The job hunt continues, and my finances are stabilizing.  I decided I’m going to try to stop two of my three student loan payments in the meantime in order to save that extra money and to avoid having to pay on those loans when the summer comes.  That will save me about $200 a month, which I can add to my savings in the meantime and not have to pay ( Read more... )

My quest to find a second job is proving vastly unsuccessful.  I still work as a substitute teacher, and I make a decent amount of money doing that.  But, there are too many unpaid breaks thrown into my work schedule, such as holidays, vacations, snow days, and meaningless in-service days.  Plus, when summer vacation comes, I’ll be out of work for ( Read more... )

After some thinking, I decided I’m going to go out and find a second job to supplement my income along with substitute teaching.  I realize finding another job won’t be easy or desirable.  The month of December was particularly hard on my budget, because I lost two week for Christmas.  I barely made enough money to pay my bills, and I had to dish ( Read more... )

I’m sitting at Dundee High School right now in my favorite class.  I’m substituting for the special education class, but each class only has 3-4 students, who all work independently.  The teacher’s aide takes care of all the work, so I just have to sit here for seven hours and not say a word.  I can surf the internet, type meaningless things, and ( Read more... )

It’s time for my annual New Year’s post.  I don’t care to post a “year in review” since I never have a year eventful enough to do so.  For this New Year’s Eve, we planned long in advance to do something to avoid the calamity of previous years where we waited until the last minute to find something to do.  Last year, we pondered going to the Grafton ( Read more... )

Again, it’s been over a year since I’ve written a song.  I’ve tried several times in the past year, but a lack of time and words to say hindered my abilities.  But, then I decided to put some words down to a tune of Requiem for a Dream- a favorite song of mine that I’ve been trying to do something with for years.  I found a decent remix on YouTube ( Read more... )

Again, I realized it’s been forever since I’ve updated my LiveJournal, but then I also realized that so few people use LJ now. I’ve had this LJ for six year, and I think I only maintain it for posterity. Nobody uses LJ anymore. I remember when it used to be the biggest thing back in around 2004. It was, in a sense, the Facebook of its time. I’ ( Read more... )

The Scream Machine (10/09/2009)

Despite the absolute travesty of the inaugural haunt season last week- with our utter displeasure with Jackson’s Underworld and the Homer Mill- I was almost hesitant to even embark on a second week.  Several non-haunt enthusiasts I spoke with questioned why I would go back to any haunted houses after the amount of ( Read more... )

The Lab (10/02/2009)

Joel, Jason, and John visited the Lab in 2007 and were anticipating a return visit to this unique haunted attraction on the main island of Grosse Ile.  I was intrigued by this attraction because their article in Fear Finder was promising, especially due to the prominence of comical animatronics and live actors, such as the ( Read more... )

The Homer Mill (O9/25/2009)

After we dejectedly left Jackson’s Underground, we ventured further into mid-Michigan to the small village of Homer, Michigan, which is about 20 miles from Battle Creek in Calhoun County.  This was a 100 mile drive from Monroe, but we were almost half way there since we were already in Jackson earlier in the night.  So, ( Read more... )