03.28.04, Monday:March 2004
03.28.04, Monday:
[09:50pm] La la la...you know what was funny? I saw this interesting jacket on sale for $10 at Urban Outfitters! My mom wanted it too, ha ha...but they were out of the size and color she wanted, and out of the size and color I wanted...so nope, no jacket. =) It was more a blazerish type jacket...I'm not a blazer person at all (I like hoods, sweatshirts, and the occasional coat) but this one was interesting enough to make me like it, hee hee. =) Oh well. I have break next week - maybe I can shop. =) Speaking of which, I have $18 left to spend this week for school things. I got more things today - glue guns for when we start building bottle rockets and such, clipboards for my assistants when we get to physics lab stations, and more lab things. I got some videos yesterday (that was the most expensive thing, I think. Oh wait, no. The percolator was more expensive)...and yep...just using every bit of that money they are giving me for my classroom. It's kinda fun! =)
I'm feeling lazy already...almost Spring Break, and like the kids, I'm starting to get on Spring-Break-mode. But there's not much chance for breaks when I still am teaching, and you are held accountable every moment for the kids, heh heh...
Oh! Saturday night, I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind down in Ontario with my bro, DVD, Calvin, Karen, and her friend Kim. It was way better than I expected it to be (I had really low expectations for it. I was thinking it'd be like Lost in Translation...Kim did say that it was a movie about meaningless lives, of which it then forces us to think about what it means to have a meaningful life...I think she got it right on the dot, being an English professor and such, hee hee...but the movie was STILL boring to me...because it was so...meaningless!), and I'd give it a 7 or 8 out of 10, heh heh...it can't get a 9 or 10, simply because there was no kung fu in it...and it's hard to get up there without some good action, on my scale anyways, hee hee...But it was good, even though it was artsy and symbolic at times, and I do recommend it. While watching it, I was thinking that it'd be a good book, and coincidently, so did my brother! So yeah, I'd read it to see how the author wrote this stuff out. =)
03.27.04, Saturday:
[08:50am] Oh yeah...I have a big bruise on my back...too much back spinning...didn't spin up high enough on my back, plus wearing a thin t-shirt didn't help either. =Þ I'm up to do work! Maybe I can play if I finish my work...hee hee...^_^ I need to go Wal-marting too. That $300/teacher Governor's fund thing expires at the start of April, so I need to spend it all...I'm still trying to figure out what else I'll need. If I can't think of anything, storage things and art supplies and books with ideas are always needed. =)
03.26.04, Friday:
[07:44pm] I feel like I wanna go out and do something...do something completely unrelated to grading. Like go dancing, go play, or even sit outside somewhere interesting, with some yummy hot chocolate (with whipped cream!) in hand, watching people go by. But, there's no one to play with me (my bro is here. He probably doesn't seem to want to go out and play), and it's dark already, so my mom would be wondering where the heck I'm going at this "late hour in the night". I'll probably end up staying at home, watching Beast Wars Season II with my bro, as he got it for me this week, heh heh...^_^
Maybe it's because I chaperoned the dance tonight, hee hee...the music was actually better this time, and it wasn't as dark, so perhaps it hyped me up some. =) Plus, all that back-spinning that the kids wanted me to do - and I got them to try it out too! It was too funny, hee hee...all these kids spinning on the floor trying to backspin...this dance wasn't AS bad. I got to chill in the snack room, where I could still hear the music and do things, but not have to deal with the "that's inappropriate, go sit in the corner" type of thing. I did circulate every now and then, and that was cool. Kids wanted to see me spin, and I showed them a little bit o' hip hop, hee hee. =)
Last night was our book club meeting! I enjoy these meetings, but at the same time, I don't say very much with them. It's weird, because I'm sitting there, and I'm the only non-white person there, and the youngest. Well, I'm the youngest at my school, and that really does make a difference - especially, now that I think about it, when I was raised in a culture where the young respects the older, and that the elders have more weight in their decisions and thoughts. I like many of them - they're cool people, especially Heidi, hee hee - but I don't know what to say at times with the group for some reason. Like some of them seem to always get talking about Christianity, and just BAG on it with a tone that just seems so...wrong. Like they'll go on and on about Harvest, or how "those Christians" are like this or that, or how they're so believing in something that's not true because it's so obviously wrong. But I'm sitting right there. And I'm a Christian. And I want to say things, but don't know WHAT to say, as they seem to have this...like...hate...of it. If they want people to be open-minded about what they believe, shouldn't they do the same to others? And if they don't care what others think of what they themselves believe in, what good is it? What good is a belief if you don't care about it - if you don't want others to know that that is what you are, and don't care whether others have that belief too? And what is of this bagging, where there seems to be no respect of what one may choose to believe? All the more reason why Christianity, based on love, makes so much sense. Yeah, I do think that Christianity is the truth, and DO want others to believe this. What is Truth if there is not One? There's no such thing as Truth if there wasn't One Truth - instead, it'd just all be relative to each person, and really...is there any meaning at all? It's impossible to think that there isn't a meaning - but that gets me off on another tangent altogether, of which I can talk forever on about (by the way, it can kinda be summed up by my cake example, if you know about it). Anyways, it's not my right to tell someone that what they believe in, if it's not what I believe in, is wrong and that it basically sucks, and to say it with that hate. I did start to say something when one of them said something that was wrong about Christianity, but they were so into what they were talking about that they didn't hear me, and I let it go. Maybe I shouldn't have. But then again, I could get into a huge ol' debate, and didn't really want to do so. Especially with "Mrs. Todd" (a reference to the book we read, hee hee), as I think I'll call one of them from now on, hee hee...^_^
There's also plenty of gossip that can go on at these meetings, and I don't particularly like it, because it gets to a point where people will narrow things down to one person, and start saying things, and well...that's not good, especially if we work with them. Even I slipped up there - I mentioned that a kid was transferred to my classroom because he WAS called a retard by his teacher - and then Mrs. Todd again made LOUD assumptions about it being a certain male science teacher, who also taught PE - by which she meant specifically Mr. Franks, and heck no it wasn't him. He doesn't treat his students like that, so I was surprised to hear her assumptions (and assuming people is something I actually don't like) - although, if someone said something about it being her, I wouldn't have been surprised. I quickly let the topic drop because then it was like she, and maybe some others, wanted to know who it was and such, and that wasn't right. I DO talk about these type of things with like one or two good friends, and it's quite different from when it's discussed in a group setting, you know?
Going back to Christianity, yeah, Passion was a good movie. I liked it. But some people make it out to be such a big deal, whereas others say it wasn't what they expected or wanted, and were thus disappointed, or find it more of a reason why Christianity ain't real. It's a movie, first of all. Movies and media affect people, one way or another - I mean, dang, think of Britney Spears, and all the kids that want to be like her, though they won't admit it. It's nice that they can use the story of Jesus through some nice media production, but at the same time, it doesn't beat all the Truths that the Bible has in store for us - that story is just a snippet of the whole rest of Christianity. So yeah, it was good, it moved me, I liked it, and would recommend it. Is it real, down to the nitty gritty facts of everything? No, I'm sure it's not - it's a movie, and the personal interpretation of the people who put it together. Does it portray what He might have felt? Yes. Exactly? Maybe not. Maybe it was worse. But as an intelligent being, you shouldn't let a movie dictate your thoughts on the whole religion - it's the root of where it all came from that matter. Get to the Primary Source instead, and make your decision based on that...word up? (Haven't used "word up" in the longest time! ^_^)
03.24.04, Wednesday:
[05:30pm] Heidi says I need to update! I just noticed that Shelton said so too on my xanga, hee hee...It's been a busy few days...though it's no excuse! >_< On Saturday, I basically just did a bunch of school things all day. I did go to Wal-Mart (Oh my goodness! I typed in "Walmart", and it came up as a misspelling...so I checked it, and it has that dash in it, of course...it's in the dictionary already???) to buy a tire for my car. And the person that put the tire in for me put the key wrench for my wheel lock somewhere in my car, and it got lost...so I had to go back for them to find it for me, as I didn't know where they put it in the first place! But my car has a new tire now! =) Other than that, Saturday wasn't eventful at all. =P
On Sunday, there was church, followed with shopping with my parents, hee hee - where I went around looking for their stuff. =) And then we had CCF at our house - Thomas and Jason have really good lessons! They generate a ton of discussion, which is really awesome, and much better than us just sitting there and listening to the leader talk. =) It makes me wonder about MY teaching at school. I don't think I talk TOO much. I do talk, but we all seem to have fun. OR maybe that's just what I think, hee hee...but no...the other day, one kid told me that he was GLAD that he transferred to my classroom, from another teacher's class, because he said in there, it really was loud and they couldn't do much at all. The funny thing, he's in my 5th period, and it's pretty bad in there - or so I think??? (They've been improving - they've done Heads-Up-Seven-Up excellently so far, and I'm considering giving them their Seven-Up for this Friday!) If MY class is not considered that bad by my students in there...then it really must be somewhat decent, right? =) Talking is fine with me, as long as it's on task, and the kids are excited about learning. I don't like it when they're too quiet, and saying, well...nothing...it would either mean they were all dead asleep, or that science didn't energize them to ask questions and get into what they're studying! Which reminds me...I did xanga this (xanga is NOT in the dictionary yet...but I have no doubt it will be soon!)...one kid had written in the Science book "F*** Science. But not Ms. Lau". A good thing, I've concluded, and have announced to my 8th graders - Thank you, it's appreciated, but please don't write in the books. They got a kick out that. ^_^ It was in pencil, so it did erase off. =)
I also made that Instant Tiramisu thing I got a long time ago. It's horrrrible! There's hardly any cream on it! It was passable, but below my expectations for instant food (except for Jell-O [another word in the dictionary, as I spelled it " Jello"], of which I've never had NON-instant Jell-O before...!). Hee hee...my recommendations? If you ever want Tiramisu, just go to Cheesecake Factory...! ^_^
As my back is feeling better, I got to go back to hip hop Monday night. Woo hoo! ^_^ Being out for two weeks though, I did feel out of sync with everything, but I will be fine tonight, I hope. =) Last night, we had another O' Starry Night Star Party...of which our astronomers didn't show up! They got the dates mixed up. I'm debating whether or not to arrange for another one next month - I wasn't going to, but some kids have asked about it...
I got this book on Phineas Gage for free, with Heidi's bonus points! I loooove this book! Heidi, are you reading this??? I have more books I want! Ha ha ha....^_^
03.19.04, Friday:
[07:05pm] You know how after you eat a fast food meal, you feel all that oil just clogging up your arteries? Well, last night, after SLCs (which went really well for those that showed up for it! It was so cute, because many of them were proud of their work and wanted to show it off! ^_^), Heidi and I hit Long John Silver's for dinner. And of course, everything was deep fried like mad. We were both starved, and were emailing each other during the conferences, hee hee...See, THIS is what people who work in cubbies can do normally while working. We don't do this quite so much, because, well...we teach for the whole day! So it was a neat treat to get to play while we were at work. =) Anyways, back to the deep fried food topic - like, when I was little, fast food was like a treat. And I never FELT the oil in them. But as I got older, like in college, I could feel it more. Was I just not aware of it when I was younger? How could I NOT be??? Cuz now, I rarely eat fast food, simply because it does feel so gross afterwards. =Þ There ARE certain ones that don't seem so bad. Like those Spicy Jack Chicken Quesadillas from Del Taco. ^_^
This morning, there was fog all around. I loved it! As I posted in Calvin's xanga, I want to walk around on a misty and foggy mountain one day...and run into a wise old sage and ask him for words of wisdom, hee hee...that'd be so awesome...^_^
Wonderfalls is on at 9pm tonight. Go check it out! ^_^
03.17.04, Thursday:
[07:58am] Student-Led Conferences today! ^_^ I don't have to be there until around 11:30am...heh heh...but that's not to say I'm free to play. =P I still have errands and work to do...AND I'll be at school till 7pm, at the least. But oh! I had an adventure yesterday...! While driving home, my tire just blew out! I heard a sudden flap-flap-flap and heard the rims rolling against the ground, so I pulled over to the shoulder. The cars behind me were all really nice and let me change lanes...that, or the tire must have looked really bad? ^_^ The tire DID look pretty bad - it was completely flattened, and the rims were all the way on the ground. The insides were shredded up, like those tire pieces you'd see on the side of the freeway, heh heh...Anyways, I called AAA, and while waiting for it to come, I decided to start changing my tire! I've actually never done it before, heh heh...but how bad could it be? (And you all know I ain't no "damsel in distress" type, as Ducky said, hee hee...) I wasn't thinking it'd be too hard until I noticed that I have this tiny little jack...and I wasn't sure if I'd be strong enough to get the car up. Before I even got the spare tire out though, the very nice Freeway Service Patrol car came along to help! I've never heard of them...but they drive around the freeway, and look for people to help. Very cool idea! So they helped me out, and I filled out a survey with good remarks on it, and I got home safely! ^_^
I did stop by Wal-mart first...because my school is giving every teacher $300 to use for their classroom! And we HAVE to spend it all by April! It some type of leftover money from something that has to be used up, or the opportunity is gone. So I'm going nuts...hee hee...or kinda. Like, I bought $13 worth of stuff yesterday, if you could call that nuts, heh heh...a broom with a dustpan thing (my current one is about to die...), some of those thick clear plastic cups (these are our ghetto beakers that we use in class, hee hee...)...and a 97 cents thing to wind my extension cord around, since the cord seems to be troublesome in my classroom. =) I'm eyeing some good books for Science activities/ideas, and thinking about which art things would be best to purchase. I've asked about a BrianPop subscription, and the funds for that can be used for the department as a whole, and not out of my $300. Very cool. =) Oh! I just thought of getting some hooks for the closet, so I can hang things in there better...maybe some more of those plastic rolling cart things or those big plastic boxes...they're good to store things in...^_^
03.15.04, Monday:
[06:33pm] Oh no...! Starting July 17th of this year...my area code will no longer be 909...but 951...! No more "representin' da 9-0-9"...I remember back in da days, when this area was still 714...that was many, many years ago...
I'm considering Casa Xelaju for the summer...this was something I was thinking about LAST summer, hee hee...The Quetzal bird used to be my favorite too (from the WWF Animal Book that I used to have ^_^), so Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, sounds just right! ^_^
03.14.04, Sunday:
[06:07pm] Goods (free, unless there's a * on it) from the Conference include:
The Mummy DVD
The Usborne Science Enyclopedia, hardcover *
Books: Animal Farm, hardcover // Time stops for no mouse // Language of the Goldfish // Book of Peace, hardcover
Expandable duffel bag from ETI! Just the right size for me! ^_^
Lots of shiny pens and pencils, many post-its, and some erasers!
A little calculator on a keychain, a set of Band-Aids.
Food pyramid magnet and poster, Woody Woodpecker magnet.
Water bottle from the national dairy council
Eracism messenger bag (good for work...plus, I gotta represent them, as always ^_^)*
Ozark Orange Vanilla Whip lollipop, hot chocolate
A pink gerber daisy, still alive after three days! (the best things for flowers, by the way, is to not just put it in water, but to put a bit o' sugar in the water as food, and a drop of bleach to kill bacteria. ^_^)
And much more. =) Needless to say, free stuff is good...including our close-to-$400 dinner at Scott's Seafood on Friday night that the school paid for. On top of that, Monique (our VP) ordered some "top shelf" margarita that cost $16.75...which we teased her about ALL night, because that could have been a whole meal. She did eventually get a refund when she asked them why hers was so expensive.
Besides that, we had good eatin' at the local Taqueria, where I had the BEST chili verde quesadilla that I've ever had (I think it was because they super fried that tortilla, heh heh...so it was crispy in just the right way, in just the right places)! We also introduced Monique to her first Ben and Jerry's ice cream (eh. I still like Baskin Robbins more...), and we did tour around San Jose State University and downtown San Jose. I didn't get to visit the Tech Museum (nor the Egyptian Rosicrucian Museum, but I didn't even know where that was), as we never really got out early enough (it closes at 5pm), so next time...
Of course, it wasn't all play and no work...=) We did work, lots. We went to the workshops and sessions, and I got all kinds of great ideas! From Starfleet Science...to station labs...to using this Ezedia thing as well as finding all kinds of resources for teaching and doing what I do. =) Our presentation also went really well, with the people really paying attention to what our school had to say, asking questions and staying after to get ideas and such, which is awesome. =)
What's really, REALLY cool is that I ran into Nilza there! I didn't recognize her for a while, heh heh, because she DOES look different (she looks AWESOME!) but eventually I did (whew!) and we got to hang out for a large part of the conference. =) She came out to eat with me and Pastor Lau's wife, Alison, and Tim too! ^_^ I'm glad I ran into her...it's been such a long time from UCI, it seems, and it's always nice to run into good old friends that we lose contact with, ya know? ^_^
03.011.04, Thursday:
[07:48am] It feels like a Friday, but that's only because I'm off of school again...heading to San Jose later this morning! ^_^ The conference will last till Sunday, so there is no escaping lesson planning and such while I'm up there, heh heh...My kids were like, AGAIN??? At least we've taken care of all the Student Led Conference things, and next week...we can get back to hard core science...like labs! ^_^ I can't update here, but I can update on xanga while I'm gone, maybe. Which reminds me: Can anyone do the trick that's on my xanga anyways? No one I know has been able to do it! ^_^
News for this morning: (it's been a while since I've read the news online!)
03.08.04, Monday:
[06:39pm] The weather is gettin' hot! Nooo...gone are my rainy days...! >_< Heh heh...today was nuts...! I woke up late, because when my mom and I moved furniture around in my room this weekend, I didn't set my alarm clock on the alarm noise (the beep beep beeeeeep! that wakes so many of us up!)...instead, the button got moved to the radio...which completely fails to wake me up, hee hee...^_^ So I packed my stuff and lifted that big ol' crate into my trunk...and hurt my lower back, again...drats...so it's been hurting all day...I hope it subsides soon, and not get worse...! I'll skip hip hop to give it some rest (though, yo, I do have more moves for Lauren, Anna, and Amy. Yesterday would have been a good time, but we ended up ballin' instead...of which I made one shot! ^_^ I think we won by 2 points...so my one shot did matter! ^_^).
At school, I got all the stuff set up for the sub...went off to Jury Duty once again...again, I gave my thoughts on child molestation, which was what the case was about. After all, I figured that if I have nothing say on it, and just sat there, I'd probably get picked as one of the 14 jurors. Again, it'd be neat sometime, but I wouldn't prefer it at this time, heh heh...plus the thought of child molestation makes me angry, disgusted...and I get the shivers thinking about it. At the end of the morning session, since there were so many of us in there (There was 20 of us, plus the rest...totaling between 30-40 people), and they only needed a few, they asked if any of the 20 had any reason to go, or felt that they should not be a part of the trial, so three of us raised our hands. One lady on the box decided to stay. Another guy had already said several times that he was disgusted by it, and I brought up the San Jose conference on Thursday. So, me and the other guy was excused sometime during our break. I'm off from Jury Duty for a year, at the least!
I went straight back to school after getting me a polish hot dog in front of the courthouse (mmm. ^_^), did some work during lunch, and then went straight to teach 5th and 6th period. I WANTED to go back to work, heh heh - that's how much I love what I do! ^_^ My kids seemed really, REALLY good - and they missed me too! ^_^ It's so nice to be back, hee hee...either that, or I'm a workaholic freak, heh heh...but yeah, it was a happy, happy occasion to be back in my classroom. =) I think 5th period appeared better, simply because two of the worst behaved kids have left the school last week while I was gone - one moved, and another went to another school. Interesting.
Oh! So I am still going to San Jose for the conference! Cool cool!!! I'm excited...not so much about our school's presentation, because though the Results cycle is a good idea, what we did for it and how it was done, I don't think, was practical nor the best...buuut, I do get a free airplane ride (and airplane rides are rare for me, you must understand! I got to go on one to Chicago last fall, but before that...it had been 8 years prior for my last airplane ride!), and hotel and food will be paid for...anyone know of some really tasty places to eat up there, that I really should check out and bill the school for? ^_^ Heh heh...of course, I do intend to attend the other workshops and check them out - it should have some good stuff for me to pick up and try in my classroom. =)
03.06.04, Saturday:
[09:29am] Haven't updated in a few days...basically, I got pulled for Jury Duty, and had to go back on Friday too! And next Monday as well. Historic Downtown Riverside is cute and quaint, a quiet and nice downtown...it looks like there are some future plans to develop it more, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen very fast...but it was nice walking around and all. I'm going to bring my camera to take some pictures during free time. =) Oh! That reminds me! I brought my stapler and staples to staple class work that I was grading...and couldn't bring it in the courthouse, because it was considered a weapon (Pow! I shall staple you to death! Ha ha! ^_~)...so I stuck them in the bushes and picked them out when I left. Other people in line, waiting to get inside, found it rather amusing, hee hee...^_^
Oy. I'd hate to be a lawyer...just the whole environment, hearing about what things go on here and there...it's a despicable world, and lawyers get to be immersed in the middle of all that stuff...I guess it's not my style. =Þ I guess I can't really talk about the case publicly on here, hee hee...but if you ask me, I can tell you what it's about generally. It's not a criminal case, it's civil...It's not a happy subject, and something that I'd rather not be a part of, being a teacher. I'd rather be on a case for something else...or something like murder or be on TV, like for Kobe Bryant, ha ha...j/k j/k...I was Juror #22, and with 2 that were excused yesterday, I guess I'm up to #20. They need 14 jurors...and there's a room full of us that they are picking apart - there's nigh more than 30 of us sitting in for all the questioning. I heard usually, they don't have so many. =P But yeah, I didn't like the taste of court - it flavored of slowly, carefully chosen words...the D.A., petitioner and such all seemed to show no emotion, and they simply weren't like...well...people...Or perhaps teaching is a much more adventurous profession. =)
And the Judge!!! My goodness, I won't say his name, but he IS old and fat, has this white beard, hair and whiskers, and mumbles, appears to have a lisp (maybe he has my bro's fay-zees!), speaks much too slowly, and sometimes, randomly, he'll stop mid-sentence. He made no sense either - he wasn't very nice, he'd cut people off (in his slow mannered way), and he'd let those people be excused that had vacations planned out (I guess it's a "financial burden") and not others that had seemingly more important matters at hand. I had just barely said "I'm a teacher..." before he cut it off and basically said, "Great. It's their loss, see you at 2:15 (meaning I had to come back as a prospective juror)." No wonder Judge Judy is such a sensation! Hee hee...I'd have much more fun if she was the judge! ^_^
Bleah...I had a whole speech thing planned out..."As you've experienced before, very little quality learning is achieved when a classroom has a substitute because the teacher is not there"..."next Thursday, I'm to fly out to San Jose and help present for our school in a conference"..."we are starting to prepare for the Student Led Conferences that are coming up in two weeks"...to no avail...
I realized later, when I got back to school, that the court likes teachers. Because we get paid, entirely, for serving. Ahhh. Now if someone had told me about this earlier...^_^
Thus, my first Jury Duty experience ever, and it's still ongoing, hee hee...I didn't register to vote most of college, so after the 2 notices (of which I didn't have to show up because of school, etc...), I had never gotten any Jury Duty summons. But this year, I did - to vote against Arnold Schwarzenegger because my bro was voting FOR him, and to vote on some props to help out education. =) And thus, they got me. I don't mind serving - it's a good civic duty thing, and God put us here on the Earth, and we have a responsibility to uphold the law and such while we're here (He is the ultimate Judge, and I'm sure, a much cooler judge than the one I have, hee hee...), so why not? It'd be nice though, if it wasn't during the school year, or right before the end of the trimester, SLC's, San Jose, and all that stuff, but it's got to happen some time, right? And we'll see if I get to be one of the 14 - it's His decision, and I'll leave it at that. =)
I DO intend to buy a hot dog outside of the courthouse come Monday afternoon. =) I didn't Thursday, because it was early when I got out, and yesterday, I ended up walking all over the Mission Inn District, heh heh. But Monday? Hot dog. With everything on it, minus that funky yellow sauce they call mustard. =)
03.03.04, Wednesday:
[09:55pm] I was driving to school today...and it was nothing but absolute, picturesque beauty before me as I drove to work, hee hee...the mountains in Brightwood were about two-thirds blanketed with white, white snow, and the background was made complete with fluffy bright clouds and a clear blue morning sky! ^_^ There is this one point where you turn from the 15 North onto the 91 East where you see some homes in the Corona Hills area, and it looked like the mountains were completely covered in snow. With that background, it could have been some picture on a travel brochure to Norway, hee hee...^_^
Oh yeah, I have Jury Duty tomorrow. Finally! The day that I have bike rack duty and TWO SST meetings, as well as the usual day I have for after-school help. Maybe it's a good thing - I have enough Journals and essays to grade, right? Heh heh...^_^
I'm still deciding...should I apply to other school districts? Corona-Norco? Chino Valley? Should I be looking for a home (not that I could afford one, heh heh...)? What about somewhere further away? Like San Diego...or in West LA (Well, this is because of Lorie! We've been "supposed" to roommate since UCI days!)...or the Santa Barbara area...or all the way out in Washington or Oregon??? I want to live out on my own, heh heh, not because I don't like living at home, but because it's just...well...you get to a certain point, and it's like...I want my own little place, to decorate, paint the walls (literally!), cook in...and all that. And if I want to move, well...the best time is earlier on in my career, right? Bleah, I suck at deciding...praying about it just seems to make me think about it more, which is necessary and good, but still, no decision has arisen. I'm just floatin' around...content where I'm at, but wouldn't mind something else...
Hmm. And like with all that type of stuff and more, do with it as You will - on no account is it mine to decide, take, or whatever...You have Your ways, and we all just gotta flow wit' it. =)
03.02.04, Tuesday:
[08:44pm] This is too cute! ^_^ [Oh. No Jury Duty yet. Still waiting.]
03.01.04, Monday:
[07:04pm] Happy March to all! ^_^ No Jury Duty today...nor tomorrow...I'm still waiting for when it is that I'm finally called up...I don't like the waiting...I wish I knew, so I could lesson plan better this week...=Þ It rained well today. Good job,Aquarius! Hee hee...I was helping a student with his constellation report after school, and his constellation was Aquarius. So when it started to pour, he was like...hey! Aquarius is making it rain! ^_^
Anyways, Jury Duty is supposed to be an honor. I really wouldn't mind, if I didn't teach. It's a hassle when you're a teacher. Other than that, I would imagine it'd be kinda nice, to get a day off (well...more than a day if you were selected, right? And if it was a murder case??? But that novelty might wear off, once you are in it for more than a few days...), and get to be a part of the system for a bit and see how things work. But teachers? Nope. The band teacher was gone for six weeks earlier this year, on a case! I wouldn't like that...my goodness, what would my kids do??? To the sub, I mean! J/k j/k...hee hee...^_^