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caz963 ([personal profile] caz963) wrote2011-04-12 10:24 pm

At home to Mister Cock-Up

It was another bright day (mostly) today, but it's still a bit chilly out. I'd already designated today "work day", so I spent most of the afternoon inputting marks onto the school's data system which I can access from here. Mind you, it's not just a case of putting in a number. Nope, I had to write a comment for each pupil as well, along the lines of what we used to do for end of year reports. Fortunately, we don't have to do that every half term, but as the system has only been up and running since last term and last time, I did just put numbers in, I thought I should show willing this time and do a bit more.



Or I would have done, if the internet hadn't suddenly dropped out when I was about half way through the first class.

This has been happening on and off since around Friday, but each time I thought about phoning Sky to see what was up, it came back on and I didn't bother. But I did phone today and it turns out that there's something up at the local exchange and the BT are 'fixing it'.

Given my past experiences with BT, that phrase doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.

Still, I have teh interwebz now and I did managed to get the marking done. The only problem with having to use the internet to do it is that it's easy to open up lots of tabs and get distracted ;-)

But it's done, and the next job is to revise my seating plans. I've done most of them, but there's still one or two to do. I could have finished them, but after a few hours sitting at a desk, my back starts to ache, so I decided to pack up.

I've got some notes to type up and I want to try to get a head start on planning for the unit after next. As next half term is really short (5 weeks), I've got less time in which to get the planning done for the following units, so I plan to get a couple of weeks' worth of lessons written. Whether I actually DO it is another matter of course.


In other news - DW spoilers abound, but I'm not reading all of them. (I haven't even got round to reading the RT yet!) It's reached the point actually where there's not a lot of new info filtering through, and let's face it, we all know damn well that SM is keeping his cards close to his chest and that the DW team are generally pretty tight lipped about the really big stuff. So while I'm intrigued, I'm (at the moment) quite happy to wait to find out what the hell is going on. Whether I'll still be saying that at 7pm on the 23rd remains to be seen. Btw - is part 2 going out on the Sunday? I assumed it was, for some reason, but haven't seen a confirmation. As [livejournal.com profile] crossoverman indicates in comments, it's entirely possible (not to mention likely) that I've dreamed that one up.



I did squee a little bit at the description of the Last of the Time Lords and the Lonely Centurion - and at this pic -



Someone's already pointed out the absence of the "Cybus Industries" insignia on the chest plates. Are these then "original" Cybermen from Mondas/Telos?


And in a spectactular scheduling balls-up, Auntie is presenting us with two helpings of DT on the same day at the same time. Grrrrr... Thank gawd for the iPlayer.

[identity profile] crossoverman.livejournal.com 2011-04-12 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen any mention of part 2 airing on the Sunday. I don't think that is happening anywhere.

Awesome photo!

[identity profile] caz963.livejournal.com 2011-04-12 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It's entirely possible I may have misread something and it was "or" rather than "and".
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[personal profile] develish1 2011-04-12 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Whether I'll still be saying that at 7pm on the 23rd remains to be seen. Btw - is part 2 going out on the Sunday?

I thought it was due on at 6:00, not 7:00, must check that, but no I've not heard anything about part two being shown Sunday, as far as I'm aware it's on the following Sat as normal.

I'm annoyed at the BBC of the DT things being shown same time too. Do they not realise they're reducing their own viewing/listening figures by doing that, as fans will be torn on which one to watch/listen to?

[identity profile] caz963.livejournal.com 2011-04-12 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Whether I'll still be saying that at 7pm on the 23rd remains to be seen.

No, it is a 6pm start. I was meaning when it's finished :-)

I have no idea where I got the Sunday thing from then. I must've misread something or dreamt it up!

It really is a strange thing to do re. United and Kafka. I know that the radio and TV schedulers work independently, but you'd really think that someone somewhere would have joined the dots considering both things feature some bloke who happens to be the most famous actor in the UK.
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[personal profile] develish1 2011-04-12 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
makes no sense at all does it?

I normally record and keep stuff like that too, so I guess this means I'll be recording United (I can record that the easiest) and just hoping someone else records Kafka and is willing to share

[identity profile] caz963.livejournal.com 2011-04-12 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The peeps at DTonTwitter are usually pretty good, but in any case, I'll probably snag it and post it somewhere.
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[personal profile] develish1 2011-04-12 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I expect someone at tennant_love will probably be sharing too

[identity profile] nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com 2011-04-13 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Can he not stop being a Roman now? It annoys me vastly for no good reason. And it keeps reminding me how stupid it is for him to not, like, entirely forget who Amy even is in 2000 years.

[identity profile] caz963.livejournal.com 2011-04-13 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Er... maybe it's Auton!Rory rather than Real!Rory?

It's already making my head ache...

[identity profile] luinel-anduril.livejournal.com 2011-04-13 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure that i did read that part 2 will be on Sunday, as it is a holiday.

[identity profile] caz963.livejournal.com 2011-04-13 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad it's not me going round the bend! I'll just have to see what it says in next week's RT.