The First Three Days (An Update)

I have been perhaps a bit negligent in updating this old blog for a variety of reasons. Truth be told, it had become way too much upkeep considering the obligations and responsibilities I had throughout the past year. Over this year I have posted two different posts. One was regarding an assignment from my English 102 class (fantastic class, Mr. LaGuardia is highly recommended) and the other from New Years. My reasons are that I simply had too much to juggle between the lab I was working in, working as president of a leadership club (upgraded from vice president), working as a senior intern at my church, being a full time student, and trying to keep my marriage from falling to pieces was pretty much my limit. Lesson learned, a good lesson, but perhaps at a greater price than I ought to have paid. Regardless, I learned quite a bit about myself these past years, and grown tremendously, too much so to cover within the confines of a single blog post.  Perhaps an update is in order for those of my readers that don't keep personal tabs on me.

I ended up graduating from the University of Arizona this past May with a Bachelor in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a Minor in Chemistry (that minor has served me well.) I am now an expecting father with the baby's due date being March 21st, I am super excited about that. My responsibilities over the summer dropped from everything to practically nothing and it's done wonders for my marriage, however I did have a heck of a time trying to find a job, a search that lasted well over three months. I am proud to say though, that I finally landed one as a High School Biology and Chemistry Teacher at Project MORE High School. I decided on this profession back in June based on the fact that all of my efforts would end up making a significant difference. It has been a most trouble endeavor trying to get my certifications done and ended up being a costly initial investment from myself (roughly $500 in fees for certifications, proficiency exams, and other misc. things alone.) However, the good Lord has seen fit to reward my faith in his provision by providing a job in an alternative high school where I can truly make a difference and things are a bit more rough. Just my cup of tea.

My time here officially has been short (a mere three days), however my time here has been fairly productive and I've learned a plethora of things thus far. My mind has not been this active for some time and I am absolutely loving the sensation. On my first day I was introduced to my classroom and had a chance to try and unpack all the newly ordered supplies as well as sit in on a couple classes. Day two went similarly in that most of my time was spent unpacking things. I ended up staying until about 7pm setting up the classroom (which still remains unfinished.) I als had an opportunity to meet more of the teachers and sit in on more classes. From everything I've gathered, the class pace of most other classes move a bit slower than I'd anticipated, but this hasn't fazed me at all. I digress. Today was spent continuing to organize the classroom as well as sitting in on more classes. There is also an open house tonight that I am looking forward to.

That should just about bring anyone and everyone up to speed roughly. Obviously a significant number of events and experiences have gone unspoken, however I believe that this should cover it. Now I would like to say that I am going to be better about updating this blog, unfortunately history has shown this to be an unwise decision. As such, while I hope to keep the maintenance of this blog up, I make no promises. Make no mistake though, much of the direction this blog will take will likely regard my new employment at Project MORE High School and my experiences here. With that, I bid my fair readers ado. Let's see how often I will update.

-Kenneth (Mr. Kim) Kim

The Decision of Internet Privacy

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A look at internet privacy from the perspective of a college student's perspective. The dangers, the perks, and what you can do about it. We'll be looking at a number of things, the first of which will be the fact that I won't really be continuing in such a monotonous tone. (I'm fairly certain it was read that way, that or in the soothing voice of Morgan Freeman) To that I say nay. It's a matter of preference really. I prefer not to talk like I'm slightly autistic. Just like I prefer to keep my phone not in my pocket for fear of getting ball cancer from the ridiculously high amounts of energy my phone puts out. Sure it might seem a little strange at first, but we'll see who's little friends are still concocting ways of escaping my body versus figuring out ways to grow uncontrollably and eventually kill me. (Hint: I will be the former.)

Magnificent Monday: Starting the New Year

Picture by The Ken via his Samsung Transform using Vignette Demo

And it's Monday, once again. However, this Monday is a little different as it marks the start of the first week of the new year and new decade. Bet ya didn't think about that, did you? Regrettably, I couldn't get this post out in time so it's gonna be really late and really short. Cheers!

So for Christmas Heidi and I got new phones! Exciting! I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but it's really exciting! In fact, I'm using it right now to type this very post! :-) I'm rather enjoying my new piece of technology, particularly the fact that I figured out how to get a GBA emulator (google those two words if you don't know what they mean) onto my phone and now have Pokemon FireRed. Oooooh yeeeeah...


I'll be sure to give a meatier post on Wednesday, but for now let me just say that this year is looking to be rather exciting. Have a smashing week!

-Ken

(Memo to myself: blogging next to wife while she is trying to sleep results in a short post and a possibly cranky spouse if you continue to blog.)

Ken's Take: Key Moments

Picture by The Ken with his Samsung Transform using Vignette

And it's Wednesday, which means it's time for a lil something from Ken. I bet you were thinking, "It's getting kind of late, I don't think Ken's going to post." Well, BAM! There here yea go!

So I was browsing lists of animes, as I often do this time of year, looking for a new series to watch since most of my current ones are/will be finishing up when I had a revelation. I've watched a lot of frickin anime. All of the recommendations off of the ones I've been watching I've seen already, it's like I've come full circle. Maybe I'll re-watch one? I don't really follow any blogs or anything and I can't read any form of Japanese so I'm pretty much in the dark until new shows start popping up. I know I need to watch Darker than Black, so that's at least on the roster as well as Dragonball Kai. But aside from those, that's about it. Considering I'm usually following around 5-6 at a time (relax, it's like 20 minutes an episode cause I don't have to watch commercials and I can skip the intros and end credits) only having 2 is not really that comforting. I'm sure I'll come across something, the question is what? I'm looking forward to it though, whatever it is. Although highly idealized and often ridiculous, I think it's interesting that you can find some genuine thought provoking concepts in animes that aren't at all designed as such.

Magnificent Monday Tuesday: The 3am Post

Picture by The Ken via his phone.

And so it's Tuesday, and an early one at that. I got home pretty darn late Sunday night and didn't feel like blogging, then Monday was pretty much a no go, so I opted to not blog instead of doing a really crappy one. As such, I am now writing this post and boy oh boy do I have a way to start the week off.
So, first off let me say that everything is just fine, however I'm currently sitting in an ER room next to my wife who became rather ill over the course of the day today (yesterday?) It's looking like a pretty bad case of a stomach bug, but after some stomach meds and a little bit of morphine she seems to be feeling pretty good. I'm not gonna lie though, I'm pretty sleep deprived right now having only gotten around 5 hours of sleep from Friday to Saturday, 6 hours from Saturday to Sunday, and another 6 from Sunday to Monday. I'm now going on my 17th hour of no sleep for the day and let me tell you, I should have gotten some damned seep last night when I had the chance. Maybe this'll give me the motivation I need to get to sleep in a timely manner each night. The fact that maybe, just maybe, I'll need to pull an all-nighter the net day.

Magnificent Monday: No Post Today

Ken's Take: It's Beginning to Look Kind of, Sort of Like Christmas...

As you can see here, there is a key time during the Christmas rush when you should do your Christmas shopping. Exactly 5 days prior to Christmas, i.e. the 20th of December,there is a temporary lull in the stupidity of pedestrians where the level of driver stupidity surpasses that of the pedestrian. It is during this time that you are less likely to be at fault if a car ends up hitting you and thus have your presents scattered about the parking lot. Take note that this does not decrease the chances of being actually being hit by a car during this time. That statistic is much too severe to even be mentioned.

It's Wednesday, and in three more days, four if you count today, a large number of the population will be taking part in a tradition wherein members of the family gather together in order to exchange gifts. It is currently speculated that the exchange of gifts has the dual purpose of an acknowledgement of peace between parties, often between members of different families, and as some method of conditioning for the offspring by correlating the number of presents with obedience of the child. It would also appear that parents use this time to teach their children the power of Big Brother through a being named Santa Clause who can, and will, break into your home and knows full well throughout the course of the year what kind of person you've been through extensive surveillance. However, in order to reinforce a positive image, parents dictate that Santa is a good thing because he brings you presents. This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I will not be doing the whole Santa thing with my children.