Gatsby.
Runners-Up
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Meany, The
Time
Traveler'…”
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Renee Smith's Links
Miss Darling Grades Essays
This morning Miss Darling would like to share actual excerpts from her students' work. Miss Darling teaches 9th grade English, or rather English I. This particular assignment was to write a characterization essay (describe the character traits and motivation) of one of the two main characters i… Read full post »
Miss Darling and the Lesson Plans
Leaving Mr. Pretty’s office, Miss Darling made a quick stop by her mailbox. Inside she found 3 forms. The first was a tiny slip of pink paper again reminding Miss Darling that she had “failed to attend” morning duty and further, that her presence in the hallway in front of the&… Read full post »
Kat Darling's True & Horrible Tales of Teaching in Texas
This is Part I of the true and horrible tales of the Texas public school system or the real reason why teaching is the worst career in the world.
Today is an ordinary day in Stepford High School. The trek to work takes longer than usual, or just about the same… Read full post »
Plastic Soul
I believe that, far from being luxury items, arts and culture are a necessity in our lives, as individuals and as nations. Culture is the strongest ambassador of the human condition we exchange around the world. Countries may go to war but it is culture that unites us. The arts… Read full post »
Lucas Missing

Today is a sad fucking day and that's the only way I can describe it. I made the decision to do what's right for my family, my family being my two daughters, 3 cats, and 5 month old Lab puppy.
I brought Lucas (named after Lucas Scott in One Tree… Read full post »
Full Circle: I'm a Native, She's a Native
Last Sunday was the 32nd Anniversary Party for the Natives at Dan Electro's in Houston. I took my daughter, Elaine, with me along with my friend Danny. Danny and I shared a great deal of our misspent youths hanging out at a plethora of gin joints laughing, drinking, dancing our way… Read full post »
What I Now Know About Me
Next year my baby is going off to college. She reminds me of this daily, lest I forget for a moment and sink into the luxury of denial. This past weekend we watched Marley and Me, which was apropos given that we adopted a chocolate lab puppy just 2 weeks ago. I must… Read full post »
Happy Mother's Day Ode to Me: I Got Your Crazy
Here it is, the eve of Mother's Day and I am one breath and a couple hundred dollars away from a shaved head and a pink lipstick kiss tattoo. I got my Britney-Crazy on. You think I'm crazy? I got your crazy.
In one month I will… Read full post »
The Night Flight From Houston
The Night Flight From Houston
I love to fly. By that I mean, the act of flying itself--not simply traveling, but the take off and landing and turbulence. It is magic that never dulls, never tarnishes. It is the closest I will ever become to an… Read full post »
Paris, dreaming
Paris, dreaming
I dream of Paris
and punk boys
and sleeping without an alarm
and things I cannot have
and wonder why
my mind races
always taking notes for next time
truly somehow believing that this
life is in fact
a dress rehearsal
just like how someday I will… Read full post »
Hell in Eyeliner (swagger 2)
There is honor in obedience
The Bible, at least the teachers-preachers-leaders, tells you so.
The defense is always, what if
The Bible is right?
Maybe The Great Gatsby is right?
Jay Gatsby
died
for somebody’s sins
maybe
Mine.
Maybe the clean cool
Blu… Read full post »
Truth, truth, lie?
1. When I was 19 I was sitting outside a music venue in Houston called the Agora Ballroom and this couple stopped. She was named Snow White. He asked me to pose for Hustler and gave me his card. I didn't. A year later I ran into them again, they recognized… Read full post »
Swagger Part I.
Swagger Part I.
There is perfection in swagger
the sure surety of knowing your enemy
knowing your demons
and standing on the side of the line
in the sand
that is right without question
and to take that swagger
and live it from the tips of your fingers
to… Read full post »

Annie Hall. Annie Hall--these are my two favorite words in cinema. My second favorite two are Pulp Fiction, but that's for another time. This is not a list.
I have been in love with Annie Hall since I saw it on the big screen at Houston's (and the world's) first… Read full post »
I was Chris Browned......or I Had Drinks, 2
So while the world is wrestling with how it could be that sweet young Chris Brown smashed in the face of our beloved adopted sweetheart Rihanna, I find myself wrestling mentally with the concept of The Relationship with Rat Bastard in which I wrestled daily the years we were together.
My Very Own Free Pass Top 10 or Magic 21
1. Billie Joe Armstrong
2. George Clooney
3. Gavin DeGraw
4. Chris Martin
5. Casey Affleck
6. Johnny Depp
7. Rocco Dispirito
8. Barack Obama
9. John Cusak
10. David Bowie
Next 5........
11. David Ducovney
12. Anderson Cooper
13. Justin Timberlake
14. Michael C. Hall
15. Blair Underwood … Read full post »

First of all, I know who Sterling Morrison is. So that should tell you something about me. I'm not stating something pompous or some snotty superiority, although certainly in some circles (such as those who used to hang out at Valhala's--the graduate bar at Rice University) it co… Read full post »
Judgement...never a good idea.
So. Of course I know that one should not judge for all the reasons morally correct and politically correct. I also know that we do judge--especially about moral issues and what we would never do. When our friends' lives unfurl like Lifetime movies around us, we are quick to say, "I'd… Read full post »
Gratitude
My Top Ten Things I Am Grateful For in 2008 (while it appears there is a strict order, there cannot be in these things--other than #1)
10. My new bed.
9. Season 3 of Dexter & Season 1 of True Blood.
8. Visiting North Carolina.
7. My job--the fact that… Read full post »
And my final selection for Sexiest Man. . . George Clooney
Ah, George. What more need be said? Beauty. Elegance. Charm. Activism. Humor. Talent. Compassion. Intelligence. Friends like Brad Pitt. A villa in Italy. . . . .and single... . . . .
Barack the Man.......the sexiest
Is there anything sexier than a glowing smile, a stature that wears clothes as Jimmy Stewart's did, a man of integrity and power, a charm with his wife and children, a man of truth in a gorgeous suit? Ah, I didn't think so. Yes he can. Read full post »
Billie Joe Armstrong is the Sexiest Man Alive

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day is the Sexiest Man Alive. With his floppy hair, eyeliner, small stature, and the best known punk growl and snarl in the business he is walking sex......and the fact that he's married to his lifelong love, has 2 children he takes on tours, and… Read full post »
The Thing With Feathers
It is 6 days until we can breathe again, until I can breathe again. When I was watching Mr. Obama's speech during the DNC I felt this strange sensation that I haven't felt in such a long time--since my eldest was 4 years old and my baby was a baby. It… Read full post »
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Updates
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A Royal Pain in the Icing
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My Worst Thanksgiving Ever
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Video Proof That Glenn Beck Decreases Domestic Violence
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Foreclosure:A Juvenile Delinquent With A Delinquent Mortgage
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Just In Case You Thought You Might Fall In Love with Me
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The Dokken Factor and Other Dating Deal Breakers
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'Bye, guys!
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Not how I expected to get on Jeopardy!
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