Finn has had an interest in inventions for a while. Recently, Nicky got him an inventing book. He is keen to make all these things now but we’ve convinced him to write down all the great ideas and he can make them when he is bigger. So we help him with the writing, but the ideas and drawings are all his.
Tonight he was keen to design a seal boat. I am not entirely sure what this is, but he was very keen. Enough of me, see what he has to say about it in this quick video.
There were some good comments on Facebook about my first video, so I figured that I would respond to some bits and steal others.
Our Little Princess will be three years old on Saturday and I am gobsmacked by the prospect. As emphatically as Autumn has arrived, Leila has transformed from a 2 year old kind of kid to the 3 year old kind. Without even realising it, and not because of the proximity of her birthday, I’ve gone from describing her as a 2 year old to saying she’s 3 when asked, because she seems 3. It’s happened overnight or, at least, while I wasn’t looking. continue reading…
I like to let my hair grow over Summer. I don’t like the feel of hair on my neck and around my face in the hot weather and with a bit of length on it I can easily put my hair in a ponytail or twist it up in a clip to get it out of the way. Longer hair doesn’t really suit me (neither does really short hair, by the way), but I wear it up so much in Summer that it really doesn’t matter. The only person who ever comments on it is my mum and I stopped really hearing that years ago. When the weather cools I generally get my hair cut and take it back up to around jaw length. At the moment my hair is not quite shoulder length, which is the longest I generally let it get. continue reading…
Dracula – book (1897)
Nosferatu – film (1922)
Interview with a Vampire – book (1976)
Dracula – directed by Francis Ford Coppola (1992)
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (1992)
Interview with a Vampire – film (1994)
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer – television (1997 – 2003)
Underworld – film (2003)
Dead Until Dark – novel – basis for True Blood (2001)
Twilight – the book (2005)
Twilight – the film (2008)
True Blood – TV (2008)
Discuss.
At the start of term, I set up a Facebook page for my teaching self. Rather than becoming friends with students – something I am both prohibited from doing and have no interest in doing – this allows them to follow the stuff I publish and talk to me out in the open.
I mentioned it to my classes and, as you would expect, none of these students followed me. Some former students and some friends did follow, thirty-six in all. I figured this was a reasonable number.
Yesterday, something happened. I went from 38 “fans” to 86 in the course of that one day. As a Year-10 student quite astutely commented, “Facebook groups seem to have a snowball effect. Today the snowballs have been aimed at you. “
We shot some snippets of video across the day. For those interested, here it is.
Finn and I are really enjoying my birthday present, Wii Sports Resort. As you can see, he is good at whacking.
Today is Mark’s 40th birthday. I could write a long, mushy post about him, but suffice to say he is the most caring and generous person I know and I love him to bits. Happy Birthday dear.
Yesterday marked the 13th anniversary of us moving in together, which is a close as we’re going to get to a wedding anniversary. Hoorah for us.
