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New Year's Eve: Where Will YOU Be? (09:Moonpies, sweeter and texting speed) (10:Mafia rules)
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Jan 01, 2009 01:26PM
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But I would have to look at my cell phone far more often than I do now for that to work, Sarah. I really am bad about checking for missed calls as it is... :D
Mine chimes when I have a text message.
But you have to have the phone near you to hear the chime. My phone is usually in my purse, left hanging on a doorknob either in my office, or in my bedroom. Okay, I can see that this would be a reasonable goal for 2009 - be better about making proper use of my cell phone!
Yeah, I usually have my phone with me. Sometimes I leave it in the bedroom. Also, since I'm usually in class or rehearsal or watching a show, my phone is usually on silent. But it flashes a red light when there is a message.
I generally need about ten minutes longer to write the text than I would leaving a message, and my texts invariably look like this:hI R U OPen 4 LUncH CaLl Me
I'll figure it out someday.
The more you text-type, the faster you'll get. Also, I have a Blackberry with a QWERTY keypad, so I'm pretty fast. I wish there were speed tests for texting!
Wow.But I meant I wish I could time my own texting. I type 73 WPM and I'm even faster on 10-key (thank you, 12 years of banking). I just wonder how fast I am at texting.
BTW Sarah did you figure out a way to completely delete your facebook account?
No, I just deactivated it like you suggested. Do I still show up as one of your friends? Brent said I'm not married to him anymore on there.
Heh.Texting is annoying in class. I've had to lean on some students who think they're getting away with something while trying to text under the table.
RA, you should watch a movie called "Hamlet 2." The teacher character is hilarious.
I almost rented that this week, Montambo! Maybe I'll get it tomorrow. Thanks for the tip.
No, you're dead to me on facebook. You don't show up on my friends list.
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I'm surprised at how few students bring computers to class, but I'm ok with it. I wouldn't mind them messaging on the computer, but the texting under the table is distracting...
Sally, why does it bother you so little? I'm genuinely curious as I'm with RA on this one--
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The times I've tried to "discipline" a texter, the effort was futile and wasted more class time than when I ignore it.
Again, I really thought I would have a problem with it before I started teaching, so I'm amazed myself with my apathy.
I guess I wouldn't worry if it was a quick text...but it seems like one text leads to another leads to another. I also don't like the whole "under the table" thing. I tell my students that if they have an emergency to take the phone outside and talk on it...they've been pretty cool about it, and there aren't many problems.My students use texting to communicate with me and each other a lot...I have to learn how to text better....
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Yep. But I teach older students and I don't see them every day, etc. so I don't mind giving them cell number. If I don't want to talk with them I just turn it off:)
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Here's the view I had for most of the show. See the balcony up over across the way? That's where my VIP sister got to stand w/o tall eggheads in her way.
And here is Sweeter and me at the show:
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He looks good! He looks happy and concerty:)
My 16 year old daughter was sick on Tues and Wed, so we stayed home. She finally started feeling better on Wed. afternoon, so that night we played Uno, and she got so silly, I think because it felt so good not to be sick anymore, we were laughing and joking and and having the best time. Then we watched a dvd of the old show One Day at a Time. It was fun. What's not fun is that I have pot on a folding chair next to me cause now I'm sick!RRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...I have pot on a folding chair next to me...Is there supposed to be another "a" in there?
Re: #98 (I think), the Monster Moonpie apparently didn't rise, it just kinda swung back and forth on the crane from which it was suspended. And it was displayed across the river from the downtown area where all the people were, so it wasn't really visible. I've only gotten a couple reports so far, but that seems to be the general consensus.
Mindy wrote: "Re: #98 (I think), the Monster Moonpie apparently didn't rise, it just kinda swung back and forth on the crane from which it was suspended. And it was displayed across the river from the downtown a..."Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!! Moonpie malfunction in Mobile, hahahahaha!!!
Sally, you're very pretty.I had a teacher last semester who didn't allow computers in his classroom. He said it was because he didn't want people playing games or messaging during his lectures. I think that's stupid. It's their own time and money they're wasting if they're not paying attention.
I type faster than I write. I'd rather take notes on my laptop than with paper and pen.
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I agree with your perspective on that. And I feel that way about my students. The ones who didn't pay attention all semester ended up writing shitty papers and not paying attention to the themes we'd discussed all semester. It is their time and money that was wasted when they'll have to take the class again. Then again, some who brought their computers did amazingly great final projects.
Two students who brought their computers regularly both clearly had attention deficit issues, and could not/would not sit still, yet were the brightest, most engaged in class. It didn't matter to me what they were doing because they contributed in class, wrote intelligently, and were clearly participating.
Sometimes the ones who don't text/compute/message/write notes are the ones who have the most debilitating attention issues to the point of distracting those around them.
And I type way faster than I write too.
Yeah, I don't mind computers in the class, and I type way faster than I write, too. I'm still surprised at how few students bring in computers. I think they feel like they're just one more thing to carry. I know most of them have laptops. I've asked. But I also email them my class materials ahead of time, so there isn't as much of a need to write things down unless writing things down helps them retain the content.
Writing does help me retain. And I'm not a great typist, so typing actually requires me to put more attention into the typing than the listening. But I am a master written note-taker. I can pretty much get the whole lecture down verbatim.
Yes, there was supposed to be an "a" before pot--a pot to puke in--not to enjoy! I told you I was sick! Feeling better now! :)
It is time to resurrect the New Year's Eve thread...I have promised my wife and children I will stay up until midnight. Seriously, this might be the first time in twenty years.
What are you doing? Thoughts on NY Eve?
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I'll probably have to go to a party, but I really prefer to be at home New Year's Eve. I get very reflective. But I've been a real hermit lately, so we'll see.
I've stayed in the last few New Year's, usually watching movies with friends. This year my sisters are visiting, so we have tickets to see The Bellvederes, a swingin' new soul girl group that one of my sisters adores. My New Year's Day ritual for the past ten years has included an early morning trip to my local record-and-DVD store's insane annual sale. Everything in the whole store is buy one get one free. Well...it used to be everything including DVD TV boxed sets, but I think those are excluded now.
Popping firecrackers outside and hopefully going to be early. I can never seem to bring in the New Year any other way but looking at the inside of my eyelids.
Absolutely HATE New Year's Eve. Hope to be asleep by ten.
I can't remember the last time I actually celebrated New Year's Eve, but I know for sure that I'll be in bed this year well before midnight, as I have a two hour drive very early on New Year's morning.
Ok, NY Eve is turning out to be a wash, and that's ok by me. At first my wife wanted to have people over, but not too many, and that got too complicated, so fuck it, we're staying in. I'm making pizza and drinking coffee, the boys will probably play video games. Works for me.Where in the hell are you going NY morning, Jammers?
It's been warm for most of the week, and all of a sudden NY eve is going to get to below zero, so forget that.Movies and snacks at home it is.
RA, I'm going to Columbus for Christmas, Part II. Part I was in Dallas with my little brother and his family, and Part II will be with my middle little brother and his family.
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Boo hoo!
Sally, I'll be here for a while to keep you company!
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*clink!*
Most of the evening, I'll be here, alone, lurking with Sally until my parents get back and we watch the ball drop together.
