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My Z-List Life Goes Global!!

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Well, here I sit again in front of my computer, thinking about what to post about!  It's been a long 5 months since my last post so I guess I'm about due for a post or two.... Everything feels the same for this post as it does for every other post I've written; I've got plenty of things to say, the entry is all thought out in my head, and I'm in a writing mood, so this should go pretty smoothly.  However, there is one thing that is different: This blog comes to you from my new home in Changwon, South Korea!!!! For those of you that have followed this blog for it's previous 10 entries, you will know that I lost my job towards the end of last school year.  However, what you may not know is that shortly after that happened I applied with Aclipse Recruiting for a teaching position in Asia! The application process was pretty long and drawn out, but eventually I heard back from the agency and I had a placement! This placement was with the Changwon Franchise of the

You've Gotta Have Pride

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Wow!!!  I can't believe that I have not posted in so long....  I apologize for my absence, there really isn't any excuse for it!  The only thing I can say is that I've honestly been job hunting, but am having absolutely NO LUCK! :-(  So, my days are filled with job searches, application submitting, eating through my emotions, and sleep!  I'm not going to lie, I have become sort of depressed through this whole process....  I just need to find something and soon! To further the conversation about this job search I'm currently on, I got a phone call last Tuesday afternoon from the Olathe School District.  The woman asked me if I had been through a screening interview yet, to which I replied "no!"  So she asked if I was available to come in on Wednesday at noon to have my screening interview!  I agreed and we hung up the phone.  Well,  wouldn't you know it.... bright and early Wednesday morning...and I'm talking 8:00 early, the same woman from the da

I'm a Master....

So, this past weekend has been an exhausting one.... For this weekend was the weekend in which I graduated from Grad School !!!!  I have been taking classes through the Mid America Collegiate Consortium (MAAC) for the past year and a half.  The consortium is a program that is made up of students from Baker University, University of St. Mary's and Mid-America Nazarene University (boo) all seeking their degree in Special Education.  My cohort was the last cohort to pass through the program, and now the MAAC is defunct :( If you remember from my initial post, I currently have a position teaching special education, but I was not "highly qualified" to hold this position! In the state of Kansas, individuals who have completed 9 hours of special education course work at the undergrad level can apply for a Provisional Special Education License.  With this license comes the promise that you will work towards and complete your master's coursework to gain full certification in

Trannies and Tiaras

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This past weekend, April 28-30, was the 38th annual Miss Gay Missouri pageant in Columbia, Missouri.  This pageant is a prelim to the Miss Gay America Pageant that will be held in October in Columbus, Ohio.  I had the privilege of going to watch, assist and support Miss Tajma Stetson, the reigning Miss Metropolitan, in her attempt to claim the crown. This was Tajma's 3rd time competing for Miss Gay Missouri.  The first two years she competed she placed 1st Alternate, which means she was second place, but still qualified to compete at Miss Gay America.  Now, many of you may have heard about all that happened last year, but here is a short history of last year's events: Tajma was 1st Alternate to Miss Nikki Stevens from Springfield, Missouri.  Come to find out some fishy things had gone on with the judging and promoting of the pageant and it appeared that the pageant was fixed for Miss Stevens to prevail from the get go.  At the culmination of the pageant, after Nikki was cro