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candylandI promised an update, and lo, there was an update.
Teaching
I taught at the elementary school on Wednesday. It was me versus twenty-five small people for half an hour. This was my first time in front of an actual class, and there is a biiiiiiiiig difference between presenting lesson plans in the safety of my Methods class, and standing there looking at a room full of tiny little people who don't have a clue what I'm talking about.
They stared at me. A lot. I got nervous. A lot. But I got through my lesson all right, and it really helped my confidence when the woman who actually teaches the class (our supervising co'op) came up to me after the class left and told me point-blank that she was stealing a couple of my comparisons for her own lesson plans. I was explaining the concept of a tie, and I described it as being like, "If you take two pieces of string, and tie the ends together, now instead of two shorter pieces of string, you have one long piece of string. A tie in music works the same way." She loved it.
We met with her today for comments. Her first question for me was whether or not I'd ever been in front of a class before *laugh* The answer is no, I hadn't. So she gave me some comments. It was a good, balanced critique, and I was quite happy overall.
Apples to Apples
Last night, we played Apples to Apples for our community builder. Much fun was had. I'm really grateful to Arwen for giving me that for my birthday. It has provided us all with mucho entertainment. See the quote from dear, dear Megan below. Probably the best one of the night--though there were some good ones. Some very perverted ones, too...
Me: Soooo if I rub the *ahem* crystal balls, will a genie pop out?
*much groaning*
Curtis: No, to get the genie to come out, you have to rub the lamp.
You're all big boys (rar) and girls (purr), you can figure out the subtext there *wink* *purrrrrrr*
Email Buddies
I've been emailing back and forth lately with the amazing fireblazie of ff.net fame. She's really fun, and with her writing style, you would never believe that she's only a freshman in high school. But I made the comment about a fanfic, and she made a comment about "thinking of something involving chocolate, lace, and a monocle." Well, not so sure about the monocle (without descending into Kaitou Kid references), but I've taken it as a personal challenge to make certain that there is chocolate and lace. This will be sexy...
Midnight Movie!
Wednesday night, there was a Midnight Movie sponsored on campus, which means students sign up and get to go for free. My pals and I went to see Chicken Little. I'd heard some not-so-flattering reviews about it, but went in open-minded and determined to enjoy myself. Behold, the glory...
There weren't a TON of us in the theatre, but those of us that were there laughed straight through the movie. I don't know how much of it was because it was well after midnight and we were all absolutely exhausted, resulting in total giddiness, but damned if we weren't cracking up constantly and cheering for the characters. A lot of it was really random stuff that made us giggle--when the aliens are attacking, for example, the BG music sings, "It's the end of the world as we know it..." Well, here, read on for the short version.
The Good
- The musical selections rocked (must...get...soundtrack!)
- Some AWESOME sight-gags
- Some of the various pop-culture references were right on the mark
- "Okay, let's divide up into teams for dodgeball. Popular versus unpopular." <---best line ever.
- The main characters (all misfits) each had a definite personality and charm (Runt of the Litter reminded me of the elephant from Tarzan)
The Not-So-Good
- Quasi-predictable
- Kind of dark in some parts
- Some of the various pop-culture references fell on their face
- With a few exceptions, the majority of the gags were visual (I like it when I can come out of a movie and remember a really funny line or something humorous that was actually said to make me laugh)
The EXCELLENT!
- KIRBY THE LITTLE BABY ALIEN THING WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER AND I WANT IT!!!!!
- I'm still singing the credits song, Ray Charles' "Shake a Tailfeather."
We danced out of the theatre, belting the credits song at the top of our lungs. And I reeeeally want a plushie of the little alien thing. *huggles alien* Kirby was so cute!!
Choir concert on Sunday. We still need about another week of solid rehearsal to be ready for the major work--John Rutter's Requiem. Pray for us, pretty please. I'm currently playing hooky from Vistas rehearsal, and I feel no guilt about it. Otherwise...yeah, that's about it. Later, all!
Luvs,
~ Candy-chan
"Spontaneous combustion doesn't exist! It's just one of those things that happens!!"
- Meg, during Apples to Apples. I heart Meg lots! "Spontaneous combustion" was played as a response to the adjective "Spicy," BTW. Still working on that one...
I taught at the elementary school on Wednesday. It was me versus twenty-five small people for half an hour. This was my first time in front of an actual class, and there is a biiiiiiiiig difference between presenting lesson plans in the safety of my Methods class, and standing there looking at a room full of tiny little people who don't have a clue what I'm talking about.
They stared at me. A lot. I got nervous. A lot. But I got through my lesson all right, and it really helped my confidence when the woman who actually teaches the class (our supervising co'op) came up to me after the class left and told me point-blank that she was stealing a couple of my comparisons for her own lesson plans. I was explaining the concept of a tie, and I described it as being like, "If you take two pieces of string, and tie the ends together, now instead of two shorter pieces of string, you have one long piece of string. A tie in music works the same way." She loved it.
We met with her today for comments. Her first question for me was whether or not I'd ever been in front of a class before *laugh* The answer is no, I hadn't. So she gave me some comments. It was a good, balanced critique, and I was quite happy overall.
Last night, we played Apples to Apples for our community builder. Much fun was had. I'm really grateful to Arwen for giving me that for my birthday. It has provided us all with mucho entertainment. See the quote from dear, dear Megan below. Probably the best one of the night--though there were some good ones. Some very perverted ones, too...
Me: Soooo if I rub the *ahem* crystal balls, will a genie pop out?
*much groaning*
Curtis: No, to get the genie to come out, you have to rub the lamp.
You're all big boys (rar) and girls (purr), you can figure out the subtext there *wink* *purrrrrrr*
I've been emailing back and forth lately with the amazing fireblazie of ff.net fame. She's really fun, and with her writing style, you would never believe that she's only a freshman in high school. But I made the comment about a fanfic, and she made a comment about "thinking of something involving chocolate, lace, and a monocle." Well, not so sure about the monocle (without descending into Kaitou Kid references), but I've taken it as a personal challenge to make certain that there is chocolate and lace. This will be sexy...
Wednesday night, there was a Midnight Movie sponsored on campus, which means students sign up and get to go for free. My pals and I went to see Chicken Little. I'd heard some not-so-flattering reviews about it, but went in open-minded and determined to enjoy myself. Behold, the glory...
There weren't a TON of us in the theatre, but those of us that were there laughed straight through the movie. I don't know how much of it was because it was well after midnight and we were all absolutely exhausted, resulting in total giddiness, but damned if we weren't cracking up constantly and cheering for the characters. A lot of it was really random stuff that made us giggle--when the aliens are attacking, for example, the BG music sings, "It's the end of the world as we know it..." Well, here, read on for the short version.
The Good
- The musical selections rocked (must...get...soundtrack!)
- Some AWESOME sight-gags
- Some of the various pop-culture references were right on the mark
- "Okay, let's divide up into teams for dodgeball. Popular versus unpopular." <---best line ever.
- The main characters (all misfits) each had a definite personality and charm (Runt of the Litter reminded me of the elephant from Tarzan)
The Not-So-Good
- Quasi-predictable
- Kind of dark in some parts
- Some of the various pop-culture references fell on their face
- With a few exceptions, the majority of the gags were visual (I like it when I can come out of a movie and remember a really funny line or something humorous that was actually said to make me laugh)
The EXCELLENT!
- KIRBY THE LITTLE BABY ALIEN THING WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER AND I WANT IT!!!!!
- I'm still singing the credits song, Ray Charles' "Shake a Tailfeather."
We danced out of the theatre, belting the credits song at the top of our lungs. And I reeeeally want a plushie of the little alien thing. *huggles alien* Kirby was so cute!!
Choir concert on Sunday. We still need about another week of solid rehearsal to be ready for the major work--John Rutter's Requiem. Pray for us, pretty please. I'm currently playing hooky from Vistas rehearsal, and I feel no guilt about it. Otherwise...yeah, that's about it. Later, all!
Luvs,
~ Candy-chan
"Spontaneous combustion doesn't exist! It's just one of those things that happens!!"
- Meg, during Apples to Apples. I heart Meg lots! "Spontaneous combustion" was played as a response to the adjective "Spicy," BTW. Still working on that one...
