Dear Lesson Learned

Dear Lesson Learned,

This is going to be a quick one, but it has to be said: You. You about what? Well, let me tell the story.

Our 8th graders graduated today. We had a big celebration. Yippee. I come home from that (late at night, for me) to do some haircutting.

Why? Because I told the kids that I would do a mohawk again (for the last day of school). But this year, I also added a contest for kids to make a design on graph paper for me to put on the side of my head (yes, by shaving it into my hair). It had to be simple, but the staff would take the ideas and vote - and whatever they chose, I would go with.

So the staff chose my personal favourite (that's for glotto): a series of mathematical symbols. Multiplication. Pi. Division. Etc.

This is the point where anybody with a brain is thinking - but who would be shaving those designs into the CVT's head? Certainly not the students. And no barber shop is open late at night . . . Oh, God NO!!!!

That's right - I thought I could do it myself. I'm a pretty confident guy, right? I feel like I'm pretty handy with hairclippers - what's a couple simple-ass symbols on the side of my head (not the back or anything)? Right? Right.

Now we can all guess what the you was: Don't try to cut designs into the side of my own head. Just don't do it. Because it's going to end in tears.

And so I have two bald blob-patches (vaguely reminiscent of addition and multiplication symbols) in the side of my head. For the next two weeks - the CVT is going to look pretty damn ridiculous.

Oh, well. Makes me glad I got a University of Hawaii visor during my trip . . .

Next year, I'm sticking to versions of a mohawk. You.

CVT

Somewhat Relevant Question of the Post:
How long do you all think it will take for this to grow out (the rest of my hair was shaved down to 1/4 inch)?

Creative Process

I'm not going to post all of my kids songs and poems here (some are more personal than others), but there were 6 of them all told (personally-written songs, that is).

But here's our final piece, an ode to the school year (and staff, etc.) for our graduation slideshow:

http://download.yousendit.com/44022F81062C8019

Yeah - we're tight like that. PEACE!!!

CVT

Somewhat Relevant Question of the Post:
Don't you all wish you had a class like this when you were kids? Yeah - you do.

Kids Rock

So I'm wrapping up my "Creative Process" class in which I've been having the kids write and record songs/poetry to be recorded. I got some money for some lower-end recording equipment at school, and this is the result. Not bad, considering.

http://download.yousendit.com/D0059E6111044CAA

There are many more kid recordings forthcoming (background music is me, of course).

For more information on "Invader Zim," go to the official Nickolodeon website at: http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/zim/

Somewhat Relevant Question of the Post:
Does this kid rock, or what?

Bored

Here's a special treat for my remaining lone reader (that's you, Petunia). This kind of sums up how this blog died (if I'm bored with my life, it only stands to reason that my readers would be so, as well).

http://download.yousendit.com/EFCD64105A14121C

Thanks for the suggestion.

CVT

Somewhat Relevant Question of the Post:
When do you think was the last time somebody else checked this?