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Re: You gotta be shittin me!

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From: Apathy [AGQx]
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:03
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On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:23:04 -0400, ImperiusDamian
<damianblack.wolf@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 9/5/2010 12:21 AM, Apathy [AGQx] wrote:
>> On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:45:31 -0400, ImperiusDamian
>> <damianblack.wolf@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/4/2010 11:40 PM, Apathy [AGQx] wrote:
>>>> I check in about once a month...right about the same time as shark
>>>> week for the Mrs.
>>>>
>>>> I played Fallout 3 all summer because I never did finish it last year
>>>> or play any of the add-ons...just in time for New Vegas.
>>>>
>>>> I also wasted time on Mass Effect 2, Just Cause 2, Dragon Age
>>>> Awakening,&   BioShock 2. Metro 2033 was pretty good too along with
>>>> Singularity for a bit.
>>>>
>>>> Now it's back to school, so no more game time.
>>>>
>>>> ...but I do get to teach a couple of Video Game Design classes...How
>>>> fuckin' cool is that?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nice! :D
>>>
>>> I'm just being lazy: modding Diablo II is the closest I get to game
>>> design. ;)
>>
>> Well, as is true with many U.S. teachers (Texas teachers, doubly so),
>> I'm no expert in what they've assigned me to teach.
>>
>> But it's going to be fun learning with the students.  They already
>> know I'm just an old gamer from way back and not some programming and
>> design engineer, but they're actually happier with this situation.
>> It's not like it's a real hardcore computer science class anyway.
>>
>> It's an elective that's offered along with a bunch of other technology
>> courses we've just started to offer in the school district as we move
>> away from the old Industrial Arts model of Career&  Technology classes
>> and try to drag this backasswards podunk town into the 21st Century.
>>
>> I'm just lucky to be on board here at the beginning considering the
>> state of funding and teaching jobs that aren't part of the "core"
>> curriculum of Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies.
>>
>> Sorry, that's probably more than you cared to know, but I get kind of
>> excited about what I get to do. I'm also teaching Concepts of
>> Engineering, Commercial Photography and Multimedia, and Graphic
>> Design. I'm just praying that they'll keep funding the program.
>>
>
>Hey, that sounds pretty awesome to me! At least you're enthusiastic for 
>the subject, unlike many teachers! ;)
>
>> So...  I totally missed the whole emigration/immigration story. E-mail
>> me about it if you feel like it.  I'm interested. The last I heard,
>> you had some sort of chronic fatigue problems and were living
>> somewhere like Alderney or Sark  ;)
>
>Mmmm, that must be somebody else, LOL! Never been to either place, and 
>the only chronic fatigue was due to the long commutes to and from my 
>job. LOL!
>
>Anyway, look for an e-mail from damianblack dot wolf at that gmail place ;)

Hmmm...maybe it was EvilBill...he was always tied a bit loosely at the
edges.
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From: "Apathy [AGQx]" <darthjoebob@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: You gotta be shittin me!
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:03:40 -0500
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