First off, I'm with Kaitlin: what is going on with everyone???? I want updates!
So, it's Sunday night. I am sitting in my apartment watching my boys (the sox, duh), sipping red wine, and trying to lesson plan for the whole week.
This week marks my first five-day week at school. I am excited and hopeful that tomorrow the organization that my school has been sorely lacking will be all figured out.
So far it has been completely exhausting and frustrating, but I have had those moments of clarity when I know exactly why I am doing what I am doing and those moments are thrilling.
My students are excellent and inquisitive. They are goofy and thoughtful. They frequently talk amongst themselves and yet they are easy to involve in all-class discussions. They ask excellent questions, which I often have to go home and look up the answers to (especially in history). They keep me on my toes and tire me out and I hope I will do the same for them.
I would share more, but it is almost 11:30 and I have to get ready for bed! I was going to go to bed even EARLIER but the sox kept me up with an amazing 9th, despite our loss.
So my lovelies, that was my feeble attempt to resurrect the blog. As Drew said this summer, there will come a time when we are all living totally separate lives and the blog will be a distant memory which we no longer have any connection to. But until then...
Write!
Love you all,
a
Sunday, September 16, 2007
You have a friend named sean too???
Thanks Kaitlin! I was doing the same as you every day because, well, what else do i do but look at new things both social and business online. After about 30 applications and about 7 interviews I remain unemployed so let me know if you have any and i mean ANY work you want me to do for you...I was actually helping Christelle a few days ago by reading over and making corrections to her short answers to her abroad application to Australia. Now, I obviously wouldve posted sooner but as I've said I dont do much. Tomorrow, however, my mom gave me the ok to start driving again! I plan to visit my old boss and do some driving for work elsewhere in the nearby area (position opened in a lab i found on Monster). See what happens with that.
On a brighter note, we were hanging at a friends house last night and Sean (yes i too have a friend from home named sean) wanted to introduce us to a new drinking game recently invented called "Boozeball." The reason it was invented was because a group of people began drinking and prepared for a game of Beirut...they were prepared with ping pong balls but had forgotten to get solo cups and so Boozeball was created. I dont have to wake up early so I will take this time to explain it to all of you. First everyone playing starts with their full beer, bottle or can, and make sure to have it open. team size does not matter, the point of the game in contrast to beirut is to chug your beer as quickly as possible rather than make the other team drink all of theirs. One player starts with a single ping pong ball and proceeds to try and hit any of the beers on the opposite side. The ball then bounces of the beer in any direction and the one whose beer was hit must get the ball (with help from his teammates) and touch it to his beer. between the throwing of the ball and the contact of the beer by the beers "owner" the thrower pounds the beer in hopes of finishing it. There are no boundaries and may be played on any size table. Also, if the owner knocks over his or her own beer then (s)he must replace their beer with a fresh one. If the thrower knocks over a beer of the opposing team, then the thrower is just helping the opponents finish their beers quicker. In the event that the ball hits multiple beers of the opposing team on a single throw, both owners must touch the same ping pong ball to their respective beer. the shot rotates back and forth between teams and missed shots just mean the thrower doesnt get to drink. Your eye-hand coordination is key in such a game.
Please let me know if you are going to alumni weekend. If yes, then if youre living in or around the city, if you want to carpool! Check out my metal...no not medal, METAL:
On a brighter note, we were hanging at a friends house last night and Sean (yes i too have a friend from home named sean) wanted to introduce us to a new drinking game recently invented called "Boozeball." The reason it was invented was because a group of people began drinking and prepared for a game of Beirut...they were prepared with ping pong balls but had forgotten to get solo cups and so Boozeball was created. I dont have to wake up early so I will take this time to explain it to all of you. First everyone playing starts with their full beer, bottle or can, and make sure to have it open. team size does not matter, the point of the game in contrast to beirut is to chug your beer as quickly as possible rather than make the other team drink all of theirs. One player starts with a single ping pong ball and proceeds to try and hit any of the beers on the opposite side. The ball then bounces of the beer in any direction and the one whose beer was hit must get the ball (with help from his teammates) and touch it to his beer. between the throwing of the ball and the contact of the beer by the beers "owner" the thrower pounds the beer in hopes of finishing it. There are no boundaries and may be played on any size table. Also, if the owner knocks over his or her own beer then (s)he must replace their beer with a fresh one. If the thrower knocks over a beer of the opposing team, then the thrower is just helping the opponents finish their beers quicker. In the event that the ball hits multiple beers of the opposing team on a single throw, both owners must touch the same ping pong ball to their respective beer. the shot rotates back and forth between teams and missed shots just mean the thrower doesnt get to drink. Your eye-hand coordination is key in such a game.
Please let me know if you are going to alumni weekend. If yes, then if youre living in or around the city, if you want to carpool! Check out my metal...no not medal, METAL:
Blog Resurrection
Well, I tried to leave the job to someone else, but I think it's high time that someone else posts. I'm getting tired of looking at Rose's pictures. No offense, Rose.
School is amazing, if not dramatic and overwhelming. I have SO MUCH WORK - every homework assignment is truly the equivalent of a final project or something similar at Conn (which I now call "my undergrad" - how weird is that?), so that's pretty overwhelming. I've already had to pitch a feature film idea to an executive and write a written treatment for it, and I'm about to actually have to try to secure the rights to it. I've also had to plan the budget and schedule - and do TONS of prep work to get there - for a hypothetical script. The work is out of control.
I'm currently on set, but they're filming in front of the green screen right now, so they didn't need me in there. I've been on set 7am-7pm three days in a row, which has been exhausting but exhilarating. It's also been fun because Ryan is on set.
Guys, I think I'm falling in love with him. Seriously. I'm actually a little nervous about it. I'm not being a little girl, either - I'm being serious.
Anyway, things are crazy busy, clearly, but there's no need to bore you with the details.
What I really have to say is this:
UPDATE MORE! I really want to know what's going on with all of your lives! Let's not let the blog die.
School is amazing, if not dramatic and overwhelming. I have SO MUCH WORK - every homework assignment is truly the equivalent of a final project or something similar at Conn (which I now call "my undergrad" - how weird is that?), so that's pretty overwhelming. I've already had to pitch a feature film idea to an executive and write a written treatment for it, and I'm about to actually have to try to secure the rights to it. I've also had to plan the budget and schedule - and do TONS of prep work to get there - for a hypothetical script. The work is out of control.
I'm currently on set, but they're filming in front of the green screen right now, so they didn't need me in there. I've been on set 7am-7pm three days in a row, which has been exhausting but exhilarating. It's also been fun because Ryan is on set.
Guys, I think I'm falling in love with him. Seriously. I'm actually a little nervous about it. I'm not being a little girl, either - I'm being serious.
Anyway, things are crazy busy, clearly, but there's no need to bore you with the details.
What I really have to say is this:
UPDATE MORE! I really want to know what's going on with all of your lives! Let's not let the blog die.
Monday, September 03, 2007
hey all
so i will attempt to use this blog on a german computer. well see how it goes. all the instructions are auf deutsch, but i think i can manage. i hope that all of your years are starting up well and that they are as exciting, new, and terrifying as mine here in germany. everyday is an adventure, and every adventure is fantastic. i thought id share some photos. i dont know if itll work. but im doing well and missing u all.
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