Limp jerky, teaching at a school for adults, fanatic basketball people

High-scoring words of the night so far:

MIAOUED (132 points) - against Larry S. [3W, 4W]
LIMP (509 points) - against Mark F. [2W, two 5W, hook off LAID to make PLAID] {a good deficit-erasing word!}
JERKY (115 points) - against Susan S. [5W] {a good deficit-erasing word!}


More relevant Taiwan conversation:

[23:06:41] Corey: sorry, I had to eat lunch, and then Jane's parents wanted to talk to me for a really long time about my teaching demo today :P they want to help me a lot, but really, I need more time to just work on what I'm going to do :P
[23:07:12] Corey: but I told them about what I want to do, and they seem to think I can handle it, so that's good at least :P
[23:07:30] Corey: this is tonight at a school for adults, not kids, so I hope I get it
[23:08:09] Flami: so what do you want to do? teach at the school for adults instead?
[23:23:53] Corey: I think that would be better, yeah
[23:24:14] Corey: this is only part-time, so I probably need to find something else to do too, though
[23:26:27] Flami: do you know what the work hours and pay would be like?
[23:28:39] Corey: not yet. probably evenings, I'm guessing just 1-2 classes per night. I think they have decent pay, but screw you on things like a 50-minute class with a 10-minute break, and not paying you for the break in the middle.. but, this is one of the few schools that seems to be totally legal and upfront about things, according to people online
[23:29:25] Corey: so it's probably a pretty decent place to get my ARC (work visa, which is tied to your main job... if you lose that job, you leave Taiwan, unless you find something else in like a week or something :P)
[23:29:59] Flami: yeah, that doesn't sound too bad, considering the alternative
[23:31:51] Corey: evenings might sort of suck because then it's harder to do private lessons (since that's when adults are off work and available to pay me for private lessons), but I should be able to line up some of those.... the rate on those is $1000 per hour :P maybe like $800 for Jane's friends, I don't know
[23:34:05] Flami: so what do Jane's parents want to help you with?
[23:37:37] Corey: just trying to tell me how to introduce myself and stuff, but I already have that crap figured out
[23:38:01] Corey: so you can help me think of some more "Useful Phrases" :P
[23:38:48] Corey: these are things people would ask during a family reunion, and the answers
[23:39:22] Corey: "Our English teacher is kind and pretty. I like her very much"
"Same here." <- bold phrase [23:39:51] Corey: "Well, to cut a long story short (bolded phrase :P), we are going to get married next month" "Congratulations!" [23:40:18] Corey: I'm trying to think of a few more examples like that with some slang phrases like that, since that looks like the angle it's going for here Trivia fact for Thursday, Apr. 15: Why did a fanatic fan of basketball great Larry Bird ask to have three years added to his expected 30-year sentence for robbery and shooting with intent to kill? Eric James Torpy wanted his 2005 sentence to match the Boston Celtic star's jersey number: 33. The judge - in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - obliged.