American Beauty/American Psycho

It’s that time of the year again. What time? It’s time to talk about another Fall Out Boy album of course. It’s been a little while since I wrote my defense of Mania and some of the songs have definitely grown on me since then, but I still think it’s my least favorite album. What … Continue reading American Beauty/American Psycho →

It’s Monday Again

It’s Monday again. To be fair, it’s Monday every week, so that shouldn’t come as a big surprise to anyone, but it sometimes feels more headache inducing than other times. I’m back in the swing of things after a pretty decent May break and although my body has been betraying me every step of the … Continue reading It’s Monday Again →

Swan diving out of your comfort zone

You know what people tell you all the time right, you just need to step out of your comfort zone from time to time. For people like me - on the spectrum and easily exhausted - that advice is pretty scary. What do you mean to step out of my comfort zone? Just leaving my … Continue reading Swan diving out of your comfort zone →

Post Vacation Anxiety

It is the Sunday before I go back to work. One of the benefits of being a teacher is that we get quite regular breaks and have more time off than the average job. I’m not here to complain about that at all, the past 2 weeks have been great. Unfortunately they did fly by … Continue reading Post Vacation Anxiety →

Pizza, Theft & Afterword

The initial plan for this story was fairly straightforward. I was working on a sci-fi story that I’m calling Zodiac ascending. It’s very different from what I normally write, but it’s something I originally started more than 10 years ago and although I’ve written many iterations of the first few chapters, nothing ever came of … Continue reading Pizza, Theft & Afterword →

Hey look ma, I made it

Everything’s coming up aces. Alright, maybe the popular Panic! At the Disco song isn’t as fun and positive as the hook might make you suspect and delves into drug use and depression pretty quickly, the first two lines of the chorus do put me in a good mood, especially after this past week. And what … Continue reading Hey look ma, I made it →

How’s work?

Work hasn’t been amazing, thank you for asking.Last week I had two of my lessons observed. One was observed by the head of the English department and one was observed by my unit leader, my boss so to speak. The first lesson went pretty poorly due to a number of circumstances, some of which were … Continue reading How’s work? →

Daggerheart

That’s right ladies, gentlemen and others, there’s two uploads today. I didn’t want to wait too long before talking about Frieren (check that out here) and I also already planned to talk a bit about Critical Role’s new TTRPG: Daggerheart.Daggerheart has been developed by Critical Role and is currently in open beta. It utilizes a … Continue reading Daggerheart →

Teaching and growing

I’ve been teaching for a little more than six months now. When I started I was a bumbling idiot on the verge of a nervous breakdown who didn’t know what he was doing. Now I’m still a bumbling idiot who doesn’t know what he’s doing, but at least I’m no longer on the verge of … Continue reading Teaching and growing →

Teaching Anime

This is definitely a first for me. I like finding new and different ways to challenge my students. Both in the forms I use for my lessons as well as the actual content. I know that some of my students like anime, but a vast majority most likely doesn’t interact with the medium at all. … Continue reading Teaching Anime →