I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago, but fortunately, my problems with Toronto are a thing of the past! The Monday following my previous post, I received an offer from York Region for supply teaching in music, and readily accepted. Considering that York isn't seniority-based like TDSB, it means I should have a reasonable base of work without ( Read more... )

Wooooo am I busy! This will be a very brief post, as I'm at work, and break is nearly done. Here's a few highlights from the last 3-4 weeks ( Read more... )

Been a while since I posted. Life has been busy for the last while, and applying for work has become my full time job. On the bright side, I just started a new job at Bell in the wholesale team. Considering I haven't had an income in a little over ten months, it's a good thing. Here are some other highlights of my last two months ( Read more... )

I watch a lot of TV. No secret. And I tend to like many characters. And I'm bored. So, after doing some brainstorming, I came up with my Top 10 male/female lists. There were actually a lot of people to choose from, and many awesome characters didn't make it.

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It's after 11 and, as with most days where I go without getting to see Sarah, her absence seems to become most pronounced when I call it a night and the other half of the bed is empty. I sometimes forget how comforting it is to have her there when I go to sleep until I have to do so without her here. But such is the reality of our lives at the ( Read more... )

As I write this, I'm listening to BP's latest attempt to fix the mess they've made in the Gulf Coast. How it takes the strongest nation and one of the largest corporations in the world more than five weeks to (hopefully) fix this is beyond me. The newscast is asking, "is this the beginning of the end for the oil industry?" At this point, I don't ( Read more... )

Not quite sure what to think of this article in the NY Times today. On the one hand, I'm all for courses that further educate students about non-white backgrounds - goodness knows there's too much not being taught about Canadian and North American histories. But on the other hand, do these classes somehow promote segregation? What are your thoughts ( Read more... )

DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN TUESDAY'S EPISODE OF LOST ( Read more... )

And the better part of two weeks later, here is that post I was talking about. So, what has been going on the last two months?

1. Placement! Went very well, overall. It's nice to know I can work with high schoolers, too, including kids who have never played the piano before (and kids who can play it better than I can!). In my last week, I basically ( Read more... )

It's been a long time, and I will make a real post about the last two months later, but I need to get this out of my system ( Read more... )