Occasional ramblings...

at last...

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:53:01 GMT

HOLIDAYS!
That's about it, really. Possibly more when have caught up with everything (well, "everything" is probably a tad optimistic...).

My Xmas Stocking

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:07:09 GMT

Well, the code's telling me it's under a cut but I don't think it is... anyone?

Xmas Stocking

leave a gift for beth213

get your stocking

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:56:41 GMT

Anyone with thoughts/prayers to spare, could they send them the way of my ex-colleague? His wife was killed yesterday morning in a car crash. They only moved to new jobs & new house (right across the country) last August, and it was supposed to be the beginning of the next stage in their lives. She was only in her mid-30s, and a really lovely person. He's devastated.
Thanks.

Thu, 11 May 2006 19:39:27 GMT

From b_liz & francesn , although I shouldn't think there'll be all that many memories of me!

If you read this, even if I don't speak to you often, post a memory of me.
It can be anything you want, it can be good or bad, just so long as it happened

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And 318-3 isn't a bad start at all - let's see if they can keep it going...

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:51:32 GMT

Hey, I can get on LJ at school! Never had the chance to discover this before, but am hanging around waiting for a meeting after an INSET day.
So, the book meme I never got around to before - from several people, I should think!
Some are rather more obscure than others...

1. The next was to write four lines in iambic pentameter. Half the field groaned, and the prefects checking the papers held back lots.

2. ~~“By the way, I adore my bedroom, but do you think I could have the curtains washed? I believe they are red; and I should so like to make sure.”~~ got by katie__pillar
3. “Had Barbara paid greater attention in class, or used her wits during the examination itself, she would have done herself greater justice.”

4. She stayed at her wicket till the bell summoned the day-boarders in to dinner. Others came and went, but ______ remained comfortably where she was, hitting up runs by twos and threes with an occasional brilliant boundary to vary the monotony.

5. “Mr Gurney’s very hot on Thermals. Oh, good God, I made a joke. Well, if you want pain killers, sleeping pills, tranquillizers before a match, anti-depressants if things get on top of you – you only have to ask.”

6. She wore strings of beads and a brooch like a breastplate in the centre of the band which finished the square neck of her dress. Her hands were loaded with rings and her wrists with so many bangles that every time she moved them, she clanked! nearly got by finished off by b_liz!

7. He would borrow the key from his father – it helped, sometimes, to be the headmaster’s son – and spend hours there in the long holidays, when all the boarders had gone home, and there was no one there to disturb him, bent over his cello, at the piano, or just sitting in the cold bare room, above the quiet, wall-enclosed fields.

8. But she was conscious of his every movement, of every page he turned, of every breath he drew. She seemed to be separately conscious of every bone in his body.

9. “Well, I never could have believed that a pack of lies could sound as much like the real truth as that book does.”

10. A judge? A soldier? A prince? Someone used to great responsibility, and responsible in his authority. Someone too-conscientious. A worrier; perhaps a perfectionist.

Friday, thank goodness

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:05:57 GMT

Not that today's been too bad work-wise - did have dodgy Y9 class to finish with, but had had two free lessons before that, so it evened out, I suppose. It's just depressing when you put up notices or posters in the corridor and walk down there 10 minutes later to find them lying ripped on the floor.
Doesn't help that I'm feeling generally under the weather, though - streaming cold, headache etc. Quite a few people seem to be the same at the moment, though that doesn't make it any easier! Was quite surprised I managed to stay awake and talk sense (well, as much as ever) at choir practice this evening, too. Even played a few right notes.
Ooh, and did anyone watch that "Story of 1" programme on Wednesday? I'd been discussing the idea of Pythagorean tuning with my AS students that morning, and lo and behold, Terry Jones pops up that very evening with his tuned flowerpots to demonstrate the point!

Cricket...

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 21:22:34 GMT

Well, last club cricket match of the season was today :( - and we actually managed to win it! I'm possibly attaching more importance to this than it might seem to merit, but we've only managed to win one other league game outright all season, thanks to a) the winning draw system and b) clashes with county u15 and u17 games. Finally had the combination today of a decent team and an opposition not consisting of two-thirds of the county seniors...
For anyone interested, we restricted them to 114 all out off 39.2 overs, and started off our innings nicely (with our 11-yr-old opening the batting!) before a distinct wobble in the 90s, then recovered to score the runs in 21.5 overs for 5 wickets.
'Twas very hot, though, especially at first - the rain kindly held off until we'd finished :). Now to settle to cricket-watching (roll on Thursday) rather than playing!

And it's back to school tomorrow. Lovely. No, it should be interesting, with major changes in staffing in my department - I'm actually quite looking forward to it. Let's see if I still think that in 24 hours' time ;)

Finally succumbed...

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:21:56 GMT

Yes, it's the end of the school holidays, I'm about to go back to work, so what do I do? Create an LJ - yet another thing to take up time. Hmm, sensible. Mind you, whether I'll ever remember to update it is anyone's guess. At some point I might even get around to making it look slightly more interesting - seems like an excellent procrastination tool!

Anyway, welcome to what will probably be a random collection of musings, rants and other nonsense... but that's life, really!

Beth