Well I am in week 5 of my teaching year. How crazy have those last 5 weeks been? OMG! New students - sigh. They keep on getting younger and younger. I am of the belief that teenaged boys are a different species of near- human. They seem to resemble humans in many ways, yet in other ways ... no.

My time has also been spent at professional development training so I can learn to deal better with near- humans. I have actually enjoyed that.

Big news event: I at last have the house to myself . The l… Continue

Dear daylight saving,

I am over you.

Seriously.

No love,
Dee

How brilliant is Johnny Depp? I mean exactly how brilliant is he, hmmmmm? Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber is a triumph. I can't remember a time when I enjoyed a theatre experience so much. And my Alan was fantastic. He is, as you know, my celluloid hero and he was just perfect. The highlight for me? Depp and Rickman singing a duet. OMG. I would so love to see Rickman on stage...

Go see Sweeney Todd. Be warned: It is not for the squeamish; there is a lot of blood. And pie eating.… Continue

Perth grieves...

I certainly do but I got over my hatred enough to finish my mammoth essay that was so overdue it's not even funny and now I feel FREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

So I have been enjoying a mammoth run of Grey's Anatomy. Meredith Grey annoys me but George is cute. Went to the gym and now I can't move. I always said exercise was bad for you.

Oh and I saw my name in the New York Times this week. That was an interesting experience.

One week of holidays left then back to the grindstone. I… Continue