I wish I were that brave

I'm not sure I entirely approve, but somebody has to do something.

Competition 2

I am currently doing a lot of DIY. Although I 'did' my study two years ago I'm changing it again, sorting out the garage, shed and emptying the master bedroom for decorating. There is stuff everywhere.

Everything got held up when I lost the chuck key for my electric drill minutes after just using it.

Can you spot it?

I write like

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Sorry

I am here but I have nothing I want to blog about, plenty I could write but I'm slightly short on motivation.

Controversy

This is not my usual kind of topic but I came across the news report on Google Reader and watched the video. I agree that many will find it distasteful and I'm not sure I am entirely comfortable with it. However, if I listen to the words of the song and the man speaking at the end that's all I need to justify putting the video here.

I do not take it as merely dancing where many died, but cocking a snoop at the evil which put them there; sheer defiance which he was not able to express at the time. Who are we to say how difficult the man found the return visit to the camp? Who would want to go back?

If I have found out anything in the last 2 years it is that one has to deal with raw feelings in one's own way. He is laying personal ghosts to rest. He is not celebrating that fact that others died instead of him. He isn't celebrating his luck because he had to endure the place; that was bad enough.

That's my view anyway and it's MY blog.

My writing

I have never regarded myself as an entertaining writer but I have had two compliments today. One was a gentleman who wished to be invited to my other blog.

The other was from a colleague who said my report on a pupil made her laugh. It wasn't meant to be funny. She said my 'way with words' made her scream with laughter.

Judge for yourself.

The demands of class tuition have not sat well with John's view of music as an art form to be enjoyed rather than studied and, to an extent, I sympathise with him. In our “Variations” composition project he worked with a partner to produce a short piece based on a given theme. The result was, sadly, just a random selection of notes which produced a melody without a discernible shape; the pair had not even agreed how to perform the piece and John saw fit to call out instructions during the final rendition. In an earlier task, pupils were asked to write a tune to fit with the chord sequence of “Earth Angel”. The work John handed in was fine but contained many gaps which needed filling in later; as a result the piece did not hang together. However he did produce two such pieces, one with a partner and another on his own so he did more work than most. He missed the recent listening test and his final grade reflects both this and the fact that he has adopted a rather casual approach to music this term on just a few occasions.

Why laugh?

This post is on my other blog.