I'm making plans to go back to Hawaii for work and all sorts of things are running through my head. Initially I was excited to get to work with a population of students whom I know that I could relate to, but now I'm starting to put a lot of expectation on myself to be a great counselor in this territory and to effect sweeping changes. It's funny ( Read more... )

I settled into my chair with a sigh. As I've mentioned before, there's been a definite lack of programming to watch on television and so I've resorted to watching old shows online. I actually wonder if this will be my future as there are much fewer commercials online and I don't have to go through the hassle of fast forwarding through the breaks. ( Read more... )

I am currently experiencing a lull in available television. It seems as though the Olympics brought way too much coverage my way and now that I don't have to spend hours of my time watching sports that I have little interest in I can actually have time to sit and think. About how bored I am. I know I should get out and do something, and I have been ( Read more... )

Read about the first half of WACAC 2008...
Sure we were at the conference for work-related business and we were supposed to be learning things, but it's not very easy to concentrate when 1. your hotel room is 30 seconds away from the conference, 2. the casino is 20 seconds away from the conference, and 3. alcohol is in the water bottle in your hand.

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This story, like many of my good ones, involves Las Vegas. Unlike most of my other tales, however, this bit also prominently features my coworkers.

Can you hear the proverbial record skipping?

I have been to Vegas quite a few times since I've turned 21 and it's not a place that holds much glamor or excitement for me anymore. I will admit that it is ( Read more... )

So some of the office staff have become engrossed in the train wreck that is "Gossip Girl." I'm not saying that it's a bad show, but it's not exceptionally well written. I do, however, have to give credit to any show that embraces its soap opera nature and doesn't try to be anything more than that. I don't have a problem with shows that are ( Read more... )

Lately, I've been digging up a bunch of old journal posts for a project and it has been interesting to flip through the years and see what I was thinking on various dates/times. Most of the messages that I've left for myself aren't groundbreaking and can be akin to a whine at times (as opposed to my current love for rants) but they represent things ( Read more... )

Last week our office was tasked with the completion of a survey for our new counselor profiles on the Office of Admission website. Needless to say, this mission caused a bit of consternation among the staff as we struggled to encapsulate a sense of who we were into a few brief tidbits. The questions, weren’t hard, mind you, but I think that one ( Read more... )

While driving to work the other day I heard an advertisement on the radio for "Disaster Movie" and instantly rolled my eyes. To anybody who knows me rather well, this action would probably not have come as a surprise. The whole idea of movies such as this makes me angry and a little bit sad ( Read more... )

One of my current obsessions is We Feel Fine.The site essentially scours the Internet for occurrences of the phrases "I feel" or "I am feeling" and grabs them. There are a bunch of other great things that go on with this project and different ways to examine the data, but the concept is fascinating for me in and of itself ( Read more... )