Did someone mention Captain Jack? Mmmm. Happy thoughts for going to bed.

ok, setting up DVR for the new season. Seems I got NOTHING on Fridays (gave up on Numb3rs). And Saturday is empty until BSG starts up again. And Sunday is empty. Am I forgetting something?

O yes, and I am fully aware how couch-potato(e)y/lazy ass MoFo that sounds.

woot! I think I just convinced my Uncle to come down to see the new play. I'm determined to get him hooked on Firefly. Tho I am a bit concerned about the pilot, and the battle scene (Vietnam Vet with history of PTSD). Might skip that one. Oooo it looks like Avenue Q is in LA. Maybe take him to that one too.

Ahh, Captain Jack.

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...er, yeah, there were other things I meant to say.

thinks

(I like Gwen too, incidentally, and agree that she's v. pretty.)

And that makes *me* think of a really poorly aimed whip/flogger.

Aw. You know you've been in Bitches for a while when you can remember back when Teppy really was vanilla. I mean, VERY vanilla! French vanilla, even - we had whole conversations about the sheer lack of kink.

(And when Aimee was the Fair Fiancee, and when Billytea lived in the US and was married to somebody else, and when JZ and Hec were a seekrit, and Pete was an unknown quantity, and Bitches used to randomly segue into bits of NC17 RPS starring Spike.)

Today I (with colleagues & parent volunteers) took 40 6-year-olds to Crocodile World, where we walked over a huge pool containing at least 10,000 crocodiles (according to the publicity materials, which I tend to believe, because - fuck, that was A LOT of crocodiles. It was like being in Jurassic Park) and also observed assorted sad zoo animals in quite small living quarters, and I am happy to report that nobody was eaten or lost. Go Team Us!

(the kids were all primed to be observing whether the animals had enough water/food/space/shelter etc, and we will be continuing on to designing our own better zoo/farm complexes in later lessons. I flat out refused to take them to the shows, which makes me The Mean Lady, maybe, but - I've been to see this kind of thing already in Thailand, and I do not feel confident that it is in the best interests of the animals to encourage elephant shows or crocodile shows which are run with an oldskool Circus sensibility.)

ion, I am KNACKERED to death. Last night I got home late after watching La Traviata, which was really quite good (but did my head in in terms of gender politics far more than Moulin Rouge, oddly enough) and then this morning it was up and off to Crocodile World. And then a staff meeting. And now I should be tutoring, but I phoned in to cancel because I. Am. Knackered.

Am getting a taxi home and ordering takeout. Yes I am. And reading my new Ellen Kushner book.

Love y'all.

(VW, I second the wouldn't-hurt-to-politely-email-the-librarian people, incidentally.)

Do you think the kids realised the not-goodness of the animals' situation, Fay? Because that would be nice, all of your teaching moulding the young minds of Thailand, mwahahahah!

the people I've met who do that kind of instruction would be (a) very seriously sorry for having caused you hurt and (b) absolutely want to know that they need to fix their spiel.

Yeah, this is why I also suggested contacting the instructor. I'd think he or she would want to know.

Yeah, I’m definitely leaning more in that direction this morning. Thanks for listening, guys.

Suzi, I’m still just so glad that DH is ok. And YAY for K-Bug’s interview going well!

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Oh, Raq. That is so awesome!

Yay for Suzi finishing her paper!

That sounds like a very cool, very educational experience for the kids, Fay. I want to hear what they have to say about it tomorrow.

So, I did e-mail the librarian. I actually think it was a pretty good e-mail...not accusatory in any way, just "FYI...". I've already heard back from the librarian, and he was apologetic and also told me how he will re-frame it in his spiel. I thought that was really nice.

Do you think the kids realised the not-goodness of the animals' situation, Fay? Because that would be nice, all of your teaching moulding the young minds of Thailand, mwahahahah!

Well, they are only six or seven, and so they don't exactly have a very good context for grasping what would be a reasonable amount of space for an animal - I mean, if it was a battery chicken scenario, they'd be able to see that the space was inadequate, but they're a bit young to make a very good judgment call on the size of the enclosures. We're working on it.

(For example, the chimpanzee dressed in human clothes and chained to a bicycle by the waist wasn't automatically upsetting to them, and as far as they were concerned he had a lot of space, because he was pedalling around the people space. But, you know, in chains. Ditto the gibbon, who wasn't in an enclosure, and struck them as free, until I pointed out that the chain around his waist meant that he could travel back and forth across a highwire as freely as he wished, but couldn't, you know, go anywhere else. Although at least he had a little house thing to get into if it rained. Food or water, though, I wasn't seeing so much of.)

Am now home. I can haz crappy internet connection! (Having purchased one of the wee 15 day card thingies.) And curtesy of the 7-eleven I have a vast amount of useless nibbly crunchy things like cashew nuts, rice cakes with pork floss, sushi-flavoured rice'n'tapioca'n'seaweed crisps, crunchy banana slices etc etc. But I think, rather than munching through everything I bought, I may order food delivered.

eyes empty packets with guilt

'Course, by then there may be not be any nibbly crunchy things left. Um.

I can haz energy!

For example, the chimpanzee dressed in human clothes and chained to a bicycle by the waist wasn't automatically upsetting to them, and as far as they were concerned he had a lot of space, because he was pedalling around the people space. But, you know, in chains. Ditto the gibbon, who wasn't in an enclosure, and struck them as free, until I pointed out that the chain around his waist meant that he could travel back and forth across a highwire as freely as he wished, but couldn't, you know, go anywhere else. Although at least he had a little house thing to get into if it rained. Food or water, though, I wasn't seeing so much of.

Oh dear. Well working on it is a very good start. Enjoy your nibbles!

I just ordered nibbles as someone was driving to the shops. And by nibbles I mean cheese. I really must cut down on my cheese intake. Just not today.

Gronk. So far today, I woke up, took a shower, and then, while making breakfast, somehow managed to spill about half a carton of soy milk all over myself. I so don't have enough patience to deal with today.