Amusing read.

Currently reading, I Love You, Beth Cooper. It's a fun read. Very amusing. 

Like a Catch 22... sort of.

I have a job offer to teach ELA at a school in Ozone Park, Queens, NYC. I also don't have said job offer. 

What?!

Let me lay it down right quick, the principal wants to hire me but can't offer a concrete commitment because he doesn't know his school's budget yet. I'm his top prospect that he wants to acquire for his school though. So now, I have to wait a week to see if this will go through. 

Catch 22 for sure. 

Next

Finished reading, Slam last night. Nick Hornby is quite the master of writing male confessional related literature. Good stuff. 

I haven't decided what I'm tackling next. I've noticed though I go from humorous book to serious book. I consider Slam more of a serious book so, technically, a humorous book is next in line but you never know. 

I'm longing again. Oh joy. 

Somewhat smooth sailing

Wrapped up my second interview and first ever demo lesson today. I can relax for a bit. I just hope something comes out of these two interviews I went on. 

I've pretty much decided I rather not return to Far Rockaway H.S. if I can avoid it. 

Tomorrow is Thursday and then Friday and a 3 day weekend. 

Connelly's will open its doors this Friday to start another Rockaway summer. Yay!

Back to the grind.

New Paltz was fun last night. Today was not so much fun. It comes with the price of partying though. 

Another intense week coming up. Interview and lesson demo on Wednesday and then 3 day weekend. 

Connelly's is opening this weekend. Woot!

Dun dun dun!

First interview tomorrow. Then New Paltz on Saturday. Second interview on Wednesday. 

It's like being back in college...

On the dawn of my one year college graduation my professional life gets thrown a few wildcards. I have two interviews scheduled. One this Friday and then on Wednesday, the 21st. The latter has a demo lesson attached to it. I'm in the midst of preparing a professional portfolio and then I have to plan a demo lesson involving Othello and The Color of Water. 

So yeah, it's like being back in college but the risk failure is very much real. Too close for comfort. I can't stay up till 3 in the morning working on papers anymore. It's impossible. 

On the brighter side, New Paltz this Saturday for graduation eve partying and whatnot. But it's crunch time before and right after this weekend. 

It never ends. Leave to such a current situation that motivates my body to wanting to run and lift weights till it cannot anymore. 

Oh well, time to finish this game...

SLAM!

In the midst of teaching Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to my freshmen students. I'm aiming to possibly completing Caesar the Friday right before Memorial Day. That's two weeks or 10 school days. 

I want to try and squeeze a third literary text before the last day of classes on June 13th. I'm leaning towards the Chocolate War. It's quite the predicament I am trying to get into. Insane, right? 

I'm reading Nick Hornby's Slam for pleasure. It's good. British first person narrative works well. Hornby's definitely got a talent for writing male confessional lit. The guy is good. 

I'm also playing Skate on PS3. It's good but it takes some getting used to. I have the Tony Hawk's  Pro Skater game controls so imbedded in my brain that I just assumed Skate's control scheme is the same. It's not though. Not in any way. 

So it goes. Five weeks of classes left then two weeks of Regents exams and grading and then It's summer. Since beginning college, I have developed a real sense of how fast time flies. It's almost a year since I graduated college. It sure doesn't feel like it's been a year though. Simply mind boggling. 

So it goes though. So it goes. 

The REAL Animal House

Just finished reading Chris Miller's memoir about his college sophomore year. Obviously the focus of the book involves him rushing and pledging the Alpha Delta fraternity and all the hijinks that followed. 

Needless to say, I LOVED this book. I pledged TKE in college and despite that Miller's memoir reflects on college in the '60s and I was in college from 2003-2007 there are an infinite number of similarities that far outshine the very few differences. I would like to know what college was like in past decades. It would astound me and I would love it very much. 

The college semester end in two weeks. I'll return to New Paltz on May 17th for 24 hours of nonstop drinking and partying as part of the graduation weekend ritual. I'm excited because it will be a fitting celebration/mourning to mark my one year anniversary since I became a college graduate and had to enter the real world. Tragedy. 

It's a most bittersweet time. Summer is right around the corner. Here's hoping that the summer kicks ass! Cheers!