At least a happy Monday afternoon. Debriefed about work with colleagues, went to the gym, and received some goodies in the post:
Box of 6 packets of awesome from Melinda’s Gluten-Free Goodies :) Looking forward to making these up over the coming weeks!
Double pass to Inside Job, I think I got this via Cinetology. Will have to find a night to see it :)
And my flowers have opened up nicely. Also on that table you can see my bridesmaid bouquet from my sister’s wedding, and a photo from our year 12 formal. So young and pale. And skinny! ;)
Lionel Logue was one of Australia’s earliest and more famous speech therapists (speech pathologist these days, at least in Australia), noted for his work with King George’s stutter. Techniques for therapy vary greatly these days, from more behavioural approaches, such as the Lidcombe Program for young children, to strategies, or altered speech patterns for adults. There are also support groups for adults, such as the Speakeasy Association who meet to practise speech strategies and public speaking.
In Australia, you can find a speech pathologist with an interest in treating stuttering through the find a speech pathologist function on the Speech Pathology Australia website. Early intervention is best – with the best outcomes for stuttering therapy using the Lidcombe program in the year before or the first year or so of school.
The King’s Speech will be released in Australia on Boxing Day, December 26
Barely a sniffle these past few days, aside from battling with a red curry last night :) Went with friends for dinner and then to see Gomorrah at Dendy. I can’t believe I’ve not been to Dendy in the Canberra Centre until now – the seats are so comfy! And wide! :)
The movie was hard to follow – I kept getting characters mixed up – perhaps if I’d known a little bit of the political/social background it would have been easier. One of the risks of watching something that was loved at Cannes :)
Aside from that, beena pretty cruisy weekend :) Very pleased with the lack of sniffles, but I think I spoke too soon last night before going to Cocoa Black and ordering cake and mousse when I declared that I could eat chocolate without troubles once more. Will have to keep it down to only a little at a time, I think. I had a chocolate truffle the other day, and was fine with that, but too much doesn’t seem to be good!
About to hit the gym, head home, sleep, and wake up tomorrow to know that Rish has probably already landed in Sydney! :)
In a whining-to-Rish moment on Saturday night of “do we have any movies to watch on the computer”, he replied “Actually we do. In Bruges.”
Great, I say, anything to entertain me on a Saturday evening. So, accompanied by Rish, minestrone, wine and later yummy dessert, we set about watching it.
And I set about giggling for the two hours it runs for. Yes, I was laughing at people dying or getting injured, and insulting a town and going a little mad (and midgets)… but it was certainly my kind of humour. Don’t read the wikipedia link before you see it.
Just see it, perhaps with wine in hand. And enjoy.
It’s great to win movie tickets, this week I got tickets to Choke and the Mirrors… but neither of them is still showing in the Canberra cinemas that the vouchers would be valid for! Needed to be quicker on that one.
Instead, we will pay (well use the gift vouchers my mother keeps sending us) to go see the new Bond movie. Something to do on a cold (I think it’s meant to top at 15! a week out from summer!) drizzly day. It’ll probably be quite busy. Hope we get reasonable seats!
So in 21 hours I should be boarding the plane. Yes, a little more than excited *heh* (Wishing I was in Boon, though…) I was just sitting down with Mum, going through the photos from her European trips. I think it was making her a little sad, thinking that sha has travelled so little since [...]
Over the long-weekend, Rish and I took some time for ourselves and went to see 21 (using the free pass I won courtesy of RHP!) I enjoyed it :) I tend to enjoy most movies that I go to, at least on some level. But this one I walked out of feeling good :) I [...]
I love Muppet Treasure Island. I think I had it on video though, so it’s probably dead, and I haven’t seen it for years…. But, yes, going a little stir-crazy at home. Past the point of appreciating that I can relax and sleep in and take care of myself and starting to miss people-contact too [...]
So we went to see Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street last night. It was that, or Juno, but we figured we could watch that down the tack on dvd… theory is, that a serial killer flick with sining would be much better on the big screen. And given how dark everything was, [...]
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