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ZenGum · 07-21-2008, 10:58 PM

Hiya!!!

Hi Cellarites!

My apologies for my long absence. I've stopped by for the occasional lurk but I just know that once I start posting again, I'll be sliding down that slippery slope to obsessive internetitis. And showing undue concern about things like "post count". Oh well, here we go...

So, hmm, shall I update you?

I returned to my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia in February, and immediately got together with my lady-friend for whom I had been carrying a torch for many years. I had been in Japan for a few years and she divorced while I was over there, and after almost a year I went to be with her. Imagine the scene ... travel-tired, taxi-ride, doorbell .... eyes meet, arms wrap, symphony orchestra swells up, camera goes misty etc etc.

Since then we have been mostly very good together, but there have been a couple of seriously difficult passages. But I am adjusting from a chronically single life and she is coming out of a divorce, and we both have various other life issues, so all things considered I think we are doing pretty well.

I slid smoothly into work - casual tutoring of undergraduate philosophy courses at two universities here. I had studied at both in the early to mid 90s and knew most of the profs from my time as a PhD student, and that plus my actual qualifications and experience enabled me to get the work. I was teaching 10 classes per week and had to mark an enormous pile of essays, a large proportion of which were complete drivel. Seriously, after a whole semester of studying "Argument and Critical Thinking" I expect students to at least be able to SPELL ARGUMENT not ARGUEMENT especially when it is on damn near every page of the exam booklet. [deep breath, end rant].

I have now started a new job, better pay and conditions, teaching critical thinking to international students who are aspiring to get into Adelaide universities. Again, I had a contact who got me the foot in the door, but my CV got me the job. I think. This job is starting this week, and so I am in a very brief lull in workload right now. I am also tutoring a higher-level course at uni to keep my brain active.

Hmmmm what else? Of course I have been catching up with old friends, doing some mountain-biking, hiking, damaging my lungs and brain in a manner I could not arrange in Japan, and have been doing most of these at the same time. Good times.

So, now that I have fallen off the wagon I plan to be around here more often. Maybe not quite so much as my first phase, but we'll see. And let me add, it is really nice to see that people had noticed my absence and missed me. Seriously, people, thank you.

DanaC · 07-22-2008, 05:15 AM

Yey! Welcome back ZenGum! *Does the happy dance*

Sundae · 07-22-2008, 05:19 AM

Welcome back you!
I didn't realise you were from Adelaide.
I can hear you in my head now (your accent I mean - my boss is from there)

classicman · 07-22-2008, 07:42 AM

Yo, welcome back.

HungLikeJesus · 07-22-2008, 08:41 AM

Who's ZenGum?

Clodfobble · 07-22-2008, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Imagine the scene ... travel-tired, taxi-ride, doorbell .... eyes meet, arms wrap, symphony orchestra swells up, camera goes misty etc etc.

Since then we have been mostly very good together, but there have been a couple of seriously difficult passages. But I am adjusting from a chronically single life and she is coming out of a divorce, and we both have various other life issues, so all things considered I think we are doing pretty well.

I am so glad it worked out well for you two. I was really afraid of a big crash and burn, because I'm just a nasty cynic like that. Tell her to stop in and say hi sometime .

monster · 07-22-2008, 06:16 PM

yay, Zengum's back!

Undertoad · 07-22-2008, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

teaching critical thinking to international students who are aspiring to get into Adelaide universities.

That is just so goddamn awesome! I want that job.

Clodfobble · 07-22-2008, 07:38 PM

As long as you're not teaching them to be "self-actualized, self-learners."

Cicero · 07-22-2008, 07:53 PM

Woa stop the press! It's zengum! Yea!!

I think I was spelling argument wrong. I read that genre all the time and I think I really messed up.

On another note!
The whole return to Adelaide situation sounds very romantic!

Niiice.

Welcome Back!!! I didn't miss you, so if you think I wrote something about it, you are sorely mistaken. Someone might have used my account to write drivel.

Shawnee123 · 07-28-2008, 11:12 AM

Hi all,

Back from staycation, rested and busy!

Mr Gum, how very nice to hear from you. Glad to hear things are going well!

Clodfobble · 08-01-2008, 12:39 PM

Well, he shows as having logged in just a couple days ago, but Happy Monkey has been lurking silently for over a month. Where you be, HM??

spudcon · 08-13-2008, 06:59 PM

Where is LumberJim?

Happy Monkey · 08-14-2008, 09:44 PM

I've been over the top busy at work, which (in combination with the increased Cellar activity) caused the unread Cellar threads to pile up, which started a vicious cycle of not feeling up to wading through them, which caused them to pile up more, etc, etc...

I'll see if I can get back in the swing of things...

HungLikeJesus · 08-14-2008, 10:16 PM

Just mark everything read and start fresh.

07-21-2008, 10:58 PM	#586
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	ZenGum returns - the Dork Nought! Hiya!!! Hi Cellarites! My apologies for my long absence. I've stopped by for the occasional lurk but I just know that once I start posting again, I'll be sliding down that slippery slope to obsessive internetitis. And showing undue concern about things like "post count". Oh well, here we go... So, hmm, shall I update you? I returned to my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia in February, and immediately got together with my lady-friend for whom I had been carrying a torch for many years. I had been in Japan for a few years and she divorced while I was over there, and after almost a year I went to be with her. Imagine the scene ... travel-tired, taxi-ride, doorbell .... eyes meet, arms wrap, symphony orchestra swells up, camera goes misty etc etc. Since then we have been mostly very good together, but there have been a couple of seriously difficult passages. But I am adjusting from a chronically single life and she is coming out of a divorce, and we both have various other life issues, so all things considered I think we are doing pretty well. I slid smoothly into work - casual tutoring of undergraduate philosophy courses at two universities here. I had studied at both in the early to mid 90s and knew most of the profs from my time as a PhD student, and that plus my actual qualifications and experience enabled me to get the work. I was teaching 10 classes per week and had to mark an enormous pile of essays, a large proportion of which were complete drivel. Seriously, after a whole semester of studying "Argument and Critical Thinking" I expect students to at least be able to SPELL ARGUMENT not ARGUEMENT especially when it is on damn near every page of the exam booklet. [deep breath, end rant]. I have now started a new job, better pay and conditions, teaching critical thinking to international students who are aspiring to get into Adelaide universities. Again, I had a contact who got me the foot in the door, but my CV got me the job. I think. This job is starting this week, and so I am in a very brief lull in workload right now. I am also tutoring a higher-level course at uni to keep my brain active. Hmmmm what else? Of course I have been catching up with old friends, doing some mountain-biking, hiking, damaging my lungs and brain in a manner I could not arrange in Japan, and have been doing most of these at the same time. Good times. So, now that I have fallen off the wagon I plan to be around here more often. Maybe not quite so much as my first phase, but we'll see. And let me add, it is really nice to see that people had noticed my absence and missed me. Seriously, people, thank you. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-22-2008, 07:42 AM	#589
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yo, welcome back. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-22-2008, 08:41 AM	#590
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Who's ZenGum? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-22-2008, 06:16 PM	#592
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yay, Zengum's back! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-22-2008, 07:38 PM	#594
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	As long as you're not teaching them to be "self-actualized, self-learners." __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-22-2008, 05:15 AM	#587
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Yey! Welcome back ZenGum! Does the happy dance

07-22-2008, 05:19 AM	#588
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Welcome back you! I didn't realise you were from Adelaide. I can hear you in my head now (your accent I mean - my boss is from there)

07-22-2008, 07:53 PM	#595
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Woa stop the press! It's zengum! Yea!! I think I was spelling argument wrong. I read that genre all the time and I think I really messed up. On another note! The whole return to Adelaide situation sounds very romantic! Niiice. Welcome Back!!! I didn't miss you, so if you think I wrote something about it, you are sorely mistaken. Someone might have used my account to write drivel. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

07-28-2008, 11:12 AM	#596
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hi all, Back from staycation, rested and busy! Mr Gum, how very nice to hear from you. Glad to hear things are going well! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-01-2008, 12:39 PM	#597
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well, he shows as having logged in just a couple days ago, but Happy Monkey has been lurking silently for over a month. Where you be, HM?? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-13-2008, 06:59 PM	#598
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Where is LumberJim? __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-14-2008, 09:44 PM	#599
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I've been over the top busy at work, which (in combination with the increased Cellar activity) caused the unread Cellar threads to pile up, which started a vicious cycle of not feeling up to wading through them, which caused them to pile up more, etc, etc... I'll see if I can get back in the swing of things... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-14-2008, 10:16 PM	#600
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Just mark everything read and start fresh. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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