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Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Substitute Teacher

Dear Xanga and friends,

So I know I have abandoned xanga for a long time but I am now back. A lot has happened. I made a club mixed ultimate team (amazing!!). My mother just passed away. I currently am a substitute teacher for K through 8th grade and I love it so much. I am just about to apply for another High school teaching position so cross your fingers!!!

Saturday, 20 March 2010

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Sad face,
I just found out that the reasons why my date had not returned my call (I called her three days after the amazing date). was basically because a day before a guy had asked her out. And now she has a boyfriend... Awesome. So very Typical...

Sunday, 14 March 2010

My Date the ambiguous adventure

So...... I went on my date last night, annnnnnnd I had a really good time!!!!!! I really want to see her again. Yet, I have no idea if she feels the same way. Sure, she said she had a good time. We went out to eat at a nice fancy chinese place. Talked a lot got to know each other. It all seemed very natural and relaxed which is very important to me. It must seem natural. I feel that you know it will work if it feels like you have known this person for a very long time. WHICH IT DID..(she was gorgeous) beautiful smart brunette... very chill (def my type). we went to Chicago and it was a really nice night. We Talked alot!!!. We went to a cute coffee shop and had desert and just relaxed. We both smiled a lot : ) : ).
Finally we went to this awesome play. Where it was an interactive audience and we totally got called out being the only couple on a first date. We romantically kissed at the end of the date... She even said i was cute after we kissed.
Yet, cute never seems to win out for me in the end. I feel like I have had what i thought, were great dates ending with a wow. Yet, some how the romance seems to just disappear for either me or the girl I take out. This did not happen at all. Which surprised me. I really like this girl!!! .

Blah. which brings me to my next point because sadly I texted her. And said that i wished I would have held her in my arms longer and kissed her longer at the end of the date (I KNOW TOTAL CREEP MOVE) what i meant to say was i wish that night had not ended!!. I Immediately regretted sending her the text. than i sent a text saying that I tend to get over sappy when i wake up and that what I meant to say was that I had a good time and want to see her again. which she loled back and said not to worry about my first text. BLAH. I I totally came off as a creeper. And now this amazing girl is probably totally creeped out by me? I hope this is not the case because she was very chill...The question is i guess does she like me or does she not. Will she give me a second chance to redeem myself? Maybe she wasn't freaked out at all?.

Monday, 08 March 2010

Love: the ultimate quest

Lets face it, finding the "one" is the most important and difficult journey we all attempt to partake in during our lifetime.
Yet, we cannot ignore the blatant statistics and rampant unhappiness that surrounds us. all of these things undoubtedly point to the fact that we all suck at attempting to find who we want to spend the rest of our lives with.   We are awful at it. Maybe arranged marriages flourished for so long because frankly people cannot handle choosing on their own.
Well lets return to the main point of my article people are terrible at finding someone to date let alone love. Now I am not talking about finding true love, (lets not get carried away) or finding the "one" (not that I don't believe in true love cuz I do).
I am simply talking about attempting to weed out the millions of people around you, and allow you to find that one person who, fifty years later, will still be happy waking up next to. Hell, maybe it will help you find that one person that will make you happy for a single year (for those afraid of commitment people). Hell, how about finding that one person to randomly have a "good time" with every once in awhile (create your own intepretation of whatever a "good time" might mean.
Which brings me to my ultimate point. People, if you honestly answerthese five simple and to the point questions you might save yourself a lot of grief and agony. If he fails any one of these questions you probably should not be pursuing this man or woman.
1. Does he or she respect you?
Does he treat you like the princess that you undoubtedly are. Does he care and respect you as a lady.  will he be there for you when you need him most.
2. Does he or she respect random people around you?
Restaurants are the best way to check this.  How does he interact with strangers. Is he hesitant, is he forward, is he courteous. This is the number one indicator of his true character. If he treats them like a peice of shit. Than he is probably in fact a peice of shit.
3. Does he respect himself or herself?
How does he treat himself. is he successfull does he have a drive to improve himself. Does he hate failure.
4. Finally how much do you want to jump his bones?
although it is second to last, this question is still very important. Most people just ask themselves this questions without asking the others first. than they enter into a long and terrible relationship that would have been saved if they would have just asked the first 3 questions
5. How much does he or she want to jump your bones?
If he thinks you are an ugly baboon and wouldnt touch you with a ten foot pole... You probably are wasting your time... maybe
If he fails any of these questions, it quite frankly is not going to work.
Are you hesitant about dating someone? If you are than run my 5 question test and post your results!

Saturday, 06 March 2010

Life is a Struggle

·         Throughout my life, I have time and time again realized that life, for everyone, is a struggle.  That the purpose of Life is to keep on struggling. The purpose of life is to live and win and grow through these struggles.
My grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and died without remembering her name.  The last ten years of her life were a struggle for herself and also everyone around her. Yet some of the brightest happiest memories I can remember about my family, are connected to my grandmothers struggles and are family struggling and fighting with her.
My mother was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) about a few months ago. This disease is one of the most awful diseases anyone can be diagnosed with.  The speed of the disease's progression affects everyone differently, but for the majority it progresses fast. Basically patients with ALS muscles begin to rot and die until you cannot utilize them anymore. Sometimes this disease progresses slowly, turning the patient into a vegetable over many years. For most people (around 80 percent), the disease works extremely fast, usually within a year of the diagnosis you cannot walk or pick up items. My mother, it seems, has a fast progression of the disease.
Most patients die because their muscles in their throat fail and they choke to death.
The more and more I thought about these circumstances the more I came to the conclusion that even if these two tragedies had not happened in my life.  Something else would be the cause of my malaise.  I have come to the conclusion, that life is a struggle no matter what your circumstance. You could be the wealthiest man in America and you would still be facing a struggle that you think is profound.  The motif of a struggling life affects everyone be it the rich, the poor,if your married,  if your lonely, if your healthily living or if your painfully dying. It doesn’t matter. There will always be obstacles and tragedies during your life.  Life is a struggle. The reason why life is so fleeting and profound and important is because it is a struggle. Struggling through life is what makes life so beautiful and unique and rare. The struggle for life is what makes it worth it.
Life is a struggle.
This I believe is the most profound realization I have come by.
Do you believe life is a struggle for everyone no matter the circumstance?