I am an artist & teacher with a ❤ for visual expression, educational methodology, homesteading, & Jesus. My geek-love is The Joshua and we have three peanut-butters: Caleb, Jack, & Louritta.

My Life Happenings

My Body Has Betray Me

06/05/2006

So, if you’ve played Battlefield Vietnam, then you totally know what I’m talking about. While you’re running around in destroyed buildings and swampy areas, there are these annoying speakers that chant over and over and over in a vietnamese accent, “American soldier, you government has betray you…” It was supposedly a tactic to play mind Read More

Updates

06/03/2006

Man, I’ve been really sad at blogging this year. I’ve had lots of things going on including the much awaited visit by my parents in February. My mom and dad finally made it out to see sunny California and I showed them everything I could from Monterey to San Francisco. It was so good to Read More

Endless Summer Starts Now

05/15/2006

I just can’t stop thinking about volleyball and surfing. It’s like, every warm ray of sunshine, every drop of sweat on my forehead, every step I take… it’s all somehow connected to volleyball and surfing. It’s the smells and sounds of summer that lure me on to the activities and friends of summer. To the Read More

Time to Enjoy

05/07/2006

Despite being insanely busy with nine-kajillion homework assignments lately, I have found some time to do the things I love. I play volleyball every Saturday morning at De Anza College, a community college just down the street from me. I’ll be starting my Wednesday night outdoor games in two weeks as well. That’s the best Read More

Milestone

04/09/2006

I just found out on Friday that I am Teacher of the Year. I’ve been nominated the last several years, but this is the first time I’ve won. It’s kind of nice given how hard I work and how I’m constantly doing something related to teaching or improving my school or professional development or whatnot. Read More

Friday Collapse

03/31/2006

Okay, so I didn’t collapse. Maybe I should say that my energy just totally crashed today. At about second period, I just felt like my energy reserves were depleted and even coffee wasn’t helping this time. I actually think it’s some kind of bizarre sickness that me and several of my students got. Just kind Read More

WOW

03/26/2006

This is my character: Whatsherface Well, I wanted to give Josh some incentive to help me with some extra jobs around the house. So, I gave him a stopwatch and told him I would pay him back the time by playing World of Warcraft. So, yesterday I created my own character Whatsherface. I’m a human Read More

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