June 8, 2009 by Avy.

Watching Buffy with my Lacey is good stuff. She’s staying with us this week while my mom is in Georgia. It’s good times. Xavier loves it most.

I’m at the halfway point in my Japanese language course. It’s going well. I suck at katakana, but that quiz is over. I’m getting better at it as we go on. My hiragana is great, so that’s noproblem. We get on with the kanji next week. Urasai! The radicals and all will make me nuts. Luckily, I already know a bit. I just get jumbled up when looking at a paragraph or whole page of it. I’m studying it early to get a head start. Going line by line helps. Hooray for particles being in hiragana.

Anyway, back to Buffy.

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May 11, 2009 by Avy.

I’m trying people. Really, I am.

As I sit and type, Xavier is watching First Signs and bouncing happily. His smile comes and goes at his favorite parts. When he doesn’t love a scen, he spins the toys on his bouncer and listens for a familiar scene he does like. It’s wonderful. I love that he notices audio cues. I love knowing he has preferrences for something other than food. It’s great!

Yesterday was technically my first mama’s day. El Dia de Madre. Yay. Erik, I mean Xavier, got me a digital photo frame. It’s a big ‘un, too. It makes me happy. The thing has tons of features and I can watch videos on it or add music. I just love the thing.

I just posted my RPGLife play-by-post update. I like how the storyline is progressing. Crippled Planet is fun to play despite being slow. I can’t complain too much. At least it’s good writing practice. I’m not in total control which is challenging– which is good.

Speaking of writing, I got an A on my final paper and a B in the class overall. English Composition is the class I’m talking about. I should have said that first. My next courses, Psych and Japanese, start next week. I take Psych online, but go to campus for the Japanese class. So far there are only 13 other people registered. Hopefully it doesn’t get canceled at the last minute. The professor hasn’t responded to my effin email, nor has she sent the syllabus. I’m concerned. I’ve been looking forward to this class for months.  Wish me luck.

And that’s all for now. I will try to update at least every other day. It’s a frivolous personal goal I suppose.

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March 31, 2009 by Avy.

Sooo… the morons never changed my major from CIS to Education. This is bad because I am trying to get a TEACH grant. It’s not catastrophic because I caught it in time. I just have to write a note and fax it to the registration office.

One plus is that I shuld have been majoring in Secondary Education - Art/Humanities (for English teaching), but I’ve got 24 hours decide if I want to keepthat or shoot for the Math/Science option.

Anyway… I can’t wait til may. I take JAP101 on campus (and Psych online).

I’m kinda happy I’m finally focusing on teaching. It’s the career I’ve taken almost 10 years to say yes to. I think we all know how indecisive I am and always have been.

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March 24, 2009 by Avy.

I’m curious… How hard is it to remember to save assignments as RTFs? I mean are you people too stupid to follow the directions for doing so, or just THAT forgetful? Yeesh.

Letter from the professor:

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Just a reminder that we have about a month to go in the course and assignment submissions are not universally what they should be.  Please be mindful of participation in the FORUM and deadlines for submissions.  Emergencies occur; I understand that, but you need to let me know if you need an extension.  Please check your assignments as well to be sure that they haven’t been returned to you–meaning you need to do something to the assignment and return it to me.  As often as not that something that needed doing was to save the file as RICH TEXT FORMAT so that I can open your work.
The essays you read and the questions you answer are designed to get you to read closely examples of excellent writing and to analyze what makes that writing work.  The published essays serve as models for you to follow.
[NAME OMITTED]

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