Hayley vs. Gareth

Brick

So, I’m sorry that I haven’t been posting especially much recently, been a mix of doing other outside “real person” things, not having internet at home, not having anything that I want to blog about especially and not wanting to, pick your favourite reason why and you win a prize (BULLET POINT: everyone arranges and pays for their own prize)

But here is a blog, whoopdy bloody do I hear you cry (jokes)

Tomorrow I’m off to Soul Survivor for a week, so I’ll be raising my hand and maybe even trying the double hand up ultra hardcore worshipper move and being holy for a few hours tonight as practice for the week. Although seriously, should be a good old time, and seeing as I’m a youth worker and a Christian and I’ll be with young people and they’ll be talking about Jesus (I like Jesus quite a lot) then I think it should be ace.

So, you’ll have to cope without my stupid words that I know in no particular order for around a week or so.

But in the meantime just one quick thing

Listen to this song!!! It is a cover of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road originally by Elton John and that is an amazing song but this is a cover by a woman called Sarah Blasko and it is blooming incredible in my opinion

Mac

I was really shocked this morning when I read on the BBC website that Bernie Mac has died.

Bernie Mac was flippin’ hilarious and always cracked me up and I might be in the minority who watched and liked his own show

Read both these stories from the BBC website for more details and for tributes

And I advise you all to watch ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ and laugh loads at the hilarity of Bernie Mac

Fire

It’s an end of an era…iamsparticus.com is DEAD!

Well, when I say DEAD…I kinda mean on life support!

Or well, at least maimed, probably been hit in the face with an axe (RETRO!)

Mark has killed his creation

But never fear, as Coldplay so brilliantly sung everything’s not lost…Mark is still blogging…

Because Geoff from Byker Grove is a hero of all youth workers whether they realise it or not and Byker Grove is the sort of un-professional, inappropriate youth work ever seen (they so wouldn’t get a JNC!)

Anyway, the immortal line of “GEOFF, GEOFF, THE GROVE IS ON FIRE!” has inspired the title of Mark’s new blog all about youth work and ministry and other such buzzwords

You should all read it, even if you’re not a youth worker…why? Because he’s my friend and I tell you to!!!! And also Mark is fairly witty to say the least and has got some wicked opinions about youth work, theology and all other buzzwords

Read it, go on, I double dares you

JNC

So, I passed

After two years of doing tons and tons and tons of fieldwork, over 50,000 words of writing in two years probably, I’ve finally passed

I got a B+ which I’m really pleased with and now all that’s left is sending off some form to the office that I need to and then I will be all officially JNC qualified (and if you don’t know what that is but are too proud to realise you need to ask, then click here to find out what JNC is)

And to illustrate how good getting a JNC is, to quote the prophet Mark Walley, who is one of my best friends in the whole entire world…”You can now command the respect of dozens!”