Derby Day shenanigans 2

Here are some more Derby Day photos

Me in my finery with my lop-sided smile

We were right on the rail near the finishing post during the Derby!

Rick falling asleep at dinner

Rick and Kateo, with Mav and Emmett in the background. Rick even looks wasted here!

The boys! Franz, Rick, Emmett, Dynamite, and Dwee

Derby Day shenanigans

Well my first Derby Day was loads of fun. Kateo, Mav, Emmett, Rick and I parted with our money on bets, grog, and crap food galore! I won $107, and Rick and Kateo got their moneys worth out of their grog - enjoying it as it went down, and cringing as it came back up again. Needless to say, Rick decorated a tram stop and a bin at Crown, while one of the toilets at Crown wished it never saw Kate! Good times, good times.....

Kate unintentionally looking like the star she is!

Flinders St. crowd - the queue to get on to Platform 8 extended back to Platform 1!!

Kate covered in seamen...!

Myself, Kate and Mav

Mav didn't realise I was taking this one

More photos to come!

Kids say the darndest things

I happen to teach a class of students who are a combination of those who have intellectual disabilities, and those who struggle with English.

Post-ARIAs Monday, my class were discussing the show. They began talking about Ja'mie King, the character created by Chris Lilley on We Can Be Heroes. Extreme difficulty arose trying to explain that Ja'mie is not a gay man in drag - it is a CHARACTER.

I spent a good 5-10 minutes discussing the difference between actors and characters, keeping in mind that we have studied film.

I don't think they got it.

Stupid Questions Edition 1

A year 8 girl is in my catch up class, working on the draft of her creative short story which revolves around the ideas of prison life.

Student: "Missss, what do you call someone in prison?"
Me: "Um that would be a 'prisoner'"
Student: "Oh yeah..."

5 minutes later:

Student: "Miss, what do they call it when the guards have to watch out if someone is going to commit suicide?"
Me: "That would be called 'suicide watch' " !!

I love my job :)

Alison Lied gig

The Alison Lied gig last night was great. It was only small considering Mindsnare were playing that night, but they were great, especially considering their violinist dude is absent as he's touring for Bernard Fanning.

Here are some pics. The lead singer Brad (ex Game Over for you punk folk) is an old Uni mate. I highly suggest ppl check them out if they have the chance. They're deemed by critics to be "post mod rock" but fuck the wanky title, they're top notch!

Brad told us a story last night about how the guitarist had a Motorhead guitar and when Dave Grohl, who's a huge Motorhead fan, was last in the country he called and asked for the guitar, saying he would give the guy anything at all. The guitarist said he could just have it, as he was too drunk to think of something like support act at the next Fooeys gig! Now he sees it in Fooey film clips all the time and thinks 'Damn It!!!'

*cough cough*

Having never kept a diary in my life, this is a foreign concept, but here goes...

My name is Melanie, i'm 23, and i'm a high school English teacher from Melbourne Australia.

The most common question asked when people hear of my profession is "Why would anyone want to teach teenagers? I was a shithead when I was a teenager..."

Blah blah blah. The true difference between high school and primary teaching is having to deal with piss and shit and shoelaces or teenage hormones. I'd rather hear crap coming out of someone's mouth rather than cleaning crap off of someone's bum anyday.

Additional benefits of high school teaching:
1) When I hit a truck on the way to work, the automotive teacher fixes my car for free!!
2) The art teacher offers to draw the tattoo I want on my back in permanent marker so I can decide if I truly want it
3) The maths teachers teach the math-illiterate like me that if I want to weigh my dog and it wont sit on the scales, the smartest thing to do would be to stand on the scales with the dog and then deduct my own weight! God i'm retarded at times.

Anyway, that's a little about me. I'm off to watch my friend's band Alison Lied. If anyone has seen The Breakfast Club, they'll get the name.

Cheerios,
Melby