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People Should Smile More – Newton Faulkner

17/03/2011 Joh Business, family, food, friends, gratitude

I love this song. Rhiley, a past student reminded me of it. The clip with the You Tube video has Anita Roddick in it. Another inspiring person. I do think people should… smile more.

I survived Darin’s absence. I must admit he made it pretty easy for me. I love my lifestyle change. It’s challenging, on lots of levels but I laugh and learn every day. Darin and I have a lot of fun at work. I’m sure it’s reflected in the quality of the food. That’s probably why so many people come back every day, for a laugh as well as a feed, or at least a smile.

I still see my friends cause they come and visit me. It was great to see Rhonda today. I appreciate that Facebook allows me to stay in touch with many of my past students and some of them still drop in for a visit, which I love. I got a great reference this week from my past principal. It was good for my self esteem:-). I think I would like to do some CRT work to stay in touch, cause I did enjoy teaching and we are getting better organised.

My kids are happy, my parents are healthy, I feel very blessed.

Life is good.

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Dan Millane – Come Together and other current fancies…

25/09/2010 Joh film, gratitude, music

Darin introduced me to this guy on You Tube this morning. I quite like him. As it turns out he will be playing near us over the next few months, so we aim to go see him probably at Warragul when a child free, work free weekend crops up.

I enjoy covers. There are so many great ones. We both look for them. Triple J’s ‘Like a Version’ is sometimes great. I am still disappointed that I can’t download ‘Josh Pyke – Under the Milky Way’ on itunes.

During the week we went to one of our local pubs to watch a past student in a band. I always admire artists the courage it takes to put themselves out there and I enjoyed it.

Last night we started season two of ‘Breaking Bad’. It’s intense with rich characters and action. We watched about 5 episodes and I would have kept going except I want to make it last :-) . It is my favourite TV drama for a long time, so well made, and such bliss to watch it without ads!

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Mia Dyson – Magic Moment

28/07/2010 Joh music

I’ve been listening to Mia Dyson this week. I love her voice. It all started with watching ‘Look Both Ways’ with my year 11 class and tracking down the song ‘Lonely’ from the sound track. Tom would be glad he’s not home because I’m giving it a fair thrashing:-)

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A Little Ray of Sunshine –

10/06/2010 Joh family, music

This was one of the songs I used in the clip for Asha’s 21st. I love this song. One of my students used it in a video clip she made in my IT class last year and I remembered what a great tribute it was to our children. It’s true, they are a ‘ray of sunshine’, I am looking forward to seeing Darin’s kids on the weekend. This is an older version than the one I used, but you get the gist!

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Friday at Last

28/08/2009 Joh learn

I’ve been back at work for three weeks and already I’m celebrating Friday. This week has been hectic and intense for me. It’s been windy, stormy and so very busy. I injured myself on Wednesday night. I turned the light off in the kitchen and on my way to bed walked into the door frame. My eyebrow has a split in it and I am developing a shiner. Yesterday I rushed off to school late only to realise when I got there that I couldn’t teach, I had a bad headache. Darin sent me flowers to brighten my day and when I phoned him to say I was at home, he had to redirect them. They are beautiful.

Today I feel a lot better, but there is still a slight headache and a bit of vagueness. I was fine to go to school. The thing about injuries on your face is that you have to explain them. I think I described what happened over 20 times today. I would go into a class and individual students would ask, what did you do, so I would announce it to the whole class to save time.

We’ve started the Media topic in Year 9 English this week which is one of my favourites. I’ve been reading heaps this week about the rising influence of social networking. Watch this youtube clip I found on Karl Fisch’s great site:

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‘Hang Me Up to Dry’ Katalyst (Like a Version)

22/11/2008 Joh music

 Another Triple J Like a Version favourite. I haven’t added a You Tube clip for ages….

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Awareness Test

20/03/2008 Joh learn

Thanks to Rodney Olsen for bringing this to my attention. I find it quite powerful. Enjoy!

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The Moon – Cat Power

12/03/2008 Joh astrology, music

I have been enjoying Cat Power the last few days. My brother gave me the album, “The Greatest” a while ago and I didn’t take to it straight away. I’m not sure why. I wasn’t in the mood perhaps. I particularly like this song about that influential body, the moon. I also love ‘Willie’, but can’t find the clip on YouTube! I would like some of her other albums now, she’s got an amazing voice.

I had my massage tonight and discussed with my wonderful masseur, the moon. We talked about how we’ve noticed a lot of people have been experiencing low energy and feeling flat or unwell. We came back to the moon and how it influences us. I am guessing the last eclipse is still touching us. This blog post, My Daily Ramble:What Influence Does the Moon Hold On You?  Enjoy discovering the effect of your moon sign.

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Kate Bush on YouTube

17/07/2006 Joh music

I have finally checked out YouTube. I have been avoiding it because of my obsession with Revver and I just didn’t want to get hooked into something else. I have really enjoyed watching these Kate Bush clips tonight. Rocket Man is great with a bit of history. They are all from clips from TV as far as I can tell. I have been listening to “Like a Version 2” and the soundtrack from “I am Sam”, lately. There is something I like about hearing another version and interpretation of a song and lyrics.
Enjoyed this one too, one of my favourites Moments of Pleasure. The lyrics are amazing and she just delivers it magically, I reckon. I am such a fan! I am going to be back to check out more another time. This one with Peter Gabriel, ‘Don’t Give Up’ is another good one.

Because I can.
Comment, because YOU can.

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