A friend recently discussed blogging and bloggers, she is not aware that I have a blog; so I was giving an uninformed opinion as far as she knew. Her ultimate question was that if a blog is a web log, vis a vis , an online diary of sorts...Is it not a form of exhibitionism to publish it on line for all and sundry to read, capture, reprint, comment on and discuss.???? Her view of bloggers where that they had "issues" and needed to "see someone" as they were "putting themselves out there as if naked". I held my wrath and told her that some times it helped to "put it out there " in a quasi anonymous way and it was sometimes a form of venting and other times a way to glean opinion and feed back on matters which you may be stuck on. She still saw it as an form of "getting your 15 minutes of fame" in an easy way....Commenting on as many other blogs as possible, blogging about inane subjects no one cares about as much as possible, blogrolling, listing in blog circles, etc. So as to get your blog listed in Google or other search engine.
I now pose the question to my self, WHY BLOG???I know people look at my blog as I see the listings on my site meter, some do not stay and if I search details I find some obscure reference which has naught to do with their search, no one comments much but perhaps they read what I say and I say it all ( LMAO) so there is nothing left for them to say. I think, I continue, as it has helped me vent so many feelings and such anger that I keep doing it so I do not lose the strength that has gone into putting my feelings "out there"...Also so my blog does not become an obscurity. I really care little who reads and who doesn't, but it is nice to see a comment occasionally:) I see it an an avenue for public comment ( of which I do much) I was bought up to be outspoken and to speak my mind if I did not agree with something. The way to be heard is to speak up and the way to be seen is to stand up...Is an adage my mother always told to me.
I may have pissed some people off with my posts...Well, it runs two ways, maybe someone has pissed me off. I may not have the same views as mainstream people, but I never claimed to be a conformist. And I may just be boring to some...Bad luck, don't read it then!!! I guess in a way , the discussion opened up ,in my mind, a question I had never thought about before. Why do I sit down at the PC most days and create an entry that is equivalent to tearing open my heart at times and at other times like a storm at sea???
I have to think on this...............
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
I drink Coke.........
I have mentioned before I have a perchance for Coke...Not Pepsi ( I will drink that if no Coke is about) but THE REAL THING...COKE.
I think this love affair with the sugary syrup came about as we hardly ever had fizzy drinks as kids...But my mum loved Coke. She had an open can in the fridge which she sipped from as she said she didn't like it that much to drink a lot of it at once. My brother and I used to steal into the fridge when mum was not about and sip from the can..It was a delicious ,devilish sort of treat to us.
As time went on I became a coffee fiend at school and to contract my obsession ( I was drinking plunger/home ground coffee at 16...Way before it became TRENDY) I drank Coke as I was not always allowed in the senior common room to make my coffee fix. By my last year of high school; one day when I was playing softball, whilst waiting for the ball to be pitched, ( I was a catcher) I noticed my hands shaking as if I had a fever, I felt well enough, was not ill...Why were my hands shaking before my eyes. Too much caffeine was the answer, and as I was having trouble sleeping ( I only slept 4-5 hours them any way) I thought it time to give up this dreadful bean. I quit coffee...COLD TURKEY. Occasionally, the smell of fresh ground coffee and the aroma of a new blend entices me, but I haven't touched it for two decades. 2IC is a coffee hound with a coffee machine, grinder, you name it...But I am clean.
So enter my affiliation with Coke, in lieu of coffee, I drank Coke..After all it had less caffeine( so I believed) could be bought anyway (unlike a decent coffee) and was transportable ( put the lid on a Buddy bottle and away you go) I need to have some almost weekly if not daily, over Christmas we bought 24 and 30 can packs because of all the visitors...Yeah, right, guess who drank up to 4 cans a day?? Yes , me. Let alone the fact that despite my fitness level being average or above average ( depends on who you speak to and compare me with) I still need to control my weight...Coke consumption at that level is something I do not need. So thanks to Mr Brian
I give you my reason for giving up Coke.........
I think this love affair with the sugary syrup came about as we hardly ever had fizzy drinks as kids...But my mum loved Coke. She had an open can in the fridge which she sipped from as she said she didn't like it that much to drink a lot of it at once. My brother and I used to steal into the fridge when mum was not about and sip from the can..It was a delicious ,devilish sort of treat to us.
As time went on I became a coffee fiend at school and to contract my obsession ( I was drinking plunger/home ground coffee at 16...Way before it became TRENDY) I drank Coke as I was not always allowed in the senior common room to make my coffee fix. By my last year of high school; one day when I was playing softball, whilst waiting for the ball to be pitched, ( I was a catcher) I noticed my hands shaking as if I had a fever, I felt well enough, was not ill...Why were my hands shaking before my eyes. Too much caffeine was the answer, and as I was having trouble sleeping ( I only slept 4-5 hours them any way) I thought it time to give up this dreadful bean. I quit coffee...COLD TURKEY. Occasionally, the smell of fresh ground coffee and the aroma of a new blend entices me, but I haven't touched it for two decades. 2IC is a coffee hound with a coffee machine, grinder, you name it...But I am clean.
So enter my affiliation with Coke, in lieu of coffee, I drank Coke..After all it had less caffeine( so I believed) could be bought anyway (unlike a decent coffee) and was transportable ( put the lid on a Buddy bottle and away you go) I need to have some almost weekly if not daily, over Christmas we bought 24 and 30 can packs because of all the visitors...Yeah, right, guess who drank up to 4 cans a day?? Yes , me. Let alone the fact that despite my fitness level being average or above average ( depends on who you speak to and compare me with) I still need to control my weight...Coke consumption at that level is something I do not need. So thanks to Mr Brian
I give you my reason for giving up Coke.........
Monday, February 06, 2006
It 's only just begun......
Well, here I am again and it appears all systems are not really go with the funding for Mr5 A;most 6. I sent an e.mail to the principal regarding a PSG meeting ( Program Support Group) which HAS
to be held each term. He told me he will give it to the deputy principal who handles all that stuff...We are in the second week of a 6 week term ( due to the Commonwealth Games) and this has to be done NOW!!!!!! Maybe I am a bit pushy and want my own way too much but if it has to be done then, done it will be.
Apparently they are going to advertise the position for an aide, and I think there may be another child with funding so it may be a 10 or more hour a week position. My sons teacher wants the aide time to be in the morning during the literacy block...Which is fine with me. I have been in contact with the ACD who advised me push for the front fences to be increased in height given that Mr 5 Almost 6 is a flight risk or a permanent teacher presence in the junior playground area near this fence. So it continues............
I knew I would have to push for some things but I never realized I would have to jump up and down about things which have to be carried out for the benefit of my son and his education, which are a criteria for the funding being given. I thought PSGs were a given, like having to show ID to collect airline tickets or such; I never thought I would have to ask and chase about for them. I have much yet to learn about the Catholic Education system and special needs kids it seems, with few SN kids in the system and less even at my sons school, and the privacy issues ( I can't ask who else is SN or getting funding) there are few venues to go for advice and help. Luckily I have a friend who is currently a teacher in a Catholic school and her husband is a principal...They have been a wealth of information and help to date.
On a local note, a certain local shop which sell children playthings, has decided to no longer have lay by. This I discovered when I found Thunderbird 2 (TB2) ( after months of searching) at the shop and so it could remain hidden until Mr5 Almost 6's birthday, I requested layby...To be told that they are no longer doing layby because of all the non pickups from Christmas. Excuse me if I am wrong but if someone has paid money on a lay by, you have that money and the goods still , you are able to sell the goods as the layby terms have not been adhered to .....YOU ARE AHEAD!!! All I can say to that is TOYS "R" US HERE I COME!!!!!! And local traders wonder why they have no clientele...Is it any wonder??????????
to be held each term. He told me he will give it to the deputy principal who handles all that stuff...We are in the second week of a 6 week term ( due to the Commonwealth Games) and this has to be done NOW!!!!!! Maybe I am a bit pushy and want my own way too much but if it has to be done then, done it will be.
Apparently they are going to advertise the position for an aide, and I think there may be another child with funding so it may be a 10 or more hour a week position. My sons teacher wants the aide time to be in the morning during the literacy block...Which is fine with me. I have been in contact with the ACD who advised me push for the front fences to be increased in height given that Mr 5 Almost 6 is a flight risk or a permanent teacher presence in the junior playground area near this fence. So it continues............
I knew I would have to push for some things but I never realized I would have to jump up and down about things which have to be carried out for the benefit of my son and his education, which are a criteria for the funding being given. I thought PSGs were a given, like having to show ID to collect airline tickets or such; I never thought I would have to ask and chase about for them. I have much yet to learn about the Catholic Education system and special needs kids it seems, with few SN kids in the system and less even at my sons school, and the privacy issues ( I can't ask who else is SN or getting funding) there are few venues to go for advice and help. Luckily I have a friend who is currently a teacher in a Catholic school and her husband is a principal...They have been a wealth of information and help to date.
On a local note, a certain local shop which sell children playthings, has decided to no longer have lay by. This I discovered when I found Thunderbird 2 (TB2) ( after months of searching) at the shop and so it could remain hidden until Mr5 Almost 6's birthday, I requested layby...To be told that they are no longer doing layby because of all the non pickups from Christmas. Excuse me if I am wrong but if someone has paid money on a lay by, you have that money and the goods still , you are able to sell the goods as the layby terms have not been adhered to .....YOU ARE AHEAD!!! All I can say to that is TOYS "R" US HERE I COME!!!!!! And local traders wonder why they have no clientele...Is it any wonder??????????
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