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I have been sitting here, trying to think of the correct words to start this journal for some time; its currently 1:42 in the morning according to my helpful computer clock, and so my brain is currently passing into that stage where it is at its most creative, but also where it is beginning to get a bit sluggish. I love this time of the...
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phoenixgirl:
I was online at about the same time loast night writing my blog. I feel creative then too, which sucks because I really should be sleeping. But if I never had to work again then I wouldnt care when I got to sleep as long as I got some, I actually like staying up late, im more of a night owl....Those teen's must really drive you mad most of the time.
Well, another short post; I read over the last one a few days ago and realized how dreadfully depressing it sounded. I'm really not sinking into a state of meloncholia, I swear (at least, I don't suspect that I am). A large part of it seems to have come from being sick, trying to quit smoking, and a few other things. By Saturday my mood...
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samling:
i love this journal. i remember in high school, cussing was the easy way out. so my friends and i used to say things mixed up. "why don't you go back off into your own jackyard, you futher mocking bun of a sitch!!"
got looks from the teachers, but at least i was being intelligent about it.
per what you said in my journal: if i could smother you with hugs and smooches, i would. you're a darling.
got looks from the teachers, but at least i was being intelligent about it.
per what you said in my journal: if i could smother you with hugs and smooches, i would. you're a darling.
phoenixgirl:
You are quite the man, dealing with these kids, you have patience, something which I am severly lacking. The kids I worked with for a few years were 3 months to 12 years. Let me tell you, I could not stand bieng around the 12 yeard old's!!......I prefer the 2-4 age range, they are easier to deal with (most of the time!).......but do I miss it?.NO, but do I miss some of the kids in particular?..yes, I do. 
love the family pix, I definately see the resemblances!!
love the family pix, I definately see the resemblances!!
I've decided to take a short break from writing my biography for the time being; I figure that there is at least one or two posts left in it, and that writing them would take a bit more effort that I currently wish to expend. Also, I've noticed that since I started there has been a lull in the amount of posts I've been getting...
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phoenixgirl:
what age do you teach? 
rowe:
I could never teach anyone anything.. I lack patience.. The German and Italian kind of killed that for me *L*
As far as the teeth clenching, thanks for the FYI - I tend to do that a lot too!
Now I'll try not to!
Have a great weekend!
As far as the teeth clenching, thanks for the FYI - I tend to do that a lot too!
Now I'll try not to!
Have a great weekend!
More excerts from my future biography 
Further exerts from "America's Little Giant"
... Dan McCollum's semester abroad to Ireland proved to be one of the most successful and happiest times in his life. It would mark the first of several trips to Europe in his life, the place where he would meet two of his greatest friends; Douglas Webb and Jack Guinan, and would inaugerate...
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Further exerts from "America's Little Giant"
... Dan McCollum's semester abroad to Ireland proved to be one of the most successful and happiest times in his life. It would mark the first of several trips to Europe in his life, the place where he would meet two of his greatest friends; Douglas Webb and Jack Guinan, and would inaugerate...
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strega:
This entry actually made me go back and read the previous two. I found all three to be very interesting and well written. I don't think you portray yourself in a bad light at all. In fact I'd say you have managed to portray yourself as having a good combination of confidence and humility without ever crossing the line in to self deprecation or arrogance. I can't wait to read more.
samling:
i haven't been in a lot of journals lately. and that shit is a LOT to read, yo!
Since the responses were so good for the last one, I submit for your approvel
further excerts from "America's Little Giant"
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The Dan McCollum who left college in December of 2004 was a vastly different man than that who entered it in 2000. For years McCollum had held out hope that college would liberate him from the chains of small town life. A poem...
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lolablu:
Just been busy! It's the first week of classes.
lilianna:
well if you look back a journal page you will see the crap of people stealing my phone while i was at six flags. then of course, making almost 400 calls and using almost 3000 minutes. yeah.
dannydmc:
Pictures of Random Family Members
Well I'm back after several weeks disconnected due to the evils of Bush living. I suppose I should do a standard entry, but I've been feeling a bit creative instead and have had this idea bubbling in my brain for quiet some time. And so, inspired by the huge amount of biographies I've been reading lately (I finished one off on Thomas Jefferson, and am...
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lolablu:
He could have at least apologized if he was going to send an email to you anyway.
lolablu:
I wouldn't mind one bit.
I'm currently sitting in a hotel room in the middle of the town of Great Barrington in Western Massachussets. For the past two weeks I've been making a gigantic loop across the country; first traveling out to Denver and from there heading over to DC, I'm going to be touring New England for a few days and from there I'll be heading into Detroit and...
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aksiokersa:
Aw, hell yeah; that's my boy -- gettin' play all across the country. Word.
My computer is in the shop
When I get back online, I'm looking forward to trading more nerdy thoughts with you about grad school and quarter-life crisis epiphanies. Until then, keep the ladeez all fired up for me 
My computer is in the shop
When I get back online, I'm looking forward to trading more nerdy thoughts with you about grad school and quarter-life crisis epiphanies. Until then, keep the ladeez all fired up for me
lolablu:
How have you been? It's been a while.
I just had the single most miserable time at the dentist today. It all began rather innocently enough; I had had the first stage of a root canal preformed about a month and a half go and today was the scheduled time to get the rest of the operation taken care of. My first experience hadn't been that bad, believe it or not, and so...
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lolablu:
I've never heard of a good trip to the dentist, but I must say that your experience sounds particularly horrible.
I still don't have an iPod!
I still don't have an iPod!
This entry was meant to be a very deep one about internal conflict and how I've getting over mine. It might still turn out that way, but I recently posted something in a friend's journal which is in my mind more now; so I'll start with writting around that
I just got tickets to see Hank Williams III and the Murder Junies down in Madison....
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samling:
you spelled taoist wrong, and it looks like you're into toast philosphies.
mmm i like toast too!!
you totally geeked out telling me about your concerts in my jounral and came in here and wrote about it. i feel all special and crap.
mmm i like toast too!!
you totally geeked out telling me about your concerts in my jounral and came in here and wrote about it. i feel all special and crap.
lolablu:
Sounds like a fantastic concert. Good music brings all sorts of people together.
I think that I am currently emeshed in an existential crisis of sorts; a fact which not only disturbs me but which I also find rather embarrising. I'm a midwesterner, a Wisconsinite to be exact, and truth be told these forms of crisis are not for us. I've always grown up believing that they were the sole property of East and West coasters who grew...
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lolablu:
Just some thoughts: would you consider teaching at a different high school, in a less isolated area? And as far as the academic life goes, if you don't want to teach, don't do it. Your research might be stellar, your books might be read for a hundred years, but you're still going to have to teach to make ends meet. It seems like teaching college students would be somewhat different from teaching high school students. I've never taught high school students, so I'm not really sure. Depending on what it is specifically that you don't like about teaching high school, though, you might not find teaching college that much of a positive change.
Don't get me wrong. I love doing the grad student thing. It's not glamorous, but I do find it rewarding almost all the time.
Don't get me wrong. I love doing the grad student thing. It's not glamorous, but I do find it rewarding almost all the time.
I just got back inside from smoking a cigarrette. I'd quit a few months back after having my wisdom teeth removed I picked the habit back up much to my own disgust. I think what pisses me off is that I was so proud of myself for quiting in the first place that the backsliding just rankles my pride; it really strikes me as a...
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bahleated:
Hey, glad to hear you'll be passing through Fargo! Are you considering becoming a student at NDSU, or a teacher? We've got some great graduate programs, there, but their teacher education department sucks.
lolablu:
Thank you. It means a lot.