Saturday, March 27, 2010
Flag Football
Went to play flag football today. I only knew one other person of the whole group, so after we split into teams, I warned my team, "I should mention that I suck at football, and you should never pass it to me." They completely ignored what I said, and threw the football towards me a few times. Again and again, I failed to catch the football. Then finally, I make the catch. And I ran in for the touchdown. Woohoo!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Leprechaun
The kids decided to make leprechaun traps out of popsicle sticks. Plan was to capture a leprechaun and force it to give up its pot of gold. If the leprechaun resisted, we would torture him by tickling until he submitted to our will. No leprechauns captured. Perhaps next year.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Atlanta and back
Road trip to Atlanta with the parents. Our family attended the wedding of a long time friend, that was held on the covered deck of a winery during the pouring rain. I took some pictures, but don’t know how they turned out yet. Film. We’ll see. All the best to April and Edward Kim.
We visited the Georgia Aquarium, “the world’s largest with over 8 million gallons of water – the top Atlanta attraction, right in the heart of downtown.” Definitely a great experience. Hopefully I got some decent pictures. Again, film. We’ll see.
For an old man, my dad is still good with driving long distances. He and I both did roughly 7 hours each for both ways. I was going to congratulate him on a job well done when we arrived at home, but he parked in front of the wrong house. Old people.
We visited the Georgia Aquarium, “the world’s largest with over 8 million gallons of water – the top Atlanta attraction, right in the heart of downtown.” Definitely a great experience. Hopefully I got some decent pictures. Again, film. We’ll see.
For an old man, my dad is still good with driving long distances. He and I both did roughly 7 hours each for both ways. I was going to congratulate him on a job well done when we arrived at home, but he parked in front of the wrong house. Old people.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
I should write more
Haven't written here for a while. I'll try to do at least once a week.
On Feb 20, it was my birthday. I'm 24 now. I wasn't planning on doing anything that day, until Todai sent me a $15 off coupon (with purchase of 2 adult dinners). So I tried to get some people to come, and I think it was a pretty good turnout. Todai itself wasn't as great as I had anticipated. I should stop trying to eat their sushi.
On Feb 19th, tried to have a pre-celebration with Camille and Bianca. Brought their favorite foods to their school lunch to eat with them. For Camille, that was Whataburger chicken strips. Then I drove to downtown Houston, bought a roasted duck, a box of roasted pork, and rice, then drove back to their school for lunch with Bianca. Sadly, Bianca's class had already gone to buy their lunches early, and were going to eat in their classroom to watch a movie. It was quite a shame. The duck and pork were still good, but I ate my part of it alone, like some sort of meat glutton.
I had some computer problems last week. Viruses. Apparently the free anti-virus software was insufficient. According to one of the scans that was performed before there was a total system failure, there was ~1000 viruses on my computer. So I had to take it into Fry's, get the whole thing reset back to factory settings, wiping out everything I had before. Then of course, I had to rummage through my piles of junk to find the driver cds for my hardware: printers and scanner. But the worst of it is, my student version of Adobe Photoshop CS4 wouldn't reinstall. I now have the 30 day trial version from the Adobe website, but will have to rebuy the program at some point. That program is expensive.
I passed the TExES content tests that I took on Feb 6th. So now, in addition to Math 4-8, I'm eligible to teach as Generalist EC-6 or Art EC-12. I just called Texas Teachers to get approval to take Science 4-8 and Science 8-12. It seems like most districts are looking to hire new science teachers, so if I pass those, it should triple my hiring potential.
Finished with all in-person and online classes for Texas Teachers. The last bit of the program, is the 30 hours of field based experience, which I'm trying to complete as fast as possible. Mostly, I've been going to Bianca and Camille's elementary school, and read stories to Camille's class.
My poems and stories are very well received by Camille's first grade class. They're always urging me to write more and more -- it's very good for my productivity. Whenever I leave, Camille gives me a big hug. And now, several of the other kids give me hugs too. Recently, I started making copies of the poems for each kid in the class so that they can read along, and read them at home. I thought it would be a good idea for them to each have a copy, instead of just hearing me read, to improve literacy and such. Today, one girl told me, "Andrew, you know the poem you gave me? I read it every night." Isn't that sweet? It feels good being able to contribute to the happiness of a child in a way that inspires imagination and furthers their education.
I started registering some of my poems for copyright, so I can distribute them for reading by the public without worry.
I created a blog that will be dedicated to the children's poems:
http://mrandrewpoems.blogspot.com/
Still not sure about a good pen name. I titled the site as Mr. Andrew, because that's what Camille's class refers to me as sometimes.
I joined the Poetry group on Facebook, the largest poetry group on the site, which boasts over 22,000 members. Of course, it seems like the group only has >20 active members, but it has been helpful in getting useful feedback and seeing all the different viewpoints and poetic styles. I'm not posting what I consider my best ones, except for the ones I have already copyrighted. Still, most of my posts seem to be well-received.
I'm glad I registered "Rosie's Toes" for copyright: "Andrew, I used your poem "Rosies Toes" in class as an example of performance poetry."
So many weddings that I'll be able to shoot at this year. March 12, April 17, April 24, Aug 14, Oct 2, Oct 9, Dec 12. All practice/portfolio building, just going to be "extra photo dude". But there's another newly engaged friend, that wants me to be her main photographer. She said she wants to have the wedding sometime in the fall. How exciting. I'm forming my team, and will launch my side business next year.
catchmeyoorimon 2:46 pm
(2:46:21 PM): can you read this proposal i wrote real quick
wander ng 2:46 pm
(2:46:28 PM): haha
catchmeyoorimon 2:46 pm
(2:46:33 PM): i wrote it so fast, i know it's super crappy
wander ng 2:46 pm
(2:46:34 PM): email: footwhoops@gmail.com
catchmeyoorimon 2:46 pm
(2:46:46 PM): i need someone to take a look before i submit
(2:46:52 PM): thanks
wander ng 2:47 pm
(2:47:41 PM): what's my time limit?
catchmeyoorimon 2:49 pm
(2:49:37 PM): it's less than one page double spaced
(2:49:44 PM): 40 min!
wander ng 2:50 pm
(2:50:03 PM): oh my gosh yoorie.
(2:50:10 PM): this feels like college again.
catchmeyoorimon 2:50 pm
(2:50:36 PM): hahahaha yes... sorry
(2:50:43 PM): im glad you were online
(2:50:54 PM): ok sent!
On Feb 20, it was my birthday. I'm 24 now. I wasn't planning on doing anything that day, until Todai sent me a $15 off coupon (with purchase of 2 adult dinners). So I tried to get some people to come, and I think it was a pretty good turnout. Todai itself wasn't as great as I had anticipated. I should stop trying to eat their sushi.
On Feb 19th, tried to have a pre-celebration with Camille and Bianca. Brought their favorite foods to their school lunch to eat with them. For Camille, that was Whataburger chicken strips. Then I drove to downtown Houston, bought a roasted duck, a box of roasted pork, and rice, then drove back to their school for lunch with Bianca. Sadly, Bianca's class had already gone to buy their lunches early, and were going to eat in their classroom to watch a movie. It was quite a shame. The duck and pork were still good, but I ate my part of it alone, like some sort of meat glutton.
I had some computer problems last week. Viruses. Apparently the free anti-virus software was insufficient. According to one of the scans that was performed before there was a total system failure, there was ~1000 viruses on my computer. So I had to take it into Fry's, get the whole thing reset back to factory settings, wiping out everything I had before. Then of course, I had to rummage through my piles of junk to find the driver cds for my hardware: printers and scanner. But the worst of it is, my student version of Adobe Photoshop CS4 wouldn't reinstall. I now have the 30 day trial version from the Adobe website, but will have to rebuy the program at some point. That program is expensive.
I passed the TExES content tests that I took on Feb 6th. So now, in addition to Math 4-8, I'm eligible to teach as Generalist EC-6 or Art EC-12. I just called Texas Teachers to get approval to take Science 4-8 and Science 8-12. It seems like most districts are looking to hire new science teachers, so if I pass those, it should triple my hiring potential.
Finished with all in-person and online classes for Texas Teachers. The last bit of the program, is the 30 hours of field based experience, which I'm trying to complete as fast as possible. Mostly, I've been going to Bianca and Camille's elementary school, and read stories to Camille's class.
My poems and stories are very well received by Camille's first grade class. They're always urging me to write more and more -- it's very good for my productivity. Whenever I leave, Camille gives me a big hug. And now, several of the other kids give me hugs too. Recently, I started making copies of the poems for each kid in the class so that they can read along, and read them at home. I thought it would be a good idea for them to each have a copy, instead of just hearing me read, to improve literacy and such. Today, one girl told me, "Andrew, you know the poem you gave me? I read it every night." Isn't that sweet? It feels good being able to contribute to the happiness of a child in a way that inspires imagination and furthers their education.
I started registering some of my poems for copyright, so I can distribute them for reading by the public without worry.
I created a blog that will be dedicated to the children's poems:
http://mrandrewpoems.blogspot.com/
Still not sure about a good pen name. I titled the site as Mr. Andrew, because that's what Camille's class refers to me as sometimes.
I joined the Poetry group on Facebook, the largest poetry group on the site, which boasts over 22,000 members. Of course, it seems like the group only has >20 active members, but it has been helpful in getting useful feedback and seeing all the different viewpoints and poetic styles. I'm not posting what I consider my best ones, except for the ones I have already copyrighted. Still, most of my posts seem to be well-received.
I'm glad I registered "Rosie's Toes" for copyright: "Andrew, I used your poem "Rosies Toes" in class as an example of performance poetry."
So many weddings that I'll be able to shoot at this year. March 12, April 17, April 24, Aug 14, Oct 2, Oct 9, Dec 12. All practice/portfolio building, just going to be "extra photo dude". But there's another newly engaged friend, that wants me to be her main photographer. She said she wants to have the wedding sometime in the fall. How exciting. I'm forming my team, and will launch my side business next year.
catchmeyoorimon 2:46 pm
(2:46:21 PM): can you read this proposal i wrote real quick
wander ng 2:46 pm
(2:46:28 PM): haha
catchmeyoorimon 2:46 pm
(2:46:33 PM): i wrote it so fast, i know it's super crappy
wander ng 2:46 pm
(2:46:34 PM): email: footwhoops@gmail.com
catchmeyoorimon 2:46 pm
(2:46:46 PM): i need someone to take a look before i submit
(2:46:52 PM): thanks
wander ng 2:47 pm
(2:47:41 PM): what's my time limit?
catchmeyoorimon 2:49 pm
(2:49:37 PM): it's less than one page double spaced
(2:49:44 PM): 40 min!
wander ng 2:50 pm
(2:50:03 PM): oh my gosh yoorie.
(2:50:10 PM): this feels like college again.
catchmeyoorimon 2:50 pm
(2:50:36 PM): hahahaha yes... sorry
(2:50:43 PM): im glad you were online
(2:50:54 PM): ok sent!
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