Rantings of a Designated Adult

2004-02-22T10:19:00.000-05:00

Your wings are BROKEN and tattered. You are
an angelic spirit who has fallen from grace for
one reason or another - possibly, you made one
tragic mistake that cost you everything. Or
maybe you were blamed for a crime you didn't
commit. In any case, you are faithless and
joyless. You find no happiness, love, or
acceptance in your love or in yourself. Most
days are a burden and you wonder when the
hurting will end. Sweet, beautiful and
sorrowful, you paint a tragic and touching
picture. You are the one that few understand.
Those that do know you are likely to love you
deeply and wish that they could do something to
ease your pain. You are constantly living in
memories of better times and a better world.
You are hard on yourself and self-critical or
self-loathing. Feeling rejected and unloved,
you are sensitive, caring, deep, and despite
your tainted nature, your soul is
breathtakingly beautiful.

*~*~*Claim Your Wings - Pics and Long Answers*~*~*
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2003-11-18T21:43:00.000-05:00

move

Ok I am moving my blog to here but only if the grammar ninjas promise not to smack me down too often.

2003-11-18T12:36:00.000-05:00

Things I cant say

Things I cant say at school:

"My foot fucking hurts", "This is a pain in my ass", ... and more things along those lines..

Really though - I think I hobbled a little too much yesterday - my foot hurts more than it has since this happened. I think I am going to go visit the trainers at Pace - I volunteered with them for 3 1/2 years while I was there.. perhaps they will let me use their cold whirlpool to do some therapy tonight.

::hobbles on::

2003-11-17T21:37:00.000-05:00

Phew

ok, today took serious effort just to move around the building.. I cant lift my arms and I am soo going to pass out very very soon. And I have to go back and do it again tomorrow.. ugh. ::sigh::

thank you to all who helped me get around today! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU..

2003-11-14T21:57:00.000-05:00

stuck

I hate being stuck basically in one place.. I would prefer to be independant and able to move around more freely.. bleh.

2003-11-14T00:02:00.000-05:00

ouch v.2

ok, so I went for xrays and its not broken, but a good 3rd degree sprain. Ankle is now the size of a softball and very very painful. Not going to be in school tomorrow - and going to have to be on crutches for a week or so. bleh.

2003-11-13T18:33:00.000-05:00

ouch

ok, so I did something insanely stupid. Coming down the steps at the middle school, the lights were off, it was dark (after 5:30) and I thought I was all the way down, guess what there was still one more step to go. My ankle is now 3x the normal size and a nice shade of purple. needless to say I will not be very mobile the next few days.

2003-11-13T08:37:00.000-05:00

Fall Day

I love this weather, driving to work this morning the wind was whipping the last of the leaves around and its beautifully breezy out today. :)

2003-11-12T20:28:00.000-05:00

of good food and Stephenson

first of all to the good food - felt like cooking tonight and made chicken sauted in a little olive oli, balsamic, basil and honey.. with cous cous and salad.. most yummy!

secondly I love Quicksilver.. read another bunch of pages while I was at the gym tonight. I think thats going to become pleasure book reading time, otherwise it will never get finished. Heres an exerpt I particularly loved:

"'But she wants us to draw abeam of her, does she not-that is the entire point of being a pirate-so perhaps she has thrown out drogues, and that is why she wallows along so pitiably.'
'she doesn't need to throw out drogues because of her appaulling Zog.'
'There it is again-what, I ask, is the meaning of that word?'
'Her wake, look at her wake!' Dappa says, waving his arm angrily.
'Yes-now that we are so, er, unsettlingly close, I can see that her wake's enough to capsize a whaleboat'
'Those damned pirates have loaded so many cannon aboard, she rides far too low in the water, and so she's got a great ugly Zog.'
'Is this meant to reassure me?'
'its meant to answer your question.'
'Zog is Dutch for 'wake' then?'
'Dappa the linguist smiles yes. Half his teeth are white, the others made of gold. 'And a much better word it is, because it comes from zuigen which means 'to suck'.'
'I dont follow.'
'Any seaman will tell you that a ship's wake sucks on her stern, holding her back-the bigger the wake, the greater the suck, and the slower the progress. That schooner, Doctor Waterhouse, sucks.'"

2003-11-12T09:14:00.000-05:00

thanks to mechanics problem sets

you were up this morning to link me to this. The ignorance of people is soo amusing sometimes..

2003-11-11T21:48:00.000-05:00

new furniture and randomness

I got my new furniture today - horray! I can go back to sleeping in my own room again.

And grades are done.. ::does happy grades done dance:: all bubbled - just have to fix some discrepencies with classes that people are listed in.

EMS meeting - apparently someone soaked firebike's pants and put them in the freezer for about 2 days. one solid block of pants.. definately worth laughing over!

2003-11-10T19:34:00.000-05:00

Bowlathon

Score: Ian -1, Matt - 2, Sudol - 3.. I win! (poor matt wasnt prepared for the SPIRIT cheer.. :p)

Everyone be sure to start collecting your donations, Ariel and I will be collecting them all week. When you turn in the last of your donations we need to collect your score sheet as well.

2003-11-09T10:39:00.000-05:00

snowblower

went to pick up a snowblower yesterday from some family friends. Soo cool the guy has a machine shop in his basement. He was an engineer and just kept all his tools and stuff and still tinkered.. (no guys they are too far away..)

Anyway calling bowling alley this morning - I will see you all later (5:30) at the bowling alley. Dont forget to bring money so you can pay for your games as well as shoe rental etc. And try and get more sponsors today!

2003-11-07T12:28:00.000-05:00

The hottest fashion in California..

how many people you think are going to want this shirt?

2003-11-06T21:05:00.000-05:00

email

I always find it amusing when people forward junk jokemail from their work accounts and the "this email may contain private or privaledged information" quote comes up on the bottom. I wonder if these people realize that A) this message is being tacked on by their server at work and B) that logs are being kept of these messages for the admins to peruse? I soo would buy the "I read your email" shirt from thinkgeek if I had that job.

2003-11-05T16:41:00.000-05:00

blogged for aileen - since her password died

go here! I MEAN IT!!

2003-11-05T15:34:00.000-05:00

Why I need to move this to a place where people can comment

Comment from a regular reader on the last post: regarding your buying sleep comment:
i am a little skeptical. every resource short of air (im sure its coming) has been abused and stolen by the upper classes and richer countries. i am sure that if sleep were purchasable, our economic system would soon change into a system using the idea that nobody would actually need to get sleep on their own. people could and would work longer hours, but this would be ok, because we would gain an extra 5-10 hours on our day. Sure this would all work great for about a month, but then everyone who couldnt afford sleep would no longer be able to afford a job. The completely jobless would be unable to get a job ever. Daytime would be generated everywhere in major citys, and police would be on patrol 24/7. Soon nobody would be able to sleep normally and we would be forced to be dependent on sleep that many would not be able to aford. Discount sleep chains would open up, further polluting the environment and lowering the health of those forced to depend on them. the gap between the rich and poor would further increase, eventually leading to a situation exactly like the one we are in today, only with more stores, more pollution, a bigger wealth gap, and another commodity. only those in highly paid jobs would be able to afford lots of good sleep and everyone else would have to suffer with 4-7 hours a night of low quality sleep.
isnt it awesome how the capitalist system perverts great ideas :-)

good point.

2003-11-05T08:40:00.000-05:00

Buying Sleep

I made a comment last night that the more I think about it, the better it sounds. What if we could buy sleep? Like you could walk into a sleep store (or would it be called a sleep bar?) and go up to the counter and say "I would like 8 hours please", pay the nice salesperson (of course they are nice, one of the perks of working at a sleep bar is you get discounted sleep :p ) and bam! you feel the effects of 8 hours of sleep (of course good sleep would cost more..)

How awesome would that be? It could very possibly end some of the issues in the world today - dont you think that some of the leaders of countries are just a little grumpy from lack of sleep? You could also do anything you wanted.. and still get enough sleep to get back to the rest of the day. Just think of the possibilities!

2003-11-03T09:09:00.000-05:00

boo for a very unproductive weekend

I accomplished probably about a 1/4 of what I should have. bleh.. more work this week then. Oh well :)

Its a beautiful monday and I have the whole week ahead of me. For those of you who dont know, they produced a movie of the Michael Crichton novel Timeline. I STRONGLY recommend that you read the book!!! It is beyond awesome - its one of those books that you cant put down until you are done! (and :ppppp @ you for being silly enough to start Wizards First Rule at 3 in the morning - of course you are going to read it for 7 hours without putting it down - please be more responsible for starting times for the rest of the series !)

2003-10-31T16:17:00.000-05:00

of halloween and solar flared

first of all this is cool...

Secondly my away message for most of the day said:

happy halloween..
I am off to inflict terror in the hearts of students :p

while I got various responses to that message I think this one was the best - Thank you Josh:

"0_o scare thy lil' ones......shed fear into thy hearts....muahaha.....use the methd of...... THINK PROBLEMS!!!!...make thy insides wryth of thy horrors of thought and cogitation!! scare thee aprentici sudol....scare thy to thy deaths!!!!"

2003-10-30T22:02:00.000-05:00

Jury Notice

In the mail today I got a Juror Qualification Questionnaire. The questions are kind of silly if you really think about it. First they make it quite clear that you MUST answer the questionnaire. so there is the basic blah-diddy-blah about is your name/address/etc. correct. Then dob in order to make sure they have the right person (since law no longer lets them use your social security number). Now keep in mind that it is against the law not to comply with the questionnaire - here are the questions.

(1) Can you understand and communicate in the English Language
(2) Are you a citizen of the US? if not provide a copy of visa or alien registration card
(3) Are you a resident of the above named county, if not provide proof.
(4) Are you at least 18 years old?
(5) Have you ever been convicted of a felony?
(6) Have you recieved a questionnaire or jury summons in the past 4 years?

Now is it just me or if you cannot answer #1 then how are you going to return the survey lawfully? and about 2 and 3? if you do not have the correct answers to those, are you going to worry about the legal penalties of not answering this survey? and 4 - did I mention that about 2 lines higher they asked for dob? ::sigh:: got to love the redundancy in bureaucracy..

2003-10-30T21:42:00.000-05:00

Chiropractors

::sigh:: back feels soo much better after adjustments today and yesterday. but all the good I did by going and having it adjusted I am probably undoing by sitting here on the computer/grading papers.

Oh well.. still in a relatively good mood - which is nice. Driving to school this morning was excellent. It was nice out and the sun was up (light out) so the brilliant fall colors were really getting shown off. I love this time of year. Its even starting to smell like fall.

2003-10-29T21:04:00.000-05:00

Does little happy dance

Ok - extra happy for two reasons - first of all I feel that I wrote an excellent AP CS test and even created grading rubrics etc. Lot of work (about 2 weeks) went into this test - but it was worth it. It is extremely well written and the questions are of varying difficulty and assess a wide variety of outcomes. ::does cs happy dance::

Other reason - I love learning and the complex number little independant study that I am doing with Mrs. K, Nadler, Koloski, etc. is providing me with a structured reason to play with some cool proofs and learn some new math. Here are my current questions to ponder - Is the complex plane necessarily orthoginal to the real plane? Are we accepting the isomorphism of the real to the imaginary numbers done by Gauss for only a subset of operations for which it happens to work? and if so, is there an isomorphism that is more universal?

Some proofs to do on my own: (i) prove that sqrt(i) = + sqrt(2)/2 , and (ii) with the 2^nth root of i - is there a sequence or series based upon the initial square root (or possibly trig values of pi/4) that will allow you to generate i^2^n?

Ok, enough scaring the non mathies who read this.. but ::does math happy dance:: (yes its different from the cs one)

2003-10-28T20:15:00.000-05:00

Late Night

Just leaving fox lane now - that right check the time stamp.. at least I wont have much to do when I get home - just some AWESOME reading about complex numbers for a math gathering tomorrow afternoon.. very very awesome! I have been a little envious of all of you who are out learning new things.. this might just help me not feel so jealous.. :p

2003-10-28T16:41:00.000-05:00

Note to self

Make a chiropractors appointment. Neck is killing me from plane ride - was fighting a headache for most of the day.

2003-10-28T09:35:00.000-05:00

Go Club

Need to work on getting people back into playing go. My skills are so rusty! I really need to start playing again both in class and online so that I improve.

2003-10-26T20:30:00.000-05:00

Florida was nice

Got at least an hour of sun.. felt soo good - read another 200 pages of Quicksilver and graded a large number of papers that needed to be done. all in all it was not a bad weekend. :)

2003-10-24T17:25:00.000-04:00

warm

Its 80 degrees here and sunny! OOOHHH how I love the sun.

2003-10-23T00:04:00.000-04:00

If I had a million dollars

BareNaked Ladies was very cool.. They played a LOT of music off their new album (which no one knows, but is still good music), and some really good old stuff too. Although you know its not an eventful concert if you dont come home smelling like some beverage (that a random guy dumped all over my sleve), and someone is carried out on a backboard (some poor guy tripped going down the stairs on the upper level).

Oh well.. sleepy time..

2003-10-22T12:36:00.000-04:00

Math Dorks

Mrs. K and I are IM'ing each other back and forth in the math office... :p

2003-10-22T09:26:00.000-04:00

G10

Sorry to all of you that use my room during random free periods. We need to make a pass that says you have permission to be in there. Also, I cant leave you in the room after school without me being there and I also cannot leave my keys for anyone to get in early in the morning. - Administrative decision.

2003-10-21T20:49:00.000-04:00

Corruption

I have corrupted my brother .. to the point where even you would approve..

bro (8:46:32 PM): yknow, theres nothing likea lil hot cocoa and javascript on a cool fall night in NY

2003-10-21T20:14:00.000-04:00

home

being home alone with good ice cream in the freezer is not good for someone who has not been well motivated to go to the gym.. bleh.

2003-10-20T22:29:00.000-04:00

xmas party

thinking about having a g10 get together over xmas (jan 10) as half a get together and half a fundraiser for programming team. Are people going to be around? Let me know..

2003-10-20T09:45:00.000-04:00

Sunrise

I saw the sun come up as I was driving into work this morning. It was so nice. A little chilly out, but I really love the fall. Things are starting to "ramp up" in my own little world of work and I am so glad I took Sat. off to do completely nothing. This is going to be a great year!

2003-10-18T19:59:00.000-04:00

Ubercon and E.P.

Emergency Pants!!!

2003-10-18T01:39:00.000-04:00

Busy Week

Ok, for those of you who dont know the robotics club made over $100 last night at the soccer game. Even though these games and stuff can sometimes be annoying, they actually do end up being profitable in the long run. Although I am starting to get annoyed at some of the members who are not pulling thier weight - OK I understand if you cannot stay for the whole game, but come help setup.. or clean up.. or even clean my room up - there is tons of stuff there that needs to be straightened up.

Today was robotics sorta meeting since a few people were missing, but its ok - we ended up going through some circuits with the newbies and took a look at what working on Mousebot would be like. next friday I will not be in school - we need need need need need need need need need need need need need to get the sponsor and thank you letters sent out. Also - remind everyone you see to get a bowlathon sheet and sponsors signed up!!!!

Now that the random announcements are done - school was busy today - even though I was giving mostly tests and quizzes. Its been a busy week with the concert, meeting @ nyu and then the game the other night. I think I am going to make it my mission this weekend (in addition to grading the vast pile of papers) to also get some extra sleep.

2003-10-16T08:49:00.000-04:00

Networking...the people kind

Last night was a book fair at New York University and I got to meet the editor of the book that I wrote the supplement for. Had a nice conversation with him and got some new ideas, he also gave me some information about the review book I proposed and seemed kindof uninterested.

Anyway got to talk to Josh for a little bit - he walked over to say hello since I was in his neck of the woods, and then had dinner with my sister (yummy leftovers for lunch).

Have a variety of work to do today - I think this morning is going to be all about writing a math quiz and revamping my to do lists for this afternoon.

2003-10-14T23:57:00.000-04:00

More than you think you are

Just got back from a matchbox 20 concert - to anyone who has even the slightest chance to go see them GO!!! they put on an amazing show.. I will be surprised if I have a voice tomorrow.. :p

Although on an amusing side note fountains of rain opened for them - they are the group that does "Stacy's Mom". (very averil/skaterboy like song..)

2003-10-13T14:55:00.000-04:00

problem set

silly ed posted a problem set so of course I had to do some.. I have the answer to number 3 if anyone wants to try it and check their work :)

I love proofs by mathematical induction.

2003-10-13T11:21:00.000-04:00

Irish Music and a Museum

Went to see my favorite irish band both friday and sat. nights. Does that mean I qualify as a groupie? I hope so. They were all quite amused that I had been sharing music with you guys and wanted to encourage you to support the band by buying the cd's. I agree that you should be able to burn and share music as you see fit, but these guys do this for a side job - they are not making millions and a $10 cd here and there means a lot to them. They play with such energy - for those of you who enjoy their music I wish you could see them. They played some counting crows, some aerosmith, and a variety of other music as well as their own. Very cool.

Also went to the museum of natural history yesterday with Will, Jamie and Mia. Finally got to meet Jamie (the originator of llama). She is cool and fun - glad they let me tag along with them. Its been a while since I have been to the natural history museum. We then wandered to times square as I was heading to the subway to go home. They changed the pork chop sign! it no longer says "the world is my pork chop" not its "go ahead-make my pork chop"... thats new york for you - always changing.

2003-10-10T09:24:00.000-04:00

More Foxtrot

this is great!

2003-10-10T08:46:00.000-04:00

w00t for deadlines

A publisher offered me the chance to create an online course for the blue J Java textbook. With the ammount of work that will be involved I am considering hiring some people to do the grunt work. This hopefully will actually go through (unlike the bluej web page) but I am not sure yet.

This will be good - I am at my best when I am completely sleep deprived and working towards a monster deadline.

2003-10-08T08:39:00.000-04:00

odd survey

Am I a nerd? Go ahead...you can tell me...

2003-10-07T08:36:00.000-04:00

Away Message

Taken from Josh's away message:

"JOptionalPane.showMessagedDialog("at class...w00t?");"

isnt it fun to be a geek?

2003-10-06T10:21:00.000-04:00

Mac Hall

Yes, I have found another webmic (web comic) to read.. but this is just too funny not to post.

2003-10-05T16:46:00.000-04:00

From the AP Comp Sci List Serv

this is perfect!!

2003-10-05T10:51:00.000-04:00

Weekends

Went home to visit my dad yesterday - got to play chess with you we are going to have to have a rematch at some point soon.

Got a 5 3/4 inch stack of papers to grade as my homework this weekend :p will work today after yoga some.. no jets game today - its a by week bleh..

anyway I am very happy that there is an extra day in the weekend today. Maybe I will do some shopping on monday if I get enough grading/house cleaning done.

2003-10-03T12:15:00.000-04:00

clockwork

This is very cool.. definately mesmerizing..

2003-10-03T08:40:00.000-04:00

Forecasts

Taken from your friend maggie..

Your Name: Leigh Ann Sudol
Your Date of Birth: 11/22/1975
Your Question or Information: How will the year go?

Past

Eihwaz - Banishing magick, removal of obstacles and delays, invoking foresight, clearing up hidden issues and situations.

Present

Ing - Fertility, successful conclusion to issue or situation, ending one cycle and beginning another.

Future

Thurisaz - Beginning new projects, luck-the hand of fate helping you, protection, the hammer of Thor, opening gateways.

Cast the runes here:
Rune Caster

2003-10-02T17:13:00.000-04:00

Grading

I graded the homeworks and most of the programs turned in by APCS.. ABYSMAL would be a light word... the grades were worse than if I had tried to take a spelling test. I need to hand this stuff back and we soo need to go over it in class tomorrow.

Today was an odd day - I am so tired and I think that while it may have been amusing for some - it definately will require some extra sleep this eveing to correct this situation.. bleh bleh bleh..

2003-10-02T09:07:00.000-04:00

Definately a sheepy morning

Springstein was good - Dancing in the Dark was awesome.. Kinda cool to watch as well. he really puts himself completely into his music when playing. It just was really cold and really late by the time I got home. I am sooo going to crash tonight and this weekend (horray for 3 day weekends)!!!

As for you yes you should blog more - and sleep a little more also...

2003-10-01T08:41:00.000-04:00

New Book

Got the new Stephenson book last night wooohooo!!! this might be a bad thing in that it will seriously distract me for a while! ::tries to focus on work:: Also going to a Springstein concert tonight.. going to be a good night, but will be sheepy in the morning :p

2003-09-29T21:27:00.000-04:00

cold

Well I guess its officially fall. Its COLD outside. I think I agree w/ you that hot chocolate is the best thing on an evening like this.. :) who knows maybe I will even resort to getting some work done.

2003-09-28T10:57:00.000-04:00

Of EMS and Weddings

Friday night was typical EMS shift.. Back to pete and I for Friday nights, most of the rest of the regular crew abandoned us.. Although there was one newbie (damn I hate being aweful w/ names) but its nice to get back into a rythim again (even I know thats spelled wrong, but dammit I tried every vowel and the i looked the closest to right). The newbie we had was too new for me to have him do much else besides run and fetch (especially since our patient was F.D.F - and no I dont think you will understand that acronym.. ) So pete and I fell into our nice little treat the patient routine.. it was good. Although note: I hate driving EMS 10 - needs new schocks and bounces people all over the place.

Sat. night was Chris McLeod's wedding. Lots of good friends, its been a while since we all hung out like that. not to mention it was fun to get dressed up :) I cant wait for Mark's wedding - that is going to be a blast. We decided to do the secret santa thing again for friends - thats always a lot of fun, mostly because it gives us all a reason to get together and have a dinner or something. Will have to start planning. Also need to let everyone know about the xmas wine tours - I think rich and I decided on the first week of dec. would be wine tour weekend.. have to write that on callendar.

Anyway - did no work yesterday - have to do some today - but definately going to yoga in a 1/2 hour.

2003-09-26T19:11:00.000-04:00

Quizzle

I am a Chaotic Good Elf Ranger Bard :)

2003-09-26T16:46:00.000-04:00

upgrades

Me (4:43:05 PM): *waves*
Me(4:43:08 PM): you have been upgraded
CelesO (4:43:22 PM): yes! now i don't have to IM you!!

this is why we love you....

2003-09-26T11:19:00.000-04:00

Various

First of all I am glad you had a good day at crew.. :)

Secondly, I saw someone last night who hasnt really talked to me since last fall and the comment that was made was that I looked "tired". That bugged me. Do I really look that bad? Note to all the guys out there - NEVER EVER tell a woman she looks tired as a general description EVER! Bleh, and bleh again!! ::sigh:: now I feel like .. I dont know how to describe it.. all the girls out there who read this will understand.

I have a wedding to go to this weekend, some friends from the fire house - should be very interesting. That reminds me - note to self: make sure your dress is non wrinkled!! Also going to EMS tonight - have to add up my hours from the month and make sure I hit 24.. trying to be good about that.

Anyway - this is interesting - would love to go visit cornell and go through some of this research. math nerd that I am.. :p

2003-09-25T09:56:00.000-04:00

Form and Function

Thank you to will who sent me some good reading last night before I went to bed. Aristotles function argument Along with a pdf on Niomachean Ethics. Very cool stuff. I find that thought provoking reading like that helps clear out whatever other stuff was floating around my brain and I can sleep better.

I do however eventually have to write about what I read (note to all: its better to read something like this a few hours before you have to write about it - gives your subconcious a much better handle on the materials and allows it to congeal better rather than rushing through the thought process while you are trying to write).

Aristotle is one of the ultimate optimists when it comes to the human race and its intentions. He really does believe that all humans are basically good, and in our search for happiness we are motivated by factors that involve more than just our internal struggles. I agree with him about a lot of what he writes and it reminds me of an optimistic spirit within the human race.

The one primary disagreement I have with Aristotle is about what he says is the ultimate good. Aristotle believes that political science is the ultimate good since you are working for the betterment of mankind by governing. I think in this way Aristotle does show his naivite (yes grammar ninjas I cant spell) about the human spirit. There are many people who work in political science, and while their original intentions might have been worthy, many of the struggles they go through to achieve their ultimate goal often leads them to forget or put aside their original intentions.

I also believe that education is the ultimate good - and could argue that, but this is already getting REALLY long. IM me if you want that argument..

2003-09-25T07:29:00.000-04:00

Bookstore

I really need to go to a bookstore.. this is why!

Although picking up a new book that would encompass me for a while might actually be a bad thing - still trying to get ahead a little for work. Maybe I will stay an extra hour tonight.. :p

2003-09-24T16:07:00.000-04:00

grading

I soo need to grade math tests tonight .. bleh..

Today was a good day - Jay wrote some awesome code for a program for the smart board, APCS really seemed to start to gear up and get it together in terms of coding (its all starting to come back to you guys, I know)..

feh @ NYU still no students in class, and when I went to the forums they were unavailable - will try later tonight...

The distance learners, who will probably find this eventually I hope are going to start to gear up. :note to self - zip up program files to send to them!!: I also need to rewrite elevator so its swing and not objectdraw.. bleh..

Anyway - heading home.. :)

2003-09-24T07:34:00.000-04:00

EMS

Had an EMS board meeting last night (yes in addition to being the treasurer I am also on the board of directors). We are having trouble getting people to drive for us during the day. I proposed that we take advantage of the variety of firemen who either work odd hours (for paid fire jobs) or are just generally around during the day to drive.

Also, I need to get used to my new alarm clock a little more. This morning when I leaned over to hit the snooze button I must have hit the off button by mistake, they are very close to each other. Thank goodness Rich woke me @ 6:30 otherwise I would probably still be asleep.

anyway - off to wednesday!!!! :)

2003-09-23T16:44:00.000-04:00

not late today

Horray for not running late today. I actually got up on time and made it to school around 7. Very nice to just putter in the morning rather than having to run around. Made for a good day. I think that I am starting to get used to the whole higher energy for school thing. I think I am starting to get back into my routine now and thats a good thing. I just need to get back ahead. I am running about even with the classes in terms of what I am prepared for and I would rather be a few days (perhaps even a week) ahead.

Off to grade math tests. :p

2003-09-23T08:37:00.000-04:00

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2003-09-22T21:41:00.000-04:00

Endorphines are a good thing

4 miles today after an hour of yoga _whew_

I feel much more like myself than I have in a while. I think it helps that the cold is gone and I am sleeping better again. I need to work on getting up earlier in the morning. Been coming in 20 minutes later than usual, and while thats still early I feel like I am rushing all morning.

I think that will help a little and I need to spend some time one day just getting myself ahead in AP and Math 4. I am kinda running even with the class and that always makes me feel behind. Oh well.. work work.. so I can sleep sleep.. :)

2003-09-21T21:28:00.000-04:00

Days

Thank you to all who helped out at the carnival today, even though I know it was quiet..

Friday was my sister's birthday (happy bday lynday!) and various family members came for dinner. We barbequed (well actually rich barbequed) some very amazing food and just had a nice day. I ended up doing some work (yes AP homework is posted) and crashing for a few hours.. now I am just doing a little more work and then going to crash again.

2003-09-20T11:57:00.000-04:00

Of Randomness and Carnivals

ugh.. two days in a row at school until after 11.. bleh.. fun though. Expect a list of funny sayings at some point.. Although I have a feeling that schlepity schlep is going to become a robotics thing.

thank you for coming by and helping out last night. Well back today for more!

2003-09-19T09:33:00.000-04:00

Blogs

I had a parent last night ask me my opinion on blogs. Apparently they had read the whole ZIB article and wanted to know what my whole take on the situation was. I explained that blogs are just a journal. I even know teachers who use them as an assignment and require students to reflect about the things they do in class (kinda the way I sometimes foster discussions on the forums). I explained that I keep a blog myself, and that I had many discussions with the blogging crew last year about what was posted. I also explained that blogs are student's personal space, and that I have no control over what they say, nor will I try and regulate what people write, however I will have discussions with everyone about appropriate material and posting things in places for the world to see.

anyway.. off to a day.

2003-09-18T09:56:00.000-04:00

laptop

HORRAY!!! LAPTOP IS HOME!!! ::Hugs laptop::

2003-09-17T19:47:00.000-04:00

Kind of person

The kind of person I try to be tends to (I at least hope) lean towards the kind of person who prefers to be happy and share that then the one who worries about going out of their way in little bits. I offered to burn music for someone the other day, and they responded with surprise (even though I have done it before on various occaisions). I hope that people see this about me or have figured it out by now. I also hope that it rubs off on some of the people around me. I went through a lot early on in life, and as a result have decided that the people in my life are more important than any things that could come floating through. (yes students included in that)

I hope that you all realize that part of the reason I love my job so much is the random events that keep me laughing at school all day - I couldnt thank you in any way for that besides the way I make sure that I give everything to teaching, and the occaisional music that I share with you. (which actually amuses me as well that I have actually kinda started certain "music trends" among the students) lol

2003-09-17T09:14:00.000-04:00

Onward

Someone remind me at some point to actually code all the ap assignments and set up the phase two stuff as well!!

2003-09-16T18:13:00.000-04:00

top down

today was definately a drive home with the top down day. So beautiful out and a great way to just decompress and process. Tonight is for grading papers - no I probably will not get ALL the tests graded.. not even close - and also uploading the next units for AP and CS1.. That will probably take the majority of the evening in that I have to type the assignments for CS1.

you need to talk to me about the whole TA thingie so we can talk about finacial stuff and your responsibilities. I also need to talk to the supervising person from Idaho and see how she is going to handle testing.. bleh.

Anyway, back to grading math papers - then on to uploading assignments - then to CS papers..

2003-09-15T20:16:00.000-04:00

Counting Crows and a new alarm clock

Got a new alarm clock today - the old one broke and I was using my temporary travel one which does not have a radio feature. Sorry people but the *beep beep beep* doesnt wake me - I need a variety of noise and radio provides that. When Rich went out and got that he also picked up the counting crows concert cd from the show they did a while ago in NY. Has both music from the concert as well as a number of unplugged tracks that they did for VH1 storytellers - AWESOME MUSIC. Very mellow. Going to definately have to add this to my playlist for while I am working.

So I am grading papers tonight and setting up the site for the students who are joining the class from Idaho. Yes, non fox laners, I have 6 students joining APCS from Idaho this year - very cool. Hopefully they will add a slighty different perspective to the wackyness that is my classes. :)

Go club was good today too, although *glowers @ sam* you should not start a good game and then run out.. not right!

2003-09-14T10:32:00.000-04:00

weekend

What a weekend.. although from the way I feel this morning I guess some people were right about taking it easy (because of my cold). Once again the person with the baseball bat returned while I was sleeping last night and has decided to make me feel like every muscle is sore. Maybe yoga later will help.

Ok, so here is the scoop from the weekend. Friday night was dinner with friends at home. Then to EMS where I worked the overnight (thank you to the white cloud for providing no calls for the evening). Then down to NYU Sat. morning/afternoon where I watched a volleyball game. I figured Matt had been so great with the robotics club - this was a good way to show him my appreciation. Then up to columbia for random hanging outs/chats/dinner with you. I now understand why you are so smitten with sasha.. he seems like he is a good friend to you. *waves to all the suitemates and friends I met* I hope you had a good time after I left. I would have stayed, but.. well you understand.

then home and now ..work..

2003-09-13T18:28:00.000-04:00

waves @ all from columbia

dinner tonight w/ you and other random wanderings.. more to come later.

2003-09-12T08:44:00.000-04:00

The world is my pork chop

Ok, so I admit I do enjoy laughing at the oddities that I observe that the rest of the world appears to wander by completely unawares, but am I really that random? Last night in the process of wandering through times square I turned to Matt and said "the world is my pork chop". He just laughed and shrugged it off to my random nature. Now I am sorry, but I didnt think I was that random, I was actually reading off the very large pork the other white meat billboard that was right there..

Last night was fun.. got to randomly wander the city which I havent done in a while. Lynda was supposed to meet me when I got into the city to pick up her laptop from me, but ended up going out with some friends so I lugged it around w/ me for a few hours before meeting up with her later. she owes me dinner at some point for that! (but now at least you can stop buggin me about fixing her laptop..)

Anyway some things from last night.. "All for the low price of..", "If he is the dali llama-I know he is supposed to be a spiritual leader and all but why does he have a $3 pair of kmart flip flops?" (this in reference to a very large poster where the flip flops were about a story high - although I think it would be very interesting to go hear him speak .. he is giving a talk in central park on the 21st..) and "I travel the subway by newton's method of approximation".

We walked down to the WTC site (Matt had never been, and I hadnt gone since the incident). It was a moving experience, especially considering it was 9/11 yesterday. There were flowers and candles lit all over and it made me remember some things from when I was very young. my prayers go out to all the families who lost, and especially the brave women who said goodbye to their husbands, fathers, or significant others that morning as they went to work in the firehouses. may the lights that they shined into the heavens last night remind you all that we still love you.

wow, that was a long rant.. off to the rest of my busy day/weekend !

2003-09-11T07:46:00.000-04:00

Morning and sleep

ok, within the last 48 hours I have managed to sleep for 20 of it. not a bad ratio and the cold is starting to depart under my relentless battle for sanity..

so.. here I am at 7:30 in the morning.. cup of hot chocolate (oo soothing to sore throat and I hate coffee) with papers to grade, classes to teach, and a couple of busy days to survive. Today is first policy board meeting for the SDC, and then I have to run home, fold some remaining laundry and head down to city to bring laptop to sister and shirt to Matt(RIT guy). Then home and tomorrow is Friday - normal robotics club meeting after school, then home to clean and guests for dinner, then overnight at EMS..

Eventually on to sat. where I am going to watch some volleyball @ NYU and then to spend the evening with you. wow.. sleeping sunday I hope.

2003-09-10T07:30:00.000-04:00

feeling a little better

for everyone who saw me and asked this morning - yes I am feeling better. nyquil is my friend. I probably will ammend this by the end of the day though. Definately going home tonight to clean and sleep. (guests for dinner on friday)

2003-09-09T21:56:00.000-04:00

nyquil

the night time, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, knock you on your ass and dont get up til morning medicine..

2003-09-09T11:35:00.000-04:00

lol

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=74&e=2&u=/cmp/14700217

2003-09-09T07:32:00.000-04:00

bleh

I got no sleep last night. and i do not mean the random no sleep where you just kinda wake up every now and again, but seriously the no sleep where you just dont sleep.. you roll over look at the clock and its 10 minutes (maybe) past the last time you looked. every little noise only serves to keep you awake more and NO SLEEP.. ::sigh:: today is going to be a long day.

EMS meeting tonight is going to be even longer.. did you get me a proxy????

bleh and bleh and bleh.. going to be not quite awake today.. Might have to resort to a spark.

2003-09-08T16:21:00.000-04:00

Randomness

ok, first of all you cannot complain about just an hour of homework. I have at least that many papers to grade each night. although yikes on the wasps..

secondly.. I love the quotes of the sheep!! see here and here.

For all of you who know of my distain for the FL educational system.. this just explains it all.

and finally.. from the absence of edo..

Just a bunch of random things.. :)

2003-09-08T07:14:00.000-04:00

Heavy Boots

This is funny!! Thank you will for posting the link!

The weekend went by way too fast! I need another day just to crash and sleep..

2003-09-07T00:21:00.000-04:00

Sleep/Weekending

Had the EMS picnic today, came home, napped and went to visit a friends new house. They had a housewarming party and had the best idea. Instead of random household gifts (like people normally give) they asked everyone to bring a plant. The indoor ones obviously are going to be placed around the house, while they are going to use the outdoor ones in their back yard around the patio.. Great idea!

I started reading Snow Crash, I am going to fly through this book. Its awesome! Anyway, off to bed I think before I cant keep my eyes open any more..

2003-09-06T12:30:00.000-04:00

Stress Test

this is funny!

2003-09-06T00:21:00.000-04:00

EMS Shifts

Had a couple of nice calls tonight.. not too bad..

Exausted though.. not used to the level of activity required of being designated adult.. Its going to take a few weeks before I dont die on fridays.. off to sleep with me..

2003-09-05T08:57:00.000-04:00

Adventures in teaching

So they moved my math classes from G4 (which was slightly chalkboard challanged for a math room, but not too bad) to F2 which is definately chalk board challanged. For starters, if you are going to put in a chalk board for midgets, why would it be up so high? wouldnt the shortened board so that vertically challanged people could reach the top require that the board be initially placed lower? (not that I cant reach, but just wondering why else you would have 1/2 a board)

Secondly, there is a very large map-type thing hanging down the center of the board taking up about 3/4 of the space that is there. Not that I argue that the map shouldnt be there, I am after all interloping into a social studies room, but wouldnt it be nice if the map covered, say, part of the EMPTY WALL rather than the chalkboard? ::sigh::

I dont mind the semi-circles of desks, actually makes it easier for me to teach math 4 (I wander almost as much as I do in compsci), I just might have to add "avenues" where I can get past the interior row of desks to the outer circle.

I am also in there 7th period.. so if anyone in AP wants to get into G10 and not have to stand in the hall, just wander by F2 and grab my key from me. It normally takes a few minutes for me to gather the calculators and any other papers/etc. from class - come and get the key so you guys can get in without having to wait for me.

Onward and upward.. (now off to deal with .net and fun fun error messages)

2003-09-04T10:54:00.000-04:00

Hello World

gets more amusing every year! :p

2003-09-03T16:07:00.000-04:00

random silliness

ok so yes your picture of me back at school laughing hysterically is accurate...

But here is something funny that came out of random conversations during go games this afternoon - what if the elves from lord of the rings all had country bumpkin accents? Would that lead to Elrond becoming Elrond-bob? there are soo many ways this could be funny..

2003-09-03T11:23:00.000-04:00

Welcome back

I can see that wednesdays 4th period might be a problem.. I understand today guys you were all catching up, however if I am teaching you really need to wait until I am done before decending upon the classroom. And I just might put you to work while you are there.

School is going good, I can tell this is going to be a good year. Lets just see how my busy afternoon goes. I think lunch 6A is going to work out because I can bring my food down at the beginning of the period, as long as I remember everything I need for the rest of the day. You can probably expect me to be running back to the math office every now and then for things I forget. I probably should just bring everything down in the morning to make sure I have it.. hmm.. not a bad idea.. ::makes little mental note::

Kinda cool to be back :)

2003-09-02T20:02:00.000-04:00

sans laptop

::waves goodbye to laptop as it goes off to tech support::
::cries::

I have caught up on some of the stuff for the next week anyway. unfortunately that required me to stay at school today until 6:30pm.. ::sigh:: not a good portent for the year..

But.. mmm.. chinese food for dinner :) (treated myself to some comfort food)

2003-09-02T08:49:00.000-04:00

Freaking out

um... laptop.. no worky... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

::continues screaming::
::hyperventilates::
EVERYTHING IS ON THERE!!

2003-09-01T14:01:00.000-04:00

Skipping in the rain

As I walked to get lunch today I found myself skipping(well not skipping exactly) in the rain. (almost akin to hopping rocks, but the sidewalk concrete slabs are too big and not intricately enough entwined) I walked to the deli in the rain (yes w/o an umbrella) and kinda hopped/took a little jump over a puddle to not soak my feet and pants. that just lead to me kinda hopping around the puddles in front of me. I love rain in the fall.

2003-09-01T11:47:00.000-04:00

The empire loses another..

Yes, I have given in and installed mozilla.. the annoying pop ups were getting to me.

2003-09-01T10:50:00.000-04:00

EEEEKK!

Ok, school starts again for teachers tomorrow and I had trouble crawling out of bed at 9:30 today.. bleh. I think I am just about set for school. Going to have to make up my "basket". I didnt carry it much last year because I didnt have things back to back, but this year my schedule just sux. I might not be able to have the lab open for lunch this year. It depends on how much I am able to bring lunches that dont require heating. besides I might need a break between my afternoon stuff.. I have class 6, 7, and 8 so last year when I had 7th off that became my lunch time. Not sure.. will have to see how things go after the first week of school.

It was COLD yesterday at the lake, but got to see Kathy. She has grown up soo much, and is such a great mom.. for those of you who dont know this story, Kathy and I were really good friends in high school - I even lived (yes lived seriously - I moved in there) in her house during the summers. She is a year younger than me and now has two kids, a girl (Harley Rose) and a boy (Cody James). She was definately a wild child when I knew her best, but now has matured and .. well.. its soo odd to see her as mother of two. But it was good to see her again. I have to go up and visit her and go riding. (She and her husband run the barn at a dude ranch) I havent been horseback riding in so long. Was always a great way to unwind, the two of us used to just take off into the woods on random days.. :p I guess its an odd mix between a road trip and a hike.

Well I have some work to do today.. will be on and around..

2003-08-31T00:36:00.000-04:00

Good Friends and Irish Music

Brigid and Marlin came over tonight for dinner. Barbeque, Irish music and monopoly - what a night! Definately a good time. Going up to the lake tomorrow to see mom, kathy and the baby. Hopefully will be working on sprucing up my tan before going back to school as well.

Its nice and cool out tonight - hopefully some of this summer heat has broken. Its been an amazing summer from the AP Reading, to Greece to being "super member" at EMS and finding some great friends (who I hope stay that way), and I could go on and on.. I hope the year that follows is just as good!

Time for bed I think.. Night All

2003-08-30T14:31:00.000-04:00

yoga

oh.. I forgot how much I missed sat. yoga class until I went today :)

2003-08-30T11:03:00.000-04:00

Counting Crows

AWESOME CONCERT! I seriously recommend that if you ever get the chance you go and see counting crows live. There is an energy that they pour into their music that becomes soo apparent when you see them live. They did about half the concert unplugged which was amazing. The lead singer spent at least 3 songs at the grand piano on the stage. Absolutely amazing. Just awesome to sit back and listen to that music. John Mayer was great too, the same kind of energy in his singing :)

The of course a ride home in the convertable.. great evening. Got the new crows cd.. :)

2003-08-29T10:16:00.000-04:00

Infinity

Done with the primary part of the book, going to read some of the excursions today, but just thought I would blog a few thoughts. One of the really cool paradoxes that arise out of the book is the concept of One/Many or Many/One.. Do we exist in a singular large item (universe) that is made up of many smaller things? (this may sound correct at first.. but) Or do we exist as a part of Many things but we use our own personal influence and knowledge to classify them into one? Hurts just a little to think about it too long.. Although its kinda like a particular mathematical series..

1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1....

Does this series (when continued forever) equal to 0 or 1? If you group the terms this way.. (1 - 1) + (1 - 1).. and continue that pattern you end up with 0. However if you group the terms 1 + (-1 + 1) + (-1 + 1)... you end up with the series converging to 1..

The same is true about the infitesimaly small. We are so sure that everything can be reduced down to a single particle (possibly with different types) that we can then point to and say "Look - that is the one thing that everything else is made of" but we keep managing to break these particles into smaller and smaller peices. So are there many things built out of this one particle? or are we one larger thing built out of many smaller particles?

Just thought I would leave you with something to ponder.

2003-08-28T16:49:00.000-04:00

love math

spent most of the day at FL - set up image (finally done I think) for the computer lab, then cleaned desk in math office - made case study packets and spent some time figuring out what a charmed quark was..

yes.. I do physics for fun too..