Me during bathtime It’s that time of the year again. Once every year I leave my house willingly to spend a day outside walking through the streets of Deventer. You might be wondering why that is, and let me tell you. It’s the yearly book fair. Deventer is a city in the Netherlands that holds … Continue reading Book Fair Haul 2024
Category: Off-Topic
A year of teaching
It’s finally July and that means that my first year as a teacher is officially coming to an end. It’s definitely been one hell of an experience and I think I learned more about myself than I was expecting when I first started this job. I have a lot of things that I believe I … Continue reading A year of teaching
Schedule upcoming days
As you all may have noticed, my upload schedule has been a little bit haphazard lately. I always make big promises and then I stop delivering after a while. If you’ve been reading my stories for long enough then this should no longer really come as a surprise. Regardless, this time around I’ve been very … Continue reading Schedule upcoming days
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?
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