Monday, July 6, 2009
· Filed under Just for Fun, Products
Tomorrow I’m teaching the beginning of a unit called “English Communication” for my teaching practicum class. The focus of this unit is persuasion and the students will be listening to part of a lecture about the various techniques advertisers use to sell products. While preparing for this unit I found quite a few clever ads so I thought I would share them with you:
Mr. Clean
FedEx Kinko’s
FedEx Kinko’s
FedEx
Bic Razor
Dove Volumizing Mousse
Dove Anti-Frizz Cream
Mini Cooper
A Karate School
Don’t Drink and Drive
(You can see the damage that happens to the car)
Friday, July 3, 2009
· Filed under Family, Places, Seattle
It’s taken me a few weeks to get these pictures up here, but here they are, finally! Click on the images to view a larger version.
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Sailboat.
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Lighthouse.
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Cute!
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Who knew these were grown in Washington?
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Mom & I at Mt. St. Helens.
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Mom & Dad at Mt. St. Helens.
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Dad & his Greenpeace friend outside the original Starbucks.
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Rock Waterfall.
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Mom inside the 1st Starbucks.
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Multnomah Falls, Oregon.
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Seattle from the Space Needle.
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BBQ anyone?
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Fish Throwers at Pike Place Market.
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Jeffrey, Me, and Mom in Anacortes.
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Me, Mom, and Jeffrey in Anacortes again.
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Mom & Dad at Seaside Beach on the Oregon Coast.
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Dr. Bartholomew & I at the Hooding Ceremony.
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Liana & I at Hooding.
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Mom & I at Pike.
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Mom & Dad at the top of the Space Needle.
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Mom & I at graduation.
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Graduation at Safeco Field.
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Mom & I after graduation.
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Me at SPU.
As you can tell from these pictures, we had a great time! Whiles Jeffrey was here we spent a few days in Anacortes, WA. We went whale watching there and took a day trip up to Vancouver, BC. After Jeffrey went back to Atlanta (he had to take care of his new business, Jeffrey Baker Home Design, Interiors, & Antiques), Mom, Dad, and I drove south to Oregon. We drove through the Columbia River Valley and spent a day at Seaside, a small beach town on the Oregon coast. We came back to Seattle in time for my Hooding & Graduation ceremonies. We stayed busy in Seattle as well: we went to the top of the Space Needle, watched the guys in the orange overalls throw fish at Pike Place Market, rode the Monorail, walked along the waterfront, and rode the Ducks, among other things.
It was really fun to have my parents and brother in town and to show them around Seattle!
Mom and Dad left after graduation and the next day I started school again. (I had five weeks of summer classes left before I would be officially done). Now I’m down to just two more weeks! It’s hard to believe I’ve been in Seattle for almost two years, and that I am only two weeks away from finishing my MA TESOL degree! I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do next (stay where I am for the time being), but I’m sure another adventure is in store!
Friday, June 5, 2009
· Filed under Just for Fun, Seattle
This sounds sooo good (I ♥ frozen custard!):
From Daily Candy Seattle,
“Stop, collaborate, and listen: Ice is back with a cold, smooth tradition.
These licks’ll grab hold of you tightly. Have you running up to Capitol Hill daily and nightly.
Old School Frozen Custard is claiming a corner on the expanding sweet consumption taking hold of Pike and Pine.
Ice cream’s softer, silkier cousin, custard is made with eggs and served at a slightly warmer temperature.
The store’s white wainscoting and exposed beams — along with chairs, tables, and blackboards reclaimed from local classrooms — create an appropriately vintage setting in which to indulge in classic flavors like chocolate or, on alternating days, mint, lemon, and strawberry.
The vanilla’s nice, nice baby.”
Anyone in Seattle up for it?
Monday, June 1, 2009
· Filed under Just for Fun, Languages, TESOL
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
· Filed under Books, Photography, Really?
So funny! I got an email from Lulu.com tonight informing me that 365 (not to mention my viscom portfolio) are now for sale on Amazon.com:
three-sixty-five :: a photographic chronology
When they put the book on Amazon, however, they included a HUGE $40 mark-up, making the book cost $90.22! I don’t know who they think would ever pay that for the book, but it’s still kind of crazy that you can buy it on Amazon!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
· Filed under Plinky
iPod
I can’t fly without it! Good music can get you through a lot of hours on/in a train, plane, or automobile.
Sudoku book
See above, replace [good music] with [sodoku].
Digital Camera
The world is full of beautiful and interesting thing; capturing them on a camera gives you a) inexpensive souvenirs, b) another way of looking at and experiencing the things around you, c) an easy way to share your trip with others.
Burt’s Bees (preferably pomegranate) lip balm
If I leave home without it, I’ll have to buy another at the first store I can find it in!
Notebook
1) To record experiences and write about what you see.
2) There’s no better time to reflect on life than when you’re traveling somewhere new!
3) To get names/emails of the people you meet while traveling. I’ve made friends/contacts with people from Australia, Wales, England, and Scotland while traveling- it’s fun to keep up with them on facebook after sharing a train compartment or hanging out in a foreign city together!
*I’d love to hear your answer to this too! To share, click on comment and type your response. Additionally, to make things more interesting, share where you are/where you’re from, if you don’t mind!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
· Filed under Plinky, Teaching
Plinky is a website that provides “blogging” prompts for people who have run out of things to write about (or didn’t have much to say in the first place). As a language teacher, it’s also a great place to get ideas for journal topics and conversation starters.
You write your answer on Plinky, and other people on the site can read your answers. You can also link your response to another site such as facebook or a blog. I recently joined and I’m planning to answer when I have time.
I’ll link my answer here, and I was thinking it could be fun for you to respond with your answer to the question by posting a comment… try it out and let me know what you think!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
· Filed under Friends, Seattle
It was great to visit with an old friend and play tour guide around Seattle again. (Mom, Dad, by the time yall get here, I’ll be an expert)!
At the top of the Space Needle.
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With one of the fish throwers at Pike Place.
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Inside the original Starbuck's.
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The Space Needle.
