Category: 2. Dad Better
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Cover by Jing
I started doing this—mixing and replicating songs on my computer—when I was in college. She is 14. Yep, all those harmonies sang at supermarkets worked. Mission accomplished.
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Diary, Dramatized by AI
My colleague Flora shared that she would ask AI to tell stories about her own life. It’s like a diary on steroids. She feeds it random notes about life events and asks it to turn them into an exciting story. She says it’s fantastic because the writing helps her appreciate her own life more. I…
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Class of 2025 Graduation
Jing has graduated. The school survived 8 years. nor cried so hard with Maggie. And I stood on the side, witnessing everything. It’s emotional, magical, and hard. I feel lonely and anti-climatic. If every graduation is going to feel like this damn this job is going to be hard. The bad news is, these feelings…
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Fundraising Concert 2025
We just finished the fundraising concert for the school. The school is in a precarious position. Our lease is ending and we are looking for a place. Our 2nd graduating class is leaving the school soon. The team is close to fully formed, and the founders are transitioning into a new way of working. There’s…
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Island Waldorf School’s 1st Graduation
Last Friday, 28th of June, 2024, was our school first graduation. 7 kids finished their 8th year at our school. I became emotional as the graduation ceremony began. At that moment, I couldn’t process why I was shaken. It’s probably was a combination of realizing these children would no longer be in our school after…
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New Piano Teacher
We are changing our daughter’s piano teacher. Our girl is 10. She can play a few songs. Nothing fancy. She doesn’t hate it. She doesn’t love practicing either. The chance for her to become a pro is zero. The new teacher asked her to play a song. Maybe 1/3 way through it, he asked her…
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Understanding Comics
I finished the book “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud. It was written in the mid 90s. I already miss the book. The author helped me understand why I felt the way I felt while reading comics- how time transpired, how emotions manifested, how actions were imagined …. He also contrasted the comics between the east…
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Last Month of the 💩2020 – A Pledge to Do Good
This is it. The final month of 2020. I won’t waste time bitching about it. We have been bitching about it every day for the last 335 days. What can we do in the last 30 days to feel less useless? Do the work and find one cause that you feel good giving back to.…
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A Week To Remember.
Nov 21st to 27th, 2020. Winter Fair, where 400+ people showed up. I was in charge of pasta. Made two sauces, and they tasted good. I got to use the full size kitchen at the school. Everything was so much hotter! I felt useful. The school is coming alone, albeit all the challenges, albeit the…
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He pee-ed in his pantsI made him wear a diaperHe pooped into it