Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Long time - no post

I hadn't realized it had been almost two months since my last post here. I apologize for the choppiness. I am very tired right now. Anyway, the state of my career/education at the moment.

Before I can apply for the masters program I want, I need to get some college level art classes. Most of my art knowledge was either received as a kid or self-taught. I will start at a community college this summer and if all goes well, I will have all my art credit done in two semesters.

In the meantime, I am working as a substitute teacher for the school district I live in. So far I've done Special Ed and elementary jobs. I actually like working with the special ed kids more. First off, they're not as sneaky. Second, the expectations are lower, so you can relax more and tend to their needs better. I took only a half day assignment today because I really am tired.

I am also a bereavement volunteer for a private hospice. I'm still in training for the volunteer program, but will be doing a regular volunteer assignment on Friday, since they were short people. I have completed the normal volunteer training and now need to schedule the bereavement training. I will be doing things like attending wakes, funerals, and memorials, as well as help plan them in some instances. But for the most part, I will just be checking in on survivors and just listening to them.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

What happened to Mexigogue?

Cosmic Siren said...

He's still around. His blog had to be rebuilt because of the incompetence of the hosting ISP, but it should be back up now.

If you go to http://www.donotremove.net and search for an INTJ list, you can join and read him there. He's on another list too, but I don't think he's posting very often there.

Anonymous said...

'Can't figure it out. May I have another clue, please? What is an INTJ list?

Cosmic Siren said...

It's a mailing list specifically for those score as INTJ on the MBTI, though people of any MBTI can join.

If you want to know more, you could always leave a message on either Mexi's or Phelps' blog.

Mexigogue said...

Hello good people. I'm still alive. That is cool that you are a substitute teacher. I'm sorry I haven't had the heart to comment much on other blogs. Going through some personal BS right now. It's like Batman being tied to the conveyer belt hooked up to a circular saw, who knows how this is gonna pan out. Everything is day to day.

Phelps said...

My site is still screwed up because I'm in the middle of trial prep and don't have time to work on it. The list info is at:

http://lists.donotremove.net/mailman/listinfo/intj

Anonymous said...

"It's a mailing list specifically for those score as INTJ on the MBTI, though people of any MBTI can join."

This tells me nothing more than "If you have to ask, it costs too much."

Anonymous said...

It's more along the lines of "If you can't figure it out by yourself, you really are better off not joining."

Anonymous said...

I searched Wikipedia for INTJ and arrived at "Myers-Briggs Type Indicator." I searched Wikipedia for MBTI and arrived at the same page.

You are right, I AM better off NOT knowing. I am going to go smoke a hooter and daydream about epistemology.