Happy Halloween Peeps! :P

Halloween was really fun at Marion Carson and I don't know if it's like this at other schools, but today was a pretty easy going day. We played another version of Quiddich in Phys. Ed. and it took 20 minutes to explain! The kids only had 10 minutes to play and it was chaos...well, controlled chaos haha. I think we will be playing Quiddich again soon because it took so long to explain it. It would definitely be worth it play it again...maybe tommorrow. That means we'd push the Volleyball unit off for a few days! :)

The teachers were all dressed up and so were most of the kids. I think the most popular costume this year is the pirate! I wore my costume lol but it didn't match anyone else's because they were all more like Pirates from the Caribbian type costumes! :)

A few of the classes had so much junk food in them...I was very envious because my students didn't bring much. One student hooked us up with Timmy's doughnuts though haha. I was so full becuase my bro packed me tons of pasta but when the student offered me a doughnut, I took one and ate it because I didn't want to hurt his feelings! :P I'm still actually really full and I haven't eaten dinner yet which is weird beause I usually would've eaten dinner by an hour ago!

I'm still waiting for trick or treaters....lol...we have candy but not much. We only got like 4 kids last year and maybe 8 the year before haha. Maybe I should go turn my porch light on? :P

Oh and one last thing: I think I'm a nice teacher because the only thing I assigned for homework for today was to have a safe time during Trick or Treating lol. Tommorrow though, we get down to business! :P

Marvel Ultimate Alliance Details

Okay, they've been teasing for awhile, but here is the list of characters in Marvel Ultimate Alliance according to www.action-figure.com. Too bad for us future PS3 and Wii owners, we're going to have to wait another month for this game to come into our hands. For everyone else, you can pick up your copy of the game starting next week in Canada! :)

Playable Characters
Blade, Captain America, U.S. Agent, Deadpool, Dr. Strange, Elektra, Ghost Rider, Vengeance, Phantom Rider, Human Torch, Iceman, Invisible Woman, Iron Man, War Machine, Luke Cage, Ms. Marvel, Sharon Ventura, Mr. Fantastic, Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider, Spider-Woman, Arachne, Spider-Girl, Storm, The Thing, Thor, Beta Ray Bill, Wolverine

Unlockable Characters
Black Panther, Daredevil, Nick Fury, Silver Surfer

PSP Exclusives
Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Ronin

Next-Gen Exclusives
Colossus, Moon Knight, Khonshu

Non Player Characters
Balder, Black Bolt, Black Widow, Corsair, Clea, Crystal, Cyclops, Dum Dum Dugan, Emma Frost, Edwin Jarvis, Gambit, Gorgon, Hank Pym, Heimdall, Hermod, Jean Grey, Karnak, Lilandra, Lockjaw, Namor, Namorita, Nightcrawler, Odin, Professor Xavier, Sif, Triton, Tyr, Uatu the Watcher, Valkyrie, Vision, Volla, Wong, Wyatt Wingfoot

Bad Guys
Abomination, Arcade, Attuma, Baron Mordo, Blackheart, Bullseye, Crimson Dynamo, Dark Phoenix, Deathbird, Dragon Man, Doctor Doom, Dormammu, Empress S'ybll, Enchantress, Executioner, Fin Fang Foom, Galactus, Gladiator, Grey Gargoyle, The Kraken, Kurse, Loki, Mandarin, Mysterio, Mephisto, M.O.D.O.K., Onslaught, Radioactive Man, Rhino, Scorpion, Shocker, Skrull Queen, Super-Skrull, Tiger Shark, Titannus, Ulik, Ultimo, Ultron, Winter Soldier, The Wrecking Crew, Ymir

Dang, I'm really sad about not being able to use the chracters exclusively on PSP. I'd take these chracters over the ones offered for the Wii any day. No offense to the Colossus fans out there! :P

Evil

Well a lot of people have noticed that I'm looking for a costume to wear for Halloween at Marion Carson. One person started talking to me about how evil Halloween is and seriously, I was thinking, "shut the heck up!!!" Okay, I had to clean it up a bit....but it was along those lines....:P Seriously, I don't mind Christians, but Christian Bigots, well, that's another thing! :P Must be one of those "Chinese Conservative Christian" type things aka 3C or even...C^3....:P

I'm about to start another book by Donald Miller entitled, "Searching for God Knows What" and when I was reading the back, it was talking about how if we are attracted to Christ but Christians are turning us off, we should read this book...so maybe God wants to speak to me through this bad boy....let's hope God can speak some more life into me--I need it! :P




Man, I love this new Skillet song entitled "Rebirthing." I heard it on Saturday on Red Letter Rock and actaully, I heard it when testing the CD out at CP the day before that even. I heard it on Shine for the first time yesterday morning and it was a nice song to wake up to haha...well, it was good in the sense that I couldn't get back to sleep becuase it was so heavy haha. The above, is the video of the song so check it out if you like good tunes! :) The band even has a female drummer which is kind of cool because those hardly exist haha. The other chick that sings/play guitar/keyboards is the wife of the lead singer.

I also have rediscovered the first album by Falling Up. "Jacksonfive" is a hot track haha. I love when I fall in love with old CDs.... :P

*** UPDATE ***

One last thing before I close this entry...the trailer for season 6 of 24 has been released and you can view it at: http://www.24trailer.com/ Man, I can't wait 'til Jan. 14, 2007!!!!

6 Things I Know About You....

Instructions: Write a journal entry for this meme with six random facts about yourself.
Then, pick six of your friends list and tag them - no tag backs.
These rules should be included in your entry. Like Alicia, I'll tag whoever wants it...:P

One: This year was the first year I have ever seen a shooting star. Maybe I saw one as a kid, but I really don't remember doing so. During Summer Camp, I was lying under the stars and saw a small one and I was so amazed because I don't remember ever seeing one. Just last week at Outdoor School, I saw the biggest one EVER lol....and it was so big all the kids who were with me on the hill saw it too and it was the perfect moment for all of us. We were in such awe! :)

Two: People think that just becuase I collect toys, I'll collect any toy. If's it's not related to something I like (eg. Marvel, Simpsons, Street Fighter, DC, TMNT, Transformers, etc.). I'm really picky about these things....and they not only have to be related to the these things I listed above, they HAVE to be action figures. Just becuase I like X-Men, doesn't mean I like collecting X-Men junk!!! :P

Three: I enjoy spending money if I know that what my money is going to has something of lasting value. I don't mind spening for the sake of an experience, but I'm more hesitant about it. I'm starting to be more willing to spend money for vacations though...:)

Four: I hope to be able to visit my child I've sponsered through World Vision one day. He's in Chilie; his name is Matias; He's 3 years old. :)

Five: I can't stand people who overstep their boundaries. Yes, you're my friend and yes, you have a say and are entitled to speak but don't think that gives you to interfere with things in my life. You have your own; deal with that! :P

Six: I'm actually more of a loner even though I like being in the mist of Social Gatherings. Though I need my time with friends, I enjoy being with myself and listening to music, reading, watching TV or just relaxing. However, when I need my friends, boy do I NEED THEM!! :) I think a fix of friends is quite healthy when it comes to the weekends but during weekdays, I'm all biz-nazz!!! :)

When Things Show Up

So I thought I lost my Switchfoot "Nothing is Sound" CD but I finally found it after half a year of looking for it. It was in my Veggie Tales CD case. :P Now to find my United "United We Stand" CD because it turns out when something shows up, something else is lost to take its place. I hope that CD shows up soon because it's a good one! :P

Today I went to watch Mrs. Wilson's (Cayla Wilson's mom), teach her grade 1s. Man, I've made a decision: I don't miss Div. 1 kids at all. When I teach, I hope to have a grade 4, 5 or 6 class! The younger ones are cute and all, but I just can't stand how they tattle, how they can't spell, how they can't read, etc., etc. haha!! I loved Div. 1 last year but once I've tasted Div. 2, I think there's no going back for me! :P Haha...we'll see. I'm all talk! :P

I didn't do any lesson planning this week and that's great. It gave me a chance to do some leisurely reading and currently, I'm almost done "To Own a Dragon." Donald Miller has become my favorite writer so I hope to pick up the rest of his books soon. I know, who'd a thought, ME?!?! Having a favorite author? Get the heck out of here! I owe the rediscovery of leisurley reading to my field prof. from my 1st year. I despised the old battle axe but that's one thing she truly gave back to me which I'm thankful for! :P Jon's right, it's about time the U of C gave something to me! :P

I'm with The Captain

Hey gang, I'm super tired; I got to get some sleep! Also, my bro is waiting for the comp so I'll keep it brief! :P

I'm back from Outdoor School and I'm tired. The kids are funny becuase a lot of them were homesick and were crying to go back home and even though I tried to reassure them and comfort them, boy, was I homesick lol! I'm glad I'm home! I need sleep as I haven't had a decent night's rest all week so looking forward to that! :)
Hope those kids settled in and that there won't be anymore crying episodes from them tonight! :P

I'm dumb. I always forget to: a) bring my own toilet paper, b) bring snacks, c) buy a flashlight and bring it to camp and d) didn't bring any winter gloves or boots to camp (because I don't have any!) Wow!!! Was it cold on the first day or what? Good thing I brought wool socks and wore two layers of pants (sweats and my PJs)!!!

I added a new display picture of my blog and it looks like Civil War is going to end up having Captain America's band of heroes kick the crap out of Iron Man's. The picture is from a January issue of Black Panther where he and his wifey Storm choose to side with Cap. The cover is nice because it's drawn by Micahel Turner: creator of Witchblade! Man, if Storm, Panther, Namor, Punisher, Spider-Man and Invisible Woman (who betrays her marriage to Mr. Fantastic), to join Cap's side, is there any indication that Iron Man can win this war? :P Go Cap, Go!!!!

That's all for tonight folks! Goodnight!!!! :)

PS Does anyone know the name of the Skanky Orange Cat Chick in the skimpy bikini in the display pic?

How Sweet It Was...

I've just realized, gloves are really hard to come by. :P I had lost my winter gloves on the bus for the second time last year and I tried finding them again but this time, I had no luck in retrieving them back! :( So this led me to go to Market Mall and every store I went to, I couldn't decide on the pair I wanted. Most of the good stuff was going at $60 a pair!!! :( I decided to try Sports Mart up in Crowfoot but the gloves were the same price! Oh yeah, I forgot to explain, the reason I want new gloves is becuase I'm going to Outdoor School and I don't want my fingers to freeze. My kids were outside for gym today and my fingers hurt like heck!!! I guess more pain to come for me at Outdoor School! :P

So today was so busy in class. I didn't even get to teach the two lessons I had prepared becuase we were trying to get so much done before Outdoor School. Oh well, looks like it was a relaxful day for me today but I guess it wasn't in a way becuase I had the stress of worrying about teaching.....regardless if I taught or not, there was still some worry! :P

I still haven't packed yet for outdoor school but I guess I'm only going for 1 night and 2 days so no worries right? Packing will take no time at all :P

I've been complaining to a certain few people over the weekend that I feel like the Sweetness of Life is gone in my life. I don't know....it's not that I've lost the will to live lol. It's just that the things in life isn't as "tasty" (as Jon Chu would say). For whatever reason that is, I'm hoping it'll pick up again. I spent a long time talking to God about it on Saturday Night before sleeping and my heart was quite heavy. My talks with this one person really gave me insight though and I think even her just providing an ear for me was enough to put my heart at ease. Actually, talking to God about it was a big deal too...especially after talking to the boys at Alley Fellowship about being honest with Him. It was a combination of so many things. :P Despite all that, there's still a lot to look forward to I know. My mind knows and my heart is starting to believe again. I can live life and embrace it like honey again....maybe there is something for me to look forward to lol....:)

One last note for today. One of my closest friends at Marion Carson's partner teacher is this chick: Mrs. Wilson. I saw a pic in her room today and it was a pic of her daughter...and then I blurt out: "I didn't know you are Cayla Wilson's mom!?!?" LOL..small world. She started talking to me about Lyndsey Hubble, Laura Henwood and Lindsay Riegel lol. I can totally see the resemblance now. I find it funny because we were at Applebee's yesterday and I told Karen: "Cayla Wilson works here!" LOL..and then I talked about her again today. Weirdness! :P

Wow Sunday Post!

It's been awhile since I've posted on a Sunday hasn't it? Check my blogs in the past archives if you don't believe me....:P

It's been an interesting day for me. First of all, I found out that they play Veggie Tales, 3-2-1 Penguins and the animated Larry Boy on NBC on Saturday Mornings! Sweetness! Who needs to purchase these videos at CP when we can just record them and play them at church? I've tried downloading them but the quality is decreased and the kids noticed I pirated them lol. Also, the downloaded versions freeze up. I told my leaders I was planning on buying the downloaded Veggie Tales sometime after DVBS but I didn't do that. LOL...why should I go overbudget because of these videos? Let another ministry handle it! :P

Speaking of videos, I bought the DVD of the 3rd Angel Wars Episode for church but before giving it away, I was planning on watching it first. Today was that day and it was pretty good! I know some of the kids are dying to watch it because episode 2 left off with a "to be continued.." so this third episode is finally avaliable after months of wondering what happens to Ariannah! :P

I don't know what's with the tendency for me to get things done but with lesson planning, I always want to think of a lesson plan and get it done at the first sitting. This doesn't usually happen and it frustrates me because I always want to "work now, play later." Well today, I was going to do lesson planning because yesterday, I sat and read up on some of the ones made up by Edmonton Public Schools with no productivity on how to enhance these plans and make them my own with my own ideas. Well, I didn't get anything done today in terms of lessons. However, I did crack open the Program of Studies and now I have a vision of where to go next with the Sky Science Unit. We're wrapping up Constellations before heading out to Outdoor School on Monday so I was wondering what to do next. Actaully wait, I'll be honest. I was STRESSING haha. So looks like the natural thing to do is move from a group of stars and talk about the biggest star in our solar System: The Sun. Most people don't know this but even though The Sun is the largest star in our Solar System, it's actually only an average star considering the size of the stars in our galaxy and beyond! :P So with Science mapped out in my mind, I just need a plan for Math. I have no idea what to do for this Unit and I'm hoping my partner teacher will give me some guidance....:P

I also got to watch the hockey games but because The Flames were making a comeback in the 2nd period, I decided not to watch any further because I was getting aggrivated. I still followed along online though lol...that is, until the Oilers game came on. That was also a nerve wrecking game....:) I heart my Oilers....:)

It's been cool talking to Alicia on MSN so much and it's funny because even though she's in TO, I still feel like she's in Calgary almost. Well, it'll be official soon so I can't wait.

Speaking of Alicia, she told me that Bubblemania was closed by health inspectors. It wasn't only that restaraunt, but apparently 47 other ones as well. Dang, I'm glad I don't eat at Bubblemania anymore lol. However, I've eaten at a few of these other ones closed down and that is bothering me. I'm sticking with Calgary Court! :P For a list of the restaurants closed for failing health inspections, click the following link:48 Restaraunts Closed by Health Inspectors Haha...why are so many of these dirty restaurants Viet places? :P

Jesus Camp

Hello gang,

How is everyone doing? It's been a busy week but it went by very fast. I've been sick all week...hence the lack in blogging! :P It was funny because at Alley Fellowship last night, everyone was sick except Geo lol. Hope you made it out without our germs affecting you! :P

So I went to the Ebert & Roeper website to see what they've been rating movies lately and I stumbled upon a movie they just rated called "Jesus Camp." It's a documentary which shows kids who go to summer camps and basically want to be the next Billy Graham! Here's a link to the trailer for those who haven't seen it:

JESUS CAMP TRAILER

So what do you think? I'm a Christian, but I really don't know what to think about this......hmmmm....:P

3 Weeks Down, 8 More to Go!! :P

Today I woke up at 4:45am (that's one minute off of Crystal's time...maybe she was awake too! :P). Anyways, I woke up and my throat was dry and I was panicking 'cause everyone at Marion Carson is sick be it student or teacher haha. Jerks...I don't want to be fighting a germ they gave me over what was suppose to be a relaxing long weekend! :( When I woke up, I decided to go take a whiz and then I headed downstairs to grab my water bottle to moisten up my dry throat. Since I was down there, I decided to check my zoo lol. I hope someone can make a donation to my zoo becuase my Snowy Owl is ever so lonely! :(

Today I drove down Crowchild and looked over at Brentwood and there were tons of parking spaces so I decided to give it a try and even by 8:30am, there were still more than a handful of stalls left! I was going to walk to school but decided to catch the 73 when it drove past me and I thought it'd take me to school instantly but it actually took me about 5 minutes more than it did before because the route has changed to accomidate the new Children's Hospital. It's nice from the outside! :)

Well Thanksgiving Feast today. I'm excited like heck! Hooray, the long weekend is upon us! :)

I love Bebo

I've noticed that on my Ipod, I have a lot of songs by Bebo Norman and I think I should pick up his new CD at CP sometime soon. I just love the sound of his voice. It's so...how do you describe it? I have no words for it?!? And no, don't comment on this blog entry with some smart-mouth answer like "sexy" 'cause that's not what I'm illuding too! :P

So the lesson went pretty well today considering the chaos. LOL...my partner teacher and my prof gave me some good feedback. So 1 lesson down, 2 more to go in terms of evaluations from my prof! :P

It's been a rollercoaster for me. I swear this Sky Science Unit has given me a headache on more than one ocasion but I have the next few lessons planned out (in my head at least), and I should be good to go for two weeks. That means I'm covered 'til the end of Outdoor School! I should still plan some more though lol. I tried writing my lessons I have in my head down today, but I only got one lesson written down...haha...procrastination!!! :P

One last note, I'm teaching Phys. Ed. now too. I'm teaching the unit on Soccer and tommorrow is my first lesson in it. I'm going to teach the kids about proper dribbling technique. A lof of my kids already are involved in soccer and I am teaching them about technique? Do you find this ironic? I certainly do....:P

Adjusted to Right

The one good thing about the new Itunes I have is that it converts all the audio files on my computer to the same volume level. I hated the fact that some tracks were very loud but when say a crappy old version of a great worship song starts playing, it's so quiet. The unbalance has driven me insane but I guess that problem is solved now thanks to Itunes! :P

Oh man, tommorrow is the day of my evaluation so let's hope that I can survive this first of 3 from my field advisor.

Speaking of which, I'm having such troubles with planning this Sky Science Unit. I have the Edmonton Public stuff and I know I was saying it was such a great resource, but it really isn't. Now I know what Jacklyn was talking about when she bashed this resource. I loved it for the younger kids and modifying the lessons were easy, but for the grade 6s, the resource really sucks haha. Can anyone help me with some Sky Science ideas?!?! DAHHHHH!!!!!!

I Had That Dream Again....

...the one about living in Rundle with the place full of Spiders....freaky....

Do you ever have a time when you want to blog about something becuase it happened to you but when you get home and want to type it, you found that you forgot what you wanted to blog about? Well that happened to me today....:P

I'm really peeved right now because someone on my msn had a virus on her computer and the virus automatically sends msgs to ppl asking ppl to open a file. I thought it was a pic and the message was typed in her "linguo" so I opened it and now I have a trojan horse virus in my computer. Norton picked it up and warned me about it, but it says that no action was taken on it. Why? Is it done infecting my computer or is it still running rampant? Is there anyway to get rid of this baby (if it's still around), without erasing everything on my hard drive? Anyone?

****Update

Wait, Sam took care of the problem! :P So I guess my blog's about nothing!! :P

****Update x2

Sweet Maria, what the heck is going on with Prison Break? You're going to give me a heart attack!!!

*SPOILER ALERT*




Looks like my predictions of the two possible chracters being killed off was in fact correct! Who'd a thought I'd be right on both accounts? :P

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