I've had an awful day at work and got to go home early - don't worry, it'll be okay, and I'm 100% supported, but I'm just one of those sensitive, emotional people who cry fairly easily (which sucks, by the way - anyone else like this who finds it just as inconvenient as I do ( Read more... )

Guess what? Space is playing Doctor Who (the "new" series) Monday to Thursday at 8pm! 'Course, I didn't find out till Saturday and Monday's episode was the second half of a double, so I've missed a few. Still, I haven't seen these before - they're Christopher Eccleston episodes and, what's her name in the show, Billy Piper? I've drawn a complete ( Read more... )

Both Adam and I have a bit of fun with people when we first meet them. If someone tries to guess where I'm from, I don't give them much help, just sit back and see what they come up with (usually England first, then New Zealand. New Zealand!!). The people I'm working with in the Ministry of Education play it much safer and just ask where I'm from ( Read more... )

Just heard the news: 26 year old Matt Smith has been cast to play the next Doctor Who, the youngest ever Doctor. He looks like a younger, less appealing version of David Tennant doesn't he? I think they should have gone with someone radically different, racially different too, but it seems like the BBC really want to hold on to their younger ( Read more... )

Hello. I'm procrastinating. Trying to ease the panicky feeling in my gut :) I have to plan four lessons, with a fifth having some kind of evaluation task, for grade 10 Great Expectations unit. It's only up to the end of volume 1. The first lesson will be on the time period, and the next three on character study and caricature. It's a little ( Read more... )