The Boast Post

[LostPrincess13]

Wow, i can't think of a boast that'll hold a candle to any of you guys!:D My congratulations to everyone!:)

Hmmm... I made the dean's list during my first semester...:D I'm a college freshman, you see...:)

[Virgil]

Wow, i can't think of a boast that'll hold a candle to any of you guys!:D My congratulations to everyone!:)

Hmmm... I made the dean's list during my first semester...:D I'm a college freshman, you see...:)

What do you mean you can't think of a boast? That's a great boast. Congratulations LostP. :)

[SleepyWitch]

Great job Sleepy. Does that mean now you're a teacher?

not quite :) it means I'm now allowed to take teacher training in Bavaria. But I didn't apply for it because I want to go to England.

congrats, kilted :thumbs_up

[kiz_paws]

Congrats to all of ye. I'd pat youze on the backs if I could. Instead, may I raise a toast? **to you!**

[Joreads]

Wow, i can't think of a boast that'll hold a candle to any of you guys!:D My congratulations to everyone!:)

Hmmm... I made the dean's list during my first semester...:D I'm a college freshman, you see...:)

Hey well done.

[Zee.]

I just wrote a killer essay for American history.

Don't be jealous, i know you wish you could have written it for me...

[Virgil]

I just wrote a killer essay for American history.

Don't be jealous, i know you wish you could have written it for me...

Good for you Lima. But why do they teach American history in Austrailia?

[Zee.]

They teach pretty much everything Virgil.
I think that every country should teach history from all over the world.

last year I did chinese history, this year i'm doing American History and Russian History ( area of study is called History Revolutions )

I think it's important that different aspects of history are taught everywhere.

I'm not from Australia, so when I did Aus history years back I was kind of bored.
American history has been my absolute favourite academic interest for a long time.

This year I'm doing History - America, Russia
Lit
English
Legal studies - crim and civil
and International studies - global issues and politics

[Zee.]

I'm actually surprised at that question. Don't they teach other forms of history in America, other than.. American history?

[djy78usa]

Good for you Lima. But why do they teach American history in Austrailia?

The sad thing is, they probably do a better job teaching American history in Australia than they do here. My cousin, a high school senior at the time, once asked me, "who's that guy on the $10 bill." When I told him it was Alexander Hamilton, he asked, "oh, was he like the first president or something?"

[Zee.]

I adore American History, I think it is utterly amazing. Really exciting stuff.

[djy78usa]

I adore American History, I think it is utterly amazing. Really exciting stuff.

If only more Americans felt that way...

[Zee.]

I think that the teaching of the events of WW II should be compulsary in every single school. Apparently it's not, and that makes me pretty damn sad..


I was thinking about why I love books today. And I think one of the main reasons is because of what they teach us about ourselves, about other people, and about the world. Education frees us from the restraints put on us, I think it breaks us out of our own "world" without us needing to take a single physical step.

I'm hijacking the thread, my apologies.

[Zee.]

If only more Americans felt that way...



I think your history is so, so interesting.

[LostPrincess13]

Thanks guys!:D On the American history thing, it's being taught here in the Philippines, too.:D Well, it's part of list of subjects in my course, at least. But I don't get to take it until my fourth year, I think.:) But it's pretty fascinating as far as I'm concerned...:D I've read and researched quite a bit about it even when I was in grade school...:D I dreamed of going there someday...:D On the top of my list is Salem, Massachusettes!:)

[SleepyWitch]

I just wrote a killer essay for American history.

Don't be jealous, i know you wish you could have written it for me...

congrats, Lima.
I like American history, too. It's not taught as a separate subject over here, but we get bits of it as part of our English classes. Plus, it pops up in history classes once in a while. History classes in Germany (at least in my state) kind of trace the development of Western democracy from the Greeks through today, so American history and WWII stuff are part of that.

[Cat_Brenners]

I just bought a new Thesaurus to learn more words. Having fun looking over it too.
Cat

[Virgil]

I just bought a new Thesaurus to learn more words. Having fun looking over it too.
Cat

What did you get Cat? You know there are all sorts of websites with a thesaurus and dictionary? I hardly ever use a hard copy any more.

[Madhuri]

Today, was my first day to good health, in the gym :) I am in the office now, and I am feeling very very sleepy. I can sleep while standing :p the situation is so bad. I hope it gets over soon, and that its just the initial phase.

[Zee.]

I'm a gym junkie.

[Dori]

I'm a gym junkie.

I prefer the great outdoors.

Nature seems more aesthetically pleasing than a bunch of machines. :D

[Zee.]

Mhm Dori, I love to run outside.
But there are some things I can only really do at the gym.

[Dori]

Mhm Dori, I love to run outside.
But there are some things I can only really do at the gym.

Hmm, like what?


In keeping with the topic, I have had little to boast about as of late. It kinda sucks.

[Virgil]

Today, was my first day to good health, in the gym :) I am in the office now, and I am feeling very very sleepy. I can sleep while standing :p the situation is so bad. I hope it gets over soon, and that its just the initial phase.

Yay, Maddie. Exercise is so important. Modern life just makes everything so easy and makes us all so soft. We need to burn calories and stress our muscles. Best of luck. Yeah the first time you'll feel tired, but you get used to it. :)

[Zee.]

To Dori -

"hot" yoga

Kickboxing

certain things.

[Joreads]

Hmm, like what?


In keeping with the topic, I have had little to boast about as of late. It kinda sucks.

Hang in there Dori your turn will come.

I finished reading Twelfth Night and actually liked it:)

[*Classic*Charm*]

I can name all 20 amino acids, their three letter codes and most of the one letter codes:D:D

[Silas Thorne]

I can read modern Chinese novels and watch and understand Chinese TV programmes.

[Dori]

To Dori -

"hot" yoga

Kickboxing

certain things.

"Hot" yoga?

[Zee.]

Yoga in a heated room.

[Silas Thorne]

"Hot" yoga?

:D Now that's private message material,Dori.

[Zee.]

hahahahaha ah.. :D

[MattG]

We have a saying in Texas that if something's really bad it's a 'hot mess'. That's exactly what I'd be if I were to try yoga. :lol:

[Joreads]

If we keep this up we are going to end up in hot water.

I have tried Hot Yoga love it by the way

[Dori]

Jeez, I'm still clueless... :blush:

[Joreads]

Jeez, I'm still clueless... :blush:

Hot yoga - yoga with a hot instructor:blush: Just kidding:)

Yoga done in a room that is hotter than 30C. It is not for everyone let me tell you.

[Dori]

Hot yoga - yoga with a hot instructor:blush: Just kidding:)

Yoga done in a room that is hotter than 30C. It is not for everyone let me tell you.

:lol:

Thank you, Joreads. :)

[Madhuri]

Yay, Maddie. Exercise is so important. Modern life just makes everything so easy and makes us all so soft. We need to burn calories and stress our muscles. Best of luck. Yeah the first time you'll feel tired, but you get used to it. :)

Thanks :D It feels good already. I thought I wont like going to the gym, but I like doing all these exercises.

[Chava]

Wohoo, I just wrote the job application of my life to go work with international development in the foreign ministry! :) Now I hope I get it...

[pussnboots]

Wohoo, I just wrote the job application of my life to go work with international development in the foreign ministry! :) Now I hope I get it...

Good luck!!

[Chava]

Good luck!!

Thank you!

[Virgil]

Best of luck Chava. I hope you get the job. :)

[Chava]

Okay.. I'll stop using the boast post for awhile, but i need to get this out of my system. I go to a uni that doesn't believe in grades, so we only get a grade once everyhalf year based on an examination of the report that we write all semester. Mine was about how the globalist and realist orientations affect the sucess of international agreements like Kyoto. It was 88 pages long, with a ten page bibliography... Killer amount of work. I just had my exam, and i got the highest acheivable grade. Simply fantastic, I'm so elated!

Allright, that was my boasting for now. :)

[SleepyWitch]

Okay.. I'll stop using the boast post for awhile, but i need to get this out of my system. I go to a uni that doesn't believe in grades, so we only get a grade once everyhalf year based on an examination of the report that we write all semester. Mine was about how the globalist and realist orientations affect the sucess of international agreements like Kyoto. It was 88 pages long, with a ten page bibliography... Killer amount of work. I just had my exam, and i got the highest acheivable grade. Simply fantastic, I'm so elated!

Allright, that was my boasting for now. :)

wow. 88 pages for a half year essay? my graduation thesis was "only" 80 pages (and don't ask Virgil about his puny MA thesiss :D ).
congrats on your grade Chava!

[Chava]

Thank you sleepy for interupting your internet break to congratulate me. :) Miss you my dear

[Weisinheimer]

I passed my college mathematics test!! I really didn't know how I was going to do, but it turns out I did awesomely. :D

[Bakiryu]

I feel so great: I got As in all my classes!

[Weisinheimer]

Awesome, Baki. Good job!

[LadyW]

I received an A* in my English Language GCSE.
The rest of my mock exam results were mostly A*'s also, with a couple of A grades.
:)

[Chava]

I'm going to have to make this for all the above. Way to go! :)

[prendrelemick]

My 78 year old neighbour had no water and no heating. (we're talking about an isolated Pennine farmhouse here) So I went round and got his boiler going (blocked flue) mended the leaky plumbing and chopped him a load of wood. I've felt smug ever since.

[Silas Thorne]

I just finished my 12,000 word thesis proposal !...Well, first draft, anyway
needed to shout it out, silently. ;)

[Niamh]

that was very thoughtful of you!

[Silas Thorne]

yes, bloody good neighbour, you are! have a pat on the back! :)

[Silas Thorne]

I did mean that in a good way. I dread to think of what happens to old neighbours when nobody helps them...

[Niamh]

Yeah... and a lot of people dont help their elders anymore. its sad really.

[pussnboots]

today is my one month anniversary of not smoking. High five for me!!!!

[The Comedian]

I just finished my 12,000 word thesis proposal !...Well, first draft, anyway
needed to shout it out, silently. ;)

Nice!

I just made it through a hectic Monday. And what's on tap for the rest of the evening? Jack Daniels & spring water and Heroes on TV. . . .sweet.

[Silas Thorne]

Heroes, Yay! :)

I've just sent three letters to Chinese universities asking for their consent to do field work there.

[Joreads]

Well good luck Silas.

I just got accepted to mentor students at Uni that are from disadvantaged backgrounds there were 200 applicants for 20 places. I love to help people.

[Silas Thorne]

That's great Jo! :)

[*Classic*Charm*]

I just got accepted to mentor students at Uni that are from disadvantaged backgrounds there were 200 applicants for 20 places. I love to help people.

Congrats, Jo!! That's quite a compliment!

[Virgil]

I just finished my 12,000 word thesis proposal !...Well, first draft, anyway
needed to shout it out, silently. ;)

That is outstanding Silas. I assume this is a Doctoral thesis. What's it on, may I ask?

And Jo, that's fabulous too. Love to see good work being done.

[kiz_paws]

Congratulations, PnB, for that one month of nicotene freedom! It is so difficult, so this is truly a day to celebrate! Yay! :)

Silas, good luck on the field work inquiries. And that is awesome of finishing the 12,000 word thesis proposal. Wow! :)

Good job on the mentoring, Joreads! :thumbs_up

[*Classic*Charm*]

I passed all five of my midterms!!!!


Wwwwhhhhoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

[sprinks]

yay Classic! Well done! :D



I got 76% in my Lit oral today, which was the highest score. (even though another girl got the same score, and there's only 3 students in the class :lol:)

[Joreads]

i passed all five of my midterms!!!!


Wwwwhhhhoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

told you so

[Taliesin]

Just got a letter that concerning my own university, they have chosen me for the Erasmus programme thingy in Grenoble, France. Well, I was the only candidate in my own faculty who wanted to go to Grenoble, but I am still feeling achieved.
Now I just need that pesky approval of UJF. (Université Josepf Fourier)

[SleepyWitch]

congrats, Tal! Is it a full-year Erasmus or half a year/ 3 months?

[Niamh]

Hey congrats Tal!!!

[Remarkable]

Congrats everyone! I'm so proud of you all!

[pussnboots]

finally made it to 1000 posts!!! well actually it's now 1001

[papayahed]

finally made it to 1000 posts!!! well actually it's now 1001


Allllll riiiiiiigghhtttt!!

[1n50mn14]

Congrats to everybody for their accomplishments xD. We're all doing well, it seems.

you bet so on my horse says:
yeah, i figure that, you're super ****ing smart, i trust that you'd
know better than to be a genuine whore

Bex. 1n50|V|n14 says:
good sir, you over estimate... ; ).

you bet so on my horse says:
nah, even when you were like 14 or something when i started talking to you i could tell you had this wisdom you don't find in regular people, a sense of adventure but along with it a sense of strict morals that nothing imposes except your own free will. what i was trying to convey i guess is that regardless of your actual age you could be 30 or 15, you're just you and i dig it

Uh. Wow. I was incredibly flattered. xD

[Shannanigan]

Awww, BeccaT, must've been a nice convo!

I got my official acceptance letter and Student ID number from la Universided de Puerto Rico for the Master's program I applied to on Monday; I'm going to Puerto Rico to earn a Master's and learn Spanish and French! XD

Now I just gotta pray that I get some kind of financial aid and housing...

[Virgil]

I'll pray for you too Shan, and cngratulations. :)

[SleepyWitch]

Congrats, Shanna!


I've just got invited to an interview for the teacher training programme in England. It's in May. They're inviting me although I don't really speak another foreign language (German being my first "foreign" language in this case.)

[1n50mn14]

=D! We just bought a horse!
His name is Ted, and he is beautiful!
I'm going to work with him for a few months until he is ready to find a new, permanent home.

[Virgil]

=D! We just bought a horse!
His name is Ted, and he is beautiful!
I'm going to work with him for a few months until he is ready to find a new, permanent home.

Congratulations!!! I am so envious. :D

[BienvenuJDC]

=D! We just bought a horse!
His name is Ted, and he is beautiful!
I'm going to work with him for a few months until he is ready to find a new, permanent home.

...and when you first met...he said, "Hello! I'm Mr. Ted!" :lol:

[Scheherazade]

Congrats, Shanna!


I've just got invited to an interview for the teacher training programme in England. It's in May. They're inviting me although I don't really speak another foreign language (German being my first "foreign" language in this case.)Hope it all goes well, Sleepy! Good luck and keep us updated, please!

:)

[Loki's Shadow]

Don't know if this counts, but I finished a festival kimono in fashion class. It only took me two weeks of classes and I got 95% 'cause I forgot to clip the threads.

XP It's the perfect halloween costume. Now if I can just get it up on Ebay...

[IJustMadeThatUp]

=D! We just bought a horse!
His name is Ted, and he is beautiful!
I'm going to work with him for a few months until he is ready to find a new, permanent home.

Ooh congrats!!

Now my big news, I'm going to be an aunty!!! Eeeeeeek! I was more shocked than my sister :lol:

[Aluminum]

Oooo! Congrats to you and your sister! How exciting!!

I just got an "A" on my research paper for English honors. Crazy class, every other paper I have turned in before was a "B". I'm so happy. :D

[Virgil]

Oooo! Congrats to you and your sister! How exciting!!

I just got an "A" on my research paper for English honors. Crazy class, every other paper I have turned in before was a "B". I'm so happy. :D

Fantastic!! :thumbs_up

[SleepyWitch]

Hope it all goes well, Sleepy! Good luck and keep us updated, please!

:)

I had the briefing day and interview at the training agency on Monday.
there was
* a written English test (1hr)
* briefing (1hr)
* a group discussion task (1hr)
* oral Spanish test (5 mins)
* individual interview (30 mins)

I hardly managed to wedge in a word sideways in the group discussion because there was a French girl who talked nonstop. So I might have come across as a bit shy. The Spanish test was cool. I think I did great considering I've only been studying it for 3 months and this was my first time actually talking Spanish to anyone.
The interview went alright. I just kept talking. Of course, half of it was crap and I could have given better examples, but it's always like that in retrospect. Plus, I wasn't shy or nervous at all. Normally I'm a bundle of nerves in oral exams, so I think this went really well even if my answers weren't 100% perfect.
If I get accepted in this round, there'll be another round in June where the schools interview us.

[JuniperWoolf]

I recieved the best overall mark in my psychology class of 400 people, and the best lab mark in my biology class.
I have a black belt.
I'm pretty good looking.
I live in a really cool little town in the middle of nowhere. It's a two hour drive away from any other town or city, on a mountain on the border between B.C. and Alberta. My town is the most interesting thing about my life.

[Virgil]

I recieved the best overall mark in my psychology class of 400 people, and the best lab mark in my biology class.
I have a black belt.
I'm pretty good looking.
I live in a really cool little town in the middle of nowhere. It's a two hour drive away from any other town or city, on a mountain on the border between B.C. and Alberta. My town is the most interesting thing about my life.

Nice to meet you Juniper. Welcome to lit net. And that is fabulous on your grades and the black belt. Of course you being pretty is a nice thing too. :)

[Niamh]

I'm going for a paranormal ghost hunting weekend and i'm so excited! :banana: thought i'd boast about that! :D

[librarius_qui]

Probably NOBODY has a worse salary than I!

(Better to boast about it, because it'll change on June: I've got three new students. So, at the publisher, it's still going to be the worst salary possible, but, at least, I'll get some money, otherwise! :sick: )

:bawling:

:crash:

:rolleyes:

_ :D
:thumbs_up

[Stargazer86]

I'm going for a paranormal ghost hunting weekend and i'm so excited! :banana: thought i'd boast about that! :D

That sounds like fun!! You should write a blog about it when you're all through

[librarius_qui]

That sounds like fun!! You should write a blog about it when you're all through

(if ever she survives :eek: !!)

[Stargazer86]

(if ever she survives :eek: !!)

Of course she will :lol: Do you believe in the paranormal? Has anyone started a thread on the paranormal?

[JBI]

3.618 GPA for this term - only one B, one half course B+ and the rest A- to A+ :). Been a good year - sitting right in the comfort zone right now, just a few more years to go, keeping everything above 3.3 and I'm set.

[kasie]

Congratulations, JBI - how many more years and what will you be when you graduate? (MA or what, I mean, not just happy. :D )

[JBI]

Congratulations, JBI - how many more years and what will you be when you graduate? (MA or what, I mean, not just happy. :D )

I'm still in undergrad, and will probably take 5 years to finish it, just so I can pack in extra courses, and a chance to study in foreign countries, to boost my language proficiency. But after that, if my GPA continues going this well, I'll probably go for the masters, and then for the Ph. D. After all, in things like English my GPA has been like 3.8 - it's the other things that pull me down - so if I just wanted to do English, I wouldn't have trouble, but language courses tend to have very, very few people in the 80+ percent range, because they are required to cut you for every spelling, grammar, and diction mistake, including drawing an accent the wrong way. So yeah, a long way to go, though I'll do better next year, definitely, as I will work a lot harder, and not need to deal with as many stupid courses.

[Scheherazade]

I had the briefing day and interview at the training agency on Monday.
there was
* a written English test (1hr)
* briefing (1hr)
* a group discussion task (1hr)
* oral Spanish test (5 mins)
* individual interview (30 mins)

I hardly managed to wedge in a word sideways in the group discussion because there was a French girl who talked nonstop. So I might have come across as a bit shy. The Spanish test was cool. I think I did great considering I've only been studying it for 3 months and this was my first time actually talking Spanish to anyone.
The interview went alright. I just kept talking. Of course, half of it was crap and I could have given better examples, but it's always like that in retrospect. Plus, I wasn't shy or nervous at all. Normally I'm a bundle of nerves in oral exams, so I think this went really well even if my answers weren't 100% perfect.
If I get accepted in this round, there'll be another round in June where the schools interview us.That sounds rather intensive. Was Spanish one of the requirements?

I wouldn't worry about the group discussion; those who tend to dominate are not considered well usually and the crunch point is the interview, usually. They usually look at how you carry yourself rather than the actual answers you give.

An IT Consultant friend of mine was given a programme to fix as a part of his inteview (apparently it was not possible to "fix" it) but they just wanted to see how the candidates handled it (ie whether they got annoyed, frustrated etc as well as their technical approaches).

Interesting stuff.

Let us know, please, as soon as you find out! We are all rooting for you! :)

[librarius_qui]

Of course she will :lol: Do you believe in the paranormal? Has anyone started a thread on the paranormal?

haven't you ever watched horror movies?? like ... "The Fearless Vampire Killers"!! :eek:


( :D )

[SleepyWitch]

That sounds rather intensive. Was Spanish one of the requirements?

I wouldn't worry about the group discussion; those who tend to dominate are not considered well usually and the crunch point is the interview, usually. They usually look at how you carry yourself rather than the actual answers you give.

An IT Consultant friend of mine was given a programme to fix as a part of his inteview (apparently it was not possible to "fix" it) but they just wanted to see how the candidates handled it (ie whether they got annoyed, frustrated etc as well as their technical approaches).

Interesting stuff.

Let us know, please, as soon as you find out! We are all rooting for you! :)

Thanks, Scher. Yep, it was pretty intensive considering there are staff shortages and they are desperately looking for MFL teachers.
Spanish was not exactly a requirement. It would be neat if we were able to teach another language apart from our mother tongue, but it's not a must. The purpose of the test was to assess our level so they could tell the schools about it.

[librarius_qui]

I wonder how's Niamh doing ... :rolleyes:

[SleepyWitch]

Let us know, please, as soon as you find out! We are all rooting for you! :)

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:

[Nightshade]

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:

YAY :thumbs_up:thumbs_up

[Virgil]

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:

Congratulations Sleepy. And good luck the rest of the way. I'm pulling for you. :)

[SleepyWitch]

Congratulations Sleepy. And good luck the rest of the way. I'm pulling for you. :)
thanks, Uncle Virge :)

[Niamh]

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:

thats ace! weldone!

[Scheherazade]

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:Way to go!

And has this got anything to do with the military? Sounds like a boot camp more than an agency! ;)

[seanlol]

i was named captain of my hockey team as the youngest player

[SleepyWitch]

thanks Niamh and Scher :)


Way to go!

And has this got anything to do with the military? Sounds like a boot camp more than an agency! ;)

heheh :) well, to be fair, this time there's only one interview with a panel of representatives from different schools. The first day is a "briefing", then there's the interview on either the second or the third day, a visit to the school on the fourth day (I have no idea how I'll get there in time if it's a school in e.g. Sheffield), and the last day is a "debriefing".
It sounds like the KGB or MI5 :)


congrats, seanlol! would that be ice hockey or field hockey?

[Virgil]

i was named captain of my hockey team as the youngest player

Alright. You must be good. :)

[SleepyWitch]

Guess whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
I got a place at a school :banana: I have to visit the school on Thursday.
yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[kasie]

Congratulations, Sleepy Witch - every success in the future.

[Scheherazade]

Guess whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
I got a place at a school :banana: I have to visit the school on Thursday.
yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeThis calls for some Green & Black's! :D

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3272/greenandblack.png (http://img35.imageshack.us/my.php?image=greenandblack.png)

[Virgil]

Guess whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
I got a place at a school :banana: I have to visit the school on Thursday.
yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Congratulations Sleepy!!! You earned it.

My boast: Tomorrow I will make a presentation at a conferrence of some of the leading engineers of my industry. Very high level and a very large conference. This is one of the highest honors I have ever had. This might be the pinnicle of my career for all I know. I've been preparing this presentation for two months now. I've got lots of butterflies.

[Scheherazade]

Congratulations Sleepy!!! You earned it.

My boast: Tomorrow I will make a presentation at a conferrence of some of the leading engineers of my industry. Very high level and a very large conference. This is one of the highest honors I have ever had. This might be the pinnicle of my career for all I know. I've been preparing this presentation for two months now. I've got lots of butterflies.Good luck and congratulations, Virgil! :thumbs_up

Just make sure you spell "pinnacle" correctly! :D

[Virgil]

Good luck and congratulations, Virgil! :thumbs_up

Just make sure you spell "pinnacle" correctly! :D

Thank God for spell check. :D

Thank you. :)

[Lynne50]

Good luck, Virgil. Knock 'em dead!!! Remember... pretend they are all sitting their listening to you in their underwear.

[Janine]

Wow, Virgil, I will be thinking about you and hope all goes well. I would also have giant butterflies; I can't not do public speaking at all; I would take one look at the audience and crumble. As Lynne said, knock em dead....the underwear part is a riot. Never thought of that tactic; I bet that would work quite effectively. Good luck again! I know you will do great. Keep calm, cool and focused and don't spell anything on a board! hahaha....you will do just fine.

[SleepyWitch]

thanks, Scher! You remembered I like Green and Black's? :eek: I had some with the other girls last night.
Virge, I'm sure you'll be great! Just think of the conference as already over and think of all the nice things you'll do afterwards.:thumbs_up

[Virgil]

Off to the conference in a few minutes. Got a good night's sleep for a change. Thanks all. Hopefully my dog won't get my suit full of hair while I'm still home. ;)

[sprinks]

Congrats Sleepy and Virg! :D Always good to hear about the awesome things happening to some of my favourite litnetters!

[Aluminum]

I hope it is going well for you Virgil! Ohohoho congratulations!! :D


For my boast, I just got all my grades back from my first semester in college. Straight A's! :cool:

[kasie]

Every good wish, Virgil - hope it's going well.

[Scheherazade]

thanks, Scher! You remembered I like Green and Black's? :eek: Yeah, we keep records of our members ;)

I remembered that you mentioned you stock up whenever you are in the UK... After which I got some as well to have it a go.

Their new gift boxes are quite good as well.

[Niamh]

Congrats Sleepy and Virg!!!
And weldone aluminum!

Can i just add... I love the cherry G&B!

[Virgil]

Thank you everyone. It went well. I was a little nervous and a little choppy but I didn't stumble and judging by the questions and reactions I think that while I wasn't the smoothest speaker, I really did generate the most interest. I got lots of great comments after and lots' of "wows". :) I guess I'm not quite used to presenting in front of a large audiance like that, possibly over 300 people. Normally my briefs are in front of room size audience, not auditorium size. Room size I can relate to people face to face and I relax and my charm comes out. In this setting all I could feel was a mass of people out there. I barely even made eye to eye contact with anyone.

Funny thing happened. While I'm in the middle of the presentation the photographer comes up to the podium and aims his camera at me and I guess I just stopped in mid sentence for him to take the picture. Afterwards my vice president stops to congratulate me and she said the look on my face was precious. It looked like I wanted to kill him. :lol: Which was definitely not going through my mind. I just actually froze and trying to decide if I should smile or continue naturally. I guess I couldn't decide. You never know how people read your expressions.

[qimissung]

Congratulations Virgil, seanlol, Aluminum, and SleepyWitch!

A large presentation, and lots of "Wows" afterward-.Awesome!

Captain of the hockey team? Dude!?!!!

Straight A's? Wowzers!

A job offer? Priceless!

[Nightshade]

I GRADUATED today!!!!
I have a morater board and a gown and everything!
(*(actually that reminds me I need to go hand the gown up before it wrinkles beyond repair)

[papayahed]

Congrats Nightie!!!!!!

[higley]

Sweet! Go Nightie!

[Niamh]

woohoo!!!! to celebrate i stole the dancing banana back from the dancing brocolli. :banana: :p

[Virgil]

Yay, congratulations Nightie!! That is one of those things you will always be proud of. I hope you have a nice celebration. :)

[Taliesin]

Congrats Nightie! I have been so much time away from the forum that I don't know what you graduated though. So, what did you finish and what shall you do now?
Heh, I just remembered when my friends finished school some time ago. I congratulated them on becoming officially unemployed.

Also, Virgil, on what subject did you give the presentation?

[kasie]

Congratulations, Nightshade - what's next?

[Madhuri]

Okay, so finally I took the certification exam that I was supposed to... I did fairly well...got 92/100. I was pleased with the result considering that I had not touched a text book in years.... I was in a panic state since last evening.... Thank God it is over *phew*...

[1n50mn14]

I've got a jo---ooob... (almost)

[Helga]

I just bathed both of my dogs, if you knew them you would know what kind of accomplishment that is. and my back is killing me after this.

[Virgil]

I just bathed both of my dogs, if you knew them you would know what kind of accomplishment that is. and my back is killing me after this.

Yes, that's a tough one!! Congratulations. :lol:


Hey yesterday I did 60 push ups. Whooeee!

http://pinkribbonsproject.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/baby-push-up2.jpg

[AimusSage]

I started writing again. :D and I don't mean all the experimentation with poetry, that was just to get back into it, I'm story writing now. Although I might be a little delirious from the flu. Tomorrow I'll see how it turned out. :)

[qimissung]

Congratulations Maddie, Becca (:)), Helga, Virgil, and AimusSage!

[Scheherazade]

I am so happy. For the first time, an orchid plant under my care has blossomed! I have managed not to cause its untimely demise for more than two years but I was truly not expecting to see any flowers on it.

I did a happy dance when I realised that it has 6 little buds on it. :D

[Virgil]

I am so happy. For the first time, an orchid plant under my care has blossomed! I have managed not to cause its untimely demise for more than two years but I was truly not expecting to see any flowers on it.

I did a happy dance when I realised that it has 6 little buds on it. :D

That's great. Perhaps you can post a picture after it blosoms.

[1n50mn14]

Thank you everyone. It went well. I was a little nervous and a little choppy but I didn't stumble and judging by the questions and reactions I think that while I wasn't the smoothest speaker, I really did generate the most interest. I got lots of great comments after and lots' of "wows". :) I guess I'm not quite used to presenting in front of a large audiance like that, possibly over 300 people. Normally my briefs are in front of room size audience, not auditorium size. Room size I can relate to people face to face and I relax and my charm comes out. In this setting all I could feel was a mass of people out there. I barely even made eye to eye contact with anyone.

Funny thing happened. While I'm in the middle of the presentation the photographer comes up to the podium and aims his camera at me and I guess I just stopped in mid sentence for him to take the picture. Afterwards my vice president stops to congratulate me and she said the look on my face was precious. It looked like I wanted to kill him. :lol: Which was definitely not going through my mind. I just actually froze and trying to decide if I should smile or continue naturally. I guess I couldn't decide. You never know how people read your expressions.

Wow, Virg, congrats... well done.

[Virgil]

Wow, Virg, congrats... well done.

Thank you Becca. :)

[SleepyWitch]

yipee. I took my TDA skills tests today. They are tests in literacy, ICT and numeracy that all teachers here have to take, regardless of what subjects they teach. Lots of people fail the maths and have to re-take it a couple of times. One guy even had to do it 25 times! To be honest, I was expecting to have to re-take it at least 2 times, but I passed all three of them today! :crazy:

[Virgil]

yipee. I took my TDA skills tests today. They are tests in literacy, ICT and numeracy that all teachers here have to take, regardless of what subjects they teach. Lots of people fail the maths and have to re-take it a couple of times. One guy even had to do it 25 times! To be honest, I was expecting to have to re-take it at least 2 times, but I passed all three of them today! :crazy:

Fantastic Sleepy. You are an outstanding student. :)

[SleepyWitch]

Fantastic Sleepy. You are an outstanding student. :)

thanks Virge. Well, the maths one is actually quite easy, objectively speaking. It wasn't easy for me or most other trainees, but I'm sure you'd get 100% being an engineer and all that. I was rather pleased with myself, though, because the first part is mental arithmetic and you only have like 30 seconds for each task and the tasks are little 'stories' not just figures on the screen. I did really badly on the practice tests but today I was really good at this part :)

[Hurricane]

Took advantage of my snow day (third of the week!) to get some work done. I am now ahead in physics by two weeks and caught up in everything else. Plus, I built an epic snow fortress with some friends (one in which a grown man could stand and seats 6 people comfortably). So, overall, I was surprisingly productive.

[skib]

I refrained from putting a hammer through my windshield tonight!

Congrats, Virgil! I can't even do 60 push ups!

[The Comedian]

I offered constructive criticism, "your introduction does not meet the criteria that we established in class and on the handout that I gave you. Please refer to this for your next essay". . . .instead of this:

"Christ! I gave you that handout two weeks ago. We reviewed it in class for 45 minutes! We looked at samples! We saw papers that met the criteria! Papers that didn't! We wrote sample introductions! You keep saying that you want to know what I want, but when I tell you over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over, you never listen!"

Ah. . .that was good.

[bounty]

this past summer I discovered a charity called "books through bars." they work to get books to prison inmates. have been sending a box of books once a month since then, and just sent another a few days ago.

[tailor STATELY]

I may have found a browser that is stable for me on LitNet :)

(crossing fingers)

[Danik 2016]

:)....

[bounty]

whenever i ride my bike anywhere, i often have the opportunity to save snails, worms, caterpillars, and sometimes turtles and other various critters from becoming road kill.