SLAM POEM! :D

So I figured... it's almost my birthday, and although life is pretty darn amazing at the moment, I would still really like to start checking off some items of that bucket list of mine. :)

One of them is performing in a poetry slam! :D

Now I know this isn't the same... but it's something right! And sharing my poetry in general is kinda a big step for me. So I decided to record a poem I wrote a few days ago and upload it to YouTube. :)

YEah yeahhaaa! :D

Sorry for the cheese. It just kinda happened!
Lets make a sandwich. :p

Oceans of love and peace! x

IngaJ - Bananas and Coconuts

ScOTland! :)

Hey guys, GUESS WHAT? I live in SCOTLAND now!

Cool huh! :)

For those of my friends who may be interested, I have started a blog (just earlier today) where I am planning on updating the details of my service on a weekly basis.

Here's the link!
http://servingorkney.blogspot.co.uk/

So if you're ever sitting around one day and think, 'Huh, I wonder what Ingrid's up to right now..." there's the link! :)

It's a funny thing waking up on the other side of the world. It feels like living in a story, which I suppose we all are anyway really. You ever felt like the protagonist in a story of your life? Like there's a starving artist sitting in a cafe in a parallel universe somewhere thinking 'hmm, what complication should I next inflict on this 'Ingrid' character?' Well, I feel that now. I also sense some twists and turns in the upcoming pages! Well, one can only assume. Life does seem to write the best twists after all.

Also, for those interested, the voice: painful, but holding up. However, I have no plans on letting it interfere with my life any further. I guess I'll never be a teacher, or an actor, or anything else I was dreaming of really - but I'm on my way to deciding that's okay. Life is full of twists and turns after all, like I was just saying. :)

Maybe I'll make stories that change the world.

Anyway, that's all for now. I'll be sure to update this thing more frequently for the one person I have convinced myself is out there reading it. :P

Warmest love and greetings!

Lightbulbs

So yesterday I took over a grade 9 class for their new unit on advertising.

It was interesting. The first thing I wanted to do was to make sure they knew what advertising really was, and to be honest was blown away by the thoughts of the kids.

- They want to sell us things.
- They try to convince us of stuff.
- They out ideas in our heads.
- They use catchy songs that stay in our heads all day.

Good, right!? I was like.. yes! Well done. Now it's time to go deeper...

So I showed them an ad. You know that 'Dove' commercial about the girl who gets all made up and photoshopped then slapped on a billboard in a city? That one. I thought it has a pretty clear target audience and a pretty nice message to get them thinking.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, it took a while to get the boys away from thinking about the way the commercial was trying to sell 'Dove' products and more about HOW they were doing it. There was no mention of the products, but clearly the advertisement was still promoting their company. After a lot of question asking and discussion guiding, I decided to break it down for them in simple terms they could understand.

Then came the best part, which really, is the only reason I was so inspired to write this entry.

This kid, at the back of the class, who was hanging onto my every word the whole time with a vague look of confusion on his face, understood.

I knew he did, because I was there. I SAW it. The second it happened.

Did you know you can see understanding when it slaps into people? I certainly didn't. Not like that.

Then when his eyes grew wide, his mouth dropped open and his hand shot into the air to answer my latest question - I knew I was doing my job.

It was amazing. My heart is still smiling a little bit.

Anyway, the lesson went on and activities were play and discussions were had, but no other moment was as prefect as that one. Next class, I'm aiming for a few more.

GOD I love my grade 9's. They're actually so sweet and lovely.

Anyway, that's enough teacher talk for one day. Time I go plan Monday's lessons.

I hope you enjoyed my little tale. Now until next time grasshoppers! :)


Ingrid.

Doctor 'WHO' rant: On the upcoming 'Name of the Doctor' episode.

Dearest Whovians,

I know it can be really stressful at the moment, to think that in a few short weeks the Doctors greatest secret will be revealed. You may, right now, be dreading the moment when the mystery disappears, the waves move in slow motion and we are left with an anticlimax to end all anticlimaxes! Because what could be worse, more threatening to this incredible story we hold so close to our hearts, then the loss of this tension that has always been there? I ask you. Well, probably not much.

Though, to be honest, I don't think we have anything to worry about.

Hear me out! Of course no one outside of the magical BBC production bubble can know for SURE how this will all work out, but nevertheless, based on Moffats' track record, I personally think it quite unlikely we will be left at the end of the season with something like 'Joe'.

No, no. It doesn't compute. Something is missing there.
Think about it, when have we ever been given a simple answer to a complex question in the Doctor Whoniverse?
This is one of the things I love about Doctor Who, there is ALWAYS that tension.
Moffat, I have noticed, likes to answer his questions with more questions.
Because questions keep us going.
They keep us asking, and wanting more.
They LEAD somewhere!
It's a mark of a great storyteller, which I believe Moffat has shown himself to be.

At the very least, I have faith in him (and the rest of their wonderfully creative team of course) to keep me guessing.

Also, assuming that we WERE to find out the Doctors true name, it will be done for a reason. I doubt the DW team are going out of their ways to slash our hopes and dreams, rather, they are trying to take us deeper into the world of a certain time lord we all love so dearly.

I've decided to look on with trust.
We've been being wound up until now. So how will the tale be left?
I guess we have to wait and find out. :)

Love and friendship,

Ingrid.

Another day...

Day two

Today, several things happened.
Firstly, I decided 'LOST' is an awesome TV show.
I've been thinking this for a while, but the less conventional it seems to get, the more I tend to like it.
Well done writers..
Today I had dairy for the first time in almost a year.
Not watered down, lactose free dairy... REAL dairy.
Though it was an accident... that's what you get for trusting a sign in a shop window so completely you don't even read the wrapper until AFTER you've guzzled it down.
That, my friends, is trust.
Stupidity? Maybe...
But mostly trust.
I also lost my voice again teaching, which was pretty much my greatest fear coming back to haunt me again. If this develops back into something chronic again, I am seriously not going to be a happy camper.
I also got that tiny bit closer to playing on that Cajon.
I touched it! :D
So tomorrow, I'm hoping for a breezy class, where no one talks over each other and everyone is constantly engaged and listening as I cruise my way through my incredibly interesting lesson plan!
LOL, jk..
Its about essay writing. o.O
But I'm sure it'll be alright.
I'll make it happen. :)
Anyway, over and out amigos. :D
ALL the love!
Lovelovelove. ^_^

24 days, 24 hours..

DAY ONE!

First day of my final prac was today.
Cool right! :D
It's exciting and terrifying both at the same time.
Exciting, because it is this incredible experience, and gives me this building to go to each day. A WONDERFUL building, where I can jump around quoting my favorite poems and authors, playing snippets from my favorite films and TV shows, and ALL of this... in pursuit of making a room full of teenagers as passionate about writing and acting as I am. And I love that.
I love watching the faces of eager boys and girls light up as I tell them they're destined for something special... and knowing there is nothing more true.
I LOVE it.
Its a wonderful feeling.
Though..
Being sick changes things.
I can only try my best though, right. :)

Anyway, today was pretty fun.
There's a Cajon in the performing arts staff room. ^_^
So yes, I'm just holding out for that coveted time of the week where everyone else has 'stepped out' for a moment!
Then maybe I'll give it a whirl.. confuse the class next door..
then, you know, act natural and stuff...
Because it's just a box thingy... right? ;)
Anywhoo, in other news the arts theatre is haunted, which is kinda fun.
Oh, and I have two more lessons to prepare for tomorrow!

Cheerio then! :)
Lovelovelove.