watermelonwatermelonwatermelon.
aight. here we go:
my tenure at half moon bay couldn't have ended soon enough. i was so completely miserable there, just in general. toward the end of the year my principal resigned before our letter of no confidence would have been read publicly before the board. i think if i were to stay things would be different, for sure, but that school/district is sick, and i, for my own health, need to be someplace not quite so toxic.
i look forward to starting at homestead high school in cupertino this august, however. i'll be teaching three sections of american literature (a junior/senior combined course) and two sections of sophomore, world lit. i think these classes will suit me, and i really hope the kids like me. i hope i am better able to make an impact at the school. i hope to better myself and like my job, again.
currently i am working as a summer school english 9 teacher for the saratoga/los gatos district, just a few minutes south of me. there's a lot of students in here (we're watching animal farm right now, having just finished the book)... like, 36 of them. for the most part i really like the kids, not quite as sheltered as hmb, though, as ever, i am behind in grading. tomorrow is the end of the first three-week semester, which means i'm half way done. i'm glad i'm doing it, though-- if i weren't doing this i'd be sitting at home getting as fat as last year and not doing anything. at least i'm moderately using my brain, here, and the money... okay i'm well aware i'm in a relationship and all but we have NO money. we live in fuckin' silicon valley, y'all... we'se PO' FOLK. we bought a car after i was rear-ended: we named him remington steele (obviously). he's a 2008 rav4 sport and he's a fabulous and gay as he sounds. and we bought it TOGETHER. that's, like, big-boy shit. speaking of big boys, my baby finally got his license. like, about time, srsly.
xander and i are doing well. we've been working on fixing up the apartment, trying to make ourselves comfortable-- we're renewing our lease for another nine months, at which point we're either going to look for a more permanent apt or...gulp...a house. that's CRAZY shit but it might be time.
there is no talk of marriage, fyi. just b/c we CAN get married doesn't mean we want to right now. we plan to, to be sure, but not yet. :)
i'm having surgery on 08-08-08. remember les varicose veins in/around les balls? they're comin' out. i dropped off a, um, specimen yesterday at urologist (with whom i am friends on thefacebook, ha) to make sure my boys are good to begin with as sterility is a possible result of the surgery. i'm not overly concerned about it... i wonder if kids will even happen for us.
all is well. i'm a lot happier, in general. i really like living here, and i look forward for the years to come with my baby, living here in happiness.
also i turn 25 in ten days. not at all pleased about it. only five years till gay death, ha.
hope all is well,
miss you all more than i should say,
james :)
my tenure at half moon bay couldn't have ended soon enough. i was so completely miserable there, just in general. toward the end of the year my principal resigned before our letter of no confidence would have been read publicly before the board. i think if i were to stay things would be different, for sure, but that school/district is sick, and i, for my own health, need to be someplace not quite so toxic.
i look forward to starting at homestead high school in cupertino this august, however. i'll be teaching three sections of american literature (a junior/senior combined course) and two sections of sophomore, world lit. i think these classes will suit me, and i really hope the kids like me. i hope i am better able to make an impact at the school. i hope to better myself and like my job, again.
currently i am working as a summer school english 9 teacher for the saratoga/los gatos district, just a few minutes south of me. there's a lot of students in here (we're watching animal farm right now, having just finished the book)... like, 36 of them. for the most part i really like the kids, not quite as sheltered as hmb, though, as ever, i am behind in grading. tomorrow is the end of the first three-week semester, which means i'm half way done. i'm glad i'm doing it, though-- if i weren't doing this i'd be sitting at home getting as fat as last year and not doing anything. at least i'm moderately using my brain, here, and the money... okay i'm well aware i'm in a relationship and all but we have NO money. we live in fuckin' silicon valley, y'all... we'se PO' FOLK. we bought a car after i was rear-ended: we named him remington steele (obviously). he's a 2008 rav4 sport and he's a fabulous and gay as he sounds. and we bought it TOGETHER. that's, like, big-boy shit. speaking of big boys, my baby finally got his license. like, about time, srsly.
xander and i are doing well. we've been working on fixing up the apartment, trying to make ourselves comfortable-- we're renewing our lease for another nine months, at which point we're either going to look for a more permanent apt or...gulp...a house. that's CRAZY shit but it might be time.
there is no talk of marriage, fyi. just b/c we CAN get married doesn't mean we want to right now. we plan to, to be sure, but not yet. :)
i'm having surgery on 08-08-08. remember les varicose veins in/around les balls? they're comin' out. i dropped off a, um, specimen yesterday at urologist (with whom i am friends on thefacebook, ha) to make sure my boys are good to begin with as sterility is a possible result of the surgery. i'm not overly concerned about it... i wonder if kids will even happen for us.
all is well. i'm a lot happier, in general. i really like living here, and i look forward for the years to come with my baby, living here in happiness.
also i turn 25 in ten days. not at all pleased about it. only five years till gay death, ha.
hope all is well,
miss you all more than i should say,
james :)