Archive for March, 2009

one thousand, three hundred and thirty-eight

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Teachers’ room, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Printing

one thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Email

one thousand, three hundred and thirty-six

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Sitting with laptop on bed

one thousand, three hundred and thirty-five

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate
Using the board rubber to clean the board

one thousand, three hundred and thirty-four

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Teachers’ room, Moat Lane
Moderate
Chatting with colleagues

one thousand, three hundred and thirty-three

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Online banking

one thousand, three hundred and thirty-two

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
That right nostril has been bothering me all day

one thousand, three hundred and thirty-one

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Still reading about ante-natal testing

one thousand, three hundred and thirty

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Reading about ante-natal testing

one thousand, three hundred and twenty-nine

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Radio 4 clip of Will Self and Professor David Penny on the rights of apes

one thousand, three hundred and twenty-eight

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Psychogeography and Will Self on Amazon

one thousand, three hundred and twenty-seven

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Gap, the Bull Ring
Moderate
Cotton zip-tops

one thousand, three hundred and twenty-six

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Reception, ante-natal scan department, Birmingham Women’s Hospital
Moderate
Waiting to hand in report to reception

one thousand, three hundred and twenty-five

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Awake, Internet (Ed Rapley)

one thousand, three hundred and twenty-four

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Strada, The Mailbox
Moderate
The sweet menu

one thousand, three hundred and twenty-three

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate
Setting up the cassette for City & Guilds Speaking and Listening assessment “You and Your Phone”

one thousand, three hundred and twenty-two

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Back bedroom office
Moderate
Deleting the spams

one thousand, three hundred and twenty-one

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Getting up and moving about

one thousand, three hundred and twenty

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
Checking central heating

one thousand, three hundred and nineteen

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Catherine is making a list

one thousand, three hundred and eighteen

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Sneezecount notebook

one thousand, three hundred and seventeen

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Opening letters

one thousand, three hundred and sixteen

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Taxi, Parliament Street, London
Mild
Moving between publishers

one thousand, three hundred and fifteen

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Room 308, Shaftesbury Paddington hotel
Moderate to strong
Just turned on the television (news)

one thousand, three hundred and fourteen

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

SBC, Hall Green
Moderate
Leaving the college grounds for the train

one thousand, three hundred and thirteen

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Monitoring Who/When comprehension questions

one thousand, three hundred and twelve

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Teachers’ room, Moat Lane
Moderate
Pasting a Guardian article into a file

one thousand, three hundred and eleven

Monday, March 16th, 2009

The Bull Ring market area
Moderate
Walking to place of work

one thousand, three hundred and ten

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Hall
Moderate to strong
Fiddling with Sneezecount notebook

one thousand, three hundred and nine

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Doorstep
Moderate to strong
Just got in from a meeting

one thousand, three hundred and eight

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Back bedroom office
Mild
If you sneeze when you are blowing your nose, is that a sneeze? (It is now!)

one thousand, three hundred and seven

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Bedroom
Strong
Trying to find some coverage of Manchester United v. Inter on the Internet

one thousand, three hundred and six

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

TV/living room
Moderate
About to give my opinion on the Horne/Corden television product

one thousand, three hundred and five

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
About to go through price comparison research

one thousand, three hundred and four

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Teachers’ room, Moat Lane
Moderate
Gathering papers, non-committedly

one thousand, three hundred and three

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Room 3.20, SBC, Digbeth
Moderate
Supervising, comparing price comparison websites for this afternoon’s class

one thousand, three hundred and two

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Room 3.20, SBC, Digbeth
Moderate
Supervising a practice L1 literacy test online

one thousand, three hundred and one

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Bedroom
Strong
Internet, or more to the point “AirPort”, playing up.

one thousand, three hundred

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Changing room, The Budokan, Birmingham
Moderate to strong
Sore throat, tingly nose

one thousand, two hundred and ninety-nine

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Preparing for spelling test

one thousand, two hundred and ninety-eight

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate
Jobs matching game

one thousand, two hundred and ninety-seven

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Train, Digbeth
Mild
Slowing for Moor Street

one thousand, two hundred and ninety-six

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Start of the class, only 3 students so far

one thousand, two hundred and ninety-five

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Adam and Joe, “again”, seconds before midnight

one thousand, two hundred and ninety-four

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Video Skype Birmingham to Barcelona

one thousand, two hundred and ninety-three

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Catching up on Herring

one thousand, two hundred and ninety-two

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Room 601, Barcelo Raval, Barcelona
Moderate
Just finished Brooker Guardian review of The Listener including the phrase “pie full of twat”

one thousand, two hundred and ninety-one

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Red Lion, Barcelona
Moderate to strong
Inauthentically devoid of English people and es permit fumar

one thousand, two hundred and ninety

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Lituratura FNAC, Barcelona
Moderate
A curious English Spanish glossary: From Lost to the River and Speaking in Silver

one thousand, two hundred and eighty-nine

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Room 601, Barcelo Raval, Barcelona
Moderate to strong
Unpacking

one thousand, one hundred and eighty-eight

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Train, Barcelona airport
Moderate
Just pulling out

one thousand, two hundred and eighty-seven

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Classroom, South Birmingham College, Hall Green
Moderate
Exercise on features of discourse

one thousand, two hundred and eighty-six

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Checking the 5 day weather “forecast”

one thousand, two hundred and eighty-five

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Watching the writing of a cheque to a pension fund

one thousand, two hundred and eight-four

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Sneezecount Notebook

one thousand, two hundred and eighty-three

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Shutting down Tweetdeck to go to work

one thousand, two hundred and eighty-two

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Back bedroom office
Moderate
Preparing materials for a Pre-Entry class

one thousand, two hundred and eighty-one

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Talking about an easy Spanish exam

one thousand, two hundred and eighty

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
Making breakfast

one thousand, two hundred and seventy-nine

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Car, Wake Green Road, Moseley
Moderate to strong
A van opposite waiting to turn right

one thousand, two hundred and seventy-eight

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Reception, SBC, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Finding City & Guilds exam papers on the PC

one thousand, two hundred and seventy-seven

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Bedroom
Moderate
Thatcher in the USA on iPlayer

one thousand, two hundred nad seventy-six

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Dining room
Strong
Back to the TV / living room after an Internet check

one thousand, two hundred and seventy-five

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Busen Dojo, Twickenham
Moderate
Coaching session

one thousand, two hundred and seventy-four

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
Adjusting the central heating