The munch last night was great; it reminded me of what the Santa Cruz munch used to be. There were two newbies and both were a bit intrigued about the other munches. I did an announcement about SBTNG and handed out some of the flyers (They were mostly for other people that weren't in attendance, which is okay, right?). And there are a lot of ( Read more... )

Yesterday seemed really long. Three hours at work with that same difficult student in the middle table. Flat out ripped up his worksheets toward the end. Oh, to have the power to send him to the office. It just seems like he's too pissed off at the world to realize anything I try to tell him. I got mad props from a fellow tutor about my ( Read more... )

I used most of today to recharge. Last night was movie night at A's and we watched Equilibrium and Blade: Trinity. Both were awesome and we had a fun time MST3King the shit out of both. The chatting until 3:30 AM was a bit much, but I didn't have to be anywhere the next morning so I hung on until the end. Unfortunately my body didn't get the ( Read more... )

The munch was quite full tonight. I got there early and found Unc already there. We chatted for a bit and, when he heard my job search woes, he gave me another place to check out. The crowd ramped up really fast and we had to add tables several times. For some reason I thought of the Crown dining hall (Annex another table!). I talked with one ( Read more... )

Yesterday got a bit hectic. A lot of last minute stuff made me late to the munch. Again, it was rockin' and I got a bit overwhelmed. I focused on my breathing and tried to keep track of the conversation. I felt a bit disconnected. I'm worried about this weekend and the inevitable "come to Jesus" meeting I'm going to get. Looking at the ( Read more... )

Holy shit I was going nuts at training today. It was a ton of role playing and going over subjects that I am *not* going to teach. Why the fuck do I need to learn this? I expected it to last until 7:30. I did not expect it to go over by 30 minutes or to be scheduled last for the role playing (Meaning, the faster I went, the faster I could get ( Read more... )

The data entry was long at work today. It's almost completed and I didn't feel the need to take a lunch break this time. While working, I overheard a lot of stuff I really shouldn't have. Not really drama, more like a real-life look on how the center operates. I didn't really like the picture I got. Good thing I won't be around much longer. I ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had major brain fry. I didn't get a lot of sleep the night before (That always happens before a test.) so I was a bit tired for my interview at another tutoring agency. The place was huge and bustling with activity before noon. After filling out the standard application I was led into one of the testing rooms and given the entire ( Read more... )

Today I didn't have to do a noon shift, which meant I got to sleep in and take it easy. I putzed around and cleaned up and popped online every now and then to apply for jobs and check email. I was kinda miffed that most of the previous night's shows weren't recorded. I did catch "Burn Notice" and *loved* Michael Shanks as a smart-ass villain, ( Read more... )

I watched "21" a while back and kinda saw the ending coming. The process of counting cards confused me a bit. In "Rainman" they made the comment that "no one can count into a six-deck shoe" but the counting in "21" seemed to track everything pretty well. Every card is either +1, 0, or -1. Changing the number of decks would only raise the target ( Read more... )