tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57193182011-09-01T22:44:50.815-07:00The world as I see itR. Palmernoreply@blogger.comBlogger2581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719318.post-52601405944709657152011-07-12T16:23:00.000-07:002011-07-12T16:24:57.254-07:00

Over a year ago I was introduced to the concept of building your own air conditioner by a friend of mine. Since then, I've wanted to make it for those few, but very miserable Seattle summer nights when it doesn't cool off. Finally, I was able to purchase the parts and piece it together. It was recommended that I post the instructions on how I did it, so that's what I'm doing. Before I begin, I

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Ok, so I've really done a lousy job keeping up with this blog. I'll admit it. My attention's been divided too, so that's partially to blame. During the season, I blog weekly on my LOST blog, so at least I'm going something. For now, though, I'm going to give a brief update on the end of the school year and what this summer has in store for me.This last school year was lame. I was talking

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Ok, I know its been 2 months since I last updated, but I thought it might be interesting for you to read about the new replacement(s) for the WASL, if you're interested. http://www.k12.wa.us/WCAP/default.aspxAlso, as LOST starts up again tonight, I will be blogging again tonight on my LOST blog, The LOST Book Club.Enjoy!

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I have gotten lots of things done this Thanksgiving weekend! It actually suprises me a bit, as I'm not usually that good at making myself do things, like balance my checkbook (it's been staking up over the last 3 months). However, I did it. And this morning I've taken the trash out, RSVPed for a wedding, gone through mail I've been avoiding for weeks, continued to run laundry (including the

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Funny story. We had an overnight for the junior guys at church Friday night. We did X-Bowling then crashed at Paul's place. Late night, little sleep, the usual (Side Note: hardwood floors are just that - hard!). Some of the guys there are a part of Paul's C-Group (small group, discipleship group, whatever you want to call it), and they goof around alot. One of the things they like to do is use

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Its back to work I go! The busy summer has finished and I was back at work (for the first time since school was out) yesterday. In good Ryan fasion, I didn't leave until about 7:15pm. Ah, back in the swing of things.I'm not fully back to the regular busy schedule yet, thankfully, but I am working all week this week. Today I'm headed to a tech training in the morning, then helping with a web

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I've now completed 3 of the 4 trips slated for this summer: Olympic Peninsual w/ Ben, Spokane for the Biotechnology Workshop, and Daroga State Park for SMT Safari.I haven't given much of an update on the workshop. The quick and dirty is that it was good, I learned alot and had some great time to reflect on my teaching and network with other fabulous teachers. Now the challenge will be to

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About 2 hours ago I finished my 3rd 5 hour drive between Seattle and Spokane since Sunday. The workshop that I'm at did something that's cool, but has a downside to it over the last 2 days. VERY early Tuesday morning we boarded a bus and drove out to Seattle. Once we got there (5 hours later) we toured 2 different biotechnology companies/institutions where they gave us information about what

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Alright, so here's what I know about this fabulous Spokane Biotechnology workshop thing I've gotten myself into. Arrived yesterday about 5:15 pm. The drive wasn't too bad (talked to Cari for a while which was great, and listened to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on CD). When I got here, I checked in w/ the nice lady at the table and was informed that in fact I did have a roommate, though

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I think I've seen more new places in the last 3 days than I have in a long, long time. Ben and I went over to the Olympic Peninsula Monday thru Wednesday and had a great time! We started w/ a ferry ride from Edmonds to Kingston, up highway 101 to Sequim. Let me just say: I really loved Sequim! Not just the town, but the surrounding area as well. The land by the Dungeness Spit was amazingly

R. Palmernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719318.post-32491991321232905412008-07-11T22:02:00.000-07:002008-07-11T22:14:45.724-07:00

When it comes to movies, sometimes I never learn. A while ago I watched Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2 on netflix. This was mostly because I'd heard alot about them and wanted to know myself what they were like/about. The first one was bad. I don't mean it was done poorly, I mean it was gross, icky, and inappropriate. Smart person that I am, though, I watched volume 2. Granted, it wasn't as bad,

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I'm realizing that my posts are super long. I'd like to think I'm making up for lost time from the school year, but I really don't think that's it. I'm going to try to make this shorter.Today I had a fabulous day hanging out w/ friends at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. It was great weather for it and we all had a blast. Ask Ingrid about the Beluga Whale; its her favorite. : PI

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It seems that I'm either crazy busy all the time or doing absolutely nothing. I really don't know why that is, but this summer seems to provide ample evidence to support this idea. Last week, for example...The first few days I didn't do much. Went out for a meeting on Monday, but other than that, I was home by my self until church Wednesday night. Thursday day I was home, but went to the

R. Palmernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719318.post-39841610048766139102008-06-30T21:38:00.001-07:002008-06-30T21:48:59.490-07:00

You may remember my post last week about new HD DVR service and such that I really shouldn't have done and how stupid it was of me to take the offer. I assumed that I was "locked in" because it all came with a 2 year agreement and there's something like $480 for an early termination fee. Not fun at all.Well, after talking to a couple of savvy friends, I started to look into it a bit more to see

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I've been trying a new strategy when it comes to heat this weekend: be happy for those who are enjoying the weather. Its a sort of "rejoice with those who rejoice" type of approach and is very different than my normal perspective. Any of you who know me, know that I'm not, nor have I ever been, a hot weather guy. I can't explain it, but I just really like the cool and the rain. Yes, I like

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So I was good and actually scheduled out when I have to get certain things done like I said I needed to and, for the most part, today has been a very productive day. I've gotten all but one thing on today's task list done, plus a few other things that aren't on my list.The problem, however, is that one of the things on my list sorta' backfired. I was supposed to call my sattelite company (which

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The one word I would use to describe myself today would be pathetic. For the life of me, I can't seem to motivate myself to do the list of things I need to do. I don't know if its because I'm still early in break (the last day of school was one week ago today), just a very lazy person, or need someone else to get me going, but I just seem to avoid the stuff I need to be doing.The funny thing is

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Believe it or not, I've made it thru another school year. For some reason (I'm blaming the weather), it doesn't really feel like the school year is over. Today feels more like a Saturday.Recently many people have asked me "What do you do with your summers off?" I have trouble answering that question, mostly because I don't feel like I've had a 'typical' summer break yet. The first one, two

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So, I got some interesting news today at work: the other 8th grade science teacher will not be returning next year. its and awkward situation, but suffice it to say, we'll be getting a new teacher by next fall. That makes for some odd things between now and the end of the year, but it also means that next year there's a good chance that I'll be helping another someone thru the ropes of the

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Over 2 weeks ago I started my list of things I wanted to get accomplished during spring break. They are things that I don't really have time to do during school, but that still need to be done and that I really want to have crossed off my list. So far I really haven't gotten any of those things done. I've done a few things that didn't make it to the list (though I'm considering writing them on

R. Palmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719318.post-87952280174174005432008-02-10T11:57:00.000-08:002008-02-10T12:00:03.529-08:00

Ok, so I don't take much time to post here, especially during school, but I've started a new blog about LOST that I'm sure I'll post to at least once a week. :) The link is:http://lost-book-club.blogspot.comI've also started a google group that I think might better facilitate a discussion (moreso than a blog). You can get to that here:http://groups.google.com/group/lost-book-clubEnjoy!PS I

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I had one of the most lazy days in memory yesterday, and boy did I need it. Just for a bit of perspective, last weekend I worked both Saturday and Sunday (not just worked, but actually went into school to work). So in many ways I feel like I didn't get a real weekend last weekend.So yesterday I didn't get up until nearly 11am, which was great. And then I proceeded to not do anything all day long.

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This will probably be my last post for a while as school starts up again tomorrow. 2007 ended quite well up at WinterFlash camp. It was busy and I've had 2 late nights in a row now, so I'm pretty tired, but it was good. New challenges and perspectives on High School ministry came for me, as well as some things to chew on.In many ways it doesn't seem like we're into a new year yet. I'm sure

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Well, Christmas is over and I survived it. All it all it wasn't as bad as I was anticipating. In fact, we even had a White Christmas, which is a first in my memory (at least the first time it actually snowed on Christmas Day; I do recall one year a long time ago where we had snow on the ground for Christmas, but I don't think it actually snowed on the day). But anyway, yes, Christmas is over,

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I suppose I should post something now that I'm on Christmas break. This a much needed break from work, but unfortunatly its not a true break as most of us would like (but then again, how often in adult life do we get a real break?). I've brought papers home to grade that I really need to get done today; Cari comes into town tomorrow, and I know once she's here I won't really get much done. I

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I know, 2 posts in the same week. I was feeling inspired at 8:45 tonight on my way home. It just so happens the 2 ideas both have to do with math...First, some numbers to crunch:12 x 180 = 2160# of hours worked in a day by me x number of teaching days in a school year = number of hours worked in a school year (9 months)40 x 52 = 2080# of hours worked in an average work week x number of

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Let's see, its been...almost 2 months since my last post. What's happened in those 2 months, you may wonder? Enough to keep me from posting, that's for sure!This school year has been really good in some ways and really not so good in others. The good part is the actual teaching part. I've got a good raport w/ most of my students, classes are good, scores are up (in my classes compared to last

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When people ask how I'm doing or how school is going so far, the basic answer I give is: its going well, but I'm really tired. I don't remember being this tired last year, but that could be because I was running on adreneline, since it was my first real beginning of the year. This year is different, as I really have much more of a feeling of where I'm heading, but I'm also still working really

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As much as I'm trying to ignore it, tomorrow, in less than 12 hours as a matter of fact, the 2007-2008 school year begins. I know it'll be good, but for some reason I don't really want it to start. Maybe its because I've really enjoyed having time to be with people and do things this summer. Maybe its because I enjoy being lazy and sleeping in. But most likely its because I am one of the

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No, really, its Tuesday. But all day I was convinced this was my 3rd day of work this week. Ah, its great to be back in the swing of things, right? So far this week work's been good overall, but crazy. The more I get into it, the more I realize I have to do; always a great feeling.I'm also having trouble making myself actually get to work. This is the procrastinator inside me. I think the way it

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That's right, with my whopping 1.5 years of teaching experience, I am now the experienced teacher in both grades that I teach. We just hired another new science teacher to replace the other 8th grade teacher (we got a new 9th grade replacement last year about this time), making me the most experienced 8th grade scicence teacher. Of the 4 science teachers in our building, I now have the 2nd

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As much as I didn't think it'd start until next week, I'm really feeling like I'm at the end of my summer. Tomorrow morning I go in for an hour to the district office to sit on a pannel for the new teacher orientation. Basically I get to field questions about the consulting teacher program (like mentor teachers). I get paid, so that's good, but it really means I have to start thinking about

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I just watched the Al Gore movie An Inconvenient Truth and feel compelled to write a review from a science teacher's perspective. Before I do, however, I'd like to say that I'd love to hear from any of you who aren't science people that have seen it (or if you haven't, watch it first and then read my review so I don't taint your perspective). Though I love knowing science, in cases like this it

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I have to keep reminding myself that this class is really a good deal for me. All paid for, I get a stipend, and 5 graduate school credits, in addition to free lunches for 2 weeks. Yes, its really a sweet deal for me. The problem, is I'm trying to get this program made and just can't do what i want to do. The simple things that we learned last week are great for making a TIE fighter fly down

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So I'm truely pathetic. I was being good and went to bed after my last post, but then I couldn't sleep. I don't know if it was because I haddn't finished the book, but I suspect it has more to do with the tea I had several hours earlier: I think the caffine was still in my system. So instead of tossing and turning, I decided to put my time to good use and finish the book. : )Some things that

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Up to Chapter 34 So much has happened, and I was intrenched in a part where I couldn't put the book down. Now its nearly 1:30am and I need to go to bed, as well as reaching a point where I feel I can stop and not feel compelled to keep reading.MAJOR SPOILERS TO FOLLOWBasically, I'm really dissapointed. I know we don't have all the details yet, but I have a feeling this is pretty close to the

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Chapter 19Ok, I definatly wasn't expecting anything like this! So Ron's Deluminator has the ability to take him to where Harry and Hermionie are...seems odd. I hope we find out how it works!And finally, halfway thru the book, we have the first horcrux destroyed. And it seems not to be as hard as I would have thought. Now that they have the sword, they just have to resist the temptations that come

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Chapter 14So I'm still uncertain about the whole Harry seeing Voldemort's thoughts again thing. The suspicious part of me thinks Voldemort is doing it on purpose, perhaps to get Harry to start searching for this guy who took whatever it is that Voldemort is looking for. But I'm not so sure. It seems to be attached to extreme emotion again, like it was in the beginning before Voldemort

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Remember what I was saying in the last post about not feeling compelled to keep reading yet? Well, that didn't last long. I've read from chapter 9 until 13 nearly non-stop, and I'm only stopping now because if I don't I won't be able to make any notes from this last section. I need to get back to reading because I don't know what's going on, but want to update ya'll on what I think so far...-I

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Chapter 6&7I'm more interested in the events of chapter 7, to be honnest. The 4 willed objectes from Dumbeldore are quite intriging. I want to make something significant from the comments left in the will about the objects: Ron - "in the hope that he will remember me when he uses it". I wonder if something about Dumbledore allows the device to do something else? Or perhaps something

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First off, a few thoughts/predictions about this book:-Dumbledore is dead. Jo said so very clearly after book 6-Snape...I'm still not sure. I'm not as ready as some to believe he's good. When I re-read book 6 last week, there was more doubt than before that Snape is good. I can still see it happen, but I suppose if I had to choose, I'd say he's bad. I think more accuratley, he's in it for

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So my original plan was to get up semi-early Saturday morning and go to Barnes & Noble and buy the 7th Harry Potter book I had on reserve. Well, my plans changed. While I was taking Ben home (he was wonderful enough to help me get a jump-start on some filing that's about a year overdue), I get a call from my friend Paul, who's house is just 5 minutes from Ben's. He needed a phone number and so

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I was going thru my calendar today to coordinate one of my friends coming up to visit (ok, so he's really coming to see Ben, but I'm pretending he's coming to see me), and I realized that my summer is nearly over already.Really, I'm about half-way thru it, but when I look at the time I have left to do things I want to do, I'm almost out of it. This is a bit discouraging as I haven't done any of

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Ok, so I've been contemplating this for about a week now, and finally gave in: I put a reservation in for the 7th Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I currently own books 1-6, but all in paperback and I was hoping to keep the set the same. My problem is I just can't wait to read the last book! It comes out on Saturday and I really want to start reading it this Saturday, I

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I don't know, but I may be posting multiple times today. I'm sitting on a computer in my 2 week SPRITE class, waiting for things to start. So far so bored, but I'm sure that'll change when we get going. My one fear about the class, that we'd have to learn programming, seems to be closer to be true now that I'm here. All I know is what's on the intro screen in the front of the class, but at

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Just saw the 5th Harry Potter movie: The Order of the Phoenix and thought I'd write up a review (at 1am) instead of going to bed. Doesn't that sound like a good idea?First of all, I am glad I did not just read the book. I've found in the past that I enjoy book-based movies much more when the details of the "correct" story are less in the forefront of my mind; I tend to get hung up on all the

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Two days, two pools, no jury. Today was remarkably similar to yesterday. Sat around for a while, got called for a jury pool, sat some more, went up to the courtroom for the initial questions, went to a LONG lunch, sat some more, finsished questions, was dismissed from the jury pool.All in all I really enjoyed the jury duty experience. It was neat to see our legal system in action, some

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I have sucessfully completed my first day of jury duty without being on a jury. I was actually in the very first group of people selected to be selected for a jury, but after nearly all day, was excused because they had enough people.The whole experience was really interesting, albeit slow. Listening to the lawyers' quesitons and seeing the way they presented themselves was very educational. I

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Well, tomorrow I begin my first round of Jury Duty. I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand I'm excited about having the chance to see what its really like in a courtroom and actually get to participate in our judicial process. On the other hand, I really don't want to get stuck in a really long, drawn out trial that I can't talk about and have to keep going into Seattle for. Its for

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I'm down to 3 hours left of the school year. 3 hours, 2 classes, and I'm done w/ my first full year of teaching. Its crazy to think about. I was reading what my students wrote in my yearbook this morning and couldn't help but smile. While I know its true that when you get to the end of whatever event you're thinking about you usually remember the good and convienently forget some of the bad (

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Ok, so its been since last year that I last posted. I was going to post at the end of 2006 in place of a Christmas letter, since I can never get those out, but clearly that didn't happen either. So instead, another milestone event has prompted me to post: my one year anniversary of working as a teacher. That's right, one year ago yesterday I started at Kirkland JH. One year ago right now I

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Well, I figure I should post something tonight, seeing as I won't really have any time in the near future. Tomorrow's Labor Day, and in true remembrance of the day, I will be laboring. That's right, I've got to go into work and get my classroom (and myself) ready to see students on Tuesday, the first day of school.I'm not really ready, nor am I particularly looking forward to school starting,

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Here are some pics of my new place. I'm not really unpacked or anything yet, so it doesn't look all that impressive yet. I've tried to shoot the pics so you can keep your barings, but we'll see. : )This is the view from my front door. Kitchen ahead, rooms to the left.Right side of the Kitchen...note the attractive shade of the appliances......and the ever attractive left side of the Kitchen.

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We're down to it, now. Tomorrow is the day we're supposed to close on my condo (see below for the crazy journey to this current condo). I say 'supposed' because I'm a bit gun shy when it comes to closing on a place. I've had to change closing dates twice on the first place and sort of half on this current place (the date hasn't officially changed, but we were trying for last Friday). My fear

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That's right, on Wednesday I went from having a condo to not having a condo (see previous post) and then back to having a condo in less than 24 hours. I went and looked at 3 places on Wednesday afternoon w/ my real estate agent. The last one I really liked, and when she called to find out more info on the place, we discovered that there was already another offer on it, so we had to submit an

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The day couldn't have been more dull. It actually started yesterday at about 4:30pm when I left home to pick up Brad and take him to the first shoot of the week down in Federal Way. It went well, though crazy, and ended at a wonderful 4:30am this morning. I then proceded to drop people off and was able to get home around 6am. Next I slept until about noon when I received a call from my loan

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So now it's Tuesday at about 3:30pm and I still haven't signed the papers I was supposed to sign yesterday. At this point, it's not going to happen, since I start a shoot in 2 hours and still don't have numbers for closing costs so I can get the cashier's check. I love working w/ the Braewood people! (in case you missed it, that last statement should be read w/ extreme sarcasm). On a lighter,

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So if you haven't already heard, my closing date on my condo has moved from the 6th (2 days ago) to the 13th (a week LATE) because the condo people aren't on their game and aren't done yet w/ construction (which, by the way, all they are constructing in my place is new carpet and white paint on the walls). The super great part is that this next week I'm also working on a shoot all week w/ my

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Ok, so it's been a while since I last posted. I plead the excuse of school. Of course, it's been over a week since I've been done w/ school, so I don't really have a good excuse since then. Oh well.It's been really nice to be done w/ school. The last day was stora' surreal. I only actually taught one class that day, had my prep, and then there was an assembly. School got out at 11:15 am. I

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Things are crazy around here. On Saturday I signed the initial paperwork for my new condo! I don't close on the property until July 6th, but there's still lots to do between now and then. It's a huge piece off my plate now that the place is found. It's not the best place I looked at, but I think it's a good match and will work quite well for what I need and can afford right now. Once again God

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So now that I've decided to accept the continuing contract at KiJH, I've been doing some thinking. The decision's been made, but I'm still thinking thru the ramifications. More than once I've thought I made the wrong decision. I mean, as far as career-wise goes, it was the best decision, but for my own sanity and enjoyment, not so much. Next year may be differen w/ me starting the year out w/

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So I officially made a decision today: I have accepted the continuing contract from Kirkland JH. Though not my first choice (I really want to work at Skyview), everything seemed to point towards my taking the position. There were just too many positives for me to pass it up. One of the cool things about the job is that its not just a continuing contract for next year, but actually converting my

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Ok, here's the short of it: my principal at Kirkland JH wants me back next year and is trying to roll my contract over from a non-continuing to a continuing before the end of the year. At the same time, the principal at Skyview said there will be a science opening there next year, but I probably won't hear anything back about that until the first week of May or so. I would prefer to work at

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Well, in a few unfortunatly short hours I'll be officially done w/ spring break and back to teaching. Honnestly, I'm dreading it. I've really enjoyed break, and realize just how much of life I'm missing. Oh well, it's only my sanity, right?God's gotten me this far, He gave me this job for a reason, and God has more than enough strength to sustain me through the last 3 months. I think I told

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Here I am, day 2 of Spring Break, and I'm loving it. Sunday was awesome. Instead of going from church to school and working for 5 or 6 hours, I hung and chatted w/ friends until 1:30, then went to lunch, then went over to Paul's and helped him paint his appartment, had dinner, and watched a movie. It was soooo nice to just hang and not have to worry about getting things done for Monday.I did

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No, I'm not suicidal, though some of you may beg to differ once you read this post. I have agreed to help coach the track team at KiJH. Ok, you can stop laughing now. No really, if you don't stop laughing you won't hear the reasoning. Ok, that's better.One of the other science teachers is the head coach, and he kinda' coerced me into it. I told him very clearly that I know absolutly

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Well, its official, I have now finished my Master in Teaching degree and am done with my program at the U! These last 2 years (5 quarters, acutally) have really flown by and it's amazing to realize that I've got a full time teaching job, a real job, already and I'm well on may way into my career.The updates on the teaching thing haven't been coming all that quickly, mostly because I barely have

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I'm not doing so well on updating on how things are going w/ the new job, but that's mostly because I'm so crazy busy I don't have time. Here's the short of it:Things are getting better, I'm not dying, but I'm definatly not in a good place yet either. I went in yesterday and will go in tomorrow to organize the room and plan for Thurs/Fri this week. I still have lots of work to do and many

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I have officially survived my first week of real teaching. Survived is the most appropriate word I can think of to use here. Unlike in my student teaching, I'm not ahead w/ lesson plans by any stretch of imagination. On the contrary, I still don't know what I'm doing on Monday in my 9th grade classes. Though this is quite stressfull, it's the best I can do, seeing as I've been thrown in

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This past week has been crazy. Some of you have been in on it and some haven't, so here are some of the details, broken down by day of the week:Monday: While subbing at Skyview JH I began the online application for the Lake Washington School District. Knowing I wouldn't be certified until mid-March, I left a few forms and such to submit later this week.Tuesday: While at school at the U, I get a

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Today was my first rehearsal for the one-act I'm directing. It went alright, though I think I freaked the students out a bit. : ) I came in and was all business, talking about schedule and got right to the blocking. I'm not as warm and fuzzy/touchy feally as the other lady doing the Tuesday rehearsals. Ah well, I was actually able to accomplish stuff, so that's good.As far as the cast, I've

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You know how God has funny ways of doing thing? Little sense of humor things that He does that remind us He's around, watching, and involved in our lives? He's being doing those fairly frequently in the last few weeks.The most recent comes in the form of an old love: drama. I was just remarking to Mark (no pun intended) the other night after youth group that I miss doing drama. I miss the acting

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Yes, it's true, I have gotten paid to do my homework this week. In fact, I'm getting paid to write this blog entry right now as well. A bit of background: For the last 3 days I've been para-educator subing at the school I student taught at, which has been cool. The para I'm subbing for does the student/teacher assisting for 3 periods and runs the computer lab the other 3. But when there's no

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It's taken longer that I'd have liked, but I think I've got the employment thing worked out for the quarter. Two days ago I got a call from BCS. They took some specific information from me and told me that I'm now in the sub pool. I don't know how frequently I'll get called, but its good to know that they do have my info and I could get a call any day.This morning I met one of my fellow MIT

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I'm trying to come up w/ good and interesting things to post about, and mostly drawing a blank. However, last night was the 'Tween party and Ben & Lisa's which was cool. There were way more people there than I thought, but it was good (though crowded). May I just say, Ben, you're much more social than you used to be!I most enjoyed seeing friends who don't live around here anymore: Ian & Katie,

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Today at the end of presents at my dad's house he proposed to his girlfriend. Me and my sisters are going to have a step mom, two step-brothers and a step-sister. How exciting.In other news, last night Christmas w/ my mom was fun as Matt and Dawn joined us. We ate (all day) and played games and such. Good times.I'm looking forward to the 'Tween party coming up this week and any of the rest of

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Does it seem to anyone else that Christmas has come really quickly this year? It think it's partly because it's on a Sunday, so every week at church you have a reminder of how far away Christmas is. Who knows.I haven't updated in a while, partially because I'm lazy and partially because I don't see that too many super exciting things have happened (though some may argue w/ that statement).The

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Don't you love it that God knows so much better than we do? There are so many times when we don't see that and don't undersand that (I say "we" meaning "me"), but God can be so funny when He shows us that yes, He is indeed in control despite what we think.So I've been stressing a little, though not too much, about work now that I'm almost done at Skyview (tomorrow's my last day). I've been

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I saw this today and just had to link to it for you all. Keep in mind that the whole thing isn't necessarily true for me, however #1 is right on the money. : ) There are some cool links to some cool sites as well at the bottom of it.And while on the topic, in case any of you are interested, I have sucumed to the techy trend and have created a Wish List at Amazon.com. All you have to do is type in

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I suppose its time for another posting. In theory (actually, a hypothesis, but no one really notices or cares, right?) I should have lots more time now that I'm not student teaching so I should be able to update much more frequently. As I'm sure you've noticed by now, that's not been the case.That's partly because there's not much to report. I'm still at Skyview thru the 7th, though that

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I need to give you some background: as part of classroom management, I have a 3 step discipline system. First students get a warning, second they go out into the hall, and third they are sent to the office. Yesterday 7th period was so chatty/talkative that I gave the entire class a warning (this allowed me to send any of them to the hall w/o giving a warning first). So this, along w/ the fact

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Its hard to believe that I only have one week left of my student teaching. By the end of the day Friday I will have taught for 8 weeks and 2 days. While it'll be nice to have some time to breath agian, and there are parts I won't miss (trying to settle 7th period), overall I'm really going to miss teaching.It hasn't been easy, and it's been alot of work (I was at school until 7pm last night), but

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Yes, I am still crazy busy. I graded tests all last weekend, have had piles of late work all week, which I finished grading today, and then I was able to get the lesson plans done for my pedagogy assessment this Thursday, which is great as well. Now all I have to do is the flyer/form for the Veteren's Day stuff, and I'll be set (well, until tomorrow, that is).Then this week, though I hopefully

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Ok, so I haven't updated in about 2 weeks...sorry, that's how it goes. Last weekend I spent about 7 hours making a 2.5 hour trip from Bellevue to Gig Harbor for a JH Retreat, JumpStart. W/o broing you w/ the details there was a suicide attempt and then a 3 car (2 car + 1 bus) collision that closed the Tacoma Narrows bridge for a really long time. We did finally get to camp about 12:20am, and then

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So I'm thinking that my goal should be a post a week. So far that seems reasonable and doable. And this last week has been an interresting one.Monday brought with it my first parents upset with me (though they talked to the administration, not me about it). I suppose this means I've arrived as a teacher. : ) The Administration at Skyview backed me up and was totally supportive, so that

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So far student teaching is going like the opening lines to Charles Dickens' famous book The Tale of Two Cities: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." I've had days that I've felt went really well, and I've had days where I was almost dreading going into school because I felt like I was doing so horribly.Now before anyone tries to encourage me, be forwarned: saying that you know

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So I've survived the first 3 days of teaching all 5 periods. Granted, the first day (Wednesday) was a long one, with Open House that night, but still, I made it and am still alive and not running away screaming. : )Over all I feel it's been going well. We did a lab today, and I much prefer labs to actual lecturing. Both myself and the students are more interrested and there's more stuff going

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You've heard of writer's block? Well, I'm convinced there's an equivilant problem that goes along with lesson planning. As a matter of fact, I'm there right now. I'm trying to plan the intro to my next unit (Energy), but because of the way the schedule falls, I really need it to be something active and involved for the students. However, the ideal intro involves them writing in their journal

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...this is what we call the Muppet Show! That's right, the Muppet Show. I know many of you feared it was lost forever, but this weekend it was rediscoverd at Costco (along w/ an original Picaso that looks like a 3 year old drew it w/ crayon). I know I shouldn't have, but I bought the first season of the Muppet Show on DVD. I mean, how could I pass it up? I was feeling a bit of buyer's remorse,

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Today was the first day of class with students (yesterday was the first day of school, but only 7th graders were there, and there were no regular classes). For the most part the day was good. We have heard very good things from the 7th grade teachers about this class, so I have high hopes. The only downside to today was the fact that I'm so dang tired. Working M's games during the week is

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Yes, that's right, as of about 9:30pm tonight I became retail free again! EB wasn't horrible, but I have confirmed that there's no way I can or want to do retail for a living. There's just too much I'd rather be doing w/ my time than cleaning up after lazy customers who just leave clothes all around the store, or "reaching my goal" or "building a sale"...you get the picture. So I've got

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Well, I didn't intend to finish the book so soon, but last night as I was waiting for midnight to go watch the Perseid meteor shower, I had nothing to do but read HP, so I got more done than I intended. Then today at work I started the climax, and then I just had to finish.NOTE: THIS POST INCLUDES SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE BOOK The ending of the book is very somber and sad. There is definatly

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Ok, I know my last post was just a few hours ago, but I kept reading, and I got to a really good part and just couldn't stop! What follows will be more stream of consciouness and not really confined to specific chapters, so just so you know it extends thru chapter 24.Wow, so I'm so happy to finially be getting some answers! Now we know what happened to Dumbledore's hand, where he's been going,

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Ok, I really want to keep reading (and I will), but I just have to make this post because what I just read is really cool! (BTW: I'm only going to post after chapters I'm particularly interested in to save me time where I'm reading instead of writing!)Chapter 20: The last paragraph of this chapter is really cool! It's so awesome, first, to see all the history of Voldemort and how Dumbledore

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Ok, new and interresting thoughts, possibly a contradiction...Chapter 17:So, I'm curious. In Dumbeldore's relating of the history of Tom Riddle, he mentions that he opens the Chamber of Secrets. Then later he says he discovers that he's decended from Slytherin. Didn't he know that when he opened the Chamber? 'Cause wasn't it said that only the decendant of Slytherin could open the chamber? Maybe

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Alright, I've been getting a little bored w/ the story, waiting for some good stuff to happen (see previous post), but now I'm getting a bit more excited. Not a lot of progress, but at least there are attempts...Chapter 15: Ok, Rowlwing is doing a very good job of making us think that Snape is a bad guy. Though I still stand by my previous assertion that Snap is no more bad than he's been in

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Wow, this is the most I've posted in a really long time. See how wonderful Harry Potter is? : PThru Chapter 14: Ok, so I've been told for weeks now that "the 280s" are a really good section of the book. So when I finished chapter 13 and saw that I was almost there, I decided to go ahead and read one more chapter. Sadly, I found myself disappointed. Don't get me wrong, the 280s weren't bad,

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Ok, so this is only about one chapter, but I just have to put these thoughts somewhere! Chapter 8: First, the idea that Snape could be the Half-Blood Prince has entered my mind, but then I wonder, could he be a half-blood? My initial reaction is that no, he couldn't be because he's in Slytherin, but then I thought...Voldemort was in Slytherin and he was a half-blood. But how does that work?

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Ok, you all should be very proud of me. I told myself that I'd only read one chapter before bed, and even though the title of the next chapter is "The Half-Blood Prince", I have put the book away and will not read it till tomorrow (though, admittedly, I did look to see how long the chapter was first before deciding to wait until tomorrow). And now on w/ the updates:Chapter 4: Not much to

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