Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A bungalow gigolo(Would this even make sense?Does such a person even exist?)

I'm saturated with body fat right now. Thought I could get a move on with shredding those pounds but it's cold out there and the only form of exercise I can perform is jogging. I really hate jogging around the neighborhood especially when it's dark outside but it's not like I have time during the day when it's bright. I mean there's swimming but the water is getting intensely freezing, and besides it ain't gonna pan out in weather, and hopefully the forecast for sunshine isn't bleak! So I thought about subscribing for a membership package with Gold's Gym. A lot of beefed up people pay frequent visits so I thought why don't I establish my self as one of those body-building health freaks. Flaunting my six packs around the broods is exactly what I'd dream of doing on any given day. How expensive is Gold's Gym?? Let's see.........alright so here's the deal I won't know until I speak with one of the membership counselors. Crimony!! They should have that info on their website. But on a positive note they do offer 1 day free VIP passes which I have downloaded and will be making full use of in the coming days. In the mean time I guess I'll just continue lifting those petite 15 pounders lol while jogging around the gorgeous lake around the neighboring area.

Alright so here's my SHORT-TERM GOAL LIST:
1. Prepare for the math 8-12 exam
2. Develop a thick skin
3. Find out about where to take statistics class for the summer & enroll in it
4. Search for summer teaching opportunities to take part in
5. Continue looking for a job in the staffing industry
6. Prepare all of the necessary documents for my teacher portfolio incase the staffing industry

#2 may be a long shot for the short-term but I might as well practice. After all, any job that I undertake will require me to insulate my nerves, otherwise I'll be kicked to the curb! It's as simple as that. You'll always be receiving criticism from your coworkers or boss on how you're doing your job so rather than sobbing too soon just take it with a grain of salt and say you know what I'm doing my best because that's what I'm always doing. You shouldn't let other people bog you down because you should be immune to how they perceive you. If they wanna perceive you negatively let them, as long as you know that you're a good person deep inside that's all that counts! Personally, however, It will take me awhile to accomplish #2. Job crisis can ax you emotionally so I guess when that occurs we have to go on such a crusade.

And #6 is a maybe while #5 is a hopefully. I really would prefer becoming a staffing recruiter over a high school math teacher but at the same time positions as teachers are more abundant than recruiters. Recruiters are in high demand to especially at this time when the workforce has been slashed and they've been receiving a heavy influx of clients, but the thing is I persistently sent out my resume and cover letter to various staffing agencies around Austin for two months and not even one word leaked about an interview! So I figured I might as well consider taking the test and becoming certified in multiple areas. I'm already certified to teach middle school, but would like to teach high school. And besides there is always demand for math and science teachers. Anyway I still hope I get called in to interview with a staffing firm I just need to try multiple cities this time.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Stress kills!

Ugh....there's too much stress in me right now. Don't know why I put off studying for the math 8-12 exam till now when I had the past two weeks to allot time to studying. Maybe it's because I've been teaching math for the past year and so the majority of the concepts are still fresh in my head. But then there's all these advanced trigonometric lessons, vector calculus, proofs, and lots of crack in the head lessons that I'm not fluent in. AAAAAAAAAA which means I'll have to bust my ass off like anything for the next few days so I wanna make it to the test time on Friday. That gives me four more days and 30 more hours of cramming. I'd say it can be done!! Just had some hot cocoa and sweet tea so should be able to pull through even though I have work in about an hour and a half. Oh well, back to studying.

Friday, January 29, 2010

The Spy Next Door vs. Avatar 3D

So it was one of those usual days today. Had a staff meeting and was kept overtime by one of the coworkers who kept bitchin' about how the kids don't know how to use a calculator. Pfff I say all they need to punch in is just eenie meenie minie mo. Besides, I had a showtime to catch and I'm that kinda guy who cannot miss a second of the movie! And that coworker of mine kinda reminds me of some Star Wars character, I'd like to say the female version of Yoda but I don't know my Star Wars very well so I wouldn't know. I get that vibe because of her unique catchphrase whenever someone says hi to her, it goes a little like this "Greetings Greetings".

So after getting released from the meeting I race against time to pick up my little. The movie began at 8 and we were like 42 minutes late! So unfortunately we had to put our watching Avatar 3D plans on hold. Lucky for us another movie was just on the horizon and that movie was none other than TADADADAA The Spy Next Door *unleashes a phony applause*, what a half-assed movie! It was wonderful to see Jackie Chan in a comic kiddie flick, but the direction: totally floppppppppppy, sorry that deserved extra p's. Even the stunts were kinda half-assed. I had surmountable expectations of Mr.Chan even for such movies. Guess that's what happens as testosterone levels deplete in aging Asian men. But wasn't Jackie supposed to be the alpha stunt men in the West and East? Having watched this movie I'm now starting to have second thoughts on whether I should watch his next cooler kiddie flick and this one will introduce Will Smith's son. Awesome dawg I think! As long as Will Smith is written somewhere in the closing credits. I'm more than certain he'll be credited as one of the motivators of the movie 'specially for his boy little Jaden. I'd be all laughter if Jaden ever mastered martial arts in real life unlike his pops. Speaking of which, why hasn't Will Smith ever been the star of a martial arts film. I believe he'd do splendid given his past performances in semi-epic films such as Men in Black, Bad Boys(which is one-eighth epic in my book), iRobot, and Iam legend. They could even go as far as making a dark comedy based on some character of Will Smith's becoming a pro-fighter. I finally have the topic for next entry HOORAY! Oh and let's not forget Ali as another one of his semi-epic films

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Tequierra Los 4 Vientos

I just went to this mexican restaurant called Tequierra Los 4 Vientos. Great food! I'm glad it was recommended to me. It also reminded me of the heartland of Mexico. Not that I've ever visited that neck of woods, but I'm pretty sure that mainstream Mexico also housed such restaurants, where they had patios and waitresses would come outside while you were in the parking lot and ask "Can I take your order?" I wonder how you'd say that in Spanish. It's just that it's been a long time doing take out from a pure mexican restaurants. Most of these Mexican restaurants down in the Valley has a splash of Tex Mex in it so you don't get that typical Mexican atmosphere.

Monday, January 25, 2010

When is the blogspot gonna = xanga??

I'm serious about this. I just become so demotivated when it comes to blogging on this site. I need to customize this thingamajig with better wallpapers and it make it all rainbowey and colorful! How bout spraying some graffiti in the background you know for the sake of expressing our selves in a more advance way. At least xanga allowed us to customize our sites with more options present, first of all they had loads of wallpapers to select from. Secondly, you could post what song you were currently listening to and much much more. Maybe the blogspot offers all this as well I guess I'm just too lazy to explore. Oh yeah and in case I forget to mention xanga also allowed us to privatize some of our posts. Neat eh? So this way venting out on personal issues cannot be viewed by the public eye. Hell we wouldn't want amateur papparazzi's to be stalking us now would we? But this blog site should seriously consider revising some of the features such as allowing us to post more wallpapers; cuz that would so make me update this blog more frequently. Perhaps uploading the picture would allow me to grease the wheels a little more in the updating department.
I do miss xanga but it's just the scarcity of people on it that has discourged me from posting further entries. Turns out this is the town to be in nowadays along side facebook. There is also wordpress.com but that's like a blog for celebrities not for average joes like you and I.

IT'S ALL IN THE BOXERS

So as I walked out of my house this afternoon I notice this hot, twenty-something gal in her classy mercedes-lookalike. My first reaction: WOWSERS!! Finally got me a hot-ass neighbor. I just glared into one of her windows observing her while she applying all that lipstick looking in the mirror. I was about to make a move but before I moved a muscle I thought, what if I came outside with my midnight-blue boxers, would that turn her on? Those favorite boxers of mine do have the magic touch not those blue polo-T-shirt/worn-out jeans I was wearing. Would those boxers have a spontaneous effect on me? Would it me make "painfully-shy" free? Would I be able to freely walk up to her and extend my hand out for a simple greeting? And let's not forget this sure beats watching her undress through my window using binoculars! So to prove my point I run out in the cold in those midnight-blue boxers just as she's about to pull over and I smile at her saying "HOWDY DO?", she answers "lol why are you in your undies?", I go "because they're so comfy", I then run inside. Mission accomplished! I wasn't shy! Thanks to my good ol'boxers. Let's hope I've weaseled my way into her dreams now heheh.

WOWSERS, for the first time I had a real entry FUCK YEAH!!! And it's all thanks to complaining about the lack of quality of this blog. It allowed me to create an actual witty post during the second half of this post!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Family of depressants?!

Let's have a recap of current events: Cowboys lost, Longhorns lost to the Crimson Tide, Colt McCoy's shoulder has not been buried with a tombstone next to it(Thank God!), LeBron bitch-slapped Kevin Durant last night, Fareed Zakaria claims that Obama has failed the Amerian people in many areas(I say he's the KOOLEST PRESIDENT EVER, AND I MEAN KOOL WITH A K!!), and I just found out that my father has clinical depression! Alright so maybe it isn't considered a major headline but it bothers me loads sometimes. Sometimes I wonder if that gene passed on to me cuz I dunno I do feel like I exhibit some symptoms of depression such as excessive-eating and poor, unrealistic decision-making. Maybe I'm over-exaggerating, I know I've had social anxiety issues pretty much all my life thankfully not at the clinical level, but enough to disable many areas of my life! And I have had depression at some point in my life so I was well aware that it ran in the family. I'am well-educated about how social anxiety can evolve into depression after some time. According to the WHO(World Heath Organization), depression has topped the list of deadly illnesses so it is crucial for victims to seek immediate help whether it is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, medication, or a combination of the two. Gotta teach math now. Adios amigos.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

The new teacher is about to ball it up!

Finally! Bout damn time! Gonna start teaching tomorrow. My first math class ever. Booyah! I'm really looking forward to the experience and also looking forward to meeting some of the wonderful staff that's on board. Although I'd rather be doing this in Austin it's all good I guess. I'm still hoping I move back there by June. I miss it so much that everytime I think about I become depressed. Anyhoo the John Mayer concert is on March 8th and sadly Spring Break doesn't fall around that time. Meaning I'll have to take two days off just to catch it. Phooey! I'm kinda nervous about tomorrow cuz I have no idea as to the type of kids I'll have. Guess it's just a natural process to just be plain nervous on the first day of anything new. Don't know how long I'll be teaching math but I'll enjoy it while it lasts. Truth is math teacher doesn't fit my personality so I may branch out of it later on and I dunno maybe pursue consulting or the business side of education. Well better hit the hay. Gotta get up at 6am tomorrow.