Slam Dunk!

 Mike asked me to take a few pictures of his soccer game this past Sunday. The honest truth is sports photography isn't exactly my forte but a man can try...

I'm still working on getting the shutter speed right... That's the fuzz on the ball.

Anyway, hopefully you guys like it. Both teams tied by the way...

Video Edition - Whoot!

Okay... I tried this once and I'm going to try it again...

Video Edition... Here we go.

 If you remember, a few posts ago I put up a few pictures of my Rabbit kindergarten class. This is the video I took while I was teaching them about who their friends are.

This is from the fish market.

Shortly after arriving in Seoul...

I think three is the best that I can do with videos.

We Turn a Year Older Together

I feel weird again...

Superman is a powerful guy.

He is pretty much everything that you can imagine all rolled into one. I mean, he's so powerful that comic book writers had to turn to magic in order to find ways to make him seem vulnerable.

Anyway... I believe that Superman (in and of itself) is a misunderstanding. Despite the fact that he is the full package, Superman spends his entire time hiding who he is and what he does. To me, Superman (not Clark Kent) is an immigrant. He's from somewhere else. It doesn't matter where he's from, he's just from somewhere else.

Jesus... Being on Earth goes as far as to change his physical make-up which means he has to change who he is to blend into a world that will never understand or accept who he is.

This is how I feel now.

I wrote a post earlier in the month (which I buried in this blog) about this feeling of anxiety on my brain. It was a feeling I couldn't shake. I got involved in a few things with the intention of doing something incredibly stupid... on purpose. And I spent a good chunk of my time trying to figure out how to get over this sense of anxiety.

It's playing Twister in complete darkness.











Despite the fact that the pictures you see of my birthday are of people smiling, there are others that do just the opposite. 



And I have them. On my hardrive.








So what's the point? Superman? Stupidity?

I have come to realize that this feeling is not because I did something stupid but because I've mixed up what it means to be alone in a different country.

I'm the immigrant.

My birthday didn't end at Sam Ryan's, but it did end with a "no". And for the first time since this whole thing started, someone has turned on the light. And now I know where the all colours are. I'm the one holding the spinner. I've got my finger on the black arrow and I'm ready to play again.

Something happened to me very recently that reaffirmed this entire entry and let me realize one thing: There is nothing more powerful than being able to make your choices in the open.

Once again, I regret nothing.

Heppy Berfdeh Part 3

So...here's the last set. April 13th. My birthday. Enjoy.

I'm really not sure what else to say... "Sam Ryan's" was awesome.

Oh yeah... This also happened.

Heppy Berfday Part 2

The boys: Mike "I still pay for healthcare" G., Joe, and Brian

So the party at work ended. The kids went home and we took the party somewhere else. A quiet chicken place to be precise.

Ummmm... I can't tell time.

I'm going to stop here. For now, I don't have any shots with my DSLR, but after I get the rest of the photos up, I've got some cool panoramic shot I want to show you. And to think that this is the day before my birthday...

  

 

Heppy Berfdeh Part 1

So, the festivities started on Friday the 12th where my class and co-teacher, Ashley, threw me a incredibly awesome surprise shindig.

 This is my 5th, 6th, and 7th period classes.

 The big card that most of the students and teachers signed.

... And my snazzy new watch :)



Now... I'm not going to lie. I feel kind of hang over so I'm going to post more pictures later or tomorrow when I'm feeling better.

All and all, I think it was a great birthday!