Quotes to Live By

"The great end of life is not knowledge but action." --Thomas Huxley

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." --John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!" --Henri F. Amiel

“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.” --Thomas Jefferson

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.” --Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.” --General George S. Patton, Jr.

“Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark:29-31

Interesting

My blog is the first thing that comes up if you google "how to become unsad."

I Beat the Router

My Internet was down for the evening yesterday, so I had to reconfigure my wireless network. I pinched my left earlobe, stuck out my tongue, and touched my left elbow with my right pinky finger by going under my right leg, and it finally worked! Argh, I beat you this time wireless access point. I am happy to be back on my network because I was pirating a neighbors for a little while. Now I have to conquer my print server . . .

I should get some sleep; my head kinda hurts. I have some articles to read, but I don't think I am going to get to them tonight. Maybe I will sleep on the couch tonight in front of the television. I made meatballs, rice, and brown gravy for dinner tonight. I made Mark help me cook while he was here . . . we made won ton soup, fried rice, chicken enchiladas, hotdogs, and grilled veggies. Pretty electic, and by that I mean a collection of very different types of meals. ;-)

I am going to see Kim & Tony next weekend which will be nice. I haven't seen them in . . . wow, I think it has been about a year now. Crazy. I used to see them every week. I bet Kim's clothes shopping bill has been dramatically reduced since moving away from me.

Well, I am going to clean up the cable craziness I have going on here in my office. Then I am either going to be productive or go to bed. G'night.

Rent

I posted a room for rent on Craigslist. I am not sure how I feel about the whole roommate thing, but I think the extra money and less empty house will be good. I went to my first class for this semester, and it went all right. It is just me, Matt, and 'a boy named' Su.

I had left overs for dinner tonight, and I am going to read some of the assigned readings for class. Tomorrow, I am going to finalize the stuff for the class I am teaching. I also need to get by the dealership and get the state inspection sticker for my car. I think I am also going to go to the sporting goods store named after my mom's boyfriend to try out some of the elliptical machines.

Happy Birthday Jim! Don't know if he reads my blog anymore, but just in case.

Q!

I want the Motorola Q. They have it for sale on Amazon. :-(

Rainy Days

It started raining last night and rained through the morning. I just had some pizza for breakfast, and I am working from home. My schedule is pretty busy this semester:

Mondays, Tuesdays: Work 9 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesdays: Work 9 AM - 1 PM, Class 2 PM - 5 PM
Thursdays: Office Hours 9 AM - 5 PM, Class 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Fridays: Office Hours: 9 AM - 11 AM, Teach 11 AM - 2 PM, Class 2 PM - 4:30 PM

Nurple!

Back to the daily grind. Mark left this morning, and school starts next week. I just created my class home page, nothing to fancy, but it will be functional enough. Okay, back to work I guess.

I am an Impostor!

The title of this post was inspired by one of the workshops I attended today.



This is a picture from the conference of my "white guys" doing a skit. It was quite interesting. I have met some really cool people even if they made me feel insanely old.

Atlanta

Stereotypes

What Women Said about Men:

Value . . . competition, materialism, and wealth. Don't value . . . helping the needy, tolerance, and assimilation.

What Men Said about Women:

Value . . . being treated fairly, pursuing happiness, and standing up for what is right. Don't value . . . being on time, looking out for themselves, and entrepeneuralship.

Conference Time

I have been attending facilitator workshops at the conference I am attending in Atlanta. I think the conference coordinators are annoyed at me because I keep interjecting humor in their diversity workshops.

Anyhow, Mark left this morning. Poor thing, he had a presentation right after he got in to LA. Hopefully he made it on time. We stayed at the Ritz Carlton in downtown Atlanta. He got a really romantic room and had rose petals spread before I got there.

I am going to take a nap now . . . I am at the Regency Suites and have been downgraded to a pull out couch. :-(

Busy Pam!

Today: Working from home, flying to Atlanta
Sat & Sun: Atlanta with Mark!
Mon - Fri: Student Leadership Conference
Sat & Sun: Toronto with Mark!

Then I have a week to prepare for the class I am teaching in the fall.

Yikes!

Cheer up Sleepy Jean

I am very sleepy! I took a nap after I got home from work yesterday, but then I ended up staying up all night. (Alone, thank you very much.) I did, however, manage to put together a collage of pictures of me and people others thought I look like. There aren't that many though. I guess I usually just look like me.