The Last Two Weeks That Were

Hello Aliens!

In all seriousness, the last couple of weeks have been a little stressful, but they've had some good points as well.  I wrapped up another class at the Firebird University, interviewed for a FT position at the Eagle College and have progressed as planned in the couse I've got there and at the Shooting Star College.  I bought a Kinect for my xBox360 along with Dance Central (going to play it tonight before the Canucks hockey game), and otherwise chugged along smoothly. 

The Interview

I had two friendly faces on the hiring committee--people I've worked with for years at the Eagle College.  Plus the Econ guy at the Central Locale and the two Psych profs were nice to me.  Everyone liked my presentation (Macro and Micro Economic Analyses of the Healthcare Industry) and they liked it well enough to kick me up to the next stage: interview with the college president.  I think there is one other candidate for the position, so it's a 50/50 crapshot.  Based upon the hints my supervisor at SW gave me (he is also on the hiring committee)  I was the highest recommended candidate.  Dec 1st is D-Day.  I need to bring my A-game and do my best again.  Say a prayer, think positively and don't foul up between now and then!

Kinect and xBox360

Is it just me, or when that Kinect moves to scan the room doesn't it remind  you of Wall-E?  I brooke down and bought a unit last Sunday.  My son and I wereplaying Rallyball for a while and having a blast.  I broke a sweat doing it!  And the best part is no risk of throwing a controller at the TV like with a Wii or Sony PS3!!!  My Tweep, @xboxbride (a/k/a Christine Chen) LOVES Dance Central.  I've done DDR on my old original XBox--my biggest complaint is the mat kept on sliding, but this uses NO MAT!!!  YES!!! Finally no hazards of falling down or missing a step due to a sliding mat!!!  Kudos to Microsoft on THAT SCORE!!!

Dating News

Not much to speak of.  Started talking with another lady at the Gym casually.  Going to ask her to coffee this week or next week and see if it goes anywhere.  Also chatting up a lady in Vancouver as a friend and asked a friend in Toronto if she knew a woman who'd like to get to know a guy online/long distance initially.  Don't want to try too hard, but need to not give up either.  Just not going to actively pursue anyone hot or heavy for a while--just see if I can get something going in the right direction in the meantime.  There are a couple of ladies whom I really like on Twitter and if anything were to start with them, I'd really want to go there.  But, given my lack of luck there I think I won't try to use Twitter to make any dates anytime soon. 

Due to the privacy crap that AssBrochure... ERRRR.... FACEBOOK....  put me through, I can't go back there to try to work something up either.  I may put an ad on Craiglist again, but my past experience (see previous post) has me doubtful if it's going to lead to much of anything. 

Kids

My son's doing well in school--had a great report card.  His behaviour was much improved this week after losing his Wii priviledges last weekend due to too many behaviour marks.  He's really charmed his teacher who is somewhat strict but likes him anyway.  He just needs to learn to shut his yap when other kids are asked questions rather than losing his patience and blurting out the answer. 

My daughter is passing most of her classes, but the issues with her working memory and her preferring to play or watch TV than do schoolwork, and stubbornness prevent from excelling right now.  She is doing A LOT better than last year.  1 year in language therapy has made a huge difference, but her working memory is only marginally improved. 

They're both off this week for US Thanksgiving break and we'll be visiting family along with doing some fun stuff.  I also need to clean out my home office and get ready for the semester to wind down.  All my grading is caught up but there'll be more to do starting 1st week of December.    I also intend to do my video review of The Burger Palace this week. 

Well that's it for now.  And unlike my profile, all of this is true!