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My delicious cycle: milk and strawberry ice cream, combined to make strawberries & cream shake. Delicious.
It also keeps the milk from going bad, as it has so many times in the past
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Date:03/09/10
Just occurred to me
It just occurred to me today: if they DO cancel GS section 9 it would really simplify my life, I mean really.
My spring schedule draft is here (work in progress), though nearly complete. Take a look at Wednesday. Not only does that section blot out my thesis time into two smaller chunks in which less can get done, but on top of that it disrupts my scheduling because the first week of classes has Wednesday off for Cesar Chavez day! I liked CC day a lot more when it meant a day off in the middle of the semester. This first week of the quarter crap is not funny.
Anyway, that GS section is currently scheduled for 4PM, but it's underenrolled, so they're seeing moving it to noon would increase enrollment in it. Which it probably would, but that's not good enough for the individual in charge, who wants to be CERTAIN it will increase enrollment because.... otherwise they'll leave it where it is and it will probably get axed anyway? I don't like her logic (or lack thereof) since it reeks of cowardice, but bowing to her demands I e-mailed all my students seeing if they could switch to section 9 if it were at noon.
But now I'm kind of hoping it will get cancelled, even if it means less moneys for me. Thesis is the higher priority. I must graduate!
Date:03/06/10
A thought
I am not going to let all the trouble I went through to become this awesome go to waste. I'm going to keep being maximally awesome every day. After all, like with most of the best things, it's use it or lose it
Date:03/02/10
That rushing feeling
Man, catastrophe nearly hit me sideways. I was supposed to drive the carpool with Jim to Karate today, but last week he had mentioned he wouldn't be going on Thursday and somehow this got turned around into him not going on Tuesday. This meant I got home from work at like 5:30, started cooking dinner at 5:45, and it was all warm, delicious and ready by 6:10, which is the exact moment when Jim called asking where I was.
Damnit.
Well fortunately I hustled out there and picked him up, and he was gracious enough not to rub it in my face, and when I got home the food microwaved pretty well, so in the end it turned out okay. Plus I'm now having some nostalgia from college: milk in a glass with scoops of strawberry ice cream. Deeelish.
Also Sensei Jon is letting me participate in advanced classes now. Yay! Soon I will be brown, I can feel it. I must work hard to minimize the chances of faceplanting.
Date:02/24/10
Brain dump
Have I mentioned being done with GS is awesome?
Well awesome in the sense that I have time to do stuff now. Much less awesome in the sense that a lot of stuff still needs to be done, and in particular my thesis. Gwagh! I started the greenhouse yesterday, gotta get more counting done tomorrow. Fun times.
I'm starting to be bothered by not having my Spring schedule. Dr. Hedrick (bio dept chair) is waaay behind, probably because of the combination of budget crisis and him teaching for the first time since he's become chair. Fortunately I have already slotted out the most likely jobs I may get, and I don't need to know my office hours for a while. There was also just about zero choice as to when the karate training was scheduled next quarter. Tu/Th form 2-4PM. I really wish it weren't so, because it means I can't go all out, since I go train at JKASV from 7-9 on Tu/Th. I'll just consider it a warmup I guess. It's entirely possible to teach by standing around and making corrections.
I realized recently just how much JKASV has influenced my teaching style. I tend to follow their pattern more, which is often good, but they don't really emphasize teaching kata, and I do, so I have to make some adjustments. It's okay though, there seems to be enough time for everything, somehow.
Next week is week 9, which is the last week of chemistry lab at Concord (week 10 is the lab quiz and locker check), and week 9 of bio is a review week and week 10 is the final. I need to ask Dr. Word whether he wants anything out at all for the final or everything away.
That last week will be pretty easy I suppose! This upcoming Friday will have stuff but the next Friday will be lazy (good thing, since that's when I'm grading portfolios!). I do have to reinventory chemicals to see which ones are in the yellow zone (none are in the red zone yet, needing-more-wise)
And now, off to bed early so I don't feel like stabbing myself in the face when it comes time to work on thesis tomorrow! Whee!