Faculty Hour

[romanywitch]

Jenny's managed to haul in a whole bunch of coffee for today. What's life without caffeine? She's also got tea--black and herbal--for the decaf and non-coffee-drinking freaks types.

The food table has hummus, baba ganoush and pita, chips and salsa--spicy and mild, as well as some melted cheese dip and nacho toppings--sliced fruit and berries set next to a dip that's labelled as vanilla yogurt and cream cheese, vegetables and ranch dressing, spring rolls--vegetarian and shrimp--with plum sauce, and off in the back of the table, melted chocolate with strawberries and other fruits for dipping.

Jenny's sitting in a corner, a plate of food and a large mug of coffee next to her, and is typing away on her laptop.

OOC ETA: There is a conversation between CJ Cregg and Daniel Jackson that has been screened (either permanently or temporarily, I'm not sure) due to a player issue. Thank you.

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[romanywitch]

Jenny grinned back. "Nice class, then. I'm jealous. Actually, I was a teacher before I moved out here. Computer science, though."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Kind of a shift in fields isn't it? Technology huh? What was your specialty, hardware or software?"

Mac takes a bite of the pita and hummus.

"Good hummus by the way... I assume you made it?"

[romanywitch]

"It was my minor in college," said Jenny. "I double majored in secondary ed and comp sci." She grinned. "I'm a programmer. Software? Totally my specialty. Then again, you don't work with computers without developing a pretty good facility for working with the nuts and bolts."

Jenny shook her head. "Me? Nope. I learned to cook, but nothing fancy. I ran off and bought most of this."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

Mac grinned back. "I'm not much of a computer guy, though I've been known to mess around with a circuit board from time to time. Usually trying to either fix or break it, depending on the circumstances involved."

Mac snacked on more of the hummus.

"So you're a professionally trained teacher? I think that's something unique for this high school. I find myself improvising almost everything for class. Grading the kids' projects is going to be an interesting process."

[romanywitch]

"Well, give me a holler if you ever have computer problems," said Jenny. "Trust me, I'd love to help. Though why you'd want to break a circuit board? Gotta say, I'm clueless."

Jenny took a drink of her coffee. "Yeah, degreed and all. Got my certificate for California, and they're reviewing me now for Virginia. Though as Fandom's a private school, I don't actually need the certificate. Improvising? Cool. Lesson plans can only get you so far anyway. And grading's a nightmare no matter how many education courses you've taken."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Well... I previously worked as a troubleshooter for an international organization. Occasionally I had to hack my way into some secure areas in order to fix problems. I assure you though that it was all in the interest of the better good," Mac says as he pushes his finished plate of hummus aside. "Though I may take you up on your offer for help. The program that runs the holographic/hard light emitters in the shop can be a little flaky and the programming is a total mystery to me."

[romanywitch]

"You have unusual technology?" asked Jenny curiously. "Gotta say, hard light emitters? Not so familiar. But I bet if you let me dig around in there for a while, I'd be able to figure it out."

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Unusual isn't the word for it," Mac said with a grin. "It's from this place called Shi'ar, but I've never found it on the map. I originally bought the equipment from a school up North called 'Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.' It can replicate virtually any environment you want. The hardware for it appears to be okay, but putting in new environments can be a bit of a pain."

Mac takes a sip of his coffee.

"You can drop by my class on Thursday morning if you are interested in seeing it in action."

[romanywitch]

"I'd love to," said Jenny and seeing as how it's Thursday morning, I'm off to look for the class posting. "Thanks."