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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

I don't write much anymore....at least the kind of writing I used to.  I write a lot of what I see these days.  It's really intense.  I work in a shelter and I often write of the things I see there.  Some days I laugh harder than ever.  Some days I am humbled by what I learn there.  Some days my heart breaks. 

I think that I have learned more since finishing school and working in the field than I ever learned in school studying the field.  I learn more from my clients than they learn from me.  Sometimes the stuff I learn, I wish I didn't know.  Other times it makes me uncomfortable.  I am always learning though, and that is one of my career goals and one of my personal goals.  I just need to keep myself in check though because it is so easy to burn out in this field and I don't want to lose sight of why I'm in it.

I would write more here -- I have some crazy stories -- but I can't risk breaking confidentiality.  It means too much to them.  As much as you're "not supposed to", you can't help but have relationships with the clients.  I love some of my clients and I hate seeing them in trouble, but its like being a parent in a way.  You have to let them live their lives and try to guide them and help them along the way. 

Currently: Folklore
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Love: Past and present

It's bizaare when you are getting married to someone you love more than anything or anyone in the whole world and there's someone else who you loved in the past, and you still worry about them and wonder what they think and feel and whether they got through the struggles that were holding them back. 

There are so many different types of love and sometimes you love someone one way and then it changes to a completely different type of love.  You still love them, but it's different.  It's really cool....I wish that English as a language wasn't so narrow though.


Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Hey all.  It has been utterly too long since I last posted. 



Here is an update:

-I am getting married in August to Brent Black.  He's the best.  It's very exciting/stressful/makes me want to just elope....I just might yet.

-I bought a house in Sunderland last August.  It's so good not to pay rent.  Although, money is much tighter, and I can't just get up and go somewhere for days at a time anymore.  Oh well, my days living in the van are over (thank god!) and that's the way the cookies crumbled.

-I still want to buy a little ranch.  Yet, at this point it is only but a dream.

-Brent and I have a new puppy!  His name is Jackson, after the Johnny Cash and June Carter song of course.  He's an outlaw....

-I am finishing up my last semester of classes in social work and I am starting placement in January.  I will be graduating in the spring.

-I'm pretty sure I'll be graduating at the top of my class....big turnaround from my academic performance at Tyndale.  I've realized since then that I don't do well in school unless I respect my profs.  That's pretty bad cause there were a lot of profs at Tyndale that I probably should have respected....I've never really been one to support the establishment though.  College is so much better than any university I have attended (I've been to four).  The teachers are actually knowledgeable about things other than books, pubs, and women.  Man...I actually hate university.  And to think that I was actually considering going back after Fleming.  Crazy.  I guess that one bit me in the ass!  haha.

-I feel like I have my shit together these days.  It's good.

-I am beyond hopeful with Obama as president and I am hopeful about a possible coalition.

-I still love Sarah Harmer, Coldplay, Avril and Jewel.  I newly love Lights and Natasha Bedingfield.

-I miss xanga....I think I might start writing on here again.


Tuesday, May 01, 2007

British
[x] You drink a lot of tea.
[ ] You know what a brolly is.
[ ] Deal or No Deal has taken over your life.
[ ] You wanted Ben to win X Factor.
[x] You use the word "bugger"or the phrase "bloody hell."
[x] Fish and Chips are yummy.
[ ] You can eat a Full English Breakfast.
[ ] You dislike emos almost as much as you dislike chavs.
[ ] Its football...not soccer.
Total: 3

Australian
[x] You wear flip flops all year.
[ ] You call flipflops thongs not flip flops.
[x] You love a backyard barbie.
[x] You know a barbie is not a doll.
[x] You love the beach.
[x] Sometimes you swear without realizing.
[x] You're a sports fanatic.
[x] You are tanned.
[] You're a bit of a bogan.
[x] You have an australian something
Total: 8

Italian
[ ] The Sopranos is a great show.
[] Your last name ends in a vowel.
[] Your grandmother makes her own sauces.
[] You know how a real meatball tastes.
[ ] You know Italian songs.
[ ] You have dark hair and dark eye color.
[ ] You speak some italian.
[x] You are under 5'10''
[ ] You know what a italian horn is
[x] Pizza/spaghetti is the best food in the world!!! *along with all other foods*
[x ] You talk with your hands.
Total: 3

Spanish
[ ] You say member instead of Remember.
[x] You speak spanish or some.
[x] You like tacos.
[ ] YoU TyPe lIkE ThIs On Da CoMpUtEr.
[] You are dark skinned.
[ ] You know what a Puta is.
[x] You talk fast occasionally.
[x] You have had highlights or have dyed your hair.
[ ] You know what platanos are.
Total: 4

Russian
[ ] You say villian as: Vee-lon.
[] You get short tempered.
[x] You know of somebody named natasha.
[x] You get cold easily.
[ ] Rain is fun for you.
[] You get into contests all the time.
[] You can easily make do with the cold weather.
Total: 2

Irish
[x] You think beer is the best.
[] You have a bad temper.
[] Your last name starts with a Mc, Murph, O', Fitz or ends with a ley, on, un, an, in, ry, ly, y.
[x] You have blue or green eyes.
[x] You like the color green.
[x] You have been to a st. pattys day party.
[] You have a family member from Ireland.
[x] You have blonde hair.
[x] You have/had freckles.
[x] Your family get togethers always include drinking and singing.
Total: 7

African American
[] You say nigga/nukka casually.
[] You have nappy hair.
[x] You like rap.
[ ] You know how to shoot a gun
[x] You think President George Walker Bush is racist.
[x] You like chicken.
[x] You like watermelon.
[x] You can dance.
[] You can 'sing' gospel.
Total: 5

Asian
[ ] You have slanty/small eyes.
[ ] You like rice a lot.
[] You are good at math.
[x] You have played the piano.
[ ] You have family from asia.
[ ] You laugh sometimes covering your mouth.
[] Most people think you're chinese.
[ ] You call hurricanes typhoons.
[ ] You go to Baulko.
[ ] You use emotions like ^^ -_- and O_o everywhere
Total: 1

German
[x] You like bread.
[x] You think German Chocolate is good.
[ ] You Speak some German.
[x] You know what Schnitzel is.
[x] You hate it when stupid people call you a Nazi.
[ ] You went to Pre-school.
[x] You're over 5'2.
Total: 5

Canadian
[x] You like/play/played hockey.
[x] You love beer.
[x] You say eh.
[x] You know what poutine is.
[x] You speak some french.
[x] You love Tim Horton's.
[x] At one point you lived in a farm house.
[x] You watch/watched degrassi.
Total: 8

American
[] You hate foriegners.
[] You hate non-Christians.
[] You're lazy.
[] You are not cultured.
[x] You hate abortion.
[] But love the death penalty.
[] You don't read.
[] You shop at walmart.
[x] You think this survey is rather biased. *seconded =)*
Total: 2

What are your top three?
Australian
Irish
Canadian


Friday, March 30, 2007

I love Brent more than anything.  I love him like I've known him forever.  I love him like I will know him forever.  I've been in love before, but Brent is different.  He's the only person I've ever met that I haven't had to change anything about myself for.  I feel free with him.  Free, yet protected.  It's kind of strange for me to think that I didn't even want to go out with him before.  I'm scared though.  I feel pressed for time.  I wanted to graduate before having children.  I wanted to graduate, buy a house, get married, go to teacher's college, teach for a year or two, have children, take care of them for a few years and then go directly back to work.  But I'm realizing more and more lately that I don't have time to do all that before I'm 30...and although I realize I left that out, that's what I want.  To do all that before I'm 30, that is.  I'm not really sure why.  It's almost as if I can't imagine anything after that time.  It's six or seven years away, I know, but I really feel like time is going to fly away if I don't seize the day so to speak.  Am I scared that life ends at 30?  I certainly hope not.  I just really want to settle into something before that.  But to do that, one of the things above will have to wait.  I suppose that for now I will go to school and work as hard as I can to do my best, but know that I don't have to be committed to graduate in a year or two.  If something else comes along I can do it I guess.  I need  to take life with a grain of salt.



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