Old head...young shoulders

I wish to thank Jarvis Cocker for the words of his latest song.They feel very fitting for a number of situations that gave me cause for grief in my life. Also, why do some people feel they have to contribute absolutely nothing in order to achieve what they want? I speak of relationships.
Sorry, Im in one of those moods.

Rock on Jarvis..... let him read your palm and guess your sign
let him take you home and treat you fine
but baby..dont let him waste your time
dont let him waste your time.

Pilates

The attempt to get fit included signing on for a pilates class. Ive always quite fancied it because I like yoga and it just looked like fast yoga to me.
Anyway...me and my mate Helen signed up for a beginners class.
The damn woman spent three quarters of the class telling us about which muscle groups we would be exercising and only one quarter doing the goddamn exercises! And she was SOOO precious about it "not being at all like yoga "( yeah, right!).
The only lively bit came because Helen kept moaning when we were stretching our ham strings and I told her to be quiet because she was a wimp (just kidding around) and to remember "no pain no gain.

Go for the burn".
This made us both collapse with laughter and the woman came over and told us off.We really are a disruptive influence.Considering the fact that we are both teachers...we should know better!
Still , I went for the next two weeks and rumour has it that we will be moving to intermediates in a couple of weeks time. Helen is practising her panto Sleeping Beauty this Wednesday so it will just be me and the woman.
Bring it on!

Ive been a lazy blogger!

Well, here I am! I didnt realise how long it has been.
Excuses are that Ive been trying to get fit, preparing for school, doing offsprings college work for him, being a taxi service, cooking , cleaning.......yawn yawn, yeah well, Im back.
Did someone famous say that? Oh yeah , my hero Arnie.

The curious incident of the son in the night time....aka...a series of unfortunate events.

Apologies to Mark Haddon (author of the Dog in the night time).
Makes us laugh now, but tempers (the youngests)were frayed at the time.
The story went like this...Both boys went out.I went to bed at 12.30 am .The eldest, Chris, came in at 3 and put the chain on the door. Unfortunately...his brother was still out!
I took my mobile to bed with me just in case but Nick rang his brother at 3.30am, who was out like a light.
Didnt hear the phone , leaving Nick to spend the night on the garden bench, no more credit on his mobile.
5.45 he finally gained access to the house, not at all happy!! Slept for the rest of the day.
Now, Im damn sure that I would have woken up everyone in the neighbourhood rather than spend the night in the garden but Nick isnt like me.Hes a NICE boy.
I must have done something right.Im sure hes not scared of me!
Just as well it wasnt raining or frosty. Moral.....well, Im sure youll find several.Including mobiles and credit and chains on doors etc etc etc.

My boys

Here they are.Bless their cotton socks!

New series Nip/Tuck?

Nah, dont bother! What a disappointment.

Torchwood

Oh my Sunday nights will never be the same! I so LOVED this series.Especially Captain Jack. Yes, I know hes gay! And heres a pic of his partner of 16 years, Scott.

They are both serious eye candy in my mind.It doesnt always have to be about sex does it?!

But the show itself I loved.Even Owen with his huge Steven Tyler mouth looking like a wide mouthed frog. I think they got it just right.Bit of Welsh, some serious creatures (weevils and cannibals), distinctly asexual or overtly gay for the most part but always exciting and different!

Being repeated on BBC 3 at 10pm on Sundays.Watch it if you havent already.I like it because its not too grown up. Oh yes...New series Nip/Tuck tonight.Better get sorted before that comes on.

TTFN

Hey there Hitman!

Yes , you KNOW who Im talking to!

I still think the appearance is very Hitman two (silent assassin) Whadya think?

But ...Ive decided that on the humour side (what humour do I hear you bleat?) you remind me of Bill Nighy.
You are , of course, MUCH better looking than him.After all, he is pretty old! But , still, he has much charm and best of all , a brilliant sense of humour. Think about it ,Hitman.Whats the verdict?

Quarks ,leptons, gluons and strings

What about dark matter? Explain please.

Love the pic!

I wanna be there!!

Walk a mile in my moccasins

Why are people so judgemental? Without even having experienced the tribulations of those they judge? OK....heres the story...... news item UK recently. A family in the UK have a severely disabled child who they love and care for..do everything for..and wouldnt be without her.Although, understandably , they would have wished that she could have had a more fulfilled life. Now I dont know any more details about her disability but I guess its got to be pretty damn severe because they have agreed with the hospital, to restrict her growth using growth hormone related drugs. This is simply because as she gets older and bigger it becomes more and more difficult to care for her and they want to continue to do that.

Sounds a little bizarre but who, yes WHO are we to judge? As for these outraged-of-tunbridge-wells types...!! All I will say again is...... walk a mile in their moccasins ....AND TAKE YOUR OWN OFF FIRST!

Sophie..playing the fool...as usual!!

My niece Sophie, silly bat, love her to bits.

Majorca (Bianca!)...said with an east enders accent

The harbour at Cala Bona.

Very picturesque. Weather pretty

good for end of November eh?

The pool,Hotel Levante.

Unheated, a tad chilly.

The beach and pool Hotel

Levante.Cala Bona.

Cool.

Back to work......!!! Dammit!!!

Back to reality today.Need to earn a crust.At least I wasnt teaching, just doing paperwork. Just!! What am I saying?! Goddamn paperwork taking over my life.Actually , I dont mind it when I can be single minded.The trouble with teaching is that you can NEVER be single minded! Multitasking and flexibility is always the order of the day.For example......this morning I did not achieve one solitary thing that I set out to because other things always came up...stuff from the clinic re a child that I had to read through, thoroughly disagree with and make notes on...a child wanting to tell me what Christmas presents he got...um miss...um miss....um miss...yes, tell me later I NEED to go and get a drink and something to eat!! (It was 12.45)...my LSA needing something to keep her occupied.....my playground duty which I forgot until a child came and got me.....a complaint I had to deal with......bookchanging for another child who just wanted to muck around...etc etc etc.I love my job and the kids , I just need to lock myself away to get my reports and plans and resources done. Stop moaning, at least Ive got a job I like. Onward and upward.

FAUST

I went to see the most amazing performing arts production of FAUST.

It was by a group called Punchdrunk (see links) and performed in a derelict warehouse in Wapping....yes....derelict....

Wapping.

Atmospheric, creepy, mindblowing experience.

Search and find, decide where to go next, whats happening with whom and down which pitch black, ghost train corridor. All members of the audience wore scream type masks so if you saw someone lurking somewhere you could immediately tell whether or not they were cast or audience. Obviously no seats.All walking or creeping around with just nightlights in rows to show you the way.to where????

It was magnificent.I have been to each of the previous two perfomances and they never cease to amaze and thrill. The only trouble was

the goddamn masks literally

dripped with sweat so they werent too comfortable.And, try getting home from Wapping by public transport very late on a Friday night.No joke.

Definitely outside most peoples comfort zone, physically and mentally.But it was so worth it.Check out the link.

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What an idiot ! I bet MILLIONS of people have read and wanted to comment on my erudite literary prose but couldnt.So, now, Ive changed the settings.
Comment away why dont y'all!?

New Years message

Always remember for 2007.........Life is short...break the rules

Forgive quickly

Kiss slowly

Love truly

Laugh uncontrollably

And never regret anything that made you smile.