Well, what is there to say lately?
Surely something has happened in the 3 months since I posted last, right?
Well, truth be told, a lot has happened. Ive been doing a lot of school work, perhaps the most of any semester so far. Going out of my mind with it really. Been going to Newburgh for observations for school. The more I observe in schools, the less I feel its going to be difficult, but the more I go to classes to learn how to teach, the more they scare you into thinking it’s the most impossible job ever.
Truth be told it is harder than it is given credit for being.
Ive been growing increasingly frustrated with my courses. Theyre designed in such a way as to either indoctrinate or alienate the class. I certainly feel alienated. My technology class, which is supposed to teach how to integrate technology into classroom lessons, is an epic fail. The teacher has yet to show how to integrate anything, choosing instead to make us use archaic and laughable programs to make things that are of such a ridiculously poor quality and limited use as to be pointless for the classroom. Additionally, every time he tries to demonstrate a technology beyond PowerPoint presentations, he fails epicly.
And I mean, really? Do I need to be in that class? I coded my site by hand, built m computer myself, and am the one my teachers ask for help getting their technology working for them in the classroom. It is an insult to my intelligence to sit there and listen to his bollocks.
Schooling is almost over, though, and soon I can move onto the better life of student teaching, once I get over my anxieties about it and get into the actual habit of doing it.
On other notes, my addiction to Anarchy Online may be waning finally. The last several nights Ive logged in I have been so incredibly bored to the point of logging out within the hour. MMO’s are boring when they become Massively Singleplayer Online games.
In scaliedom, Ive been wanting to make more art; I completed a commission for Rioclaw, which I will shortly upload to my website’s gallery, which was completed on real paper, and colored with colored pencils! I totally enjoyed the precision and detail I was able to achieve with pencil over digital. My tablet just isnt accurate anymore, and the blurry art is getting me frustrated rather quickly.
I may possibly be open to more commissions. I know I have another due for Rio but will likely have to do that digitally somehow, because of the nature of it.
Ive been mulling over my single status a lot, too. And have an opportunity to perhaps change that, somewhat. But I am of two minds, still. A long distance relationship is difficult. But then so is being alone. I dont know what the future holds, but I worry about losing a friendship, or not being a good enough mate. I also worry too much because I spend more time worrying about it than being in such a situation! (Hey, it’s been about 4 years since Ive been in anything close to a relationship. Sad as that is, it’s true, and leaves me rather uneasy, and not prepared for being responsible for someone else’s happiness.) We’ll have to see how that goes, I guess.
I purchased the Windows 7 Student priced edition of Home Premium. It’s the Win Windows that Vista should have been (and I liked Vista!). Currently in the process of reinstalling things, still, after upgrading from the release candidate. Some things carried over a lot more smoothely than others (Sunbird, Im looking at you!)
Im still broke, because I had no job all summer. I still have my del Sol because no one can afford to buy it at a real price. And Im still here, sitting at my PC.
Really, I need to work on 2 more essays this weekend to be happy and not stress out, so I should probably run, but this has been a status update on the bluebupp’s life for now. A lot has been omitted, but you can always ask, me almost anything and get an answer with in a short time… As always, contact info on the main page’s about link.
See you all next time (All 2 of you who read this, if you still even do!)
