"please don't smite me"

I've been taking a lot of deep breaths lately. I don't realise how loud they are, but I guess it must be pretty loud cuz everyone always turns to look at me. Things have been better since the last blog. It actually got better the next day. Thx for all your encouragement guys (minus Tony.... his was more of an attention seeking comment:P)...

Tuesday my partner teacher was really tired, and went home right when the bell rang... In fact, his coat was on 5 minutes before the bell rang, so that made my day. Wedesday was expected, and today I woke up with a bad sore throat. It hurts still, but I nuked it for all it's worth, and faked really sick... I came home in the afternoon and worked on some paper work that needs to be done for the studio.

I don't plan on going to school tomorrow either. I've called in sick... it's just stupid case class and then a CBE workshop... I figure I can just get the notes and catch up instead of spending the whole day at the university and then rushing over to the studio. Ugh... the studio. Tomorrow will mark precisely one week since the mean lady came to harass me. I wish I could just put a curse on her... but Christianity doens't teach us how to do that, and I'm afraid of witches...

Oh yeah, there's a RCM workshop that is only offered on Monday morning... how convenient that I will still be sick, so I can go to that too... the only thing I'm worried about is God punishing me to being a scammer... but who knows? Maybe God only works on Sundays, and rests the other six days of the week... cuz on Sunday I'm not going fake anything ;)

This world...

This world is an evil place. I don't like it... It seems to unfair to live in it and try to be nice when noone else even cares about playing by the same rules.

Apparently our sign for piano lessons got blown over today/last night. It wasn't even windy. Our sandwich board is a triangle, with quite a big angle so that the wind can't blow it over. We also added a huge block of cement to the bottom portion to hold the thing down so that in case of heavy wind, it wouldn't be blown over. I'm not sure what to think anymore... last time I thought it was an evil neighbour, they told me I was just paranoid... I found out last week that I wasn't paranoid and that there are just plain mean people out there. Those people I don't like. I don't like the thought of how when push comes to pull, everyone will be pushing and pulling just to get it their way. What an awful thing to think about eh? I try not to think of it, but I can't help it sometimes... A pessimistic view? Yes, but a realistic one.... It's hard to be tough in business, when you just want everyone to get along and be nice... hmpf...

Is it only Monday? That sucks... today I stayed at school until 6pm. It would've been later, but I made up some excuse so I could leave... I just didn't think that it was making effective use of my time there... then I got home and ate... and sat, and thought... nothing to look forward to... not tomorrow... not the next day... I can't wait until June... I can't wait even a month from now.... I have things to be excited about, but no time to be excited... My goal is to go to bed by 9:45 tonight... Aside from worship, this is the next best refresher for me right now. Blogging comes third :P HAHA.... I haven't had time to keep up with any of the blogs... people just keep talking about it, but I tell ya, it's not the same effect.

I murdered someone...

... it was my partner teacher. The thought only crossed my mind for a split second, but a single thought of sin is still a sin. Here's what happened: He made me cut these stupid tennis balls with a carpenter's knife and there was probably about 40 tennis balls that he wanted me to make a slit in. It was retarded! Eventually my hand was in pain and I saw his coffee mug out on the table. I looked around the room was thinking of what I could use to poison his drink. Then I would never have to return again.... then I snapped out of it. I didn't want to go to jail.

The past few days have been awful. My dad has been out everyday doing the studio stuff, and I feel bad cuz now he's sick and I can't do anythign since I'm all tied up too... I didn't even know he was sick cuz I havent seen him for the past few days. I'm up and out by 8, stay at school until 4:45, get home at 4:50, shove some food down my throat as fast as I can, teach 5-9, do more business, and that's the day. Tomorrow is worse. I have to stay at school for "meet the teacher" night until 9 (they warn me that it might be later than that). The thought of poisoning his drink comes into mind again...

Dear stickler...

As my eyes closed to go to sleep last night, I could only envision your finger pointing at me, and everyone standing around in a ciricle laughing. Thank you for pointing out my mistake, and even more so, thank you for laughing at me in front of everyone. It is a lessons taken to heart. You are ever so kind. Is that why your students always do so well? ;P

In reference to the proper measurement of the sign, I always get my feet and inches mixed up, but I've gotten it straight in the past week after measuring, walls, doors, pianos, curtains... and the list goes on. Let's just say that if I were employed at the STampede to be the "guesser" I could guess the length of anything pretty accurately.

I wish you well, and hope to see you again soon... For only then, will I have the opportunity to repay you with your kindness in pointing and laughing back at you, as well.

Sincerely,
Jaxst

P.S. The actual answer to the question is $330. I didn't specify points, but since Milty won, I will award him... negative ten points! Congrats Milty!

signs

Let me first clarify that the piano studio that I'm starting up is in the NW, not SE. There was some confusion with one fellow blogger the other day.

Today I ate lunch with 3 pastors... I got tricked. How awkward it was for me... the food was good though... dim sum at Treasures of CHina. Lots of running around trying to get errands done. I found something out today... let me ask you this: How much does a 4" by 4" (smallest size) BOLD-sign cost, without letters? (For those of you who are not very observant, a BOLD-sign are those black ones that are put out beside the road with bright red/white/yellow writing.)

a.) $60
b.) $135
c.) $245
d.) $330
e.) $499

Last night.

Last night after our football game, we went to Cheesecake to eat. The whole time, I was dreading the start of today. Today, in itself is not so bad, but I dreaded it because it's the start of the school year. UGH! Back to sucking up, rushing from place to place in traffic, and long nights teaching worst than last year, I will be teaching till 9pm now... It only gets worse from here...

As most of you know, I'm starting up a piano studio, and it was all very last minute, so it's kinda frustrating when I need things done fast, but there's just not enough time either way. The good news is that we had 2 more students enroll today, so that's good. We are looking for 3 things:

1.) Students!!! --- beginner, intermediate, adult... doesn't matter!!!
2.) Teachers --- anyone who has at least Grade 8 RCM/CC, I'm giving special "pedagogy" classes to all teachers, so that they know how to teach rather than just simply teaching, so it'd be benefiting them to teach at our studio. If they can even teach 2 hours a week, that'd still be good enough for us.
3.) Receptionist --- we also need someone who is outgoing to work at the front desk. They don't have to be "qualified", but as long as they are well-spoken and friendly. This will be a really easy job because they just sit at the front desk for a few hours, and if noone calls or walks in the door, they can just study, or do their homework or osmething else... Again, this position works to their availability, it can range anywhere from 2-15 hours a week.

Please spread the news... we're at 2614-4th Street NW. there's a Macdonald by it, and we are on the opposite side of the street a block down heading north.

Thanks all!