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shawn time 22.17.41..04.25.05
daniel-son
U2
Key Arena, Seattle, Washington
April 24, 2005
shawn time 16.55.41..04.25.05
u depressed 2?
just want to write that today i feel depressed.
flat
bland
blah
dark
depressed
dont know what it is
maybe others feel it too?
thought i would put it here to see if it hits the same nerve with anyone else.
maybe its because yesterday was such a good day, and one i had looked forward to for a long time. good times with friends, good concert, good memories.
BUT....
it seems to me that that really isnt it at all. something more. hm.
shawn time 03.04.46..04.24.05
peanut butter?
this picture was taken minutes before i fell into the ocean a few months ago with my digital camera. not a bad pic. a better one of the bunch that day.
i am posting it in celebration of purchasing a new camera. i bought another of the same type that i had. it was on sale. and had a rebate. how could i not? AND...I used the money i saved to purchase a 2 year coverage to protect my falling into the ocean again. or smearing peanut butter on it. i actually did ask that question.
"so if i fall into the ocean again, you will replace my camera?"
"yes"
"if i smear peanut butter on my camera, will you replace it?"
"yes, but it might not taste so good."
new camera for shawn.
pictures will be taken.
enjoyment will be had.
sharing them on my blog will occur.
p.s. thanks to peter for the contribution!
shawn time 17.28.10..04.22.05
spin-off?
Can blogs have spin-offslike sit-coms do?
I have an idea for a thuper thweet new blog that i may launch this summer.
not funny like a sit-com. but a spin-off like a sit-com. Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley. The Cosby Show and A Different World. Cheers and Frazier. 21 Jump Streetand Booker. uh, er, well. 
So, take me as a character and have me play shawn, but in a slightly different light, a new role. you will see. it will make sense soon enough.
But heck, i cant even hardly keep one blog afloat, let alone 2. hmm.
One of these days the powers that be at sleepyheadcity.com may start charging me rent for all these bytes and bandwidth.
But really, it is a good idea. you will see. you will see.
(if you did not click on the "21 Jump Street" link already....please do so now and enjoy)
shawn time 16.49.29..04.22.05
good friday
not The good friday, but a good one nonetheless.
beautiful weather. day off from tutoring appointments. got lots of the "to do" list done. found a new avenue to help my roommate Tom get some benefits. bought a dry erase board (i gotta see everything at once). got some new tutoring calls that i will contract out to my tutors. enjoyed a hershey bar with almonds. bought a cool gift to cheer up a friend. U2 in Seattle on Sunday. did a bit of grocery shopping. the digital camera i fell into the Pacific with is $100 cheaper than it used to be. there is a House
event happening tonight (actually been happening) and you are all invited. gonna hang with my good friend Rich also tonight before i go to the House deal.
and it is only 10 til 5.
shawn time 16.31.21..04.22.05
A9.com yellow pages
another crazy thing. this is becoming more and more a world wide web of voyeurs.
here is Village Coffee A9.com/Amazon yellow pages style.
make sure you click the arrows to walk up the street (right) to the Lucky Lab. only a block from my apartment.
a "walking" tour of Portland.
here is how A9/Amazon did it.
and click if you want to be the guy/gal that makes it happen.
another commercial brought to you by [sch]awn.
shawn time 17.49.38..04.15.05
not new, just cool.....
go read now.
mike and katie.
friends.
shawn time 17.01.08..04.15.05
new blog/blogger
send some love, and comments. comments are blog currency. the love language of bloggers. vitamins for a growing blog. get my drift?
chris and karli are married.
i would say that they are a cute couple, but i don't use the word cute.
shawn time 16.47.33..04.15.05
fictitious-ness-o-rama
all that talk about reading and stuff over on ChrisBlog made me go down to Annie Blooms Books and buy me some fictions.
maybe it will help me grammer too.
so begins my stroll through "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by mark haddon.
p.s. please take note of my new css trick of the day: text wrapping around an image. impressed? i thought not.
shawn time 16.38.54..04.15.05
they like me, they really..... (Part 2)
these are good words to read from a dean at PNCA....
"Dear Shawn, I want to let you know of the college's intention to offer you a teaching assignment for the Fall 2005 term."
:)
:)
:)
shawn time 22.38.04..04.14.05
they like me, they really.....
i am going back to Iowa for a second round of speaking at a summer camp a friend of mine runs.
stoked. can i still use that word?
so, i am starting to ponder/think/pray about what i am to communicate to those high school hearts and minds.
i am so very excited to be going back again.
:)
:)
:)
smiles, everyone, smiles.
shawn time 12.33.49..04.07.05
me like
does anyone else think that this rocks?
sure we have seen and used mapquest and yahoo maps.....
but try google maps. click around, give it a whirl.
maybe i am 9 months behind everyone else, but it rocks.
oh, and don't forget to toggle between "map" and "satellite" view. (upper right corner)
great for directions to places, or to just look for cool places..... scrollable maps......just click and drag the map.
cool to spy on friends too from satellite view.
i see you.
all of a sudden i am a google commercial.
shawn time 12.05.51..04.06.05
(gulp)
uh......14 replies to be a tutor.....craigslist works......
can not keep up.
have not even contacted 1 yet.
printing emails and resumes.....
hopefully time to assess and think by Friday......
help....
buried....
its good....
must...
dominate....
tutoring....
world......................
need ...........to................breathe..........................
shawn time 23.14.05..04.05.05
holy craigslist
well, i needed tutors. past tense.
i think it was someone elses suggestion awhile ago (kathleen?...i dont remember)....but i posted an ad on craigslist.
all the math tutors were hangin out there.
so...9 replies later, I have some interviewing to do.
it has been on there for i think 8 whole hours.
there will be even more responses coming no doubt.
with all the potential tutors, it makes me start to think about doing some advertising to drum up some more business to put these guys to work.
tutoring world domination soon.
shawn time 00.26.39..04.04.05
let it ride
my Subaru made it to 100,000 last week. yeah. i am truly amazed.
what a joke this car has been. a blessing. and a joke.
it entered 6 digits as i was driving through Dundee, OR. i was on my way to, uh, well, um...... a place that i happened to win a dollar for every 1,000 miles that i have driven that car.
no joke.
shawn time 00.07.11..04.04.05
more tutoring blah blah blah
just when i start thinking (complaining) about what to do next with the tutoring company.....
the phone starts ringing off the hook. literally like 10 new clients have called in the last week. thats not usual at this point in the year. lots of middle school families.
i do zero advertising.
it is all referals.
the LO math department takes care of me.
the families that I tutor for take care of me.
friends take care of me.
overall, i guess it still confirms that i have to get more tutors working with me. so many new clients, and i still have no time in my schedule. so i have to give them to my tutors. still need tutors, but it is getting worked out. i will be working a lot in the next 2 months. lots of appointments, pnca, and taking care of tutors.
had the thought again of getting an office in LO. could do some tutoring out of that space, my tutors could tutor from that space, it is not far at all from any family in LO, and it would also provide an opportunity for me to do a lot more summer stuff with a lot more students and a lot more tutors. plus it would give me some visibility and owernership into downtown LO. i dunno. it is a lot of extra cash per month. not sure that i can swing it, or that it is going to generate that much new business, or that i can even track down enough tutors to fill the demand. i know they are out there....just have to find them.
found some tutors in the craziest of places recently. its good.
blessings blessings blessings.
p.s. how bad do i suck at with the CAPS at the beginning of sentences?