Tonight was difficult for me. Even now my thoughts are all jumbled and mixed up. The cookies went off alright, even though I still couldn't keep them from spreading. I skipped out on getting food beforehand, which might have lead to my being out of sorts a little later. Time and time again, I feel like I'm having a relapse of happy clam ( Read more... )

Castle: I liked it. A famous mystery novelist is called in to help the NYPD solve a copy-cat murder based on his novels. Fillion didn't seem as witty as he was in past roles, but the show's just starting out. I like how he approaches everything from the point of view of writing a novel ( Read more... )

I've been reflecting a lot about tomorrow.. and I feel good... and really confident. Saturday went really well. I had some of my favorite students and didn't have any problems at any of my tables (Saturdays always seem to go better when M is by himself.). The only annoyance was J bugging me about a binder. She passed a trouble student off to me ( Read more... )

I spent most of last night and the morning cleaning the house and sending out resumes (Haven't done either of those in a while.). All the while I kept pondering that standard interview question of "Where do you see yourself in five years?" and coming up empty. I had to get out of there today. Thanks to some fucking genius in corporate, we're now ( Read more... )

The photo shoot was great. It wasn't as busy or hectic as the first one, which I see as a good thing. It was a lot more mellow and completely drama free (right?). Last time I was taught how to put things in frame and where to be to take the shot. This time, I got a refresher in that and was told where to place the lights, what to look for in ( Read more... )

Compiled the thoughts I had while watching the latest CSI in which Lady Heather came back.

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Today was chock full of activities. I was a bit early to the munch this morning. (That's why I carry a book with me.) I headed in a few minutes early and stopped at the stuffed animal machine in the front. I got a twofer out of it (I totally rock at those things.). While I was pulling my booty out of the machine, one of the munch regulars ( Read more... )

I got a raise today... sort of. As of Wednesday, we will only have one pay scale. We used to have two; instruction and prep. It's pretty straightforward. Instruction happens whenever a student is in front of me gleaning knowledge (usually 50 minutes per hour). Prep is everything else, gathering resources, prepping binders, putting shit away, ( Read more... )

On Wednesday I got a question from a student that I'd never thought I'd get. "What's an X-rated movie?" @_@ WTF? It was from a Catholic High School Entrance Exam booklet that *we* have in the center. It tells a story about this teacher that shows his students a bunch of films of different types and finds that a majority likes them all. The one ( Read more... )

Last night I finally realized how much I knew about math, specifically statistics. One of my students is going through a unit on Statistics in his Algebra II class (wtf? Is this a new standard?) and he's having major trouble with determining chances for multiple events. I was surprised how easily I could throw the solution up on the board, and ( Read more... )