Few movies terrify me. As in really, I don’t mean make me jump, plenty do that, I mean really fucking SCARE me. In fact I can think of two off the top of my head: The Exorcist Ring Books always always always scare me more than movies. There are too many books that scare the … Read More

This is in response to Jo’s question a couple of days ago ‘The next question is, having identified the problem, jack boots or no, what do we do about it?’. It’s also a thought that was partially blocked up by NanoWrimo and is simply expressed in a quote from Crimson Tide that Miss UD uses; … Read More

Teaching Good King Wenceslas to adults has occaisionally pained me. Today though I reap my reward. They know the words…kinda! In the Japanese language there is no ‘la’ sound, instead it is ‘ra’ which makes things a little difficult at times. Today the thought was possitted that the page and monarch were going forth through … Read More

Ｉ 　ｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒ　ａ　ｈｉｓｔｏｒｙ　ｌｅｓｓｏｎ　ｄｕｒｉｎｇ　ｔｈｅ　ｂｅｇｉｎｎｉｎｇ　ｏｆ　ｍｙ　ＧＣＳＥｓ。Ｗｅ　ｗｅｒｅ　 ｌｅａｒｎｉｎｇ　ａｂｏｕｔ　Ｎａｚｉ　Ｇｅｒｍａｎｙ　（ａｇａｉｎ）　ａｎｄ　ｗｅｒｅ　ｄｉｓｃｕｓｓｉｎｇ　ｔｈｅ　Ｙｏｕｔｈ　 Ｍｏｖｅｍｅｎｔｓ　ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅ　Ｙｏｕｔｈ　resistance　ｍｏｖｅｍｅｎｔｓ,　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｅ　Ｅｉｄｅｌｗｅｉｓｓ　 Ｐｉｒａｔｅｓ　ｅｔｃ．　 Ｍｙ　ｈｉｓｔｏｒｙ　ｔｅａｃｈｅｒ　ｓｕｄｄｅｎｌｙ　ａｓｋｅｄ　ｍｅ　ｗｈａｔ　Ｉ　would　ｈａｖｅ　 ｄｏｎｅ　ｉｆ　Ｉ　ｈａｄ　ｌｉｖｅｄ　ｉｎ　Ｎａｚｉ　Ｇｅｒｍａｎｙ．　Ａｔ　ｔｈａｔ　ｓｔａｇｅ　ｉｎ　ｍｙ　ｓｃｈｏｏｌ　ｌｉｆｅ　Ｉ　 ｗａｓ　ｓｏｍｅｗｈａｔ　ｋｎｏｗｎ　for　ｂｅｉｎｇ　ａ　ｒｅｂｅｌ　ａｎｄ　ｃａｐａｂｌｅ　ｏｆ　ｇｉｖｉｎｇ　ｌｏｎｇ　 ｄｉａｔｒｉｂｅｓ　ｉｎ　ｈｉｓｔｏｒｙ　ｃｌａｓｓ　from　ａ　ｓｈｏｃｋ－ｈｏｒｒｏｒ！　lｅｆｔ　ｗｉｎｇ　ｐｏｉｎｔ　ｏｆ　ｖｉｅｗ, 　ｗｈｉｃｈ　ｉｎ　ｔｈａｔ　ｐａｒｔｉｃｕｌａｒ　ｓｃｈｏｏｌ　ｗａｓ　ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ　ｏｆ　ａｎ　oddity．　Ｗｈｅｎ　ｈｅ　 ａｓｋｅｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ　Ｉ　ａｍ　ｆａｉｒｌｙ　ｓｕｒｅ　ｈｅ　ｗａｓ　ｃｏｎｆｉｄｅｎｔ　ｏｆ　ｍｙ　ａｎｓｗｅｒ，　’ｓｈｅ

Fucking hell. I don’t believe I made it. I’d written the final scene almost at the beginning but actually getting there. Fucking hell. I feel like I’m dead. I feel like everything has just been wrung out of me. 51667 Fucking hell. I am never doing this again.