What I'm watching

The Apprentice:

This hilarious business competition has bought me a lot of laughs. The quote of the week this episode (10), was from Alan Sugar when he was trying to curb Stewart's 'enthusiasm':

"a fly's got enthusiasm but that doesn't stop him head-butting a window!"Apart from not really making any sense, this just simply made me laugh.

But the best this series came from Alex: "If I was an apple-pie, the apples inside would be orange". Classic!!

A is for...

A is for animals, Africa

B is for books, beach, the Bible

C is for colour, cats, the cross, chocolate, countryside

D is for duvets, dogs

E is for eggs

F is for friends, family, food, films

G is for God, growth

H is for the Holy Spirit

I is for ice-cream, internet, Ipswich Town football club

J is for Jesus

K is for kiwi fruit

L is for love

M is for music, mayonnaise

N is for noise, Noah

O is for owls, oooooo

P is for picnics, peace, postcards, perfume, POP-corn

Q is for quiet

R is for red, reading

S is for singing, scarfs

T is for toast, tea, trombones

U is for umbrellas

V is for violin

W is for water, warmth , stevie Wonder

X is for x-rays

Y is for Yahtzee!!

Z is for zebras

Oh Austen...

So I am a Pride and Prejudice fan. Whether you agree with me or not, it cannot be mistaken that Austen's words are well loved:

"He's a fine as gentleman as I ever saw. He simpers and smirks and makes love to us all."

"I shouldn't know your locket if I saw it- I care nothing for such baubles."

"I think you are in very great danger of making him as much in love with you as ever."

"How long have you been in love with him?'. 'I believe I must date it from when I first saw his beautiful grounds at Pemberley!"

"My feelings are...I am ashamed to remember what I said then...In fact they are quite the opposite".

"...such I might have been if it were not for you. Dearest loveliest Elizabeth."

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Also I do not see why we can't enjoy both film and BBC productions, as well as the novel. :)

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School

This week, I have become a secondary school teacher!

Not really, but I have been observing, and it has opened my eyes. I am 20, yet one asked if I was 15, another 24, another married and then finally I was asked if I was inspecting! Think they must of thought I was Ofsted or something ha! No child, not quite.

I sat in listening to classes of excitable year 7's (and the rest), depressed year 13's doing coursework, non-uniform day (which was even more crazy), drama classes, music classes, general studies. I was mainly there for the english as that is what I am looking to do, but it was interesting to see other subjects as well.

Anyway, I wont bore you any longer with this,

Hope you are well, (whoever you are)

Adios!

Soul in Music

Henry James- and his Love.

As you probably know by now, I am an English Literature student. Part of this means studying authors I wouldn't necessarily read if otherwise. Enter: Henry James. I am ashamed to admit that before this week I had never read anything by him, and Oh! what I have clearly missed!

As part of a module I am taking this term, Early 20th century writing, I read James's The Beast in the Jungle this week. It is a romanticised love tale, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, once I had got used to Henry James' writing style. It tells of a man who spends his life looking for something, with his female friend, May. The most terrible part of this story however, is that he doesn't recognise her love until it is too late, when she has died. (If I had been on my own in the house when I read this, I probably would have sobbed).

The theme of waiting is prevalent through this tale, as we find that May waits for him to recognise that she loves him. This recognition made me wonder how many of us go through our lives waiting for the recognition of love from that person we love? I am thankful to say that I do not include myself in this, as I have been lucky in love and have not had to wait all my life to find that special relationship and a recognition of it. Yes, 'the power of love' is great, but I wonder whether many people have actually been as consumed by it as our Mr Marcher here was by the not knowing of it?

And yes, I know Mr Marcher is a fictional character, but I do believe that Henry James was trying to convey a possible realistic situation.

I wonder.