JR
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Busy. Busy. Busy
31 day ago
My Nephew Turned 3
Oysters on the Half-Shell
Zach got a hold of bag of oysters and brought them up to Hattiesburg, We ate them raw with homemade cocktail sauce.
This semester will be my busiest yet. I am still working with Athletics for at least 20 hours a week, and I am also teaching one class each day for the English Language Institute. On top of that, I am also working on my practicum and final portfolio. My work with Athletics will be interesting this term since I have almost doubled the number of athletes that I am mentoring. The guys that I am working with seem to be buying what I am selling, but the semester has just started. It will be interesting to see if they stay motivated once spring practice begins.
My ELI students are awesome and are always demanding more work. I am getting to test out many of the methods and activities that I have learned through my classes/research, and these students are making my life much easier since they are so willing to try anything to improve their English.
Since I graduate in May, I have also been getting ready for the job search, and I have been keeping up with ESL job openings. I have retooled my resume, and I have started compiling a list of institutes that I will contact. We will see how it goes. I have applied for a couple of positions, and now the wait begins. I will probably have a few more sleepless nights before I have secured a position.
Korean-Style Steak
42 weeks ago
Our schedules are very different this semester, but we have made the promise that we are going to try have home-cooked dinners together as much as possible. We started this week by cooking steak on our portable grill. I broke out some leftover soju, and we had a nice impromptu Korean meal.
Our favorite restaurant in Korea serves a side dish that consists of raw onions with a dark sauce poured over them. I would go to that particular restaurant just to eat the onions, and hate that I didn’t ask them how to make the sauce. We have been struggling to replicate this sauce ever since we got back to America. The main ingredient has to be soy sauce, but it also contains wasabi and other spices/oils. You can see our attempt in the photograph in the bottom left corner above, and although our attempt was not terrible, there was something missing, but I just don’t know what it was. Thankfully, everything else turned out great.
Jazz Funerals
0I came across a couple videos of jazz funerals when I was looking for a video for my previous post. Now, that is going out in style!
Another Great Year for the Saints
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AINTS
My family and I have been cheering for the Saints for many years now. I don’t really remember the ‘Aints” era, but I do know that it is saying a lot when Saint’s fans are disappointed by a close loss in the second round of the playoffs versus disappointed with an entire season. I hate that they did not win today, but it really was a great game, and should a team really win when they have 5 turnovers? I think that my heart rate has finally returned to normal; I really thought thought that they had pulled it off with that touchdown by Jimmy Graham in the last two minutes, but Alex Smith and the 49er offensive was just too strong. I hope that during the off-season they can pick up a number of players to improve the defense. Here’s to next year, and at least that loss was from the 49ers and not the Falcons.
Just for the record, B.B. and I share the same hometown. He still makes it back to Indianola, MS once a year for a summer concert.
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