Aug 19, 2007

Hanging with boys is hard ...


I went to Cards game yesterday. One of the teachers I work with invited me. I have never been to the University of Phoenix stadium, so I thought it would be nice. I spent the time drinking enough not to get called out, but not so much I would get wasted. We drank beer from 11 to 7! That is like putting in a full day of work drinking beer. Not to mention, heat advisory day made drinking extra hard. It really is hard trying to keep up with big boys.

We had a good time. Drank and ate like kings. Here is to football!

Superbad is super exellent ...

I just saw Superbad today. I felt like seeing a movie, because it felt like a nice lazy Sunday morning thing to do. I sure chose to do a fun thing, because Superbad was very FUNNY movie.

It is about three geeky high school seniors and their last day of school. Many funny things happens as they get invited to, attend a graduation party, and try to hook up with girls.

The movie did not feel like a rehash of an old high school movie, which is rare. Just think about how many decent movies about high school adolescents already exists.

I am not usually a big fan of a childish humor movies. This movie once again proved to me that people should not buy into a genre, but watch quality movies.

Go see this HILARIOUS MOVIE!!!!

Aug 9, 2007

My first bad news ...

When I decided to become a teacher few years back, I thought about many benefits, but not so much about job hazards. Well, it turns out one of those hazards is losing his/her students to violence.

I lost my first one. I was not very close to the student, but I keep wondering if I should have been nicer. Maybe gotten to know him better. The student was not stellar academically, but nice and cordial.

I feel bad, but not overwhelmingly sad. Does that make me a bad person? I feel like I should be feeling worse.

Aug 2, 2007

Tivo, where have you been all my life?

Do you remember the good ole days when we used to record shows on VCR? Well, some of you do. I cannot remember the last time.

Everyone has been telling me how not having cable and DVR is like being a caveman. I keep on telling everyone that I watch too much TV as is, and don't believe in paying for TV shows. But I have always been envious of their cable DVR.

Well jealousy is gone. I just bought a Tivo HD. It is capable of recording HD. I don't have to have a cable service to use one. I am in heaven. I started to record Scrubs, Poker After Dark, etc.

It does cost to get Tivo service, but it is like renting a cable DVR. After buying the hardware and prepaying for service, it is like $17 per month. It is a little pricy, but I am very happy.

Aug 1, 2007

Visual voice mail ...

I thought Apple was the only one offering visual voice mail. What is a visual voice mail? Since you can see a list of all your voice mail on iPhone, you can choose to listen to the ones you want and in the order you want. I really like that about my cell phone. Wait, it gets better.

Cox is offering visual voice mail via a website called Phone Tools. I guess it pours when it rains. I can now visually check voice mail on my land line as well. Bravo, Cox!