$1,000

So I was walking to my car today and as the wind was blowing guess what happened! 10 one hundred dollar bills blew up by my feet. Of course I looked around for any frantic person who was chasing after money that they just lost. When I saw no one I was like, "Ca-Ching!". It was my lucky day. Oh what to do with my new found luck!

I'm a pretty practical person so there is no way I am going to blow this on candy (even though that would be sweet!). No, I am going to buy something that I need. A new couch and recliner. I have been looking at one in Ashley's Furniture Store so now is the perfect time to buy it. It's a microfiber couch that is dark brown. It is going to look great in my living room!

Mr. Torpin

My New Pet

Hey everybody, I just got back from the zoo and something crazy happened! I was looking at the animals and some shady looking person came up to me and asked if I wanted to take an animal home today. He told me he was a zoo keeper so I figured it would be OK. As I was looking around I tried to find the perfect pet. I knew I couldn't afford to feed one of the large animals and I didn't particularly want my hand bitten off, so the lion was out. And that's when I saw her. It was a baby girl penguin!

My penguin is the perfect pet because I already have a pretty big freezer. I think I'm going to slowly ween the penguin off of the cold so eventually it won't need to kept in the freezer. Right now my cat doesn't quite know what to think about the penguin (I named her Flappy). Oh well, the cat can either get over it or start to like her, because lets face it, the penguin is much cooler and will stay. Oh yeah, if anyone likes to go fishing call me so I can feed her...she is getting very hungry!

Mr. Torpin

A look into the future

Where do I see myself in 15 years? In 15 years I will be 38 and I want to have accomplished several things. I plan on have a family, a different house, and advanced in my career. Right now I am currently working on my masters degree in 7-12 Principalship. With this degree one day I will be able to become a principal. Often times a new or younger principal will start out in a small school and get some experience before moving on to a larger school. In 15 years I hope to be either at my second or third school where I plan on staying for the rest of my working life.

Other major plans for fifteen years down the road include having kids of my own and being in a different house. Right now I am remodeling a smaller house which I plan on finishing and selling in about five years. I also would like to have traveled outside the United States with my wife. She always have dreamt about going back to Europe so maybe in 15 years that will be a possibility.

Last Person On Earth

If i were the last person on earth I would initially freak out. Once the shock wore off I then have some fun. I would need a car to get around so the only obvious solution would be to drive to Colorado and steal a Ferrari. Once I have the car I would go to Water World. It's a water park so I wouldn't need anyone to operate the rides. Then i would need some food so I would hit up Jimmy Johns. I figured I could make one of their sandwiches.

Once the fun got old i would start to get lonely so I'm going to need a friend. The only logical thing to do would be to break into the zoo and steal a monkey. Yes, the monkey and I would have a great time....unless it turned on me. I better get a stun gun or some sort of animal tranquilizer. You know what...the monkey is definitely going to turn on me so i better go with a less threatening animal, maybe a penguin.

Hello World

Hello world, it's me Mr. Torpin! I am a second year teacher here at Shelton high. I teacher computers and business classes. My favorite class to teach is Multimedia, hopefully some of you will take it when you're in high school. I grew up in O'Neill Nebraska, which is about 2 hours north of here. In October I married by beautiful wife Jenny.

In my free time I enjoy a wide variety of things. One of the more unique thing is my hockey playing. As many of you know i play hockey for the Tri City Senior Hockey Leauge. I am a goalie so if you ever want to get me off subject just ask questions about hockey. Just kidding, but seriously...I love talking about hockey so do. on a side note, I can't wait to get to know each of you over the course of the semester. Have fun blogging!