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Conquest of the Planet of the Bride of the Son of the Return of the Open Bar

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, March 08, 2013, 09:32:33 PM

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Cain on April 06, 2013, 12:40:54 AM
Oh man, I'm going to have to learn French.  Again.

But I suppose, on the plus side, I will be living here:



That is kind of amazingly beautiful. It's almost as pretty as Portland.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Cain

The whole area is very pretty.  The town is on Lake Geneva, so you've got the tail-end of the French Alps adding to the lake itself for a fairly amazingly backdrop.

Juana

Yeah, looks gorgeous. I'm more than a little envious, lol.

Quote from: Golden Applesauce on April 05, 2013, 10:58:40 PM
Quote from: Juana Go? on April 05, 2013, 10:01:03 PM
I just had lunch with my friend who's currently home from Korea. He's got me semi-seriously considering teaching English there.

Have you seen Dave's Cafe yet? Has a lot of resources / first-hand anecdotes about life as an ESL teacher there.

The major qualifications seem to be a) a college degree, any kind of college degree, and b) a notarized letter saying you don't have a criminal record.

Naturally, 95% of prospective teacher's questions are stuff like "How does notarization work?" (answer: surprisingly easy to mess up, takes longer than you expect [so don't put it off!], and is apparently only ever requested by people who want to teach English in Korea.) and "What counts as a criminal record? Are Koreans cool with drunk driving? I spent a year in prison but it was state not federal law, does the FBI know about that?"

I got the impression that there is a ... divide ... between people with an interest in languages, cultures and teaching, and people who somehow managed to get a degree acquiring any skills along the way.
No, I hadn't. My friend teaches English in Seoul and he spent lunch trying to sell me the idea. I haven't done any research of my own yet, so thanks for the link.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on April 06, 2013, 12:58:14 AM
Quote from: Cain on April 06, 2013, 12:40:54 AM
Oh man, I'm going to have to learn French.  Again.

But I suppose, on the plus side, I will be living here:



That is kind of amazingly beautiful. It's almost as pretty as Portland.

Both places have too much water.  They're spoiled, and they leave it lying around.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO


LMNO


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Juana

That's next weekend for me.


Almost done putting in my garden! Finally. 10x19' of evil Bermuda grass yanked and shade cloth'd out. I'm hoping to have all my plants in by the end of the week.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

Q. G. Pennyworth


Cain

Unofficially handed my notice in today.  Will write the real letter tomorrow.

Cainad (dec.)

SHIT FUCK DAMN


I just remembered that I posted in the drug thread yesterday. Now I have to live with that choice. That little icon next to the thread title indicating that I posted in it will haunt me forever.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

We all make bad choices, Cainad. But in this case, it's a choice that could lead to cake. Or Apricot Bastards.

I spent most of my day rearranging the living room and doing stats homework. All the homework I have left to do now this weekend is read a chapter from my psych textbook and a chapter from my chemistry textbook.

I am mildly chagrined to learn that this chemistry class is only going to cover 3 chapters from this book. It's weird. And then I talked to a friend who took all three terms of gen chem in one term, the mad bastard. And during the summer, too, so he did each "term" in three weeks.

I am humbled. No way I'm doing that, fuck no.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Q. G. Pennyworth

COOKIES!

I need to go check the thread, but it looks like "grab bag" is probably going to win. Anyone who hasn't already, please PM me a shipping address for your cookies, as well as any allergy or information or dietary restrictions I should know about. Good food separation procedure will be followed for items containing nuts.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

I hope the grab bag includes Apricot Bastards. That's all I really have to say.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."