hey all,
Michi should be coming back tomorrow, so I've been getting the place ready: throwing out the trash, doing laundry, vacuuming, etc. I even bought her favorite kind of flower and made some tiramisu.
Right now, I'm making sure all is set for work tomorrow, and making sure that my bed is all set to sleep in. I've actually got my sheets draped over a space heater, because they didn't dry out quick enough. The space heater works really well, though.
Thankfully this was a three-day weekend, so I had plenty of time to relax, get in some data entry tasks for work, and catch up on my gaming and reading big time. I think I defeated the final boss in Dragon's Dogma, but after I did that, the monsters almost everywhere got three times tougher. There are a few wrapping up missions to do, but I'm kinda playing around with some side quests at the moment. I even went back to Dishonored and played that a bit, but I think I'll go back to the beginning on that one. Because of the setup, you can play each mission separately, but it feels a little too disjointed.
Cheers,
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
YES!
hey all,
So I just checked the website for my online class to see if the feedback for the final project had been posted, and it had.
I somehow managed to get 70/70. Not a single point was deducted. So, to use one of the vocabulary words I've recently taught to one of my classes, I am beside myself with joy. It's a really nice close to a difficult project. I'll remind everyone that this is the same instructor who gave me half credit on one of my previous assignments because of various formatting issues.
In related news, the biomes packet that we'll be using at school is basically finished. The final text has been set, and I have already done a recording for it. On advice from one of the other teachers, I went back and tweaked the charts a little bit. The questions have been more or less set as well. I'd still like to go back and add some more about the plants and animals, but that will have to wait. I'm also working on a teacher's version which has all the questions answered, and all the graphic organizers completed, just in case some other teachers have no clue what to do (Believe me, we need this).
In less than a week, Michi should be on her way back to Japan.
Thankfully, only two more days left this week. I kinda feel sorry for my students, because they had a vocabulary test today, they have bones test tomorrow, and a really tough matter/atoms test on Thursday (yes, Thanksgivings Day). But they actually seem to enjoy them, for some strange reason.
Cheers,
So I just checked the website for my online class to see if the feedback for the final project had been posted, and it had.
I somehow managed to get 70/70. Not a single point was deducted. So, to use one of the vocabulary words I've recently taught to one of my classes, I am beside myself with joy. It's a really nice close to a difficult project. I'll remind everyone that this is the same instructor who gave me half credit on one of my previous assignments because of various formatting issues.
In related news, the biomes packet that we'll be using at school is basically finished. The final text has been set, and I have already done a recording for it. On advice from one of the other teachers, I went back and tweaked the charts a little bit. The questions have been more or less set as well. I'd still like to go back and add some more about the plants and animals, but that will have to wait. I'm also working on a teacher's version which has all the questions answered, and all the graphic organizers completed, just in case some other teachers have no clue what to do (Believe me, we need this).
In less than a week, Michi should be on her way back to Japan.
Thankfully, only two more days left this week. I kinda feel sorry for my students, because they had a vocabulary test today, they have bones test tomorrow, and a really tough matter/atoms test on Thursday (yes, Thanksgivings Day). But they actually seem to enjoy them, for some strange reason.
Cheers,
Sunday, November 18, 2012
November Rain
hey all,
So it has been a little rainy this weekend, and I'm "on my own" like in the song, hence the title.
I have turned in my final project, so fingers crossed for that. It came out to a heavily edited 58 pages.
I already beat Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Shorter than I thought, but pretty interesting and fun. The used game that I'm playing through right now is infuriating and amazing: Dragon's Dogma. It came out almost a year ago, but I heard pretty decent things about it (basically the same situation as Deus Ex). The combat is really nice, the story and quests are kinda mundane. Overall the game play is smooth, but the lack of fast travel really sucks. Every time you need to go from one end of the map to the other, you sigh internally. And if you fall to your death or get a sword through you before you get to your goal, you might be facing hours of lost game.
Next week we're having a Thanksgiving party at school, and we have Friday off, which is nice. I am beat.
Cheers,
So it has been a little rainy this weekend, and I'm "on my own" like in the song, hence the title.
I have turned in my final project, so fingers crossed for that. It came out to a heavily edited 58 pages.
I already beat Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Shorter than I thought, but pretty interesting and fun. The used game that I'm playing through right now is infuriating and amazing: Dragon's Dogma. It came out almost a year ago, but I heard pretty decent things about it (basically the same situation as Deus Ex). The combat is really nice, the story and quests are kinda mundane. Overall the game play is smooth, but the lack of fast travel really sucks. Every time you need to go from one end of the map to the other, you sigh internally. And if you fall to your death or get a sword through you before you get to your goal, you might be facing hours of lost game.
Next week we're having a Thanksgiving party at school, and we have Friday off, which is nice. I am beat.
Cheers,
Monday, November 12, 2012
Fourth Decade
hey all,
So it is that I have entered the fourth decade of my life. I don't feel any wiser, or even much older than I did just a few years ago.
I've got some great thoughtful gifts from everyone, and Michi and I made some delicious meatloaf.
I've got most of my final project for my curriculum design class finished, there are still some final details to polish up.
Not much else new, except that Michi is off to India for a few weeks. She's on her final trip before starting at her new company.
Cheers,
So it is that I have entered the fourth decade of my life. I don't feel any wiser, or even much older than I did just a few years ago.
I've got some great thoughtful gifts from everyone, and Michi and I made some delicious meatloaf.
I've got most of my final project for my curriculum design class finished, there are still some final details to polish up.
Not much else new, except that Michi is off to India for a few weeks. She's on her final trip before starting at her new company.
Cheers,
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