Last Mark & Evaluation

So the Language exam which had a 'Running Record' reading component and a writing component was done on Nov. 11th. The same day that my sinuses were majorly acting up (and they still are) and we now have those marks back. Out of a possible 30 I got 21 meaning that I got a solid 70% which makes me really happy.

So all in all I didn't do all that bad this term with teacher's college. The marks weren't always the greatest but the evaluation that my AT (associate teacher) gave me was good and it even included how I acted quickly without thinking to save a life of another teacher when they were choking (a scary experience believe me) and well, I'm please with the results of this term.

Now I just have my growth portfolio to finish and put together for Monday and then I am totally and completely home free. ^_^ Yay.

And so it ends...

My first placement in Teacher's College came to a close today and yesterday. There were tears and hugs and the greatest book made by the students. I'm going to miss all of them, and they were really and truly a super class.

*SCORE*

Sweet! I just got my mark for the power point presentation that I had to do by Nov. 11th and I got 50/60 on it! ^_^ That's 83% or Distinction in Australian terms! ^_^ WHOOT!
Double WHOOT!
WHOOT! WHOOT!

And so it goes

Or rather. And so it ends.
The month of November has officially come to a close.
I am a shattering 36810 away from my 50k goal.
Third time in a row. Third loss.
You know I think that I could have done it had I not been in school...
...and if I had decided not to handwrite the whole thing.
Don't get me wrong, handwriting is wonderful. But it takes too long.
And in a month where speed is an issue, too long can mean the death of you...
...I'll aim for 50k in January, handwritten. We'll see what happens.
And as to what will happen to My Life as a Teenage Witch?
Meh.
Who knows.

Hopeless Romantic

So, last night before I went to bed I was totally bored so I created this. A hopless romantic wallpaper for a hopeless romantic like me. ^_^ I'm quite proud of it. All the love stories that I could think of are there, and there are some that I didn't think of or couldn't fit. Either way it only took about an hour to complete and now it's out there for anyone to take.... ^_^

Edit @ 11am to add: Just a thought, this looks like a quit--a patchwork you could say. This is the ultimate patchwork of tales.....

Edit to add @ 11pm I just realized that today marks 300 days until my wedding. I can't believe it.

Star Wars in Concert

So oh, my god. Last night I had the best experience ever. I went to see Star Wars in Concert at the ACC in Toronto (that's the Air Canada Centre) and my god. It was amazing. Like bloody brilliant. Like totally jaw-dropping awe-inspiring, breath-taking wow kinda amazing. Matty and I had the absolute best seats. We were sitting directly across from the orchestra. We weren't on the sides of the arena and we were in row 18 section 103. We were at screen hieght and while it would have been nice to have been on the floor, I totally would have gotten a crick in my neck. So, best seats in the house. The image to the left is basically what we saw--on telezoom--but the angle is right.

As for the performance--man did it go by quick. They did the major themes (Droids! Rise of a hero! An unlikely Alliance, Across the Stars (my fav) etc) and the shots of the movie were so perfectly timed. They started by playing the THX and the Fox Searchlight opening and then of course the A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... title and then it started.

Anthony Daniels was amazing as the narrator and the orchestra was beautiful. What they say is true--there is no beating the actual experience of hearing the music live. The orchestration was just jaw-dropping. I've never heard the music sound so good and now I so wish that I had taped it. Hopefully George Lucas will release it on DVD.

As a souvenir I got a little lightsabre key chain and I got one for my parents and sister. Matty didn't want one. Overall it was a kick-ass awesome experience and I wish that I could have held on to more images from the concert in my brain.

May the Force be with you...

More Marks...

So I got two marks e-mailed me today. I got an 82 on the essay and a 65 on the journal and a 62 in math. That just doesn't compute. It doesn't compute at all. I mean I passed but still...how do I get an 82 on an essay that was hard and a 65 on a journal which is totally personal opinion and a 62 on a math assignmentthat I worked really, really hard on.... *sigh* I'm just going to have to wait until I get the actual assignments back to find out what happened.