(mocking) “You suck!”
A mildly obscure quote/dialogue, but a great one all the same.
Wow. I really do suck. Look at the date people. Look at when I last posted. This is just, well, let’s face it. It’s sad.
I have my reasons, though! Really! I have half a post written about when my mom and I went to Bruges, and I wanted to finish posting about my half-term holiday…but clearly got sidetracked with the fact that I was returned to England. One thing led to another and the next thing I know I haven’t posted in over a month. There were loads of times I thought, “Screw it, just post something!” Clearly, I did not listen to myself until now.
I’d say there’s a lot to catch up on, but the truth is there really isn’t. I’m strangely enough coming up on the end of term holiday which might be one of the reasons I’m finally getting around to writing something. This term wasn’t nearly as stressful as the others since we didn’t have as many observations and the like, but it was still you know, school-y. On the bright side, I haven’t been fired! My amusement in this is that my line manager kinda mentioned it as an afterthought: “Oh I had a meeting with so-and-so and your contract’s been extended till the end of summer.” So yay job! But boo summer. I’ll just have to think of it as summer school.
I bet you’re wondering what’s next. Hah! I wish I knew m’self. It’s probably hardly a secret that I’m struggling for reasons to stay here, but some part of me wants to find out what would happen if I stuck it out another year. Or at least until the end of Autumn Term. I’ve flirted with going back to Osaka because the International School in Senri is hiring…but I don’t have any experience in IB qualifications. I’m trying to remember what it was like at this time last year, but so far the districts haven’t put up too many job postings. I know this doesn’t mean I can’t get my application in, but…yeah. Huh. Regardless, I ought to update my resume.
And then there’s Dollhouse. Yeah, I’m pretty happy about it. The first few episodes were all right, but I thought “Man on the Street” was freaking fantastic! And “Echoes” had some classic lines: “Sarcastic? Unfeeling? British?” One of my colleagues asked me if I thought American shows used Brits as villains a lot. At first, I thought he was crazy. Then when I was watching “Echoes” and Adelle DeWitt (Olivia Williams) was talking about how British she was, I couldn’t help but smile. I guess Americans shows do use Brits as villains a lot.
As for my other TV shows…well, I’m feeling a dip in a lot of ‘em. Still enjoyin’ Chuck, gave up on Gossip Girl, and more or less sitting the CBS comedies and Bones.
I’ve been on a few misadventures, too. I’ve been to Battle (Hastings) and Pevinsey (where William Duke of Normandy first landed and a Roman ruin site), Maldon (as in “Battle of”), Lullingstone (Roman ruin), hiked on the South Downs, and been to Brighton. I’m going up to the Lake District to see Hadrian’s Wall over the break and maybe make it to Edinburgh whilst up that way. So I’m making my way around England and remembering why it was I came here in the first place. I still have yet to make it Exeter, though.
So yeah. That’s more or less what I’ve been up to. Not the most exciting life, but such is mine these days. I can’t believe it was only a year ago that I was home, unemployed, and just starting the England plans. It’s a shame I don’t really have my sights set on anything in particular these days ‘cuz the way it’s been turning out, I’ve managed to get where I want. (Whoa. That’s kinda scary.)
(Posting about the rest of my trip to Belgium, if I ever get around to it, will clearly be out of chronological order. Hope no one cares!)