All I want for Christmas is Challah

It’s the holiday season, and today the weather decided to drive that point home to me. Of course the real problem is I was underdressed, sporting the same outerwear as in September. You see, today I’m wearing gray pants, and that limits the number of coats that I can use. Is it really worth being cold just so you don’t have to wear brown and grey together? Oddly…yes.

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I have lots going on right now, but that’s good. I had bail on one of my freelance jobs due to lack of time though — which I feel kind of shitty about. It was a nice project; I just didn’t have the time to make any progress on it. Yesterday I finished a photography website I was doing, and I’m going to be starting the Rocket Star Cafe site soon.

Speaking of the Rocket Star…well, I won’t get into it here. Dan and Bill — I know you can do this. It’s a shitty situation to be in, but once you pull through and open for business everything is going to look up. It’s still going to be all that you wanted it to be. I can’t wait to hang out there.

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Other big news is that starting next semester I’ll be teaching a class, ART356, at Western. It’s a web design class and due to some staffing changes in the art department they were going to have to drop it if they couldn’t find a teacher, so they asked me. I’m excited about it, but pretty nervous. I’ll be sure to write about as once classes start.

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Last weekend was Chicago Thanksgiving at Ivo and Andrea’s house. Delicious.

Chicago Thanksgiving

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# December 11, 2003 07:08 PM

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and hey—if you need some recommend college teaching reads, let me know. if i can teach many classes in subjects i don’t know, you can teach a web design class.

Posted by: jim on December 12, 2003 5:12 AM

yay! our plan worked! seriously, simon, it’s nice to see you writing again. we need to hang next time you’re in chicago. so much is changing for me. email me or something.

Posted by: jim on December 12, 2003 5:12 AM

hey, congrats on the teaching gig. i’m sure you’ll be great at it. don’t take it too seriously (e.g. all strict and such, not that you would) and you’ll have a great time.

Posted by: miguel on December 12, 2003 4:37 PM

That is really cool that you are teaching at WMU. In fact, everything always seems very exciting around you…good. Here’s some pointer for ya…now keep in mind that I work in a very different environment…. First day of class, find teh biggest guy you can, and break that son-of-a-bitch in two. Take him down hard, it’ll let everyone know you mean business. Also, keep you back to the wall, but don’t look like you are trying to keep your back to the wall. Don’t look at the food, just eat it, an don’t look at anyone else’s food. And remember to tell them about WYSIWYG. If you keep those things in mind, you should do just fine.

Posted by: josh on December 13, 2003 2:16 PM

Just make sure you don’t start telling people you did the intro credits to Alien Ressurection or other ficticious stories. Don’t you wish you had a teacher like yourself when you were a student there? Lucky kids. I’m sure you’ll do a great job. Best wishes.

Posted by: Vanessa on December 14, 2003 12:41 PM

Hey, can I take that class??

Posted by: allisonspicer on December 14, 2003 6:36 PM

Thanks for all the support everyone.

Posted by: simon on December 14, 2003 10:45 PM

As Far As I Can Tell

All I want for Christmas is Challah

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