- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 📚 - I did not realise it was romance in addition to fantasy but I’ve started now, and it’s the holidays so I plan to keep going。
- I have bought a new copy of House of Leaves and it’s sat there judging me for not starting but I need to be in the right frame of mind.📚
- Sultan and Shephard - Loving their music. This mix is a nice place to start. 💿
- I’ve enjoyed Teach Sleep Repeat for being very relatable about how I feel about teaching at the moment. It’s often too much. It’s that thing of there not being enough time and always feeling rushed about everything. That i am always thinking about work-life balance too. So ultimately feeling like I could be doing better (father, husband, teacher) but I’m not.
- Mannequin Pussy on KEXP Her voice. ❤️ 🎤
- KAOS on Netflix. Lyra and I really enjoyed this Greek Mythology in the present world show. We made time to watch it, which as two time-poor people tells you something. Funny but so dark in places. Jeff Goldblum as Zeus was great. 📺
- The Wild Robot - All 4 of us loved this tale of a robot washed up on an island, laugh out loud funny in places. I cried twice. They definitely said “On your left” at one point too, which tickled me. 🎬
My week in media
iPhone Mirroring on Sequoia is the WORST. You mean, I can play with my phone without taking my phone out of my pocket?!
For some reason The Guardian website won’t scroll for me anymore on my phone. Which is frustrating but also, has freed up so much time!
Policymakers treating school system structures like clock-work gears and cogs issue directives seeking school and classroom reforms and believe that administrators and practitioners will carry out these marching orders as directed in flow charts and policy manuals. Too many loose connections, unmapped but interdependent relationships, unpredictable events, political pressures and ambiguous directives combine into a web-like complex system confounding what policymakers seek, what administrators request, and what teachers end up doing.
Another week done. Upped the ruck this morning to 10km.
Where have all the Headteachers (Principals) gone…? – southgloshead
Who’d want the job?
The support cars would have had to break the speed limit so they had to change the route.
New school year goals…
- Empty download folder
- Empty desk
Got to aim high!
I think it’s just a coincidence that I’m listening to The Wasp Factory but I feel it can’t be. I did read it once, a long time ago, but am enjoying taking the time to go over it again.
‘An explosion of talent’: Iain Banks’s The Wasp Factory at 40 | Iain Banks | The Guardian
Would love to go with a friend to this drum and bass night in Bristol. One of the things I miss about not living in the UK.
Bought in the UK last summer and finally getting around to reading it.
Currently reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 📚
Love, love, loving the Murderbot series. Excited and nervous about the Apple TV+ adaptation.
See also, if the Rivers of London series, which I also love, never makes it to tv I don’t honestly think I’ll mind!
Finished reading: Network Effect by Martha Wells 📚
Didn’t count. Just glad to be moving. Today, I did it inside as it’s 36c outside. Also, meant I could watch Spectre.
烧烤
Been back in China almost a week now and finally got around to my second lot of exercise. I am just struggling to get started. It’s easier when I’m working as I normally use the gym there. Already feeling mentally better, which is good. Maybe tomorrow i’ll get back around to doing some rucking.
John Digweed Nick Muir vs Franky Wah - Tripchain - YouTube
Love this.
From this Cosmic Gate Bali Sunset Mix
Loving to see her push outside of her comfort zone and to believe what she can do.
Third time’s a charm.
For Those I Love - I Have a Love (Overmono Remix) - YouTube
Some songs, when you hear the cover/remix first and it’s that version that sticks. This is one of those.
If you do like it, this live version makes me wish I still went clubbing.
Just marked all 300ish unread posts in NetNewsWire read. Moving on!
How to Draw Things Using Simple Shapes
These are fun.
Severance — Season 2 Date Announcement | Apple TV+ | January 17, 2025.
Finally!
But, also 2025?!
Deafheaven - “Dream House” - YouTube
Deafheaven are hardly the first band to blend shoegaze and black metal.
In other news, I’m so emotionally tired. Though, physically, I’ve never been fitter, literally. Deadlifted 2x170kg(374lbs) on Friday and while I’ve done a single higher than that, this felt more, and that single was over 12 years ago. Continue to get faster and stronger across short and long workouts.
And yet, work and family have taken over. It’s the end of term and i’m running on empty. Teaching young children is, a lot. Having your own young children, is a lot, too. There’s no escape.
Enjoyed the first episode of Season 3 of Shoresy.