PHOTODORK!!!

I am ashamed.

Photodork — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:58:46 +0000

I didn’t even make it a whole two days before breaking my new resolution to blog daily. Well, small steps, I suppose. With only one day between my posts, it is already much better than the last 6 months or so. I have been giving some thought to what I might possibly post about [...]

Great Expectations

Photodork — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:55:03 +0000

I am guilty of sporadic posting. I admit it. Even if I chose not to admit it, Dylan recently ousted me from my cozy little niche of non-posting on his blog. The funny thing is, Dylan claims that a lack of things to say has never been the cause for the more [...]

Cashing in on the Perks

Photodork — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:51:26 +0000

Many misconceptions about the teaching profession exist: that we only work from 8-3, that only those who can’t do teach, that either elementary or high school teachers work harder than the other, that all teachers are big dorks that loved school. I don’t subscribe to many of these occupational myths, probably because I am [...]

The Story of Beda

Photodork — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:10:16 +0000

I love my little cat…well I actually love all three of my cats, but today I am writing specifically about my middle cat, Beda. I was folding the laundry a few minutes ago, an endeavor that takes place on the bed. I was standing on one side, battling with an unruly nightgown when [...]

A Heavy Heart

Photodork — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:21:34 +0000

It is a rare person that is not afraid of death. Taoism teaches that we should not worry about an afterlife and take each moment as it comes with as little expectation and judgment as we can. At least, that’s how I’ve taken Dylan’s explanation of the religion. And yet, who has [...]

To Office Depot: A Diatribe in the Key of Annoyed

Photodork — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:21:17 +0000

So…I have been teaching Digital Photography for the last 3 months without an actual photo printer. Apparently, even though a veteran teacher who got the digital photo program approved at our school and also teaches two sections of the class could be working on the project of researching and purchasing printers, it is my [...]

My First Year Teaching: A Cautionary Tale

Photodork — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:19:53 +0000

You might be wondering why I haven’t updated my blog…or you might not be, given that I don’t have a very good track record as a blogger. In any case, there really is a good excuse this time: I’ve been up to my eyeballs in work. I landed a teaching position last May, [...]

Welcome to Munchkinland

Photodork — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:02:18 +0000

Today was my first day of student teaching at the elementary school. It was a much more proper first day because I had never attended this school, unlike my first placement, so I got to experience the uncertainty and bewilderment that most of my fellow student teachers did with their first placement. Overall, I am [...]

Sarah, Redeemed

Photodork — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:07:20 +0000

After our last attempt at painting, what I shall now refer to as the lemon atrocity, my confidence was shaken. Although Dylan and I ran around the entire house with the t-shirt of power (a $5 purchase at target that was a warm caramel color) making sure that the color would jive with everything [...]

Oh, the shame

Photodork — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:39:58 +0000

Last post, I briefly alluded to some renovation projects Dylan and I had in the works for our compartment. One of these projects was to finally tackle painting the huge living area. We have painted nearly every other room in the house, but due to bull nose corners, this space is massive and [...]