A ranty little post......

because I can. So, a little background first off. My partner worked with this family who was looking for a child care giver to help with their child's english, it was their third language. She worked with him for 2-ish year before handing him off to me because she gained a full time job and couldn't take the extra hours. Now, it's been almost fours years since we've worked with him and that's really not what I'm ranting about. What I'm ranting about is today when I worked with him we had a small battle of wills about what work his mother sat out for him. The work was to read one chapter of a really easy chapter book.

The Missing Mummy by Ron Roy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A cute little mystery book. It held a good bit of suspense for a small book. I'd read it again with another child or read another of the series without hesitation.

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Now, he only had to read one chapter. It was six pages and he fought tooth and nail not to read. That bothered me the most. I love reading. I would read over most anything else in all honesty and here is a child that is trying to refuse to read! What in the world is going on with children today? I know things are going digital but that shouldn't mean you don't want to read. Reading helped me escape a lot of the time because I know I didn't have a lot of toys and what not sometimes to play with when I was eight or whatever. I always had books though. But anymore children don't even seem to be on their grade level with reading. I know english isn't his first or even second language but he's been working with us enough to have a firm hold on it and should want to read if only just because.

I'm really sad that children have become like this though. Parents are getting their children into reading (his are trying really really hard to) and schools seem to not be pushing to try to get kids interested in reading like we used to be.

So, that's my little rant. I hate that children don't have the drive to read and there are some really fantastically good books out there to read too!

Look, Art!

So, woke up this morning feeling pretty good.  I would have fallen back to sleep but my bladder decided to try an pop.  Which really isn't cool, especially when I was quite content to lay with my girlfriend and stay cuddled.  

So, got up, went pee and decided to check the nets like I usually do.  Amazingly I didn't play any games so that was a plus.  I did read a bit and try and figure out what we were going to do today.  And I decided that this morning I was going to draw something and I bloody well did.  It wasn't detailed or anything but it was something.  I hadn't doodled a lot in a while I thought I just need to do it.  Well, when Traci finally got up we both read a bit more and we decided to order foods.  I should have cooked something but I didn't know what so it was Chinese.

We got our food and started playing Boarderlands for the Xbox 360.  It was going good until there at the end of our gaming session when I started to feel off.  Thinking it was me just being motion sick I thought just sitting about for awhile would help.  Nope.  Didn't at all.  Ended up praying to the keeper of the toilet.  Not good. I know I fell asleep at one point on the couch hoping that after that I'd feel better but nope..... Didn't happen.  

Anyway.... still feeling off and another bought of being sick and I'm doing a little better.  Not the best.  I feel kinda bad because Traci's had to fend for herself this evening with foods and what not.  She's hoping it's not a stomach bug and so am I because she's had it more than I.  With my luck it's been food poisoning or something.  What ever it is, I don't like it at all.

Anyway, onto the art!  Because you guys probably don't care about how I feel.   The squibble beastie started out with just a scribble.  That was the shape of the head mostly.  The rest came from there.  I just wanted a quick deal.  No details that were too time consuming.  Chose the colors at random.  I think it's cute.  I just need to try and keep this up.  Sooner or later these these doodles will show up more.

Squibble Beastie

Book Review, I haz it!

Legacies (Shadow Grail #1)
A teen befriends four others when the world she knew is flipped upside down after her family dies in a car accident.  While recuperating in the hospital she also finds out that her home has been burned to the ground as well.  She is sent to Oakhurst Academy where she is told she is a Legacy and that means she's a magician.  Her magic hasn't fully manifested like the others but they are able to stop something that has plagued the students of Oakhurst for years.

    I've been looking for a good book for a while and while I've read others, this one makes me want to read more. For me, this was refreshing.  The characters were engaging and the plot fascinating to say the least. From the start I knew something was up in the school that no one was talking about.  And when Spirit and her friends found a compelling clue in the basement I knew something was up even more.  The crew of course ends up saving the day but in a very exciting way.  All in all I just loved this book and can't wait to get my hands on the next!

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Le gasp!  A book review!  Yes, I'm doing that now.  I bought a Kindle for class purposes and I couldn't let the opportunity go to waste and not read something other than class work.  I was excited to read this book too because it had one of my favorite authors.  I love how she's dabbled in everything.  

Maybe art to come.  I just haven't been in the mood lately.   Slight art slump because of class.  My silk screens have been giving me hell and there's a possibility that I may have to either buy new ones or get these restretched with new screen material. Restretching is much cheaper and I can ask my teacher to take them for me.  She lives near the place and needs it done as well so it sorta works out. 

I'm tired, a little stressed and sore.  Sore mostly from work.  I need new shoes and inserts because I hurts just to stand for too long in the shoes I have now.  I've worn them that much.  I will be happy to toss them in the trash when the time comes.  Along with my regular shoes as well.  Cracks in the bottoms so water leaks in easily when it rains, the leather is cracked as well and the back are worn as well.  Poor shoes, I'm so hard on them.  They barely last a year sometimes.  

Along with new shoes I just need new clothes period.  I hate spending all that money on clothes but I need a new wardrobe mostly.  I really have maybe 4 pairs of pants that are really comfortable.  So pants are a must and then underthings.  Blah.  

Anyway, on to my pogo games.  Badges are calling my name.

A little more art, a little less self esteem....

So, in the past two days I have been working more on some pieces of art.  A critter I sketched out a few days ago while at work that I find completely adorable and posted here earlier.  It is not a lovely burgundy color.

Not so happy with the background I believe but it's mostly likely going to change sometimes in the future.  I'm hoping that I can get as detailed with the rest of the critter like I have around the eye.

I've also been working on my cards as well.  But right now I seem to have hit a slight art slump because I've been so tired.

The past couple of nights I haven't been sleeping well.  Last night I'm sure I saw several points of the clock and I know I was tired at work.  I feel asleep on the couch last night but still couldn't sleep deeply enough in bed.

Yesterday was my interview for a summer job.  I feel like I've completely bombed the blasted thing and maybe the only thing I got right was sending information in for the background check.  And low and behold, it's another kitchen job.  I need to start pushing applications for jobs for the next year seeing as this is coming up on my final year of college.  I'd love to get a position in a job that, I don't know, studied for!  I really need to get into printmaking or just finish my card series and get those published.  That or make it big somehow with art.

This is the time I wish I could animate or something.