Well, I'm officially a leech on society

Got my first unemployment check today. Hurrah!

On Wednesday, I am going to meet with that guy who might have some part time work for me, so that's good.

Hey, quackaquacka I got the card you sent. It was originally sent to Singapore according to the stamp on the envelope. Can't imagine why, you wrote the direction quite clearly.

Speaking of cards, I did send mine out this weekend, so they are currently winging their way to people.

That is all.

Well, I'm officially a leech on society

Got my first unemployment check today. Hurrah!

On Wednesday, I am going to meet with that guy who might have some part time work for me, so that's good.

Hey, quackaquacka I got the card you sent. It was originally sent to Singapore according to the stamp on the envelope. Can't imagine why, you wrote the direction quite clearly.

Speaking of cards, I did send mine out this weekend, so they are currently winging their way to people.

That is all.

What do you want to tell your future self?

This was off my comcast.net homepage. I can't link, since I don't think non-Comcast people can see it, so I am reposting the article in its entirety.

( send an email to your future self )

Not sure what I'd want to say to my future self. Possibly 'sorry about the mess.'

What would you say?

What do you want to tell your future self?

This was off my comcast.net homepage. I can't link, since I don't think non-Comcast people can see it, so I am reposting the article in its entirety.

( send an email to your future self )

Not sure what I'd want to say to my future self. Possibly 'sorry about the mess.'

What would you say?

What the hell is a metric cup?

I never learned the metric system. That is to say, they tried to teach us when I was in the 7th grade, when the whole metric thing started happening, but it was confusing, and I don't think the teachers even knew what they were doing, and they spent the whole time teaching us how to convert things to the metric system instead of just telling us what the bloody thing was. As I was total pants at maths in the first place, this led to much frustration and tears on my part.

Apparently I wasn't the only one, either, because America never really caught on to the metric thing, and we still use good ol' feet and inches and quarts and cups and whatnot.

Charlie is learniing metrics.

I can't help him with his homework. I tried looking it up on line, but I find myself flashing back to that horrible, frustrating time, and can't seem to figure out the answers and find myself recacting much as I did all those years ago. It is not good.

So, one of his questions has a drawing of three tube things that say '1 liter' on them. He is supposed to figure out how many 'metric' cups that equals. Not just regular cups. I could handle that. (well, I can at least find a conversion table on the interweb) but I don't know what they mean about metric cups. Isn't that an oxymoron? What's a metric cup?

And which holds a liter, a glass or a pail?

It is pathetic when I can't help my 3rd grader with his math. I knew this day would come, I just was hoping it wouldn't be this soon.

What the hell is a metric cup?

I never learned the metric system. That is to say, they tried to teach us when I was in the 7th grade, when the whole metric thing started happening, but it was confusing, and I don't think the teachers even knew what they were doing, and they spent the whole time teaching us how to convert things to the metric system instead of just telling us what the bloody thing was. As I was total pants at maths in the first place, this led to much frustration and tears on my part.

Apparently I wasn't the only one, either, because America never really caught on to the metric thing, and we still use good ol' feet and inches and quarts and cups and whatnot.

Charlie is learniing metrics.

I can't help him with his homework. I tried looking it up on line, but I find myself flashing back to that horrible, frustrating time, and can't seem to figure out the answers and find myself recacting much as I did all those years ago. It is not good.

So, one of his questions has a drawing of three tube things that say '1 liter' on them. He is supposed to figure out how many 'metric' cups that equals. Not just regular cups. I could handle that. (well, I can at least find a conversion table on the interweb) but I don't know what they mean about metric cups. Isn't that an oxymoron? What's a metric cup?

And which holds a liter, a glass or a pail?

It is pathetic when I can't help my 3rd grader with his math. I knew this day would come, I just was hoping it wouldn't be this soon.