Monday

Woke up, had breakfast, watched episodes of How I Met Your Mother season 1, went to the gym, showered, later lunch, played some Madden on PS2, finished reading Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, surfed the net, blogged this post. 

My day in a winded sentence. 

Next up is Macaulay Culkin's first book called junIor. Not sure what to think. I bought it this past winter on a whim but never touched it until now. Like I said, not sure what I'm expecting or what I want. Oh well. 

So it goes. 

Sundays with no Mondays

Today has been the first Sunday that will have no Monday in terms of having to wake up at 6:20 AM and having to go to work. 

Summer vacation!!! 

Summer Vacation

Today is the first full day of summer vacation. 

The Staten Island ferry was most fun yesterday afternoon with my peeps from work. Awesome. 

Smithtown tomorrow for a bbq. 

I've yet to actually rest or sleep in completion of my first year of teaching. I can't wait for Sunday when I will finally be able to relax. 

Because The Night

Is easily one of the greatest songs ever written. I absolutely love it. Every aspect of it, from the lyrics to the music itself... it's all amazing. 

Easily a top 15 song. Easily. 

Last Day of School

Today was the last day of classroom instruction. After I got out I went for drinks at Hamilton's house to celebrate her birthday and the end of the school year. 

Just like that I have been teaching for one year. It's kind of bittersweet. No cake, no cheesy celebration... just a few drinks and a slice of pizza. And a week of proctoring exams. Yay! 

Yay! 

I hope for the summer I do massive loads of writing and reading and some lesson planning along the way. HOO- AH!

Playing for Pizza

Finished reading Playing for Pizza today. Terrific short novel that I really enjoyed. It ignited a fire in me to visit Italy. I'm going to look into this for maybe next summer. It would be awesome. Awesome I say!

Van Halen wrote some great songs when Sammy Hagar took the reigns in the wake of Diamond Dave bolting. I enjoy both incarnations of the band. Not sure which I prefer though. Tough choice. 

What to read next? I'll let you know later. 

Let's rock!

I want to start a band and play a hybrid of old school hardcore and thrash metal combined with elements of death/black metal as well as epic/progressive/power metal and hardcore/punk attitude. 

I would play bass... hold it down on the low end side. I also contribute backing vocals... like screams, roars and the gang chants. 

Who's in? 

It's a Black Out!

Power went out today around 1:10 or 1:14. Almost got out of work early but the power returned around 1:55 or so. Damn the administration for delaying a possible rapid dismissal especially after the two other schools in the building pulled the trigger. 

Oh well. 

Too Hot!

It's been too hot the past three days. Tooooooooooo hot. It'll continue tomorrow but at a slightly cooler temperature and I use the phrase "slightly cooler temperature" with liberty. 

Tag Team

Found out today I'll be joined at my new place of employment by a current fellow coworker... English & U.S. History tag team! WOOOOOOOOOO! There is no denying the power there. 

Things are going well. Good things are moving at a good pace and no complaints whatsoever. 

I Love You, Natalia!

Finished reading I Love You, Beth Cooper a few minutes ago. It's not exactly what I expected and the ending leaves you a bit hanging on edge... guess I have to use my imagination to better understand the end. 

Anyways, my Beth Cooper is Natalia. If you know me then you know the saga of Natalia and I. Oh joy! It just didn't end well for me. I still don't know what I took away from this saga. 

Oh well. 

Next read: Playing for Pizza, John Grisham. 

Take it and run!

I took the job offer. Fall 2008, I will be teaching at a new high school... the times are a-changing. How bizarre. For the longest time nothing changed and then all of sudden, in a blink of an eye just about everything got turned upside down. 

From one situation to the next.

So I got a concrete job offer today. I had an interview with another school yesterday and scheduled a demo lesson for this Friday with them and then I find out I have an actual job offer. 

I literally have gone from one decision making situation to another... Do I go ahead and do the demo lesson or do I just take the offer already on the table? If I take the offer will I be putting myself in the school that can provide the best fit? Am I missing out on a better fit school by pulling the trigger and taking what I know I can get at the very moment? 

Decisions, decisions, decisions... from one to the next.