A Fun Noember

Well tonight is the election, should be interesting to watch unfold. Started working on my NANOWRIMO story. It's kind of difficult at the moment as unfortunately I spilled a soda on my laptop last week and shorted out the key between the c and b on my keyboard. Looking to get a new one at Christmas perhaps, we will see.

I hope to get some of my story posted shortly, so far I have refused the temptation to revise so that part of my goal is going well.

Anyway, off to watch the election!

~ Terhune

Kingdom Hospital

Ah Netflix...you got to love Netflix.

Red Dragon Tattoo by Fountains of Wayne...awesome song, I had heard it before but had forgotten about it until I heard it being played on Kingdom Hospital. Yeah, so I rented Kingdom Hospital from Netflix since when it was on television I was working at night and did not get a chance to see it.

I love it! I especially enjoy the references to other King novels and such that are in it. Its amazing to me how much of the things he has written tie into the Gunslinger saga. I am just in awe of the man really.

Gonna have to figure out how Ian does the whole music thing on his blog so I can start adding some of my eclectic taste in music on here for the masses that are not reading my stuff! Oh well, hopefully things will pick up since I am actively blogging now. I figured it out!

I am excited about NaNoWriMo, I have my basic plot swirling around in my head now. Still trying to work out the particulars but I know it begins with an event just after the Civil War in the South somewhere. I like it really, I ran some ofthe basics by my wife and father and they both seemed to really like it and get excitied by the possibilities. Now all I have to do is write it..should be fun!

~ Terhune

Getting Better...

Well I spend the day working on my lessons for the next week and reorganizing myself for school. I actually think that I made a big difference in how things will go for the next 9 weeks. I feel more prepared now, so much more than I did for the first 9 weeks.

I am trying to figure out what I am going to do with my classroom website. I don't think any of the kids have even looked at it so I want to spice it up a bit. I have a few ideas, but I am always looking for more!

So, what would you want to see on a classroom website that would draw you there? It having content about the topics we are working on is a given, but in today's society there has to be more, some sort of entertainment to draw the students to it so that they want to check it out and see if anything is different.

So Ideas?????

~ Terhune

NaNoWriMo - I think I can, I think I can...

Well I checked into the NaNoWriMo experience about 5 years ago and at the time I was getting back into the swing of college full time so I passed. This year though, I am all about it.

There are the details: You write a 50,000 word story in a month. If you make it you are a winner, if you don't then at least you tried. There seems to be an active community there and the forums on the website seem to be fairly active considering that the event hasn't started yet.

http://www.nanowrimo.org

Sorry about the previous post, looking back on it now I seem kind of whiny. Oh well, it happens.

Anyway, back to the writing thing. I am debating what kind of story to tell. Science Fiction type or Fantasy type. I have been digging SF for a the last couple of years, but the majority of my reading has been Fantasy. Maybe I can combine the two in some way with elements of SF and Fantasy tossed together.

I have 13 days to figure this out and start writing. I think that if I sit down and just start something will click. Then I can sit down and semi-plan the monstrosity. I think it will be fun regardless, hell it might just end up being a load of crap and make no sense at all, that would be ok. Its the writing the 50,000 words thats the goal in some simbalence of order.

Possiblities are endless...

~ Terhune

In the center of the storm

I am amazed that it has been so long since I posted last.

You ever feel like you are stuck in the middle of a swirling, tumbling tornado? Well let me tell you that at this moment thats what it feels like. Its like I can't get my head above water long enough to take a breath much less start to tred the waters. Financially we are sucking eggs at this point.

I know that part of it is that fact that we are paying private school tuition for our son, but that is unavoidable. Its pretty sad that teachers in the public school system are paying to send their child to a private school so that he can actually be taught what he is supposed to know! It is so frustrating but its what we have to do in the interest of our son.

I went out today and put out some applications for part time work. I figure I might hear something in a couple of weeks but we will see. I am not that optimistic to be honest since the economy seems to be tanking. It hasn't really started to hit the area I live in yet but I can see it on the horizon. I just need a bit of a parachute to provide us some hesitation in this seemingly downward spiral of financial hardship.

I am not in school anymore. I got admitted to the Master's program I wanted to get into but with the gas prices earlier this year and my wife taking classes for additional certification we decided that I needed to sit out a bit. It sucks because at 32 I feel like I am so far behind others in my field that its not even funny. Bleh, perhaps I am just a bit down at the moment but what the hell right?

I do know that something has got to change. Moving would be a nice change I think. My wife and I have been talking about that a lot. If we can make it over the holidays without something else happening to our finances I think we might be able to make a move in the summer but I am not sure. Also the job outlook has to be right or its a no go, once again thanks to the economy. I am glad I am a teacher, we are almost recession proof as a profession. Kids got to learn!

27 weeks of school left in the year, doesn't seem so many really. This first 9 weeks has flown by. Hopefully the next nine will as well and we can enjoy our Christmas holidays.

Hey, anything is possible right? Right!

~ Terhune

Getting in Gear for School

Well I am a week away from going back to school. Amazing how quick the summer goes! I plan on really being organized this year. To help with that I have started a simple class website using Google. I will probably also include a blog, I have not decided yet because it definitely won't be linked to this one. Anyway, if you are curious here is the website:

Mr.White's History Classes

I have been working on lesson plans and project guidelines, next week I am going to go over my powerpoints and notes and make sure I have everything ready. My goal is to have all of the first semester done by the second week of school.

I am also hoping to start my MA in History in August. I have submitted everything so now I am waiting for the Graduate Committee to meet and decide on my application. I hope to hear something by next Friday so if I need to go to the university one day to finalize the paperwork I will not have to miss a day of work.

Speaking of work, if you are wondering why I am going back to work on the 4th of August let me tell you. My school has scheduled 9 days of professional development for us to take right at the beginning of school. That way at the end of the year when people do not have all of their hours to maintain their license, the school can say "We offered it, but you did not take advantage of it". I don't really mind but another week of vacation would be nice.

Anyway, I am just plugging away at stuff. Wish me luck with this upcoming year!

~ Terhune

The BIG Read

The Big Read, an initiative by the National Endowment for the Arts, has estimated that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. How do you do?



1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.


(There were other directions such as italicize the ones you plan on reading, and underline the ones that you loved, but I am too lazy.)


1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen


2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien


3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte


4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling


5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee


6 The Bible


7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte


8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell


9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman


10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens


11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott


12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy


13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller


14 Complete Works of Shakespeare


15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier


16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien


17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks


18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger


19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger


20 Middlemarch - George Eliot


21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell


22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald


23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens


24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy


25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams


26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh


27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky


28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck


29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll


30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame


31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy


32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens3


3 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis


34 Emma - Jane Austen


35 Persuasion - Jane Austen


36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis


37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini


38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres


39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden


40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne


41 Animal Farm - George Orwell


42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown


43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez


WHERE DID 44GO?


45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins


46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery


47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy


48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood


49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding


50 Atonement - Ian McEwan


WHERE IS 51?


52 Dune - Frank Herbert


53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons


54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen


55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth


56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon


57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens


58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley


59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon


60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez


61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck


62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov


63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt


64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold


65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas


66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac


67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy


68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding


69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie


70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville


71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens


72 Dracula - Bram Stoker


73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett


74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill


75 Ulysses - James Joyce


76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath


77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome


78 Germinal - Emile Zola


79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray


80 Possession - AS Byatt


81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens


82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell


83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker


84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro


85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert


86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry


87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White


88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom


89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton


91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad


92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery


93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks


94 Watership Down - Richard Adams


95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole


96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute


97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas


98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare


99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl


100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo





40 out of 100 not too bad. Even missing a couple. :) How did you do?

Summer Break

Well I have not written anything on here in a while, and that is regrettable but understandable. On May 10 we got hit by a tornado. It came right over the house and it really does sound like a train. Needless to say everyone was ok, lots of debris with trees down and such. Spent the last few weeks cutting trees and dragging limbs and just cleaning.

Currently I am at a summer Institute studying the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict. I got here on Sunday and so far I have been extremely pleased with the experience. We have had a talk by a very nice Jewish lady who explained a bit about Judaism and some of their traditions and culture, that was on Monday.

Today we had a speaker who is a Muslim. A very nice lady who was very informative and engaging. She explained about the beginnings of Islam and about the various aspects of the religion. We asked some good questions I thought and she was more than gracious in her replys and she seemed to understand that some of us were asking questions that were simply worded wrong due to ignorance, not stupidity - there is a difference.

So far this has been a wonderful experience, tomorrow it looks like some more speakers and other things. Currently I am reading:



This is a very interesting book that is probably written for someone who wants to explore the interaction of the three faiths for the first time. Its well based in historical accounts and I found it easy to read and entertaining really. I will probably order a copy of it when I get home from the Institute.

Regardless, I hope that there is not another lull in my posting. Again, I apologize and I hope that those of you who are still reading this will continue to check back periodically - I promise I have not forgotten you!

~ Terhune

Poetry

What is is about poetry that makes you think? Is it the imagery, the tone, the pacing of the words?

I don't really know actually. I mean you can read all the textbooks where they talk about poetry and how you should interpret it, analyze it but doesn' that defeat the purpose of poetry? Analyzing it to much and you miss the depth of feeling in my opinion.

I think it all boils down to opinion more than anything. How a certain poem makes you feel, what it evokes in your memories, thoughts and emotions.

I like poetry, all kinds really.

On the news front I have been accepted into a summer program for History and Literature teachers. Its a 2 week program that is on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. From what I have read it should be interesting. We are going to talk to the imam at the local Islamic Center and then we are going to talk to the Rabbi at the Jewish Temple that is also nearby.

Part of the course is to develop curriculum for our students next year based on what we have learned. I can't wait to pick the brains of those other teachers who are there and get some good ideas on projects and other things. I feel like I am finally branching out in my teaching profession.

Truthfully, I just like to study and learn about other cultures. My wife says that if I could be a student forever I would be, and she is right. I plan on taking classes about every two years or so, that way I won't get totally burned out. Who knows how many degrees I might end up with!

~ Terhune

I am done!

Well I apologize for not posting to my blog in so long, but I have been really busy with school and work, which is school also. But I do have some good news...drumroll please....

I AM DONE!!!!

On May 9, 2008 at 9:30 in the morning I will walk across the stage and recieve my Master's Degree. How awesome is that! I am one step closer to having my PhD.

I think I will sleep the rest of the weekend if I can. I am so wasted physically and mentally its not even funny.

Anyway, just wanted to put this out there publicly for those who still take a moment out of their busy schedules to check my blog.

Going to bed now to sleep like the dead.

~ Terhune

Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90

Well once again this year, in less than 3 weeks I am knocked for a loop. Gary Gygax died about 2 weeks ago and tonight as I am reading the news items online I see that science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died.

How depressed am I?

I remember checking out Clarke's books from the library when I was a in middle school. My brother and I would pedal our bikes the 16-20 blocks to the library and spend hours browsing the shelves, reading magazines, and delving into the books that we were planning to check out while sitting in the big comfy chairs that the library had.

They were leather and squeaked a bit when you sat in them. I remember fondly my legs sticking to the chairs as my shorts didn't cover my legs to my knees and often the back of my legs got sweaty and stuck to the chair. The library is and was a magical place for me full of adventure and knowledge where anything can be learned if you look for it.

Part of my education was science fiction books by the likes of Asimov and Clarke. He will be missed. He is going on that last great adventure into the unknown, I promise to introduce my son to your writing and your great capacity for innovative thought and imagination.


Sci-fi guru Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90

John Adams Miniseries

I just finished watching the first two episodes of the John Adams miniseries and I am happy to say that I thought it was amazing!!

The acting was superb, the setting was believable and I just can't say enough really. If you missed the first two episodes tonight then try and catch them before next Sunday. it was brilliant, simply brilliant.

~ Terhune

SNOW!!!

I took a video of the snow that hit our corner of Arkansas on the 7th. A usual 20 minutes drive home took me a little over an hour and a half. See, it does snow sometimes in the city built over one of the shafts leading to Hell.




~ Terhune

One More Week!!

A spring break is only a week away for me, and I can not wait. Its not that I don't like my job, or the students that I teach - I need a break. Of course I won't get a break really because I plan on finishing up my projects for my Masters and some things I need to get done for my job, but I won't have to drive to work and see my students for a week.

So I was thinking about Spring Break so I did a search for Spring Break's history and this is what I found:

Like so much in our world, Spring Break originated with the ancient Greeks. As winter would lessen its chill, and thoughts turned to regeneration, rejuvenation, and new birth, Athens's elders noticed that the young people became particularly frolicsome.

Socrates then proposed, and the Greeks adopted, a wild rite to welcome Spring and allow young people to vent their ingrained urges… and Spring Break was born.

Immediately thereafter were heard the first complaints that these strange new rites were destructive of morals and caused undue hardship upon the local residents of the seaside towns in which the festivals were held.

Those making these complaints were quickly rounded up and stoned. A variation of this practice occurs to this day.

In the Middle Ages, after Christianity's triumph over paganism, it was determined that Spring Break should end. There followed many years of turmoil.

Every Spring it would take armed bands of monks and papal legates to stop young people from partying like it was 999.

Then, in 1237, St. Adledkopf proposed a solution- what if the Church co-opted Spring Break? Taking the uninhibited, riotous celebration that Spring Break had become, and turning it into something mannered and decent, alas, turned out to be a pipe-dream.

All attempts at substituting good fellowship and worship for drunken bonhomie and cheap thrills failed.

Other than Mardi Gras in New Orleans, America never really caught the Spring Break bug… until the First World War, when American Doughboys serving in France watched, wide-eyed with wonder, as the Europeans would temporarily halt Spring Offensives, and instead, party.

Miraculously, scantily clad women would appear over the trenches, dancing and prancing about like nymphs… unfortunately, it was discovered that many, if not most, of these "ladies" were in fact men. America's farm boys and day laborers were horrified, and therefore made the phrase "Show us your tits!" a Spring Break staple (which has since been adopted by Mardi Gras).

From 1929 to 1959 America was too busy with a Great Depression, another World War, and the reconstruction of much of the world to seriously party during Spring Break.

It wasn't until the 1960's became "the swinging Sixties" that America truly took to Spring Break. Baby Boomers flocked to the beach in Detroit steel, eager to forget the War, social progress, and exams… and get drunk and get laid. Spring Break was back!

Florida became the focus of Spring Break in the 1970's. Warm weather, beautiful beaches, and alcohol meant that somebody was going to get naked. Soon Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Panama City Beach were famous for drink and debauchery.

It was during this heyday that a particularly bad Spring Break ritual was begun. Locals called it "balcony diving." Drunk Spring Breakers would climb and swing from balcony to balcony on multi-storied hotel towers, looking for a party or a partner. Many fell to their deaths. Unfortunately, every year or two, some student finds the idea appealing and makes a terrible mistake.

Spring Break improved dramatically in the Eighties. In a decade that glorified over-consumption, a yearly event that reveled in sex, drugs and drink was a sure-fire hit.

More students than ever broke the bank, or their parents pocketbooks, and hustled a ride south. Moralists countered by offering planned activities- sporting events, dive trips, scavenger hunts, even church services. No one noticed.

Breakers in the Nineties eased up a bit on the over-indulgence, but just a bit. Superclubs, MTV, and corporate sponsors livened things up with concerts, shows, and give-aways.. but the Breaker's focus remained the same- get drunk and get laid.

The presence of so many television and video cameras during Spring Break meant two things… somebody was going to get naked, and somebody else would bitch about it.

A few nationally spotlighted cases, and Panama City Beach and Spring Break were savaged in the media. Savvy locals knew what that meant… even more Breakers next year!

And there you have it, the history of Spring Break. An honorable rite of ancient origin, one that you should proudly proclaim your part in, and whose traditions you should do your utmost to uphold.

I found it an interesting read anyway!! Here is the link for the original article, all of the quote above is of course the work of the author and not my own, I just wanted to share it with the people who read my blog.

I guess its good to have a tradition. I would hate to not adhere to a celebrated tradition such as Spring Break. I guess the only thing I can do, according to the article, is get drunk and get laid. Doesn't sound too bad, I can go to the store and buy alcohol; now if only my wife drank... :)

~ Terhune

Just for fun

So the wife and kids are watching a movie and I am surfing the internet looking at YouTube for something to occupy my attention and I found this:



I found it very funny anyway!

~ Terhune

Leap Day

Yes, it is leap day again. My 7th leap year to be exact.

So happy birthday to all the leapers out there...I guess leaper is the non-PC term, but who knows!

Anyway, tonight we have two extra children staying with us because my son's friend's sister is having a birthday and he and his little brother did not want to stay in the house with a bunch of girls...so they came to my house.

Its been about 4 1/2 hours since they got here and I am ready to pitch a tent in the backyard and stay there tonight. If I hear "But he said I couldn't be Superman because he is Superman!" or "He's not taking turns, its my turn!"

My head is about to explode. Pray for me that I survive the night, or that they survive the night!

I think it is movie time, Balto here we come!!

~ Terhune

Being sick and other things

So I am home sick from work. This makes the second day in a row. My son is sick too so we have been laying in bed playing Playstation like all good little boys should when they are sick. Not really sure what is wrong with him except that it is allergies. We go to the allergist on the 4th to see what it is exactly that he is allergic too.

I am expecting balloons to fall from the ceiling, bands and ticker tape when we walk through the door...well, maybe not. I know that I am not going and my wife gets to have a wonderful time while they do the scratch test on his back - at least that is how I assume they are going to do the test. What fun!

In other news I had a new cable line ran to my house because the other one was old and not conducive to the internet for some reason. Everything is working fine now so once again I am free to ponder the existence of the universe here in blogger-space to my hearts content.

I am a few days behind on my school work for my Masters which is totally due to my failure in internet service. I hope to jump on it like gangbusters tonight and knock it out for another week or two. If that is not an option then I will laugh about it and then frantically figure out how bad my grade is now and if I need to beg for some extra credit work.

Being sick and taking care of a sick kid is exhausting. I want a nap in the worst way but instead I will play Star Wars Battlefront again, and again, and again, and again...

~ Terhune

Heroes

I am a fan of the television show Heroes. I don't know why it so interests me, perhaps it taps into my dreams of being different. Perhaps it is the child in me who sat on rainy Saturdays and read Marvel and DC comic books. Maybe its just an amazing show with plot twists and subplots that are woven pretty well into the main storyline and crop up later on to make you go "hmmmm".

I finally got my wife to watch some of the episodes and now she is hooked. I get to share my guilty pleasure!!!

I have spent the last few days looking at other peoples blogs and trying to figure out what it is I am wanting to shout out to the world in my own blog. I find most of my posts to be rather boring and uninteresting. Perhaps I am just that nameless figure sitting in a chair typing on a computer thoughts that no one finds particularly insightful. Perhaps I am your average 32 year old from South East Arkansas who has a computer and some free time.

I hope I am not.

Not sure what the post is supposed to be about today, it's late.

Perhaps this will become just my online diary, worse things could happen I imagine. We will all have to wait and see, those of you besides myself who read this that is. Wait and see what happens in the future. Who knows, I may even surprise myself.

~ Terhune

The Clincher

Got this from Cinn, figured it might be fun.

The rules:
1. Put your music player on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT. (This is in capital letters, so it is very serious.)

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY? Killing in the Name of Love(Rage Against the Machine) Interesting response, I am sure it will illicit wonderful returns from everyone.

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? One (U2) I guess this means that I am universally accepting or something...

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Clean(Incubus) I do like my women to bathe every now and then...

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Old Apartment (BNL) I don't know how to respond to this...

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? Fields of Gold (Sting)Wouldn't that be nice.

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? You Can Do Magic (America) Awesome, now I can get that flying broomstick and shove it straight up Harry's...

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? One of You (Vertical Horizon) Interesting since I have a twin brother.

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS? Love Song (Sara Bareilles) Yep, about sums it up

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Tea in the Sahara (The Police) Funny that should come up because in fact today...

10. WHAT IS 2+2? Let the bodies hit the floor (Drowning Pool) Sometimes that is so very true..

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? The Way (Fastball) Apparently she wants to pack and leave which is so very true right now

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Caught in the Rain (Revis) Apparently I want her to be in the rain, with me..or something to that effect.

13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Animal I Have Become (Three Days Grace) Yep, that about sums it up - GRRRRRRRRRRR!!

14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Domino Dancing (Pet Shop Boys) I want to be a dancing diva!!

15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Would? (Alice in Chains) Nice, I think of running away from them...or I totally miss the point of the song...

16. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Scotty Doesn't Know (Lustra) Now what is that song trying to tell me!

17. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Freedom (Blues Traveler) How Ironic. I hope my wife doesn't read this...

18. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Pinch Me (BNL) Just to make sure I am dead I imagine, which makes me wonder what they think about me now...

19. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Becoming the Bull (Atreyu) I have issues...

20. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Somebody Told Me (The Killers) My big trap again, come on you would think I could keep a secret!

21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Lovefool (The Cardigans) Hey now, I wouldn't say that at all - merely well trained.

22. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS? The Clincher (Chevelle) Figures...

Interesting exercise in time management. Let me know if you do it and how it turns out for you.

Here we are again...

My God, I can not believe that it has been almost a year since I posted on here. Truly where does the time go to?

Well I am well into my first year of teaching, I am over the hump and I have to say that I do enjoy it. In May I should have my Master's which means more pay for me and a search for a PhD program, which I should have already started but I am going ot take a short break while my wife finished up her Master's.

We briefly toyed with the idea for adding another dog to our house but we decided that now was not the time for that. I am making preperations for my garden this year. Going to add some manure and leaves and what not to the garden in an effort to improve the soil. I have even toyed with the idea of calling a bee keeper in to set up a small hive or something. Not real sure about that.

Anyway, I plan on getting a new camera soon so that I can really start adding somethings visually to this blog that I promise to do a better job of keeping up with than I have in the past. I am also working on a class website that I hope to be up and running about mid summer, just have to plan it, impliment it, and do it.

I may use blogger because I have seen others do that on here. We shall see.

~ Terhune