Daily Doings, Birthdays and why I love customers. Really.

'Lo all!  I'll start this one out by wishing my good friend John a "Happy Birthday!"  I love excuses to eat giant bacon cheeseburgers, and seeing people is always fun too.  For those in the Seattle area, John is in a show at the Renton Civic Theater.  It's the Mystery of Edwin Drood, and it's good so y'all should go see it.  Much audience participation, some in the form of voting.  Vote for the Indian guy, just do it... don't ask questions.  He's shady looking, he probably killed someone.

I was glad for the trip across the water, it gave me time away from unpacking.  I do not want to move EVER AGAIN.  I still can't decide if I hate packing or unpacking more... they're both terrible and I hate them forever and days.  DAYS I TELL YOU.

Work was fun today, we had speed daters there!  And terrible, unconvincing, not even sure if they were actually trying, transvestites.  I almost felt sorry for the poor man woman man PERSON.  All that work to sit at a window seat with a brewed coffee.  Sad, :(.

And then things like this happen, I am afraid to say that this is a true story.  I will leave you with it, think on it and teach children things.  Anything, as long as they're learning.  I would really appreciate it.

"Here's your panini, sans onions!" says Nils to the fuzzy boot wearing, pink accessorized teen in the window seat.  "Oh, they're from California?" she responds, ponytail adding emphasis to the question. "Could I maybe get that WITHOUT onions?  Thanks!"  She turns back to her laptop.

Nils stares blankly.

He turns around and drops his head, defeated.  A few minutes pass and he comes back, "Turkey. No onions," he mumbles.  "Thank you so much! I just hate those things." she says, and turns again to her computer and the test that will determine "Once and for all!" what movie star she was in a past life. 

Of Vlogs, and new living spaces.

So I'm listening to my sister/bff Becca's vlog... She's conned me into starting one buuuuut not yet. 

Why?  Because I've moved!  

HOORRRAAAYYY!!!!!

Yeah, I am now living in my boss's basement.  It's not (quite) as odd as it sounds.  I have a separate entrance and everything so it's not like we have to see each other away from work.  But yeah, new place all too my self. (kinda) (sorta) (not really)  It's been kinda boring so far... I always knew that I I was a people person and I still am.  Living by my self is not the most fun in the world, but it is easier to walk around naked so there's that.

Right, so it's 3am... I may try to sleep some tonight.  Yes, yes I think I will.  Try, that is.  It is much too quiet here.

Adios.

P.S.  I will post a vlog later after I get the "requirements" from la sis.  Yeah.  Also, virtual tour fo' sho.'

Oh the things I haven't done.

Today was to be the day I moved furniture into my new place.  Thaaat didn't happen.  Neither did me packing and I just remembered that there are clothes in the dryer to be folded to make room for the ones in the wash... and I have to be to work in 30 minutes.  Today is my friday.... I hate to see what my monday is going to be like.

>_<  

TTYL.

I'm award winning!

Yay!  My bff/sister (no blood relation) Becca gave me the "Perfect Blend of Friendship" award! Awwwwwwwww... Thanks sis!  <3

Seeing as I have no other friends who blog on a regular basis I will hold on to this until I do. *HINT*

Actually I can't say that too loudly as the last time I made an informative post was.... *checks blog history*

......Oh.... I guess I haven't made one.... yeah.  Whoops?

Well then... what have I been up to..... 

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OH!  I am teaching!  That's big-ish, so now you have to get to read about that!  :)

Right, so last month (Sept.) I started student teaching Music Theory at Olympic College.  

Well, kinda.   

**RELATED SIDE STORY**So here's the thing.  I graduated from OC in 2006.  I did ok....kinda.  I started out badly but pulled my grade up from the deepest pits of muck and mire (1.7) and graduated with a 3.1.  Impressive, right?  I thought so.  So then the family takes a 6-week european vacation and while there I decided that I want to work and live a bit so I try to get into a job over there.  It didn't work.  Then I decided that I wanted to own a coffee shop/bar.  No go.  Then I decided that I wanted to go BACK to school at Western Washington University.  Still no. Which brings us back to....... *MAIN STORY*

So after the whole Western debacle (I have a pretty good GPA, like 12 amazing letters of reference, a kick ass essay and I'm an Eagle Scout, who wouldn't want me?)  *RETARDS*  after all that I finally decided that music is where I want to spend my time.  It makes sense.  I'm good at it, it's been the one constant in my life and I could happily look at those little black dots for days on end.  It was one of those "you don't know what you have until you lose it" scenarios.  So I talked to my old theory teacher, Rick White; Theory Genius (says so on his business card) about sitting in on classes to refresh so when I go take entrance exams I don't look too much a fool.  He was totally down with the idea, but took it further and asked, "what if you TEACH the class?"   

O.0

(That was my face.  I'm pretty sure I felt my pupils do that.)

Really?  Seriously?  You want me to teach a college class?  I couldn't even get into WESTERN, and you want me to TEACH a COLLEGE class!?  Like, one where PEOPLE, ADULT PEOPLE pay money |PAY MONEY| to LEARN THINGS and you want ME to TEACH IT?!?!  Ummmmmmm... ok?

And I love it.  I'm considered a TA which means a lot of copying and such but I work with the students one on one and if at any time Rick can't be at class (cocktail flu and whatnot) then it's "me baby, me" who does the teaching.  So I say things and see light-bulbs go off in people's heads and I'm all, "They get it, they get it 'cause I said something that they understood!  I'm TEACHING! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"

But you know, internally.

So yeah, that's what I've been up to lately.  That and packing, I move next week into my boss' basement.  I'm sure I'll have another parenthesis-filled, side-story heavy blog about it at some point so keep checking.  Also many font sizes.

Adios.