posted 2007/10/26 at 19:27
... of the release of the Playstation 2 in North America. I awoke to find mine in front of my door in a package from Electronics Boutique. I was not only eager to have the system for its ability to play games, but at that point I also didn't have a DVD player (this was well before you could pick them up for twenty bucks at grocery stores), so the PS2's DVD-playing capability may have been an even bigger reason for me to get one so soon. Ironically enough, though, the one DVD set I'd picked up earlier, a limited edition of the Tenchi Muyo! OVA, doesn't play that well in PS2s, so I was still stuck there. Later that night I went out and got EA Sports' NHL game, the last of the EA Sports hockey games I bought. All in all I think the PS2 managed to live up to its hype, and to this date that was the last video game system I ever bought on its first day, a decision I've yet to regret given how the current generation of video game systems hold little appeal for me. On that note, let's play the friday5.org Friday Five!
1. Of peace, joy, love, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control, which are you most lacking?
At this moment in time I would say patience, but I haven't been sleeping well for several days now and am currently operating under a fair amount of sleep deprivation.
2. Of peace, joy, love, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control, which are you most blessed with?
Love, but some days are better than others on that front. (Not to say anything about how I've never really had a special someone to share it with.
3. The Scout Law says that a scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Which of these are relative strengths for you?
Avoiding the temptation to go on a polemic about how homophobic the Boy Scouts are, I'd say loyalty and trustworthiness.
4. Which of the elements in the Scout Law are relative weaknesses for you?
Obedience (I'm always questioning the nature of power) and cheerfulness (I'm usually too wrapped up in my own thoughts to put on a front of happiness).
5. If you were to create a list-type law, such as the Scout Law, for your occupation, what might it look like?
For English teachers? Let's go with respectful (nothing ticks me off more than other teachers who treat their students with contempt), curious (teachers have as much to learn from their students as their students have to learn from them), timely (don't take weeks to grade tests or review papers), lenient (no super-hard deadlines unless there's a pressing reason such as a mandate from above), and entertaining (never let your students get bored), just to name five.
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