Heh, got the results of last week's test back. 93%.
See, I told you it wasn't going to be 100%. : )
I'm fairly happy with the mark, though as has been the case throughout allll my schooling, I lost points for stupid little mistakes. Eh – I passed, that's all that matters. (The pass-mark was 80%, by the way.)
Had a practice test today for the subject that makes my brain hurt (Occupational Health & Safety). If it'd been the actual exam I would've passed, but not by much. I really really like practise tests, they're an excellent opportunity to check how much you know and where you need to spend more time.
As it stands, I should get a 'CO' (competent) in 3 of my 4 subjects – failing a stupendous cock-up on the real OHS exam 1st week back of term 2, that is. I'm almost certain to pass the fourth subject but I won't officially be marked in that until I've done the required number of hours in 'industry placement', work-experience in other words. There's several subjects have the industry placement criteria – I wonder if I can count my work at the cubs' school towards it? (The principal told me the other day there'll be stacks to do soon, what with all the books that've been donated to the school. : ) That'll be good, I miss the library work.)
<scowl> There's paper plates strewn/stashed all over the house – they've got numbers written on them. Why? Cos one of my cubs decided he wanted to play a number-finding game. <rude noise> Of course, his chances of finding them all are very good cos it was him wot hid them... Plays to win, does my cub - I despair of the kind of gamer he'll be if he ever gets involved in role-playing. Number-crunching Munchkin, anyone?
I probly should get on with my next AC, seeing as Joules has been good and finished hers...
(Or maybe that should be conscientious rather than good. For some reason Joules kicks up about words like 'good' or 'sweet' being used in relation to her. <bg>)
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Astro Boy. Hn, it's as sappy as I remember but no doubt the animation is much better than the original. They've kept the flavour of the original theme too, unlike the - the abomination that was made of the re-released Kimba theme some years ago. <sobs, shakes fist> Curse you, you defilers! .... <deep breath> I'm all right now.
The cubs like Astro Boy, though, they get right into the storylines. : )
And the cubs took me on a tour of the 'portable' school this afternoon when I went to pick them up. It's pretty spiffy, doesn't feel portable at all. The classrooms are set in a 'U' shape around a central lawn - gives it a villagey kind of air. I like it. : )
Hn, Easter holidays start in <counts on fingers> 3 days - spose I should make the now traditional list of goals.
Right, cubs' room - it's a sty, has to be cleaned.
My room - ditto.
.............
I think that'll do.
The cubs like Astro Boy, though, they get right into the storylines. : )
And the cubs took me on a tour of the 'portable' school this afternoon when I went to pick them up. It's pretty spiffy, doesn't feel portable at all. The classrooms are set in a 'U' shape around a central lawn - gives it a villagey kind of air. I like it. : )
Hn, Easter holidays start in <counts on fingers> 3 days - spose I should make the now traditional list of goals.
Right, cubs' room - it's a sty, has to be cleaned.
My room - ditto.
.............
I think that'll do.
Monday, March 29, 2004
The Museum's new Bugs Alive exhibit was very, um, interesting. Very interesting, on the whole... even the plethora of live spiders. There was a Chilean Rose tarantula lurking pinkly in its enclosure. I pointed it out to the cubs as the one Kai has and they were dead impressed. They're talking now about having pet spiders... <head in hands> I don't think so, I'm not going to have an animal in the house that makes me twitch.
I got to hold a leaf insect (well, I got to be walked on by a leaf insect) and that was kinda cute in a sticky prickly sort of fashion : ) You can get them from pet-shops around here, as you can some of the ginormous native australian cockroaches...
Nah, if I'm going to acquire some exotic pets they'll most likely be frogs.
As part of the exhibit the Museum has dragged out some of it's extensive insect collection. So pretty! Very dead, but still - so pretty! Hundreds of moths and butterflies and beetles and spiders, all shades and colours, all sizes and shapes, artistically arranged and displayed. Fascinating! I love butterfly collections... if it wasn't for the dodgy karma involved in displaying dead creatures my house would be full of them! (I have toyed with the idea of making karma-free displays - butterflies fashioned from paper or material. I've bought half a dozen origami books over the years just because they contain patterns for butterflys. : )
Was able to buy the cubs a little something each from the gift shop (and something for myself - a piece of plastic sushi, prawn on rice. Hee. Almost got the full set now.) One of my cubs chose a t-rex marionette thing... <sigh> You can only guess how many times in the past 6 hours I've had to untangle the strings.
But it was a fun day and we all want to go back and visit the mini-beasts again.
The cubs' school goes into the portable classrooms tomorrow, where they'll be until the new school is built. Unfortunately I don't think I can stay for the assembly in the morning, let alone the planned ribbon-cutting ceremony, cos I have to get to school myself. Ah well, Penny'll be there, she'll take the photos.
I got to hold a leaf insect (well, I got to be walked on by a leaf insect) and that was kinda cute in a sticky prickly sort of fashion : ) You can get them from pet-shops around here, as you can some of the ginormous native australian cockroaches...
Nah, if I'm going to acquire some exotic pets they'll most likely be frogs.
As part of the exhibit the Museum has dragged out some of it's extensive insect collection. So pretty! Very dead, but still - so pretty! Hundreds of moths and butterflies and beetles and spiders, all shades and colours, all sizes and shapes, artistically arranged and displayed. Fascinating! I love butterfly collections... if it wasn't for the dodgy karma involved in displaying dead creatures my house would be full of them! (I have toyed with the idea of making karma-free displays - butterflies fashioned from paper or material. I've bought half a dozen origami books over the years just because they contain patterns for butterflys. : )
Was able to buy the cubs a little something each from the gift shop (and something for myself - a piece of plastic sushi, prawn on rice. Hee. Almost got the full set now.) One of my cubs chose a t-rex marionette thing... <sigh> You can only guess how many times in the past 6 hours I've had to untangle the strings.
But it was a fun day and we all want to go back and visit the mini-beasts again.
The cubs' school goes into the portable classrooms tomorrow, where they'll be until the new school is built. Unfortunately I don't think I can stay for the assembly in the morning, let alone the planned ribbon-cutting ceremony, cos I have to get to school myself. Ah well, Penny'll be there, she'll take the photos.
Soulsis (and chicks) brought Mum over this morning then we all went out to lunch. It wasn't bad (heh, Smorgy's food) and Mum enjoyed herself - which was the whole point.
And <happy squeak> Soulsis brought me some presents! The Camelot DVD, a mouse/cat notepad and the cutest set of fish stickers ever. : ) I'm saving those for when I get my new monitor then they can swim around the frame... Thanks, Soulsis!
Heh, this comment thing could be interesting - I can already see it doubling the amount of time spend reading the blogs. <g>
No school tomorrow, and the temperature's forecast for the low 20's. It got to 32 degrees today - ack! It's Autumn for goodness' sake, it's sposed to be getting cooler! But anyway, the cubs and I will probly go into the Museum as planned, and their father mentioned he'd like to take them bike-riding sometime tomorrow as well. Should have two very tired cubs by the end of the day.
Joules is starting her next AC (which is prompting me to think about mine) while I've begun the next Haadri fanfic. : )
Mmmm my house smells of the 'Rock Star' soap...
And <happy squeak> Soulsis brought me some presents! The Camelot DVD, a mouse/cat notepad and the cutest set of fish stickers ever. : ) I'm saving those for when I get my new monitor then they can swim around the frame... Thanks, Soulsis!
Heh, this comment thing could be interesting - I can already see it doubling the amount of time spend reading the blogs. <g>
No school tomorrow, and the temperature's forecast for the low 20's. It got to 32 degrees today - ack! It's Autumn for goodness' sake, it's sposed to be getting cooler! But anyway, the cubs and I will probly go into the Museum as planned, and their father mentioned he'd like to take them bike-riding sometime tomorrow as well. Should have two very tired cubs by the end of the day.
Joules is starting her next AC (which is prompting me to think about mine) while I've begun the next Haadri fanfic. : )
Mmmm my house smells of the 'Rock Star' soap...
Sunday, March 28, 2004
Oh, I get it now, they've not simply remastered the Astro Boy series, they've redone it. Ah...
Never much liked the program when I was younger but now, with a bit of anime appreciation behind me, I can admit to a certain curiosity. It starts on Monday, I'll check it out then.
It's interesting, isn't it, that there's no shrinking violets amongst practitioners of the Dark side of the Force. Evil isn't just seductive it's ego-driven! <smirk>
Never much liked the program when I was younger but now, with a bit of anime appreciation behind me, I can admit to a certain curiosity. It starts on Monday, I'll check it out then.
It's interesting, isn't it, that there's no shrinking violets amongst practitioners of the Dark side of the Force. Evil isn't just seductive it's ego-driven! <smirk>
Heh. Just the other day I was talking to someone about the difference between Lj and Blogger, commenting that I preferred Blogger but thought Lj's 'feedback' option was handy.
Guess what? (hint: have a look at the bottom of the posts.)
<smirk> Dipping into some unfamiliar blogs I found one that had the 'comment' option. Naturally curious I clicked on the link and voila . It's not quite the same as Lj, the comments page is a pop-up, but I'll give it a go, see if it buggers around too much with anything else. : )
As mentioned on Joules' blog, my next Dystopia fic, 'Zoo', is posted in Darkside. It's short, but nasty and sets up another important arc in this world-frame.
Think I need to do something light and fluffy now to get rid of the taste... maybe some more Haadri facfic? <bg>
Guess what? (hint: have a look at the bottom of the posts.)
<smirk> Dipping into some unfamiliar blogs I found one that had the 'comment' option. Naturally curious I clicked on the link and voila . It's not quite the same as Lj, the comments page is a pop-up, but I'll give it a go, see if it buggers around too much with anything else. : )
As mentioned on Joules' blog, my next Dystopia fic, 'Zoo', is posted in Darkside. It's short, but nasty and sets up another important arc in this world-frame.
Think I need to do something light and fluffy now to get rid of the taste... maybe some more Haadri facfic? <bg>
Saturday, March 27, 2004
<happysigh> ... and the ficlet was waiting for me in my email... the fluffy bunny's very happy now... : )
Oh dear, oh dear. Arrr... the haddock be swimmin' agin the toide...
Daylight savings finishes tonight, our clocks go back an hour. I've never been able to make sense of it.
Uhoh, found out where one of my local bookstores (Borders) keeps the manga. I flipped through volume 1 of Fake, and volumes of Cardcaptor Sakura; Excel Saga; Cowboy Bebop; X; GTO; thingy Utena and others I don't remember. Heh, I should've been doing homework and it's a good thing this store doesn't do lay-bys. : )
Oh dear, oh dear. Arrr... the haddock be swimmin' agin the toide...
Daylight savings finishes tonight, our clocks go back an hour. I've never been able to make sense of it.
Uhoh, found out where one of my local bookstores (Borders) keeps the manga. I flipped through volume 1 of Fake, and volumes of Cardcaptor Sakura; Excel Saga; Cowboy Bebop; X; GTO; thingy Utena and others I don't remember. Heh, I should've been doing homework and it's a good thing this store doesn't do lay-bys. : )
<dismayed squeak> What?! The ham-ham wasn't my idea - I was just following orders!
... okay, that argument didn't work at Nuremberg, either, but - <tears brimming in big, soulful blue eyes> - no Watari/Oriya smu- er, angst? That's not fair! <pout>
[... no, you don't need to make a noise to scare people, hab'lan... <smirk>]
... okay, that argument didn't work at Nuremberg, either, but - <tears brimming in big, soulful blue eyes> - no Watari/Oriya smu- er, angst? That's not fair! <pout>
[... no, you don't need to make a noise to scare people, hab'lan... <smirk>]
Hee, this was my battlecry result...
(And a battlecry's not so much about letting them know you're coming as scaring seven shades of excrement out of them before you get there. See? : )
.... this has got me thinking... what sort of carnal relations would be so unsafe they'd age the recipient? Hmm...
I spent last night making ghost costumes, for today's birthday party. The cubs and I worked on the refinements this morning. One cub is going as the ghost of a bionicle and the other as the ghost of a ham-ham. : ) It was fun making the ears! I'll take some photos later...
(And a battlecry's not so much about letting them know you're coming as scaring seven shades of excrement out of them before you get there. See? : )
.... this has got me thinking... what sort of carnal relations would be so unsafe they'd age the recipient? Hmm...
I spent last night making ghost costumes, for today's birthday party. The cubs and I worked on the refinements this morning. One cub is going as the ghost of a bionicle and the other as the ghost of a ham-ham. : ) It was fun making the ears! I'll take some photos later...
Friday, March 26, 2004
Heh, now I've done it. Volunteered myself to be Penny's deputy for putting together the school's historical record. : ) We had fun this morning though, borrowing the school's digital camera and zipping around taking photos of the temporary accomodation.
Finally got some photos of the old site scanned.
The blank space on the right side of the pic is the wing where the library was...
The front of the school. This part has been demolished now.
And lastly, my cubs demonstrating how upset they are. <rolls eyes>
(The yellow thing on M's head is a transformer; the thing S's holding is a plush stingray...)
Thanks, Joules, for resizing and hosting the pics! And thank you, Penny, for scanning them. : )
Finally got some photos of the old site scanned.
The blank space on the right side of the pic is the wing where the library was...
The front of the school. This part has been demolished now.
And lastly, my cubs demonstrating how upset they are. <rolls eyes>
(The yellow thing on M's head is a transformer; the thing S's holding is a plush stingray...)
Thanks, Joules, for resizing and hosting the pics! And thank you, Penny, for scanning them. : )
Thursday, March 25, 2004
The school's 'Book Fair' went well. Over $5000 worth of books sold, $1700+ of that in books that have been donated to the school (that includes $40 worth from the cubs and I) and Scholastic - the company that runs these things - will be donating 35% of the total sales in books to the school. Heh, not a bad effort for such a little institution, eh?
Finished fiddling with a couple of 'Dancing' chapters this week and now I'm dippiing back into Dystopia briefly. Got the next Elga chapter started as well.
Treated myself to a sliver of soap from Lush today (had to be a sliver, this stuff is expensive!). The soap's called 'Rock Star' and it smells like fairy floss...
Finished fiddling with a couple of 'Dancing' chapters this week and now I'm dippiing back into Dystopia briefly. Got the next Elga chapter started as well.
Treated myself to a sliver of soap from Lush today (had to be a sliver, this stuff is expensive!). The soap's called 'Rock Star' and it smells like fairy floss...
Gah, it feels like Friday. Why isn't it Friday?
Got a full weekend coming up. Saturday the cubs are going to a birthday party; on Sunday Soulsis and her chicks are bringing Mum down and we're going to Smorgy's for her birthday; and on Monday (which is a day off school for the cubs cos they'll be shifting into the portable school) the cubs and I are planning on going into the Museum to see the new Bug's Alive exhibition. I'm exhausted already! : }
Hee, Soulsis rang me today to see if A: I had a copy of the musical Camelot on DVD and B: if not would I like one?
I said yes, naturally, I love musicals and Camelot is one of the fluffy-bunny's favourites, so beautifully, tragically Romantic.
I like musicals so much I swear there must be a part of my psyche that's a gay man. Oookay, before anyone squeaks about 'stereotypes' just let me say that every gay man I've ever known enjoys musicals. So there. : )
Got a full weekend coming up. Saturday the cubs are going to a birthday party; on Sunday Soulsis and her chicks are bringing Mum down and we're going to Smorgy's for her birthday; and on Monday (which is a day off school for the cubs cos they'll be shifting into the portable school) the cubs and I are planning on going into the Museum to see the new Bug's Alive exhibition. I'm exhausted already! : }
Hee, Soulsis rang me today to see if A: I had a copy of the musical Camelot on DVD and B: if not would I like one?
I said yes, naturally, I love musicals and Camelot is one of the fluffy-bunny's favourites, so beautifully, tragically Romantic.
I like musicals so much I swear there must be a part of my psyche that's a gay man. Oookay, before anyone squeaks about 'stereotypes' just let me say that every gay man I've ever known enjoys musicals. So there. : )
I have one little niggle with the X series - sometimes I can't read the yellow subtitles when the backgrounds are pale. Be much easier to follow with closed captions. Ah well.
I've had to resort to listening to the English dub in places cos I just can't follow what's going on otherwise. I have the subtitles on at the same time which makes for an interesting effect. It's surprising how many extra words the dub uses, makes it quite wordy compared to the almost spare subs. This isn't necessarily a good thing - the more words used to expand or explain the subtleties the more the original meaning is submerged. I've found, however, I've been getting a 'feel' for the Japanese voices and am picking up clues as to content from the intonations. Fascinating. The cultural slant on the two tracks in noticeable as well, and quite funny in places. (No, no examples, it's late and it's been a long day. : )
And another quick word about the movie version... The more I see of the series the more I realise how bastardised the movie is. It hasn't just been compressed, it's been completely re-edited and the plot significantly changed. I mean, it still works, but the series is way more satisfying. Hope this isn't putting you off the movie too much, Joules!
(One last word... Mmmm... Fuma... And once again the bad guys are all dead-sexy. Tch.)
Wow, this is the second last week of term. Two of my subjects finish next week, another one finishes the first week of term 2, and the fourth finishes 2 weeks after that. Still haven't had any confirmation about places in other subjects, but if I end up not doing any more classes this year I'll cope no doubt, can always make them up next year.
The cubs were well enough to go to school today which was good cos I had an assessment test scheduled for one of my classes and I really didn't want to miss it. How'd I do? Okay, I guess, I'll be surprised if I failed, but I don't think it'll be another 100 percent score.
Sorry to hear bratling's having difficulties, Joules. : ( Hope it settles down soon with the minimum of aggravation.
I've had to resort to listening to the English dub in places cos I just can't follow what's going on otherwise. I have the subtitles on at the same time which makes for an interesting effect. It's surprising how many extra words the dub uses, makes it quite wordy compared to the almost spare subs. This isn't necessarily a good thing - the more words used to expand or explain the subtleties the more the original meaning is submerged. I've found, however, I've been getting a 'feel' for the Japanese voices and am picking up clues as to content from the intonations. Fascinating. The cultural slant on the two tracks in noticeable as well, and quite funny in places. (No, no examples, it's late and it's been a long day. : )
And another quick word about the movie version... The more I see of the series the more I realise how bastardised the movie is. It hasn't just been compressed, it's been completely re-edited and the plot significantly changed. I mean, it still works, but the series is way more satisfying. Hope this isn't putting you off the movie too much, Joules!
(One last word... Mmmm... Fuma... And once again the bad guys are all dead-sexy. Tch.)
Wow, this is the second last week of term. Two of my subjects finish next week, another one finishes the first week of term 2, and the fourth finishes 2 weeks after that. Still haven't had any confirmation about places in other subjects, but if I end up not doing any more classes this year I'll cope no doubt, can always make them up next year.
The cubs were well enough to go to school today which was good cos I had an assessment test scheduled for one of my classes and I really didn't want to miss it. How'd I do? Okay, I guess, I'll be surprised if I failed, but I don't think it'll be another 100 percent score.
Sorry to hear bratling's having difficulties, Joules. : ( Hope it settles down soon with the minimum of aggravation.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Ok, so technically the cubs were well enough to go to school today but I thought it'd be good for them to have a quiet day at home. Means I'm missing my classes, which I'm less happy about, but I'm tired too. Heh, really looking forward to the term break, I have to admit.
Take the Teletubbies, devolve them, then prescribe LSD...
Apparently there is a point to this show but I obviously haven't got it yet. Mind you I thought the Teletubbies were pretty pointless at first but ended up being well and truly charmed. <shakes head> I dunno, put something prettysparkly in front of me and I'm smitten...
Take the Teletubbies, devolve them, then prescribe LSD...
Apparently there is a point to this show but I obviously haven't got it yet. Mind you I thought the Teletubbies were pretty pointless at first but ended up being well and truly charmed. <shakes head> I dunno, put something prettysparkly in front of me and I'm smitten...
Monday, March 22, 2004
Got a call today from the school to go and pick up my cubs from the sports-day excursion. <sigh> The one who'd been sick last night had been sick again. He flaked out on the couch for the rest of the afternoon while the other one (he'll probly get sick in the next couple of days) bounced around bored and distracted cos he had no-one to play with. I blame their father, he was ill over the weekend... : ) Not sure what's going to happen tomorrow – if the sick cub has to stay home do I send his brother off to school anyway? Either way I won't be able to attend my own classes. Eh well.
Aaaand the healthy cub wanted to help me with the washing-up tonight.
<smiling through gritted teeth>
It's good he wants to help – it's good he wants to help.
There's a fine line between gentle, encouraging instruction and tching in barely concealed irritation. I know the only way he's going to learn to do this effectively is by actually doing it but the process took 3 times longer than usual. : )
Started work on chapter 6 of 'Dancing' (hang on? Have I finished 5? Must check...). Had a 'ping' (imagine light-bulb over head) about it, as well. This is good, feel like I'm making progress finally.
I still have no idea what's going to happen when I've finished it though. What do I do? Find an agent first or just start sending out copies to publishers?
<cue Procrastination Princess> I'll think about it later...
Aaaand the healthy cub wanted to help me with the washing-up tonight.
<smiling through gritted teeth>
It's good he wants to help – it's good he wants to help.
There's a fine line between gentle, encouraging instruction and tching in barely concealed irritation. I know the only way he's going to learn to do this effectively is by actually doing it but the process took 3 times longer than usual. : )
Started work on chapter 6 of 'Dancing' (hang on? Have I finished 5? Must check...). Had a 'ping' (imagine light-bulb over head) about it, as well. This is good, feel like I'm making progress finally.
I still have no idea what's going to happen when I've finished it though. What do I do? Find an agent first or just start sending out copies to publishers?
<cue Procrastination Princess> I'll think about it later...
Of all the mummy-duties that fall to me there is none I enjoy more than cleaning up after a sick child... (Yes, I'm being sarcastic. What sort of weirdo do you take me for? I've seen those adult websites - I don't understand the attraction in watching a naked woman vomit.)
I digress.
And there's no better time to perform this duty than just before I go to bed. <sigh> (Ok, could've been worse, sick cub could've come to find me after I'd gone to bed.) But of course, all the icked on bedding (and toys) had to be cleaned straight away or they would've stunk up the house, and then I couldn't go back to bed until the load in the washing-machine was finished cos I'm paranoid about fires started by unattended electrical appliances. Who needs extreme sports for action and adventure, just try parenting...
Uhoh, housemate's found a bookshop that sells and more importantly will lay-by the 'How to draw Manga' series. This could be bad, I haven't purchased any of these books yet cos the only other place I've seen them doesn't do lay-bys. Eh, I'll add them to the list. : )
Well the cubs' projects weren't as painful to complete as anticipated. We walked up to the newsagents on Saturday to get all the card/coloured paper/crepe paper etc we needed then after lunch sat down and got to work. Took just over an hour to finish them. Tch. Fair enough they're not particularly involved or detailed constructions but they're done. The integrated subject for this term turned out to be 'Natural Disasters', not 'Art & Artists' (the kids took a vote, apparently) and so my cubs decided to construct volcanoes for their projects. This consisted of a roughly torn ('clever tearing' - it's a technical term : ) piece of brown paper glued to backing board to represent an island, then a green-paper cone set onto that as the volcano with lava streams made up from strips of crepe paper flowing out from the centre. That was the fun bit, less fun was the writing of volcano 'facts' on the card but it was done and we all sat back blinking at each other at how quickly it had been completed. Heh.
... and then yesterday I initiated some cleaning-up of the house.
Telling the cubs that they're going to clean up their room doesn't work, it's too big a task for them to contemplate and I have to reboot their brains with cordial and a snack. Instead I asked them to do one task - pick up their books and put them back on their bookshelf. There was still grumbling and I still had to supervise them but it wasn't the wholesale trauma of an overwhelming job. Tonight I might ask them to do another small task, and tomorrow another. Call me an optimist but if this works their room should be in order before long...
I did some book-covering last night, using the last remainder of the school library.
A few weeks ago (can't remember if I mentioned it or not) I took home some of the library's supply of the product used to cover books' dustjackets. The stuff has been sitting there for years with little chance of being used as the school didn't seem to buy books with dustjackets anymore. So I asked the librarian I worked with if it was okay for me to take some and she said sure, the stuff was likely to end up in the bin anyway. I only took enough to cover 5 of my books, thinking I could always come back for more... A week later the library and everything in it was gone. Oh well, if I want to cover the rest of my books I'm just going to have to shell out the dosh and buy the product myself.
(But covering the books was enjoyable - I did a good job of it if I say so myself : )
Okies, chapter 4 of 'Elga' is posted in DarkRealm (thanks, Joules, again, for the coding and such : ) I've had a good look at the superhero fic from years ago and I think I can do something with it. Needs rewriting desperately but the basic premise is good.
But first I shall work on another chapter of 'Dancing'.
Oh, have you seen this comic-strip? Get Fuzzy. Onna's sent me some of the strips before but I stumbled across the actual website yesterday. If you're a cat-person you'll probly wet yourself laughing over this - I did. <bg>
Happy Mothering Sunday, Joules!
That's one sweet bratling (and mate) you've got there. : )
I digress.
And there's no better time to perform this duty than just before I go to bed. <sigh> (Ok, could've been worse, sick cub could've come to find me after I'd gone to bed.) But of course, all the icked on bedding (and toys) had to be cleaned straight away or they would've stunk up the house, and then I couldn't go back to bed until the load in the washing-machine was finished cos I'm paranoid about fires started by unattended electrical appliances. Who needs extreme sports for action and adventure, just try parenting...
Uhoh, housemate's found a bookshop that sells and more importantly will lay-by the 'How to draw Manga' series. This could be bad, I haven't purchased any of these books yet cos the only other place I've seen them doesn't do lay-bys. Eh, I'll add them to the list. : )
Well the cubs' projects weren't as painful to complete as anticipated. We walked up to the newsagents on Saturday to get all the card/coloured paper/crepe paper etc we needed then after lunch sat down and got to work. Took just over an hour to finish them. Tch. Fair enough they're not particularly involved or detailed constructions but they're done. The integrated subject for this term turned out to be 'Natural Disasters', not 'Art & Artists' (the kids took a vote, apparently) and so my cubs decided to construct volcanoes for their projects. This consisted of a roughly torn ('clever tearing' - it's a technical term : ) piece of brown paper glued to backing board to represent an island, then a green-paper cone set onto that as the volcano with lava streams made up from strips of crepe paper flowing out from the centre. That was the fun bit, less fun was the writing of volcano 'facts' on the card but it was done and we all sat back blinking at each other at how quickly it had been completed. Heh.
... and then yesterday I initiated some cleaning-up of the house.
Telling the cubs that they're going to clean up their room doesn't work, it's too big a task for them to contemplate and I have to reboot their brains with cordial and a snack. Instead I asked them to do one task - pick up their books and put them back on their bookshelf. There was still grumbling and I still had to supervise them but it wasn't the wholesale trauma of an overwhelming job. Tonight I might ask them to do another small task, and tomorrow another. Call me an optimist but if this works their room should be in order before long...
I did some book-covering last night, using the last remainder of the school library.
A few weeks ago (can't remember if I mentioned it or not) I took home some of the library's supply of the product used to cover books' dustjackets. The stuff has been sitting there for years with little chance of being used as the school didn't seem to buy books with dustjackets anymore. So I asked the librarian I worked with if it was okay for me to take some and she said sure, the stuff was likely to end up in the bin anyway. I only took enough to cover 5 of my books, thinking I could always come back for more... A week later the library and everything in it was gone. Oh well, if I want to cover the rest of my books I'm just going to have to shell out the dosh and buy the product myself.
(But covering the books was enjoyable - I did a good job of it if I say so myself : )
Okies, chapter 4 of 'Elga' is posted in DarkRealm (thanks, Joules, again, for the coding and such : ) I've had a good look at the superhero fic from years ago and I think I can do something with it. Needs rewriting desperately but the basic premise is good.
But first I shall work on another chapter of 'Dancing'.
Oh, have you seen this comic-strip? Get Fuzzy. Onna's sent me some of the strips before but I stumbled across the actual website yesterday. If you're a cat-person you'll probly wet yourself laughing over this - I did. <bg>
Happy Mothering Sunday, Joules!
That's one sweet bratling (and mate) you've got there. : )
Saturday, March 20, 2004
In my dream last night someone (I don't know them) was trying to organise my life for their convenience. They looked quite surprised when I growled at them... : )
Apologies beforehand to anybody involved in this 'sport' but don't you think Ballroom Dancing is inherently ludicrous? I could be biased but to me it's faker, more pointless even than ballet (and I should know, I used to teach ballet...) All those big happy smiles that have no emotional connection, the homogenising and sanitising of vibrant, overtly sexual dances into insipid, controlled pap. The costumes can be beautiful though, spangles and fringes and tassels, oh my! <bg> Eh, what do I know? Every BD'er I've spoken to has said they love it - I might too if I could be persuaded to try...
The fourth chapter of Elga is finished. Been a while coming - I had to remind myself that to get to the exciting bits I've got planned for this arc I first have to lay the foundations. Heh.
Going to have to take the cubs up to the newsagents soon so we can get card and such for their projects - the projects which are due to be handed in this coming monday. Oops.
I foresee glue and sticky tape in my weekend... how about you?
Apologies beforehand to anybody involved in this 'sport' but don't you think Ballroom Dancing is inherently ludicrous? I could be biased but to me it's faker, more pointless even than ballet (and I should know, I used to teach ballet...) All those big happy smiles that have no emotional connection, the homogenising and sanitising of vibrant, overtly sexual dances into insipid, controlled pap. The costumes can be beautiful though, spangles and fringes and tassels, oh my! <bg> Eh, what do I know? Every BD'er I've spoken to has said they love it - I might too if I could be persuaded to try...
The fourth chapter of Elga is finished. Been a while coming - I had to remind myself that to get to the exciting bits I've got planned for this arc I first have to lay the foundations. Heh.
Going to have to take the cubs up to the newsagents soon so we can get card and such for their projects - the projects which are due to be handed in this coming monday. Oops.
I foresee glue and sticky tape in my weekend... how about you?