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on the not killing of things
I am really not into killing things. I am a vegeterian, (pretty much, vegan though I sometimes make exceptions for various reasons), I don't kill bugs or spiders, I even took a break mid scentence just now to go and hand feed a possum ( Read more... ) -
contentment regarding clothes
I am currently reading the Dalai Lama's 'How to Practice' and I just came across this passage:
"With regards to clothing monks and nuns are limitted to one set of robes... This limmitation in dress is the practice of contentment regarding clothes. Lay people can adopt a similar practice through moderation in dress. The same is true for adornments ( Read more... ) -
*tap tap* is this thing on?
hello livejournal. I like you so much more than facebook, but without the community you are nothing. is anyone still here? come back people, come back! -
Potential Briscon 1 Dates
29th and the 30th of September 2012. The reason for this is that there is a new public holiday in qld on the first monday in october from this year on and I intend to bags it for briscon. Any thoughts, queries or objections? speak now or forever hold your peace :) -
Best. Save. Ever.
I was doing an intro activity for my yr 10 (prac) unit 'Vampires on screen' and had written the letters A-Z with blank spaces next to them, the plan being that we do a group brainstorm and see if we can come up with an A-Z of vampire tropes and conventions as a fun intro. Because of the way I had written the letters (left to right columns) I had ( Read more... ) -
a nice exchange
at the supermarket check out down the hill from uni the cashier asked me if I was having a nice day ( Read more... ) -
Australian Film History Game
This is what I am going to give my yr 11s tomorrow. I thought I would put it up here in case anyone wanted to play. I will be printing these film titles and events on large bits of paper and getting them to arrange them on the white board (with the aid of bluetac) in the order they think the were released/occurred.
The use of google, wikipedia or ( Read more... ) -
the exciting news that precedes the not so great news of the last post
we bought a house! it is awesome and I love it! it is a high-set weather board number, with lots of trees (ha ha ha) and lots of big rooms and big open spaces and big big windows in the living area. it is a real fixeruppera, but this suits us just fine, as I really quite enjoy that sort of thing and it meant that we were able to buy within our ( Read more... ) -
when it rains it pours
then it floods. then it storms. then a tree falls on your house.
we are all fine, only minor damage to the house--it hit a corner and knocked off some guttering and did a small amount of roof damage. the house is still intact, we are insured, and all the massive windows are fine, yay! pretty bad timing though...