Category: Anime

Look who’s fully qualified! (🎶Hello, it’s me~🐈‍⬛) An Update with a Side of Support

Preschool Prattle

I realized that I hadn’t mentioned anything online about something I accomplished a few seasons ago, but I do consider it an important step forward in my career even if the subject doesn’t make for the most inspirational edublog content. Still, I’ll make it known! As of the end of last summer, I finished my TEFL/TESOL/TESL* and am now a fully qualified TEFL/ESL instructor! If I’m gonna keep working in this field, I need the proper credentials, right? Right!

Anyway, I believe that the certification paired with my English degree and the university teaching experience makes me quite marketable should the need arise, and that feels good. Even though I was like…fully DCFS teacher qualified (ECE), it felt like I was… I dunno, always unnecessarily chasing legitimacy in the eyes of the public K12 crowd, so to have that stamp of approval is nice. Like, no one should doubt my…

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Tomorrow, Surgery

I have surgery early tomorrow. I’ve never had actual surgery before, and I’m scared. This is the whole post, because there isn’t much more I can say. I should be asleep, and I am very tired, so I am going to try. If anyone is reading this and wants to send up a prayer for … Continue reading Tomorrow, Surgery

We’re going to talk about “Sasaki and Miyano” today because I’ll keep making angry duck sounds of excitement if I don’t share my feelings.

[Minor spoilers ahoy, but we all know generally how this show has to end, right? I mean, it's a romantic, feel-good slice-of-life.] Okay, let's be real; we love cute things, right? I mean, even if cute things are not your normal fare personally, we as a society are A++ about them, and you can't tell … Continue reading We’re going to talk about “Sasaki and Miyano” today because I’ll keep making angry duck sounds of excitement if I don’t share my feelings.

“Bats in the Belfry” and “When Crossovers Break Fourth Walls:” Adventures in Frantic Fanfic

Frantic Fanfic (@franticfanfic on Twitter) is a browser-based, free-to-play cooperative fanfiction writing game. In the basic mode, each player nominates ?five? characters suitable for fanfiction. Another player will select two of those characters and you or they will begin writing them into a story. When a timer runs out (at normal speed, 3 min), the … Continue reading “Bats in the Belfry” and “When Crossovers Break Fourth Walls:” Adventures in Frantic Fanfic

NEW HAKUOKI CONTENT!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! Anime News — Hakuoki OVA (2021)

Crunchyroll is NOW streaming episodes 2 of 3 new and currently airing Hakuoki (2021) OVA with the last to release in Japan later this month and assumedly on Crunchyroll as well!! This new josei OVA based on the beloved Hakuōki ~Shinsengumi Kitan~ game that spawned a whole franchise is once again in the competent hands … Continue reading NEW HAKUOKI CONTENT!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! Anime News — Hakuoki OVA (2021)

Hit the Ground Running 🏃🏻‍♀️

Preschool Prattle

It’s time to get this show on the road, my friends and fellow educators!

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Weeelllll, maybe not yet exactly, but I’ve always suffered from (been blessed to find myself with?) excitement over subsequent semesters. I’ll return to working at the middle/end of January, but I’ve been thinking about what changes to make in my classroom (“courses,” Shoujo, come on, higher ed now, remember?) since like… November? Maybe it’s part of the ADHD, but I just get so enthusiastic about trying new ways to reach my students and teach them what they need.

I’ve started writing an FAQ, and I’m working on my policies/assignments/syllabus. (How GREAT is it to have more than like 2 days to prep this time around?! It’s amazing!) After teaching PreK for a few years, I had grown confident in my curriculum/lesson building abilities, and I’m sure I’ll get there in ESL eventually, but I’m…

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“Gosh, I was so emotionally invested in these cells.” — Episodic Commentary on “Cells at Work”

Cells at Work is all about the daily lives of busy cells within a body (“the world”). These cells don’t always understand the whys of their world or what exists outside of it, but they do fully understand and embrace their jobs with admirable devotion. My back went out again on Thanksgiving, so my husband … Continue reading “Gosh, I was so emotionally invested in these cells.” — Episodic Commentary on “Cells at Work”

Apparently the Midwest is a Different Experience

Author's Note: Apparently, I didn't post this it's just a bunch of Tweets I saw on Buzzfeed and thought were absolutely hilarious. As stated in the header, I hope they don't sue me. I don't own the tweets or the Buzzfeed article, guys. Obviously. I am just the commentary, the peanut gallery. (^^)b I started … Continue reading Apparently the Midwest is a Different Experience

So Far I’ve Come, and Gratefully — a reflection 1.5 years post-injury

Author's Note: This was a post in my backlog of drafts written 1.5 years after my back injury. I don't know why I didn't post it, except maybe that I felt it was self-centered? But? It's my blog? Anyway, I am now 3 years post-injury and going through my 103 unpublished drafts. ❤ I was … Continue reading So Far I’ve Come, and Gratefully — a reflection 1.5 years post-injury