college teacher?

So this week I taught my first class. It made me really nervous and shaky and uncertain about my own abilities. It was in front of a bunch of college students, the majority of them close to graduating and some of them older than me. It really put things into perspective and it made me see how difficult teaching truly can be. My mom is one of the best teachers I have ever had, both as a mother and as my 8th grade teacher. I am truly blessed to have her as a mentor and as a support system and I honestly felt her presence with me as I was teaching my first class.

Teaching philosophy can be very difficult and without fear of being vague, hours of preparation are necessary to make sure your lesson is perfect.

While I was up there my palms were sweaty and my cheeks felt warm and I kept trying to make eye contact with each student as they were answering my questions. The whole lesson wasn't longer than 45 minutes but it seemed like it was only 5 minutes until I concluded my lesson on aesthetics.

After the class I spoke to my mom about teaching as a full time career choice and I am unsure of whether or not that is the route I want to take. After teaching to college students there is no doubt in my mind that is the route I would like to take if I am to become a teacher. I am just unsure if the challenge of teaching college level is as compelling to me as being a lawyer.

only time will tell, but this week I am uncertain.

dear darkness...

it's odd how I have about 100 views a day typically on this blog, and yet very few people comment, so I know there are some of you out there that land on my page by accident and others must have some kind of interest in my going on abouts and happenings...with that said if you are really curious about me and what i am up to watch these videos...they are so inspirational and are completely what i love about entertaining.


2:03 onward is my reasoning for loving peej.

apathy

apathy, apathy, apathy. when angry choose apathy. i'm too old for today, and far too old for yesterday. apathy babe, it's all you need

chinchi

one chinchilla called flufferstein please.

chie mihara

you make shoes that i think about all day. your pricing is the pits, but god i love the colors you choose, and your t-straps are to die for. i look everyday on the bay hoping that something will turn up in my size and for a reasonable price. i wish you used vegan materials instead of leather, but seeing as you are from spain i realize that is not a very realistic expectation. anyone want to find me these preferably in uk 7 or us 9? i would be much obliged.

somehow that apartment in london overlooking chelsea sounds great to me. perhaps a studio flat near covent garden that will keep me afloat with the tourists and the street entertainers. in the evenings i'll take my tea with milk and walk across the thames and watch parliament reflect off of the water all the while laughing at where life has taken me. when all is confused, london is the answer. and i'll dance like a longo portrait and everyone will know my name.

cute things

silly how something like this makes me want bangs again... wonder where my scissors are?

nick cave

We arrived at the bowl really early. It was around 5:30 pm and the tickets said 7:30 so we had some time to kill. Luckily they let us in early and we were able to take a look at our seats. Which luckily were amazing! Here is our view of the stage:



After relaxing in our seats for a few minutes we proceeded to the patina where we had our dinner:



Once we were finished with that, we walked around the venue a bit more. I saw sweetpea from last seasons project runway, while looking around for other people and scopin' out the crowd.

After a bit of time had passed at our seats Davey and I had made friends with some of the security at the hollywood bowl, all of which were very nice to us. In fact one of these security guards ended up making our night a little bit later but I will get to that in a few minutes. So, at around 7 we call our friend nils to see if he is here, which in fact he was and we met up with him for a little bit before catpower came on.

Once catpower started she immediately reminded Davey and I of our friend Bre. In fact it was really entertaining to watch her and her band, I was really surprised at how good her voice was.

Spiritualized came on, they were good. I really liked his back up singers, I thought it was a good opener for Nick, and they were extremely well received. Well after that, it was time for the big dog to come out. I couldn't have been more excited when I saw him take the stage. I hadn't felt like that since I was a kid going to see Tori Amos. Well actually I did get really excited last year when I went to see PJ Harvey at the orpheum, but not nearly as much as I felt when I saw Nick Cave standing ten feet away from me:



Let me just say that the show was amazing! So good, so fun, and I loved that I was so close to the whole band. It was really fun to watch Warren so close as well, he was really entertaining.



After about twenty minutes of the set, the security guard that we had made friends with earlier grabbed Davey and I and brought us in front of everyone so we were directly in front of the stage. We couldn't believe it. Shortly after bringing us to the front of the stage Nick approached Davey during the song 'Papa Won't Leave You Henry' and grabbed Davey's chin and sang to him. After that he put the microphone to Davey and Davey sang one of the lines with Nick. It was really cool to watch Davey so happy and so chuffed. I know it meant a lot to him. As it would be of course I was so in the moment that I did not take any photos or videos of the encounter but luckily a few of our friends witnessed it as it happened. Here is a view however of our upgraded view after our security bud J.D took care of us:





Here is a video of our view :

perfect

domo!

tomorrow is nick cave!!!! whoooooweeeeee! i will have a video of that for sure, in the meantime here is a video of my new pet domo! well not really a pet, but you get what i mean.

magical

it seems like lately I have been relying on video blogs to convey my thoughts, but truly it's more entertaining and more accurate than any words I can muster up. this video is meaningful to me in so many ways, but it feels more like me right now than usual so here it is:

what a beasel

thanks for the memories

sick yet reflective.

i often spend the majority of my day worrying. i do a lot of it. i wish that for a few weeks i could relax and not worry about a thing. spend all day doing adventures and outdoor activities. i know it's a bit passe but i would love to go skiing soon. it's so much fun and it's so beautiful. i'm all about adventures lately. i'm just like one big kid ready to go out and play. tomorrow is my mom's birthday and she looks great for her age. honestly, anyone that knows my mom knows she's an absolute babe. i think that for the most part she looks great because she refrains from worrying and spends a lot of her time having fun with life. she is one the hardest workers I know, and really the most deserving of a lifetime vacation, but somehow she always seems to find the fun and happiness in life. i love her so much and I can only hope that I turn out to be like her when I am her age. i credit all of my goodness to her. tomorrow I plan on getting her favorite sprinkles cupcakes and Davey and I are making dinner for her and my entire family. I am still sick and hacking up my lungs and what not but it's ok at least I have the day off.

my personality in a video

compliments of polly's veggywood

We all know how important the presidential election is in November, but those of us in California are getting the chance at something just as important (in my opinion).

Prop 2 is the most far reaching animal rights legislation that I have seen in my life time. It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that this pass!!

If you are like me, you probably have skipped over some of the bills up for approval before and gone straight to the election stuff. PLEASE do not pass this up!!

Simply, Prop 2 will outlaw keeping farm animals in cages so small they cannot turn around or sit down in. That's it. And farmers have until 2015 to make the changes!! It is what I would think of as an easy sell, but it's not!

To read all the facts about Prop 2 go to this great site:

http://www.yesonprop2.com

Please take a moment to educate yourself on this very very important issue.

terrible

i'll admit i was heavily involved with pcs my entire life. it wasn't until about three years ago that my first mac came into my life, and I was changed for life. Anyone that has a mac will tell you they are the best, I honestly don't know what I was doing with a pc for so long. i am not the only one that feels this way, and companies like microsoft are really feeling the burn so to speak and have resulted to paying 10 million dollars for jerry seinfeld to appear in some new ad campaign that honestly makes no sense. i'll let you be the judge, but really how stupid is this ad?



now compare that to this ad:




if you enjoyed that mac ad watch this one it has the american/japanese and uk versions:

sick again!

well folks. the bug got me again. i'm pretty sure i keep medicine companies afloat with my consistent and rather irritating body. nine inch nails in a couple of days, i hope i am well by then as I know that this show means a lot to davey. in other news amanda is moving to california! this is great news, and I can't wait to see her when october comes!

antique swap meet on sunday too. i am soo excited for my trees! and for waking up at 6am! i hope i am not too terribly sick come sunday, that would really be the pits.