I missed out.


It has been awhile since I last visited this page. I wish I wrote more down; I've lost my writing edge (not that I am bragging that I actually ever had an edge but for awhile I thought I was pretty decent). I miss all my friends. I might have lost a great deal of friends since I became a teacher hermit. I apologize. My biggest regret the last 9 months is giving up my personal time in the name of my job. (Well, I can't really regret it, but I wish I could stay out or visit more often). The year passed too fast. Now , I feel like I finally caught my breath.

I am back at Mimi's. I love that place. Serving is an under appreciated art form. I am in awe of some of the servers that work there now. I won a six pack of beer tonight. 5 down. I made barely $400 in sales but walked with $90. Whew. I can pay some bills.

I finished a book about the 1917-1918 Flu.

Self is a great band.

It is 2AM and I am back on LJ.

Emily and I upgraded our cell phones. I now can "text message".

It is strange (and at the risk of sounding egotistical) I feel like the luckiest person in the world.

There is something I want to write about, but I lack the nerve. It comes from a question that was asked of me recently. "What was the hardest part of your first year?"

I miss my friends. I really do.

Some assignments I am giving as part of my multimedia class.


Movie Trailer
 


Music Video
 

So I haven't updated this thing in a billiozion years or so.

Life is very busy but very good.

I love what I do.


Right now I am in the midst of teaching Microsoft Movie Maker 2.

I have never used it before but I sat down and made a quick video as an example for an assignment my students will be working on.

Enjoy.


/superman 1941
 

Another Sunday spent with curriculum planning.

I don’t think I have the hang out all this yet. It is so stressful because I have such high expectations that I am always trying to reach. This leads to many disappointments as I am trying new material. Some of it works well; some of it, honestly, sucks. I keep thinking “this is how I am going to teach it next year…” Hindsight is 20/20.

Education is an area where everyone seems to be an expert. This makes talking about it hard since everyone wants to believe they know exactly how things should be.
“Here is what you should do…”
“Well, it is simple just make the students…”

Another example of how stupid the public education system is:
Teachers can accept tenure after three years.
I don’t think teachers should even get this.

Whew.
I can't believe how fast the semester is going. Everyday there are new challenges to overcome but so far the experience has been great. I have been picking up some serving shifts so I can be with Emily a bit more. The extra money is nice to. My next big project is to work on the school's website. I even got the school to pay for a workshop over Dreamweaver in Oct. It doesn't feel like work. I still have to clean out the room I am in. The student store is coming together. I wish I could stay in contact with everyone a bit more.

Emily and I are planning on going on a short vacation during my Fall Break. That is correct, students these days get a full week off. I think it is strange but since I also get an entire week off I won't complain.

Henry Rollins is coming to town and I got tickets right away. So should you.

I want to write a book.
I don't know why since I can't really write that well, but I want to write about teaching. The education world has some really great things going on , but also some really bad things as well.

Wow.
It is already the fourth week of classes. For the most part I am having an outstanding year. The tough moments have been hard, but I always seem to work through them.

Right now money is the biggest hurdle.

I am taking less money home per paycheck then when I was serving.

Ouch.

Most likely I will start to pick up some serving shifts to make some extra cash.

We shall see...

I got it.

Still no answer.

At least I have a food meeting today. That should be fun!

I have spent the last four days completely exhausted waiting for some news.

My life feels like it is on hold.

I should find out sometime later today whether I got the teaching job I applied for last week. I despise waiting for news like this. My solution to waking up early and fretting every quiet minute is to stay up entirely too late today and sleep most of the day off. If I get the job it means my last day at the cafe was Sunday as I want to get as prepared as possible for the school year. If I don't get the job I have a few backup plans. It will be very hard to leave my current job as I am making a ton of money for the work I am doing.

Maybe there will be a quick post later today once I know something.

I am starting to build another website. Why, I don't know.

Emily, Cory and I saw "War of the Worlds" tonight. It was the first viewing for me and the second for them.

The movie was well done with my only complaint being part of the ending.

I don't work for the next couple of days; hopefully I can get some things done.

I have an interview for a teaching position in less than 8 hours.

I am trying not to be nervous but this is really my last shot at a teaching position for the Fall. It would be great to land this because it would be for a school district I have a ton of respect for.

If I get the job then I will also have to leave my current job at Mimi's. It will be hard but I am tired of serving. I make outstanding money but I also have to deal with a ton of drama at the job.

Maybe I will have an answer later today, hopefully , one way or another I will.

In stores now:

Nightmares

I spent most of yesterday sleeping. I had the entire day off from work and I spent it being sick.

Sore throat and the worst headache I've had in ages.

Hibernation was my solution to feeling sick. Due to that I am now sitting up at 6:30am unable to sleep drinking day old coffee.

I feel much better now.

A lot has happened in the last few weeks.

I still can't get over the wedding. It was so perfect for so many reasons.

The next big step is to make a dvd slideshow of all the pictures from the wedding as a thank you gift to all the guests but I am still waiting for the pictures from the photographer.

Here is a listing of the songs we picked out for our reception. Not all were played due to time constraints.

( Wedding Songs )

Wedding Pics

More later.

I have a bunch.


In other news, Emily and I have decided on the date and the place for our wedding!

Below is an email I recently sent to my advisor in regards of graduating:

"I spoke with the Registrar Office today and I was told to contact you in
regards to a graduation application. I don't remember getting this, is this
something you have to complete or sign off on? Is there paperwork I need to
complete so that I may get my degree to start teaching?"

Her response was....

"If you have not filed graudation papers, you do need to file graduation
papers. You can call student services in COE to get a copy of the graduation
paper forms (tell them I told you to contact them - they normally do not give
out forms to secondary students). You will fill out the form, attached a copy
of your LOUIE transcripts, attached a copy of a completed Program of Study,
and send to Dr. Roberts. There is a $10 fee you need to pay (you can send a
check or pay the bursar over the phone). This is something the student
normally initiates themselves - not something that is provided to them."


Does her response make any sense?

Or is it just me.