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I had a bit of an odd day today. I was woken up sometime between 5 and 5.30 by a cat, desperate for attention, who was trying to push her head underneath my hand in the hope that I'd be encouraged to scratch her behind the ears. She wasn't impressed by the fact that I didn't have the energy at that time of day to move any muscles - and so kept reminding me of the fact that she was there by nibbling my hand every so often. After that, I gave up and got up - 6 o'clock on a Saturday - ick. But I suppose that because I have to be up at that time Mon-Fri, my body decided it should wake itself up, so I came downstairs, made some tea... and was too awake to go back to bed, so I stayed up and marked a load of French tests. I then went back to bed about 7.30 and managed to doze off to the sound of Mr Humphreys on Radio 4. I didn't wake up again until just before 10, and I feel as though I could have slept for another couple of hours.
I've been pottering about since really - caught up with 30 Rock, watched another episode of Life... read my news feeds - and now it's time to head back to bed. I've put some of the clocks forward, and I'll do the rest in the morning. I really hate this pissing about with the clocks twice a year. I don't care whether we're on GMT or BST, I just wish someone would pick one and bloody-well stick to it!
That said - it's time to dust this one off...
JOSH
All right. First things first; what time is it in Tokyo?
TOBY
They're fourteen hours ahead.
JOSH
I thought it was thirteen.
TOBY
Eastern daylight.
JOSH
So it's fourteen hours ahead.
TOBY
Yes.
JOSH
Are we sure it's ahead, and not behind?
C.J.
Guys, there are clocks on the wall.
JOSH
Okay, so it's almost 11 o'clock in Tokyo.
C.J.
Yeah.
TOBY
Ginger!
GINGER
Yeah.
TOBY
Get Larry and Ed.
C.J.
And anybody else in my office.
TOBY
We'll be in the Roosevelt Room.
JOSH
I'm sorry... 11 in the morning, 11 in the afternoon?
C.J.
It's 11 A.M.
SAM
The Allman Brothers?
TOBY
Keep reading.
JOSH
So if it's not a story until tomorrow morning then they're not gonna have it until tomorrow night. We bought it!
C.J.
We bought two days.
TOBY
How?
SAM
Plane ride.
JOSH
When does he leave?
C.J.
Seven P.M. Thursday.
JOSH
Tomorrow?
C.J.
Yes.
JOSH
Local time?
C.J.
Which local - theirs or ours?
TOBY
It will be 7 P.M. Thursday in Japan when he leaves.
JOSH
And he lands here when?
(Everyone gives each other an annoyed look.)
SAM
Okay, the flight is 13 hours long.
C.J.
This isn't happening.
SAM
He's going to travel Easward from Tokyo, leaving at 7 P.M, so when he crosses the nternational dateline -
TOBY
He will have traveled back in time to what?
SAM
3 A.M.
C.J.
Which puts him down in Washington at 6 P.M. Thursday.
JOSH
He's gonna land in Washington an hour before he took off?
SAM
Yeah.
JOSH
And that's not a story that beats the Surgeon General?
Donna walks in.
DONNA
Toby, they're calling for you over there.
TOBY
I'm gonna go get yelled at some more. Josh, you need to get Leo.
JOSH
Call Tokyo.
DONNA
Yeah. Carol's got the wires.
C.J.
Thanks.
JOSH
This clock should be in military time.
SAM
Yeah, 'cause that's less confusing.
JOSH
The man's gone a hundred and fifty hours. How can it be Thursday the whole time?
Always makes me smile...
So it's the end of term next week, and the end of my time at school A. I can't say I'll be sad to leave, although the reaction of some of the kids I teach has been surprising, to say the least! I'm sure they're only begging me to stay because I'm the devil they know.
But the end of term means it's time to start planning lessons for next term. At least now, I'll be taking the majority of the classes myself, so I won't have to write lesson plans for others. The upside of that was that it meant I had to have plans ready a week or two in advance; now it's "just me", I won't have to do that, although I have to admit, it's a nice feeling to be prepared well in advance. I used to have a system of writing each weeks' lessons the day I gave the previous one - I haven't been able to do that lately, but I might go back to it. What I need to do first though, is get a rough outline of the overall plans done so I can root out or make whatever resources I'm going to need. That's the sort of thing that takes hours and hours.
I suppose that if a needy moggy wakes me up early again tomorrow, I could make a start. It's that or the ironing...
I've been pottering about since really - caught up with 30 Rock, watched another episode of Life... read my news feeds - and now it's time to head back to bed. I've put some of the clocks forward, and I'll do the rest in the morning. I really hate this pissing about with the clocks twice a year. I don't care whether we're on GMT or BST, I just wish someone would pick one and bloody-well stick to it!
That said - it's time to dust this one off...
JOSH
All right. First things first; what time is it in Tokyo?
TOBY
They're fourteen hours ahead.
JOSH
I thought it was thirteen.
TOBY
Eastern daylight.
JOSH
So it's fourteen hours ahead.
TOBY
Yes.
JOSH
Are we sure it's ahead, and not behind?
C.J.
Guys, there are clocks on the wall.
JOSH
Okay, so it's almost 11 o'clock in Tokyo.
C.J.
Yeah.
TOBY
Ginger!
GINGER
Yeah.
TOBY
Get Larry and Ed.
C.J.
And anybody else in my office.
TOBY
We'll be in the Roosevelt Room.
JOSH
I'm sorry... 11 in the morning, 11 in the afternoon?
C.J.
It's 11 A.M.
SAM
The Allman Brothers?
TOBY
Keep reading.
JOSH
So if it's not a story until tomorrow morning then they're not gonna have it until tomorrow night. We bought it!
C.J.
We bought two days.
TOBY
How?
SAM
Plane ride.
JOSH
When does he leave?
C.J.
Seven P.M. Thursday.
JOSH
Tomorrow?
C.J.
Yes.
JOSH
Local time?
C.J.
Which local - theirs or ours?
TOBY
It will be 7 P.M. Thursday in Japan when he leaves.
JOSH
And he lands here when?
(Everyone gives each other an annoyed look.)
SAM
Okay, the flight is 13 hours long.
C.J.
This isn't happening.
SAM
He's going to travel Easward from Tokyo, leaving at 7 P.M, so when he crosses the nternational dateline -
TOBY
He will have traveled back in time to what?
SAM
3 A.M.
C.J.
Which puts him down in Washington at 6 P.M. Thursday.
JOSH
He's gonna land in Washington an hour before he took off?
SAM
Yeah.
JOSH
And that's not a story that beats the Surgeon General?
Donna walks in.
DONNA
Toby, they're calling for you over there.
TOBY
I'm gonna go get yelled at some more. Josh, you need to get Leo.
JOSH
Call Tokyo.
DONNA
Yeah. Carol's got the wires.
C.J.
Thanks.
JOSH
This clock should be in military time.
SAM
Yeah, 'cause that's less confusing.
JOSH
The man's gone a hundred and fifty hours. How can it be Thursday the whole time?
Always makes me smile...
So it's the end of term next week, and the end of my time at school A. I can't say I'll be sad to leave, although the reaction of some of the kids I teach has been surprising, to say the least! I'm sure they're only begging me to stay because I'm the devil they know.
But the end of term means it's time to start planning lessons for next term. At least now, I'll be taking the majority of the classes myself, so I won't have to write lesson plans for others. The upside of that was that it meant I had to have plans ready a week or two in advance; now it's "just me", I won't have to do that, although I have to admit, it's a nice feeling to be prepared well in advance. I used to have a system of writing each weeks' lessons the day I gave the previous one - I haven't been able to do that lately, but I might go back to it. What I need to do first though, is get a rough outline of the overall plans done so I can root out or make whatever resources I'm going to need. That's the sort of thing that takes hours and hours.
I suppose that if a needy moggy wakes me up early again tomorrow, I could make a start. It's that or the ironing...
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Or tell the moggy where to go! I thought they lived outside?
I've had about 6 hours sleep in the last 2 days, so I'm off to bed to fall asleep to ER.
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