Today started with me excited to have a full day of work at Brackendale elementary.  I drove down bright and early and got to the door, to find it locked.  The teacher who came to open it for me was the one I was filling in for!  It turned out that somehow I'd gotten the day wrong, and I'm suppossed to be there tomorrow.  Oh well.  Better a day ( Read more... )

Let's see. What's happened since I last seriously posted ( Read more... )

At various points in my life, I have decided to become more fit.  Sometimes, I'm even somewhat successful at it.  I do push ups and crunches.  I even liberated a pair of dumbells my sister left to gather dust in her closet, and did arm lifts and curls with them.  While I exercise, if I remain dedicated to it, I actually see decent results.  I feel ( Read more... )

There isn't a lot I can say here that Adalric hasn't already said.

Iron Man was fun.  I'd say it was one of the best comic book movies I've seen to date - mainly due to dialogue.  I love the witty banter.

We saw Speed Racer last night.  I ate through a entire bag of fuzzy peaches because this is a hard movie to not be wired through.  It's completely ( Read more... )

It's been too long.  I need to get back into the swing of things, so I should start doing short, funny posts again.  LJ should be fun, not a chore ( Read more... )

 Spring break starts after tomorrow.  I'm told the staff gets a free lunch.  I teach the two morning classes, then I'll have a nice lunch, then come home to rest ( Read more... )

I don't think it will come as a surprise to anyone when I say that I have absolutely no desire to teach at a high school level.  I can survive this time around just fine, but I'm going to fight tooth and nail for elementary.  Dealing with adolescents isn't for me.

Outside of school (and marking), our wedding plans are coming along.  Peta and I are  ( Read more... )

All things considered, teaching English 8 is going better than expected ( Read more... )

Geez.  Only one post for all of January.  That's sad.  Fortunately, I'll now have material to post again ( Read more... )