Matthew of the Creeps

I finished my internship class at William Carey.  This week, I will be sending off for my five year teaching license.  Then if I pass comprehensive exams this March, and that's a big "if," I get to send off for my AA license this summer, which is a big bump in pay for me.  I am happy about all of this, but I am happiest about the fact that I don't have to do any more crappy busy work for that dumb class.

I also received my annual evaluation at work today.  I get to keep my job next year.

hmm...

Not much else to speak of.  I was just feeling guilty for not posting in a while.

rolling on the river

I'm in Vicksburg.  The school sent up me here with a few of my colleagues for a teaching conference.

This past Monday night, I got to listen to Mark McLeod speak.  Today, I heard Gracy Taylor speak.  And now that I'm at this conference, I'll be listening to the legendary Harry Wong.  Apparently after this week, I'll be the greatest teacher ever.

Anyway, I miss Brandi already and I'm ready to go home.  And I need to type up some lesson plans.

Good night.

The Graveyard Book

One of the many wonderful Christmas presents that my wife got me this year included a copy of Neil Gaiman's newest novel, The Graveyard Book.  

Well, not only was it just announced that it won the 2009 Newberry Medal, but apparently they're making it into a movie as well.

I'm very excited!

decade

This past Friday marked mine and Brandi's ten year anniversary as a couple.  Way back in January of 1999, I asked her is she'd be my girlfriend, and luckily of me, she said yes.  We've been together ever since, and I cannot imagine my life without her.

To celebrate this grand occasion we ventured down to the coast for the weekend.  On Friday night, we went to this very high class steak house called Ruth's Chris which is part of the Hard Rock Casino.  Yes.  That food was amazing.  It cost about as much as we would spend on a small grocery bill, but yes, that food was amazing.

Saturday we hung out with Drew and Tabitha.  Apparently, just about every store down on the coast is going out of business.  So of course, we took great advantage of the nation's struggling economy by buying tons of stuff at discounted prices.  We also went back to their new house where I destroyed everyone at Wii bowling.

when one hand doesn't know what the other is doing

John Smoltz is playing for the Red Sox.  Derek Lowe is a Brave.  What is this world coming to?

I went to go work out today.  I'm tired.

If I can make it in time, I have some kind of physical exam on Thursday night.  I guess I'll find out how out of shape I am.

I performed a dog and pony show this morning.  I'm finishing up my Master's degree and a professor came and observed me in the classroom.  Things went well.

I do not have much else to walk about.

mistaken tater tots

The sermon this morning at church was on self-control.  Apparently, I need a lot of work in that area.

Right after church, a group of us ate lunch at a pizza buffet.  I ate a lot of food, despite the fact that I made a goal this year to be more healthy.  I also have a ton of school work to get done, but instead of working on that, I took a long nap.

So yeah... still got a ways to go on the whole self-control thing.

that nobody owns

I've been pretty much worthless all day today.  I did work on some lesson plans earlier, but other than that, I haven't done any of things that I was supposed to do.  Instead, I finished reading The Graveyard Book and it was amazing.

I also added a lot of Jack Kirby stuff to my Amazon wish list.  There's a lot of stuff that he's written/drawn that I haven't read, and that is a crime.

I need to get some more work done.  But I really don't want to.