Thursday, 30 October 2008
85 emails
When I logged on this morning I thought that there was an error when it said I had 85 emails but it was true. An email was sent out and 1 person replied saying that it had come to them be error but instead of replying to the person who sent it they replied to the whole list. People keep emailing saying they are getting things by error but everything is being sent to everyone. Now people are sending emails saying don't reply to everyone and they are sending this to everyone. People are defending themselves and saying I didn't and everyone is finding out about it. It seems to be self-perpetuating.
Monday, 27 October 2008
Falling in love
At Kat and Andy's wedding they had a reading from Captain Corelli's Mandolin which I had not heard before although after research it appears to be one that registry offices can provide. With my enquiring mind I was interested as to what the next lines are it is interesting but needed a context. It turned out that there was two similar quotes, one from the movie and one from the book.
The first quote is
When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the desire to mate every second of the day. It is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every part of your body. No... don't blush. I am telling you some truths. For that is just being in love; which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over, when being in love has burned away. Doesn't sound very exciting, does it? But it is!
The other is similar but a little different.
Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like a volcano and then subsides and when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part, because this is what love is. Love is not the breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promise of eternal passion, and it is not the desire to mate every minute or every second of the day. That is just being "in love"which any fool can do…Love itself is what's left over when being in love has burned away, and this both an art and a fortunate accident.
I think that the first one is from the movie as they can get away with phrases such as erupts like a earthquake (which obviously earthquakes don't). The second is the one used at the wedding and I think it is a very powerful analogy.
The first quote is
When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the desire to mate every second of the day. It is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every part of your body. No... don't blush. I am telling you some truths. For that is just being in love; which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over, when being in love has burned away. Doesn't sound very exciting, does it? But it is!
The other is similar but a little different.
Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like a volcano and then subsides and when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part, because this is what love is. Love is not the breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promise of eternal passion, and it is not the desire to mate every minute or every second of the day. That is just being "in love"which any fool can do…Love itself is what's left over when being in love has burned away, and this both an art and a fortunate accident.
I think that the first one is from the movie as they can get away with phrases such as erupts like a earthquake (which obviously earthquakes don't). The second is the one used at the wedding and I think it is a very powerful analogy.
TV
Liitle Dorrit by Dickens from the people who did Bleakhouse has started well and has some excellent actors and performances.
Spooks is back which is one of my most favourite shows as it is not scared to kill off the main characters. Only 2 of the original cast are still in it and there is no guarantee that either of those two will survive this season.
Hole in the Wall - where celebrities dressed in silver Lycra contort themselves to try and get through strange shaped holes. I shouldn't like seeing them fail and fall into the water but somehow I can't stop laughing at it as it is just so silly.
Spooks is back which is one of my most favourite shows as it is not scared to kill off the main characters. Only 2 of the original cast are still in it and there is no guarantee that either of those two will survive this season.
Hole in the Wall - where celebrities dressed in silver Lycra contort themselves to try and get through strange shaped holes. I shouldn't like seeing them fail and fall into the water but somehow I can't stop laughing at it as it is just so silly.
What a week
The final week has been so busy in a number of ways. Workwise there was an open evening meaning working till past 9pm, a gruelling half term with Ofsted that seemed to go on for ever and the amount and pointlessness of paperwork reaching every skyward. An example of this is when marking books we need to note down when we do peer -assessment ( grading another students work). Why? The students know we did peer assessment as they where there but management don't so the tasks increase workload to benefit management but make little real difference to the students progress. The job that I applied for at British Schools of America has been advertised so I am going to give it one last shot with Boston my favourite location.
This weekend was Kat's wedding to Andy which ran smoothly. It has always been obvious that Kat is attractive but I usually see her wearing sports clothing and running around a korfball hall so the contrast to her in her wedding dress was most marked. It was nice to see Andy let his hair down a bit as he does not spend a lot of time in our social circle and can be quite shy. It was nice as everyone has been busy with new houses, babies and jobs so to have a night out was good to catch up. The only downside was having it on a Sunday which meant that it kind of drifted and petered out as everyone had to leave as they had work the next day until there was a hard core of teachers and close family.
My PC has come down with a malady which means it turns off suddenly and for no reason and won't start again for five minutes or so but the repair can't find anything wrong and the problem only ever occurs in my house.
This weekend was Kat's wedding to Andy which ran smoothly. It has always been obvious that Kat is attractive but I usually see her wearing sports clothing and running around a korfball hall so the contrast to her in her wedding dress was most marked. It was nice to see Andy let his hair down a bit as he does not spend a lot of time in our social circle and can be quite shy. It was nice as everyone has been busy with new houses, babies and jobs so to have a night out was good to catch up. The only downside was having it on a Sunday which meant that it kind of drifted and petered out as everyone had to leave as they had work the next day until there was a hard core of teachers and close family.
My PC has come down with a malady which means it turns off suddenly and for no reason and won't start again for five minutes or so but the repair can't find anything wrong and the problem only ever occurs in my house.
Monday, 20 October 2008
My frustrating drive around Mile Cross
Every year the Year 11's go on work experience and as their teacher I have to go and visit them, check they are behaving themselves and ensuring that they are completing all of the paperwork that they have to do. I had the address, looked up where it was and arrived promptly on time. Unfortunately the school was all boarded up and was due to be knocked down.
So, I went to the nearest pay phone at Asda and rang the school but the lady in charge of work experience was out doing her own visits. I then tried to ring directory enquires but the pay phone won't let me so so I went to customer service and they lent me a phone book so I established the road it was on but Asda do not sell Norwich maps as it was not a road I had heard of. The people is Asda had a rough idea and with little more than that I set off to a vague area.
After asking people on the street, the lady in the post office and all the people queueing up in Lidl (and boy did that get me some strange stares) I found that I was gradually closing in on this school. Eventually I saw another little news agent stopped and found that they did have maps and that the road I was looking for a tiny cul-de-sac in the centre of a housing development. Just I arrived at the gates 80 mins late I realised that I had to rush to get back to school to teach period 4.
The moral of the story, never leave home without your mobile phone.
So, I went to the nearest pay phone at Asda and rang the school but the lady in charge of work experience was out doing her own visits. I then tried to ring directory enquires but the pay phone won't let me so so I went to customer service and they lent me a phone book so I established the road it was on but Asda do not sell Norwich maps as it was not a road I had heard of. The people is Asda had a rough idea and with little more than that I set off to a vague area.
After asking people on the street, the lady in the post office and all the people queueing up in Lidl (and boy did that get me some strange stares) I found that I was gradually closing in on this school. Eventually I saw another little news agent stopped and found that they did have maps and that the road I was looking for a tiny cul-de-sac in the centre of a housing development. Just I arrived at the gates 80 mins late I realised that I had to rush to get back to school to teach period 4.
The moral of the story, never leave home without your mobile phone.
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Norwich City 3 lost to Norwich Knights 3: 7-6
Goals scored 1, goals created 2, 1 losing bonus point captured. A missed opportunity. Probably should have won this one but failed to fully exploit the opportunities that were presented to us. When they moved their best defender on to our weaker attacker it should make the game easier not harder and a team that over commits so often should have been taken but certain members of the team had Teflon hands and it just wasn't happening. Poor refereeing as well, in a game that physical should have more than one free pass from start to finish.
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