It's David Attenborough's 100th birthday today! He loves the world so much he's sticking around in it for as long as he can… I liked this heartfelt ode to him by @stephenarussell.bsky.social at @screenhub.bsky.social

Me when my plan was to mark assignments IN CANVAS today and I need to now shift focus.

RIP Ask Jeeves.

My rosemary is looking quite sad, and yet, I've bought more herbs to try and grow...

"As Cannes and its intoxicating festival fever rapidly approach, we offer this issue in hope it sparks sober and critical reflection on the infrastructures, systems, and discourses shaping the ecosystem (or religious order) we call cinema."

Bought a watering can so I can stop watering my balcony plants with the kettle 💪

My face when the students pitch a puppet talk show

If anyone needs some good fucking news Sam Neill is officially cancer free

A bit late, but this week’s Silent Sundays is about the glorious 35mm screening of Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed that I attended at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social this morning.

Con: tripped over my own feet and a chair in class. Pro: Saved myself from completely stacking it and students were mildly impressed and momentarily distracted from my lack of coordination.

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I've had a six month break from teaching in the multi-cam studio at work, so I don't know whether this is normal or concerning, but I was beyond excited to see the prop store filled with brand new fake plants for set dressing.

I started Topper and immediately double-taked, why is he driving like this? 😭

Nothing more terrifying when you're entering student grades in the Canvas gradebook and your cat attempts to walk across the keyboard.

"With a free Skynet Edu account, students can gain the career-readiness needed to navigate an exciting future in which they will be hunted by a remorseless, nuclear-armed superintelligence seeking to annihilate the human race—which will later be revealed to be Skynet itself."

If there's one thing about me, it's that I really like to cook but will always underestimate how long it takes to make a good baked potato.

Weird moment in my lecture today where someone in the audience was calling out "Hello! Hey, over here!" really loudly, and I was like "Hello? Yes?" but it wasn't for me. Awkward.

Browsing for movie options last night and I stumbled across this one. I will try to get to this this evening.

Frankenstein (1910). Kind of wild to consider that its release is closer in time to the publication of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel than to the present day

I have never seen Dial M for Murder, so correcting that now

I can always tell when I'm in a busy/stressful period because the number of films I watch takes a sharp dive and I'm instead rewatching old shows that I've seen a million times before or some binge-worthy reality TV. But I'm going to make a concerted effort to watch something new (to me) tonight.

Tuxedo Sam: Oh, you just did a full clean of the litter tray and swept the floors? Time to FLING LITTER EVERYWHERE.

Me who has never knitted anything since attempting one of those feathery scarfs in high school: "I could knit a blanket."

Caught True Stories with @jasmineandthyme.bsky.social at the Astor, only the second time in my life that I've seen it. I've always loved it but so many gems I forgot!

NO YOU'RE CRYING ABOUT INTEGRITY

Chatting with the person drawing my blood, joking about how hard to find my veins, talking about the difference between genetics and epigenetics, the needle is removed ... he has a moment of realisation that he forgot to do one vial. I need to get stuck a second time.

I used to take the VLine to work and overcrowding has been an issue for years. I would dread to hear the "This service is only three carriages" announcement during peak hour in the morning. It's such a vital service (and the seats are so comfy!) so it's a shame that this keeps happening.

New milestone unlocked: set off the smoke alarm in my apartment by cooking some bacon. Exhaust fan level one was apparently not enough.

Sammie briefly ventured out while the fam was over for lunch and even let my sister give a little ear scratch, but preferred the under the bed. Here he is after everyone's gone home and he's king of his domain.

Forgetting and googling every year to see if the shops are open Good Friday.

Current state of mind: getting far too emotional about Angela Lansbury singing Beauty and the Beast

my toxic trait is repeatedly typing out 'lan-gauge' instead of 'lan-guage' the first time round.

"Sure, your little iOS update lets you type every creature in the animal kingdom with one tap. But you’ll never have what we had: a cat (=^・^=), an evil cat (>:3), and this combination that kinda looked like a crab waving its pincers in the air (V.v.V)."

Tried to make caramelised apples. Took it one second too far. One large lump of hard burnt caramel apple. Milo and ice cream it is.

Trying to slap away that little voice in my head that says "I should be working..." It is SUNDAY and I changed my bed sheets and cleaned the kitchen and did my errands and stocked up on TS's food and am going to be meal prepping later. I will work during the work week.

"This is the most essential technology ever created in all of human history. Don’t mercilessly ridicule it just because it steals the joy out of your hobbies and creates sexually explicit images of women without their consent. Seriously, please stop! It really hurts my feelings."

It's been a while since I've shared Sammie here. He loves his flamingo.

ABC staff strike: BBC content to replace flagship shows, including 7.30 and AM

One group of my students are doing a radio show focusing on nostalgia for the early 2000s. As a child of late 90s/early 2000s, they better choose their music carefully 😂

this is the week that I have managed to work in my teaching references to Agnes Varda, which I try to do at least once a semester.

I have been in my new suburb since November and I have yet to order myself a pizza, mainly because I've been going back to Mum and Dads for pizza night. Work schedules mean that it's now a bit too much of a run around to do that this semester. How long will it take me to find a regular spot?

RIP to my cute little brachiosaurus broach, lost in the wild :(

Wait. The dinosaurs in Jurassic World Rebirth aren't real? Wtf.

I've been playing LeafGreen and having a grand time (my first Pokemon game was SoulSilver so this is new to me). Two general thoughts: 1) I forgot how hard it used to be to level up the Pokemon, and 2) I get so excited seeing Pokemon like Venonat who just really don't seem to get any attention now

Current state of mind: listening to multiple covers of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" on a loop.

Melbourne is now the best city in the world. You all should visit Car City Ringwood to celebrate.

Me when I accidentally lose two hours to emails

"So, I’m asking you, as someone who loves you—stop it. Stop the screaming. Be proactive about your life. Go do something about it."