Well, I attended another Chinese banquet yesterday. The food was quite wonderful... ranging from squid served with honeydew melon in a honeydew melon shell to simple salted chicken... but it did have that element that I absolutely fear...

Is there such a thing as a phobia of 80-year-old Chinese men singing Sinatra off-key?

Okay, I just did something I haven't done in 9 years and 7 years respectively... I bought a pair of sweatpants and a pair of sneakers.

Be. Afraid.

Valentine's Day is approaching... and yet again, whenever I walk near any place of retail, there is a blitz of specialty products sold at a premium... the usual plethora of chocolates in heart-shaped boxes, bouquets of red roses with baby's breath, and oh by... the commercials for jewelry stores... Let's remember the simple things involved in love ( Read more... )

Off to get a haircut and handle errands...

This shows that I really don't get out much:


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Okay, more rejection letters... and sending out more resumes. The count is now over 350 on resumes sent. Gotta love this economy. We're expecting a new computer today for the parents, a bargain for $400 at Dell since we just need one that can run Office XP and doesn't strain their eyes. If I hear from a certain place I have been asking about that ( Read more... )

I'm still unemployed. I just went to Gilette Stadium for a job fair and only left two resumes. On the other hand, I've been leaving 1-4 a day online. I still love teaching... and right now... WE HAVE NO HEAT! Our oil company is stupid. For some reason, in the winter, last year and this year, they decided to make oil deliveries by request only... ( Read more... )

These days, I still teach... I have a class every Sunday of 17 students that I have difficulty getting to talk before class... and the opposite during... I think that's going well. Need to think of a few creative exercises for this coming Sunday since today, there was none due to Thanksgiving break. Last weekend, I was teaching The Do's and Don'ts ( Read more... )

I was out teaching this afternoon. I think the class went well... except that the students are... relatively quiet. I only gave them two workbook pages and a single chapter to read for homework. They are simply used to an educational environment where... they don't need to speak up. They are not shy by any stretch of the imagination... but hate to ( Read more... )

My sister's close friend from her HS scares me. She's like a month younger than my sister. She seems like a typical reserved Chinese girl... until she opens her mouth. She says things like, "Die! Die! Die!" while playing a video game... but in the CUTE way, using a babyish flat tone of voice. When she's miffed, she pouts and says, "Sniffos." She ( Read more... )

Well, this past weekend, I was out at Mass Jam, an event once every 4 years for Boy Scout troops in Massachusetts. Let's just say it was... a bogged down mess for Sunday, though our troop was... well equipped. We had a pavillion... with siding. The wind kept blowing from the west, soaking anyone without siding ( Read more... )