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Been a while...
Sep. 8th, 2005 09:54 pmVery busy with stuff for university lately - don't these bastards know that I'm supposed to be writing Oz fic, not essays about crap I don't care about? Sheesh. Although, I did get a lovely little ego boost the other day, when one of my tutors asked me if she could photocopy one of my papers and give it to other lecturers in the faculty to read, because none of them get that topic at all, whereas I got it, analysed it, and explained it really well. She was like, "You don't mind, do you?" And I'm thinking, 'You essentially just told me that I'm a lot smarter than my teachers (which, quite frankly, is something I've suspected for a while) - why the hell would mind?' *g*
I'm doing prac teaching at a local pre-school now too - oh joy! I get to spend hours and hours writing up observations, making conclusions regarding developmental milestones, and programming learning schedules, classroom organisation, and individual learning experiences weeks in advance! Plus I get to wipe the snotty noses of poor kids who have had the flu for three weeks, yet their idiot parents still send them to pre-school in addition to not taking them to the doctor, with the end result that I am now sick too, whilst trying to do all this work. Sweet.
And while I'm ranting - what is up with the weird-ass names parents are calling their kids these days? I've taught kids named Taj, Angus, Alister, Ted (that's his full name - Ted), Kai, Hunter, Karne, Griffin, Reily, Banjo, Impi, Koen, Murion (that's a boy), Millicent, Tully, Bijou, Pippa, Cashel, Jed, Estelle, Ireland, Ellie-Tiarne (no, I'm not fucking kidding), and so on. Then there's the kre8tyv spelling names, which I really love - like Oskar, Alysha, Jazmin, Jorja, Kayleigh, Jodi, Lili, Izak, Kaitlyn, and Taylah (yes, that would be 'Taylor' spelled phonetically, at least the way we Aussies pronounce it). Then there's the parents who decide to give all their children names that sound weird when grouped together, like siblings named Liam and Lachlan, Hugo and Rohan, Hugo and Miles (what's up with 'Hugo'?), Ruby and Ophelia, and, best for last - I shit you not - Hawke and Knox. *is still bowled over by that one*. Seriously, Hawke and Knox. And those parents will probably be mystified as to why their children will grow up to despise them.
And I thought I had it rough being named after the chick who played Joanie in Happy Days.
(Incidentally, how I got my name is perfect anecdotal evidence for why a woman should never let hubby name the children. Although it's not like my mother did a spectacular job with naming either - this being a woman who named two of her other daughters Narelle and Michelle. *sigh*)
On the plus side, I did manage to write some drabbles for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
hardtime100 - yay! And I've read some great crack fic from the sga_flashfic Harlequin challenge. Now there's a challenge I'd love to see Hardtime rip off borrow.
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And if anyone feels like vomiting at the level of ignorance, bigotry, and sheer stupidity there is in this world, go read The American Taliban. Just be sure to take a spew bucket and a pillow to pummel the shit out of.
I'm doing prac teaching at a local pre-school now too - oh joy! I get to spend hours and hours writing up observations, making conclusions regarding developmental milestones, and programming learning schedules, classroom organisation, and individual learning experiences weeks in advance! Plus I get to wipe the snotty noses of poor kids who have had the flu for three weeks, yet their idiot parents still send them to pre-school in addition to not taking them to the doctor, with the end result that I am now sick too, whilst trying to do all this work. Sweet.
And while I'm ranting - what is up with the weird-ass names parents are calling their kids these days? I've taught kids named Taj, Angus, Alister, Ted (that's his full name - Ted), Kai, Hunter, Karne, Griffin, Reily, Banjo, Impi, Koen, Murion (that's a boy), Millicent, Tully, Bijou, Pippa, Cashel, Jed, Estelle, Ireland, Ellie-Tiarne (no, I'm not fucking kidding), and so on. Then there's the kre8tyv spelling names, which I really love - like Oskar, Alysha, Jazmin, Jorja, Kayleigh, Jodi, Lili, Izak, Kaitlyn, and Taylah (yes, that would be 'Taylor' spelled phonetically, at least the way we Aussies pronounce it). Then there's the parents who decide to give all their children names that sound weird when grouped together, like siblings named Liam and Lachlan, Hugo and Rohan, Hugo and Miles (what's up with 'Hugo'?), Ruby and Ophelia, and, best for last - I shit you not - Hawke and Knox. *is still bowled over by that one*. Seriously, Hawke and Knox. And those parents will probably be mystified as to why their children will grow up to despise them.
And I thought I had it rough being named after the chick who played Joanie in Happy Days.
(Incidentally, how I got my name is perfect anecdotal evidence for why a woman should never let hubby name the children. Although it's not like my mother did a spectacular job with naming either - this being a woman who named two of her other daughters Narelle and Michelle. *sigh*)
On the plus side, I did manage to write some drabbles for
hardtime100 - yay! And I've read some great crack fic from the sga_flashfic Harlequin challenge. Now there's a challenge I'd love to see Hardtime ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And if anyone feels like vomiting at the level of ignorance, bigotry, and sheer stupidity there is in this world, go read The American Taliban. Just be sure to take a spew bucket and a pillow to pummel the shit out of.
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