In distributing the latest award I neglected to post the required 7 interesting things about myself. Never one to downplay my awesomeness I can't let such an oversight go uncorrected.
1. I haven't left the house in more than two months (since November 1st). Not stepped one foot out of the door. Everything I need it brought to me. I feel like an astronaut training for a deep space mission on some days. Surprisingly I have not seen much of a change to my life than before I tried this experiment.
2. I have never taught a kid named Calvin. Of all the thousands of kids I have interacted with in the past 20 years not a single Calvin in the lot. I wonder if my name will die out with each successive generation of children born only to be replaced by those named Paris, Taylor, Miley, or Brittany.
3. I need to have a candy jar on my desk. Caramel hard candies are my favorite but I prefer a variety all mixed together.
4. At various times on my life I have trained to have a career as an actor, a photographer, a radio announcer and a journalist before I began teaching.
5. I have about a hour of killer stand up comedy material prepared for the day when I actually find the courage/desire to go to the open mike night they hold once a month at a local pub. I have always had the ability to make people laugh WITH me when they weren't laughing AT me. As a teacher that skill was critical to my survival.
6. I eat a different flavour of soup everyday. I like to have a bowl of soup before my main meal. It's the way the bourgeois aristocracy did it so that is good enough for me.
7. If I ever got a dog it would only be a pug. I love the way they look like they are always smiling or laughing at me.
