Thursday, December 22, 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
New Favorite Music
My latest iTunes downloads:
Kaiser Chiefs, Babyshambles, Supergrass, Bedouin Soundclash, The Charlatans and Kasbian.
I can't stop singing Bedouin Soundclash's "When The Night Feels My Song" in my head.
Kaiser Chiefs, Babyshambles, Supergrass, Bedouin Soundclash, The Charlatans and Kasbian.
I can't stop singing Bedouin Soundclash's "When The Night Feels My Song" in my head.
Monday, December 19, 2005
I am addicted to dog racing!
Good fun, good fun. I lost 8 quid, won 2. On 10 races, that's not TOO bad. I was just starting to get the hang of it: trios, forecasts, reverse forecasts, etc. This could mean trouble - I am two train stops away from the track... I've never been very lucky with these things, but it is a fun night out.
The Parcel Force Man
The last time he stopped by, it was 7:30 in the morning. He let me sleep in a bit this time. I awoke to a lovely BIG box from my parents. I am such a happy girl having received a box full of Sweetarts, Easymac and Mema's famous chocolate chip cookies. Mmm. They also sent a TN Vols fleece which will come in handy next week and the traditional Mary Englebreit calendar.
I am feeling very loved right now.
I have hung my Tarro artwork and am listening to my Toad CD as I clean my room. I have started doing my laundry for my trip. I have waited too long and now I have to prioritize what can wait until I get back. Boy do I miss dryers. I miss doing 3 loads of laundry in one day. I miss the days of last-minute packing where you did laundry at midnight and it was dry and in the suitcase the next morning. I am lucky if my clothes dry in three days...
Enough complaining. I am off to find some new ________ for my trip. I am not exactly sure what I am looking for. Shoes, pants, sweaters. I have a list, but really I just want something new.
I am feeling very loved right now.
I have hung my Tarro artwork and am listening to my Toad CD as I clean my room. I have started doing my laundry for my trip. I have waited too long and now I have to prioritize what can wait until I get back. Boy do I miss dryers. I miss doing 3 loads of laundry in one day. I miss the days of last-minute packing where you did laundry at midnight and it was dry and in the suitcase the next morning. I am lucky if my clothes dry in three days...
Enough complaining. I am off to find some new ________ for my trip. I am not exactly sure what I am looking for. Shoes, pants, sweaters. I have a list, but really I just want something new.
Sunday, December 18, 2005
"Vaginas have tastebuds. Why else would they make flavoured condoms?"
That was just one of the comments that had me in stitches Monday night. This is how our year 7s think... Scary, eh?
Monday night was a great success. It has been a long time since the whole department was together and laughing like that. It reminds me why I like working here. And makes me sad that it takes a night out for us to really enjoy each other - it wasn't always that way.
My first holiday package arrived early Monday morning - 5 pounds of cookies and fudge from my grandmother! Mmm!! Friday I received a package from my sister and brother-in-law - lots of goodies to keep my hands and feet warm. :) Cashmere socks are heavenly. Plus, some art to hang on my walls (pictures of the darling Tarro, their australian shepherd) and a Toad the Wet Sprocket CD. Sisters send wonderful packages!!
Yesterday I woke early to be at the school by half 6 (6:30). I had signed up for a WWI history tour of Ypres. We spent the day in Belgium, visiting various WWI sites near Ypres. My knowledge of WWI history is shite but I was still moved by what we saw. It was interesting to see that the area was fairly flat with gentle slopes and that is why the trenches were so important. We visited Bayernwald, a German trench system and ate our lunch inside the trenches. We drove past many war memorials and cemeteries, stopping at a few. There were just so many. I couldn't believe how much that history is a part of their everyday life. Can you imagine having abandoned bunkers amongst your sheep or vegetable gardens or cemeteries lined with white gravestones just across the street from your neighbor? They say that there are still mines that did not go off in some of the fields. We watched a re-enactment of the Christmas Truce in the very area that it broke out between German and English troops and where a game of football was played before killing resumed. The trip ended in Ypres, a town completely destroyed in the war but has since been rebuilt. At the Menin Gate Memorial we watched the Last Post ceremony which has been sounded every night since 1929, except for the four years that German troops occupied Ypres during the second World War. It was a pretty spectacular day. We even had snow.
Tomorrow I am heading to dinner at a co-worker's then we're off to the Dog Races. I also have to start packing... Thursday I leave for my trip: Oxford, York, Edinburgh, Loch Ness, Glasgow and Liverpool. Lots of stuff happening and all I can think about is:
I DON'T HAVE TO WAKE UP FOR SCHOOL IN THE MORNING!!
I'm such a little kid! :)
Monday night was a great success. It has been a long time since the whole department was together and laughing like that. It reminds me why I like working here. And makes me sad that it takes a night out for us to really enjoy each other - it wasn't always that way.
My first holiday package arrived early Monday morning - 5 pounds of cookies and fudge from my grandmother! Mmm!! Friday I received a package from my sister and brother-in-law - lots of goodies to keep my hands and feet warm. :) Cashmere socks are heavenly. Plus, some art to hang on my walls (pictures of the darling Tarro, their australian shepherd) and a Toad the Wet Sprocket CD. Sisters send wonderful packages!!
Yesterday I woke early to be at the school by half 6 (6:30). I had signed up for a WWI history tour of Ypres. We spent the day in Belgium, visiting various WWI sites near Ypres. My knowledge of WWI history is shite but I was still moved by what we saw. It was interesting to see that the area was fairly flat with gentle slopes and that is why the trenches were so important. We visited Bayernwald, a German trench system and ate our lunch inside the trenches. We drove past many war memorials and cemeteries, stopping at a few. There were just so many. I couldn't believe how much that history is a part of their everyday life. Can you imagine having abandoned bunkers amongst your sheep or vegetable gardens or cemeteries lined with white gravestones just across the street from your neighbor? They say that there are still mines that did not go off in some of the fields. We watched a re-enactment of the Christmas Truce in the very area that it broke out between German and English troops and where a game of football was played before killing resumed. The trip ended in Ypres, a town completely destroyed in the war but has since been rebuilt. At the Menin Gate Memorial we watched the Last Post ceremony which has been sounded every night since 1929, except for the four years that German troops occupied Ypres during the second World War. It was a pretty spectacular day. We even had snow.
Tomorrow I am heading to dinner at a co-worker's then we're off to the Dog Races. I also have to start packing... Thursday I leave for my trip: Oxford, York, Edinburgh, Loch Ness, Glasgow and Liverpool. Lots of stuff happening and all I can think about is:
I DON'T HAVE TO WAKE UP FOR SCHOOL IN THE MORNING!!
I'm such a little kid! :)
Space Cadets
A British reality television programme that sucked me in...
They told these poor kids that they were going to be the first British civilians in space. They made them go through all sorts of training exercises. Then they whisked them off to 'Russia.' Finally, they sent three kids and one actor into 'space' with two astronauts (actors). The punchline: they were just in a simulator a few miles away.
I didn't start to watch it until late in the series, but what I did see I couldn't get enough. The three cadets were hilarious. The Russian astronaut was actually a British actor with not the best russian accent. The American astronaut (Canadian - Yes, Canada is considered part of America) was just obnoxious. And the cadet actor kept me in stitches. The production crew kept talking to him through a secret hole in the closet, handing him things and sending people in to interview him. They had an issue with a moth one episode where it got into the simulator and everyone was in a panic that it would be seen by the three cadets and give the whole game away.
But as I watched, I got more and more annoyed by the whole thing. I mean, how stupid do you have to be? Wouldn't you start to question things when your feet were firmly planted on the floor of the 'space ship' (as in GRAVITY was still holding you in place)? Wouldn't you start to ask questions when your bed was a sleeping bag on the floor? Would you not start to wonder when they had a real toilet in the corner of the bathroom? Why on earth would you not question the fact that the 'science experiments' they wanted you to perform while you were orbiting earth consisted of making balloon animals?
I missed the reveal on Friday. I wished I could have seen how the cadets took the news. Of course they won some big bucks for being made to look like fools. And a day in a flight simulator, a real one this time... in Russia.
They told these poor kids that they were going to be the first British civilians in space. They made them go through all sorts of training exercises. Then they whisked them off to 'Russia.' Finally, they sent three kids and one actor into 'space' with two astronauts (actors). The punchline: they were just in a simulator a few miles away.
I didn't start to watch it until late in the series, but what I did see I couldn't get enough. The three cadets were hilarious. The Russian astronaut was actually a British actor with not the best russian accent. The American astronaut (Canadian - Yes, Canada is considered part of America) was just obnoxious. And the cadet actor kept me in stitches. The production crew kept talking to him through a secret hole in the closet, handing him things and sending people in to interview him. They had an issue with a moth one episode where it got into the simulator and everyone was in a panic that it would be seen by the three cadets and give the whole game away.
But as I watched, I got more and more annoyed by the whole thing. I mean, how stupid do you have to be? Wouldn't you start to question things when your feet were firmly planted on the floor of the 'space ship' (as in GRAVITY was still holding you in place)? Wouldn't you start to ask questions when your bed was a sleeping bag on the floor? Would you not start to wonder when they had a real toilet in the corner of the bathroom? Why on earth would you not question the fact that the 'science experiments' they wanted you to perform while you were orbiting earth consisted of making balloon animals?
I missed the reveal on Friday. I wished I could have seen how the cadets took the news. Of course they won some big bucks for being made to look like fools. And a day in a flight simulator, a real one this time... in Russia.
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