Toffer's Tome

Bills: 50/wk
Gas: 40/wk
Food: 40/wk
Spending: 30/wk
Savings: 200/wk

Yesterday I received my GRE scores. A 580 in Verbal, a 690 in Quantitative and a 4.0 on the Argumentative Essays. I did pretty miserably on the essays apparently, though I thought I did quite well at the time.

Today my supervisor at work reviewed concerns I brought up with the human resources department regarding our having to come and leave 45 minutes later than our original schedule. He basically, in a long and circuitous manner and using much more polite speech basically said, it's too inconvenient for me to make it more convenient for all the 40 some employees, you're a temp employee so you really have no place to complain about anything, and if you don't like it, go ahead and quit. Quite honestly this was expected, and I didn't really hope for much more than that when I sent in the letter I wrote. For me anyway, I'm leaving the company in about 3 months, so it was more for the sake of my team members who were too afraid to bring up any complains for fear of making waves.

Additionally at work today, I happened to see an email that was going around the supervisors and team leads. Apparently, a number of various vandalism acts had occurred in our department. Strangely enough, one of the pictures taken of a said act, I recognized my own handiwork in. Amidst melted garbage cans, and other things, they had taken a picture of an isopropyl alcohol bottle that had the molecular structure of isopropanol scrawled on it. I'd done it when I was bored, and didn't dream that it was a serious issue. After all, how could a little more information about the structure of the alcohol that we were using hurt anyone? I overheard my supervisor speaking with one of the leads saying that it had to be one of the leads or supervisors because he didn't think any of the employees were educated or intelligent enough to do it (an underestimating bias in knowledge that he has voiced several times in the past). I said nothing and didn't reveal myself, but I chuckled to myself a bit.

In regards to my personal studies, I'm still reviewing my biology in preparation for the Biology CSET that I will have to take sometime in the future, in addition to the CBEST, and the general science CSETs. Since I'm reviewing from the Kaplan Biology GRE Prep book, I'm thinking I might be able to take the Biology GRE as well, just for kicks. I would like to retake the GRE sometime in the future, but it is not a high priority for me. 

My father is making me apply for schools for which I have no intention of attending for programs I have no intention of completing. I've already decided that I will put off my Master's degree until I can earn it on my own terms. Meaning, after I've finished these three months at my job, quit, get a new job in the East Bay area that involves TAing or working with High School or Middle School age children, worked at that for a few months, then attend CSU East Bay for one year for my teaching credential, which I will then get, and obtain a teaching job as a High School Biology teacher, and make enough to pay for my Master's degree. At this point in time, I don't even have the slightest clue as to what to get my Master's in. Presumably I will live with Erik for this entire time, unless something comes up with either of us. I'm essentially following him around until we both get to a time where we are free from the obligations keeping us in one place and we can freely move around to other areas.

Speaking of Erik, we will be going to Tahoe this weekend hopefully. I look forward to driving around the lake, and taking stopping every now and then at nice little shops. I will probably have some money to spend this weekend as well, as all my bills are paid up. I will put aside a hundred.

My new blog

This, the funny little page you're on, is my new blog. I blogged in the past, and those entries have been saved for posterity, but are no longer accessible. 

Last time I blogged, I did it for years upon years, and piled on hundreds of posts including photos and music and links. But I eventually petered out for whatever reason. I think my reason was that I was done with blogging, because I no longer needed a place to vent, a form of my own personal counseling. I don't think I'll do much of that anymore. I guess I'll blog, just for the sake of blogging. My teenage years have come to an uneventful end, and I'm no longer the moody, verbacious teenager I once was.

I'm much more quieter. Oddly enough, perhaps much too quiet. I don't know what prompted this paucity in speech both in real life and online, but it has essentially shaped me into a man who I like to think, gets straight to the point and is direct.

I don't know any reason why anyone should stay here and read this, as I'm not expecting it to be very interesting. I don't have any innovative literary device such as speaking from the point of view of a cat, or a fictitious character to maintain your attention. I'm not even a very interesting person. I guess I just want to see again, what happens when I put all my thoughts to print, now that I've reached this point in my life.

In any case, thank you for visiting me. I hope you look forward to whatever it is you're looking forward to finding here.