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[Nov. 11th, 2004|09:17 pm] |
Arrived at the Onsen. I am SO looking forward to spending time with my students and faculty members, as well as hanging around the springs and getting some sun. I hope everyone else is just as excited, because I know I am! <3
Aside from relaxation and taking care of the students and stuff on this trip, I have to remember to do some things for myself as well. So I might as well make a list.
1. Pick up gift for Mom.
2. Send Post card to Grandma
3. ( FULFILL SUPPA SECRET REQUEST FROM HIJIKATA-KUN - FACULTY MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT ITOU ONLY, PLEASE! )
4. Pick up souvinier sunglasses for my collection.
5. Call Mugen and see if he's doing alright with taking care of Taro-chan and all that (I worry that lazy guy is going to let him starve)
( Private )
I think I am going to go for a dip in the men's only spring and clear my mind. Hn, anyone want to join me? |
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| Pickles? |
[Sep. 20th, 2004|10:23 pm] |
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Received a "housewarmin' gift" from Grans today. Inside was a jello-mold with pickles in it. How she managed to send it without the mold melting, is beyond me, but I doubt its safe to eat.
Inside was also the usual note. She's been...concerned about my lack of a girlfriend and the fact that I am the only grandchild who hasn't given her a great grandchild yet. She says that she read somewhere that pickles are.... well, enhance fertility.
Trust me, Grans, I am NOT infertile! my lack of a partner is not a problem. There are many reasons I'm single, one being I just got out of college and am dealing with my first job as a teacher. I have a LOT of time to have kids if I want to. Kids are great but I wish you would STOP pressuring me. You already have 15 great grandchildren. Why do you immediately need more.
Jello-mold being used as a door stop for the moment in my office. She also sent the usual voodoo dolls why are they all love charms?
Saitou-kun, would you like to take a look at the note? My Grans has always been a bit mad, but she's really getting worse lately. Maybe you can help me think of someway to help her?
OH shit! Something black just crawled out of the box and scurried out of my office. I better go catch it before it gets loose in the school! |
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[Sep. 8th, 2004|10:55 pm] |
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Writting Assignment: Just to see how most of my students write(since not all of them have journals), your homework is to write a blurb about what inspires you the most. Be it a person, place or thing, feel free to write on why it inspires you and how it affects you as a person. You can write a few paragraphs, a page, or anything. Just make sure to turn it in on time. |
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[Sep. 6th, 2004|03:04 pm] |
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Decided to redo my class room the other night, due to the massive amount of ...questionable stains everywhere. I sure hope everyone finds the new environment more comfortable! ^_^
The seats are rearranged in an amphitheater style, because I find straight rows dull and stuffy. Also, I think it'll encourage the students to interact more and pay better attention to the class. If I had my way, I'd replace the desks with beanbags, but seeing how that clearly is not in the school budget, I brought down two I had spare, since they couldn't fit all four of mine in my dinky office.
Carpet- abyssmal. I really REALLY don't want to know how these stains got here. SO I Just brought in a few rugs and threw them down. They are some old ones my grandma made, so please, don't let the imagery on them frighten you. I love my grandma, but I admit, the average person would find her designs a bit disturbing. I finally managed to get the smell of cats out of them by multiple washings and incense, so atleast that is gone. These will have to do until I can afford better ones.
Anyways- my class really doesn't have much of a syllabus like Saitou-kun's does. Attendence is important, but not life threatening if you miss a few days. There will be assigned work given out on a sheet at the beginning of each month with what you should read the night before, what in class assignments will be expected each day, as well as when assignments are due, tests will be given, and essays collected. So, atleast, DON'T MISS THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH! Or you will be royally S-C-R-E-W-E-D. There will be a total of three essays each semester, four exams, some vocabulary quizzes, as well as of coarse the mid-term and the final exam. And yes- it is accumulative, SOWWIE!
Participation, is a must, I must say. I consider learning to be an interactive activity so the readings we do in class will be outloud.
But don't worry- there is extra credit. You may do a blurb on a poem you have read and submit it for 10 pts. extra credit. Student poetry and stories will be rewarded with 15-20 points each, but can be adjusted accordingly for length. Doing a poetry reading or a monologue infront of the class will also be rewarded with extra credit- 20, and 50, accordingly. The limit for how many extra credit points one may recieve is 125. Reviews for plays you have seen are also 50 extra points. Also, if you have any other idea for extra credit not stated, you may propose it to me and I will see if it is deemed acceptable and let you know how many points will be rewarded.
I may seem pretty loose, but that doesn't mean I will let you guys get away with murder. Anything deemed irrappropriate will be rewarded with detention, special detention. You don't want to know what that is. Trust me.
Things that won't be tolerated in class above all are cheating, bullying, or any other behavior that is regarded as inappropriate or offensive to myself or another student.
Also, try not to miss TOO much class. You know the school's attendence policy.
You have been warned. |
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[Sep. 2nd, 2004|07:12 pm] |
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WAHOOO! It's officially the start of term and my days as a teacher! I can't wait to see all the new faces and the students! <3
I'm really not to worried about the students or teaching and all. I had a lot of fun when I was working as a student teacher, so I know it'll be a LOT OF FUN! :D
I've already been introduced to most of my collegues when I was settling in, but I don't know them too well yet. They seem like a BERI INTERESTING BUNCH! All except for that Itou guy. He seems a bit creepy for some strange reason, but I don't know him yet so I should give him the benefit of the doubt for the moment. Some of them seem a bit anti-social, but my behavior is known to be a bit rambuncious, I suppose. I have yet to meet a few of the staff members, but I'll track them all down eventually. I heard the psych teacher is an INTERIORESTING GAI.
Anyways, I should introduce myself since most people in this school haven't met me yet, being new here. I am SAKAMOTO RYOUMA, Half American, Half NIHONJIN, and the new English teacher for Kyurri High. Like I said, this is my first year teaching and I am very happy to be here, even though I have heard some suspicious rumors regarding the resignation of the last English teacher. I am also going to be the staff sponser for Drama Club, as I was a dual English and Drama major in college, and I hope that some of you will sign up to join.
See you all in class. :D
I am SO HAPPI to be here! |
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[Aug. 29th, 2004|03:02 pm] |
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OOC
Oi, everybody! The rp is starting up again so this is a place holder post. Everything is from the earlier rp below this.
I don't know if I should do this on a friend's only post or what, but I'm changing my sn on AIM. I'm still using the old one but in a few weeks, I'm permanently switching to kuramono. So, please make adjustable changes. Sankyuu! |
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[Jun. 13th, 2004|12:12 am] |
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Well, I went to check the mail today and found an ALMOST innocent looking package in my box, except for the fact that it was covered with enough postage to send it to the center of the earth and back and about a pound of cat fur.
I knew at once that SOMEONE had given my American grandma my mailing address. I'm guessing mom, since Dad knows better, being raised by her. Grans is sweet, she's just...off. But no one is better to contact if you want a voodoo curse put on somebody or to put a rattlesnake in someones bed. But it's not a good idea to give her your address or you get stuff like this in the mail.
[Translated from English so Hajime and my other non-native speakers can understand]
Norbert,
You never call and you never write! I hope you have been feeding pussy well at your new job! (grandma doesn’t get I’m gay) If you don’t have a girlfriend yet, I’m going to shave my pig. Anyways, I don’t know if they make condoms your size in that country, so I sent you a few, in case. Don’t want you getting the clamp. You are remembering to keep mothballs in your sock drawer right?
Learned your cousin Ryouma is a fairy. Honestly, I hope it’s a phase. (Okay, so maybe she does, but she still thinks I’m my other cousin, Norbert). No one else is certainly a queer in this family. Maybe he'll change his mind when he meets a nice girl, like this grandfather did. Got him out of those dresses, I did.
We’re all fine over here. I sent you the recipe of your grandfather’s you suggested. He misses you terribly and wants you to come visit and go camping again (Grandpas been dead for almost ten years now). But he is glad that you are teaching those skinny Japanese children to eat right – you are getting enough to eat?- and to survive in the wilderness. Poor children need meet on their bones, no doubt. Damn younguns these days don’t even know how to skin roadkill, get water from a cactus, or scalp the natives. ( *coughs* no comment)
Speaking of roadkill, Billy (one of the 50 cats she lives with, I think) got ran over the other day though. We had a little funeral for him, me and Gramps, and then I made a nice hat. I sent it along for you to give to one of your lady friends. I would be sad, but Billy Jean gave birth to kittens last month, so I am coping.
We miss our little Norby-snookums very much and we hopes that he has finally gotten over his bed wetting problem. I remember fondly when you were sixteen and you kept saying it was a bladder infection. You were so cute! (Honestly, that was Norbert, I swear.)
We hopes to come visit hims and see how he is doing soon.
Much Love,
Grans
PS. AND YOU BETTER HAVE A GIRL BY THEN!
[Endclose]
Inside was not only the recipe and the...hat, but a tarantcula in a glass jar (how that survived the journey, I dunno), a hairball, and voodoo doll I have named Itou and who I am considering loaning to Hajime for his therapy sessions or anyone who is interested. I need to find a new home for Bill (in honor of Grans' cat), the tarantcula because, not only was he illegeally sent to me, but I made the mistake of putting his jar next to Taro-chan's cage and the two seem to having some battle for supremacy. Taro-chan, has finally regrown some of the hair he lost when he was recovering from Tokio.
Anyways, anyone wanna a spider? He needs a good home. And, no, you can't use him for pranks, Trio. If anyone is releasing him into anyone's office, It's me!
By the way, when Grans says she HOPES to be visiting, she WILL be visiting. I just wish I knew when. Shit I just hope she just doesn't show up on my doorstep outta the blue like last time. |
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[May. 14th, 2004|03:54 pm] |
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Hijikata-kun, Hajime-kun- I just want to say "THANK YOU~BERI MACHO! <3" I owe you both a big steak dinner for rescuing Taro-chan.
My mood has finally lifted. It's so great to have him back. I was very worried. But I fear Taro-chan is not doing much better. He still hides under the wheel when there are loud noises. Luckily, his appitite is returning to normal.
Anyways, I have no clue how this strange shirt ended up in my appartment. Maybe one of the other apartment tenants' laundry got mixed with mine some how. I really don't know. Come to think of it, I really don't know many of the tenants in my complex. I get the feeling they think I am too noisy. Maybe I should go say hi! I love meeting new people! :D |
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[Apr. 24th, 2004|11:28 pm] |
I have grown accustomed to smelling like soba, which isn't that bad, really.
Taro-chan is still missing but there haven't been any notes lately. Haven't seen Tokio around my home either, probably because Saitou is staying here and she doesn't want to outwardly threaten me in front of him. No, she saves the threats for the my box at school.
I would like to give a big SANKYUU to all who have shown their concern.
( Private to Operation Hamster )
( Private to Hajime ) |
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[Apr. 14th, 2004|02:24 pm] |
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So- I get back to my office after class, right, only to discover the door and window flung open and that someone has clipped through the wires of Taro-chan's cage.
Part of me hopes that whomever did this (I have a rather good idea who did too, y'know!) will be kind and return such an innocent creature as Taro-kun to me. I do not negotiate with kidnappers. I also hope that he might just be running around the school and not being subjected to any sort of horrible experimentation.
There was a note left in his cage saying that demands will be given to me later this week, but PUREASU! If you have any information, give it to me. Taro-chan is brownish red and BERI TEENI like Little Tetsu and fragile. I hope that he will be fine, but please help find him.
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I'm just not myself today.
Everyone, please keep an eye open for me? HAS ANYONE SEEN HIM?!?! |
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[Apr. 12th, 2004|08:52 pm] |
I apologize for my *cough* behavior as of late. My previous entry was a BERI bad example of the English language and I should know better than to demonstrate such...skills around students. I am blaming it on anxiety and hopefully it'll not happen again.
Anyways- anyone who writes an essay on why it is not propper to use such a speech structure in everyday English will recieve extracredit (anyone being my cute students that is).
Thankfully, I am much better now. <3 |
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| *twitching uncontrolably* |
[Apr. 11th, 2004|12:58 pm] |
*twitch*
Man, dawg- That Serizawa-biatch has me so f*cking pissed off. I swear, if he shows up at my house again, I gonna take my gun and bust a cap so far up his @$$ that he won’t know what hit him- for shizzle! I'm from the hood- don't mess with me!
Yo, it’s bad enough that he touched Saitou, even worse that I had the unfortunate experience of him putting his damn hands on me! Ya, dig? That just don’t fly with me, dawg. I don’t even want to think of the things he tries when I am not around.
YOU HEAR! YA TOUCH ANYONE AGAIN AND YOU ARE A F*CKING DEADER-THAN-DEAD MAN! STRAIGHT UP, G!
Same to a certain oily cat we know. Word!
(OOC: let's all hope he gets back to normal soon. I suck at teh ghetto :O ) |
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[Apr. 6th, 2004|10:59 am] |
I haven't seeen Tokio for a few days and there has been no more vandalism on my property nor threatening notes in my mailbox.
With Itou currently "in dispose", I feel like this is the calm before the sudden storm. Either that or Tokio got a book on "how to stalk someone."
Taro-chan seems on edge, though. I wonder why.
Ooo- but I do approve of one of Heisuke's ideas for once. GOODO JOBU, Toudou-kun! Camping sounds excellent! I haven't been on a camping trip for a long time. I do plan on cooking one night some of the dishes I learned from my American Grandpa when we went out camping before he passed away.
The only problem is that I will need someone to take care of Taro-chan. Sano-kun, could you ask Matari-san if she could for that week? |
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[Mar. 29th, 2004|03:34 pm] |
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Must stay focused. Inspectors coming today.
Whomever left that nice gift of juice on my desk, thank you. It's helping me maintain my sanity, atleast until my therapy session.
Anyone who mentions anything involving fans until my mind is healed will recieve an instant detention with Drama Club.
I brought Taro-chan with me to school, to help in the fight. He will meet the cheese and form an alliance treaty with them.
Tokio, you need to learn how to be less obvious about stalking people. That burning bag of dung on my door step at two in the morning wasn't very nice. But in your rush to run away, you dropped a photograph from your wallet of Little Saitou. I'm keeping it. >)
( Private to Saitou ) |
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[Mar. 28th, 2004|02:41 pm] |
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[written in CORRECT English for once]
Dementia
A light, a light.
Mine eyes hath never beheld such a sight.
Fire doth cleanse thy wounded spirit,
And turn all offensive apparitions to ash and soot.
Dementia, wilt my mind ever me the same again,
Or wilt thou plague my mind like an infectious dog
And cloud my vision?
[/CORRECT english]
( FOR EVERYONE BUT TOKIO AND ITOU )
OOC: Poetry by me :O |
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[Mar. 27th, 2004|01:08 pm] |
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I'm being followed.
First I thought I was halucinating, but when I see the same five foot three figure following me at the grocery store, library, and the paint store (I needed to restock my ammo after the incident with Serizawa), I have come to the conclusion that I am being throughly stalked.
I came in this morning and someone had been using my cds for frisbees in my office and they were scattered about the floor and scratched. Luckily, my computer hadn't been damaged and most of my favorite ones I keep in my car. But the perpatrator had taken the juice from the mini fridge and poured it all over my desk. The papers are drying so it might be a while before I get the results of the vocab quiz back to the students.
My mailbox was also full of messages of "Surrender Sai-snookums" scribbled on the back of polaroids of me walking about town and more of my hamster, Taro-chan.
Whom-ever you are *cough*TOKIO*cough*, I know you are angry, but you need to move on. This sort of intimidation isn't going to work on me.
I am considering getting a restraining order and am now making sure my office is tightly locked up when I leave. |
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[Mar. 26th, 2004|01:50 pm] |
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Had a rather nice evening last night, despite Serizawa's involvement. My "BURESSUEDO" paint gun works very well against him, now that I have tried it out.
I was lucky that I didn't eat as many as Saitou-kun. I only have a minor headache that was easy enough to solve.
I'm sorry about your hangover, Saitou-kun. I really messed up on the alchohol content in the brownies. I suggest trying a prairie dog to make it better. Next time, I'll just bring you chocholate chip ones.
Also, to avoid Serizawa, next time we have a get together, maybe we should try my place? It's small and a little messy, but I guess I could tidy it UPU. And you can meet my hamster.
Sano-kun, for the fight against Serizawa, I suggest water balloons. Lots and lots of waterballoons. That way Hijikata-kun won't kill us for damaging school property with our warfare. Although He probably won't mind if it's against Serizawa.
Concerned over having briefly spoken to Itou only once. Still giving him the benefit of the doubt, but....THAT FAN! It's creepy!
Anyways- poetry assignment. Find a poem by another author that you like and analyze it. It can be by anyone. So, have fun!^_^
OOC: ehehehehe, better guard that poetry book, Hiji-kun >D |
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[Mar. 23rd, 2004|10:21 pm] |
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The play took a very interesting turn, but Claudius and Polonius were not supposed to make Laertes want to kill them. I do wonder if Claudius still has the guts to try and make Laertes wear a Victorian Dress. (Sano-kun, what is with the fascination with dresses anyways? Does it have something to do with this maid of yours?)
Play was called off due to King Hamlet's Ghost being...er..too distracting and the students taking too much of an interest in that. Nothing happened! O_O
Must try not to jepordize the school should the inspection council swing by this week.
I think that it'll be easier to make the students realize the full beauty of that which is the Bard's greatest work by having them watch the 1996 movie with Kenneth Branagh. So that is what we will be doing tomarrow. And please, no sleeping in class. This is the best version on film of it up to date.
If that doesn't work, I am resulting to sock puppets.
I wonder what happened to our Ophelia. |
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[Mar. 23rd, 2004|10:33 am] |
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Last night was..embarassing to say the least, especially with the students around. And it probably went to far too fast.
And yes, always oil your banana.
I hope Saitou-kun is doing alright. I don't want things to be awkward between us.
I hope Tatsu-kun recovers from this. He seemed to have gone into shock. |
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