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My adventures! In colour!

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While my kids are writing a test...

So since I have a free moment, while my students are writing a test, I thought I would put a blog entry up. Again I apologize for the massive stretches of time between updates but a) i'm a busy man and b) i'm sure none of you want to hear about my lame teaching life.

But while there are things happening I will blog about them. Today is the last day of term 2. It has flown by. We have 2 weeks of holidays now. I'm heading to the New Zealand Association of Science Educators Science Conference next week. It sounds pretty nerder but I'm excited about it. There are heaps of interesting lectures scheduled and lots of happy hour drinks and nibbles. The second week Jess and I have rented a campervan and are heading around the East Cape. It is the last place that I have to see in NZ so I'm relatively excited.

I just bought tickets to see Jose Gonzalez next month. He's playing in Auckland on Thursday July 20th. Jess and I are going to go down after school and then take a "mental health day" on the Friday. I have heard good things about his live performances (just recently from KEXP) so I'm stoked to finally catch a good concert.

I'm back running after a 3 week break. I apparently strain my Tibialis posterior tendon and that was keeping me down. It's back to normal and I'm trying to get back to the fitness level I was at before the injury. It was really, really depressing because I am registered to run a half marathon on August 6th and I wasn't able to train. Everything will work out though.

It is mid winter here but as far as winter goes it is pretty tame. The nights drop down to about -2 and since the houses have little to no insulation it feels cold. However, here in Taupo the days get up to about 11 or 12 and are really clear. Just last Sunday I went paddling for 2 hours on the lake (I will put some pictures up on the photo site,) something you wouldn't think about doing in the middle of winter in Canada.

Well...that's about it for now. There are some worried glances my way as I scan the class so I better go lend a helping hand.

The lighter side

This is worth a look at. Pitchfork's 100 Bestest Videos. Good stuff here. Especially Electric Six' "Danger! High Voltage!" I almost died the first time I saw this video.


Enjoy!

An open letter to the Japanese

Dear Japanese,

Stop trying to kill all the whale you jerks. I mean seriously.

Sincerely,

Chris Lahey
Concerned World Citizen