Jordandchan

There is a recruiting ad for the Australian Navy that has been on air for quite a while now; Painting Navy life as non-stop excitement and fun

I stumbled across an interesting article by a Christian writer from Melbourne talking about how the way the Armed Forces are being marketed and perceived is an interesting indicator of the way marketers are starting to use this idea of Self Actualization and Improvement as a motivating factor.

Check out the article - From Duty to Self Actualization. It seems to me to just another way in which our world is becoming more self centred in the way we make decisions. There is no longer any overwhelming sense of duty or service in a lot of young people. It has been replaced with the responsibility to “Be All You Can Be” as the slightly older recruitment ads for the Australian Army used to say.

What do you think about this trend?

i just dont want to be 30.

there, i said it - i dont want it! i dont want to go up a bracket in the age question of surveys, i dont want to be ‘grown up’ i dont want to be any closer to ‘middle age’ even though its a good excuse to have a crisis and buy a Harley - i dont want a party - i dont want to acknowledge it and most of all i dont want to have to admit that i dont have it all together - that i still dont want to settle down - that i need to feel younger than i am or somehow i might realise how much of a waste my life has been…

time - stop - now!

He can still be a ratbag at times, after all he is still just a kitten, but most of the time he is adorable.

14 february 2010

we dont “do” valentines day but we did have a lovely time doing some of the things we like doing together.
out for brekkie followed by a movie and a drive - fish and chips byt the water and then church.

sadly the weekend is over now though and its back to work again…

havent really had much to say lately but i had to acknowledge this crazy weather that we are having -
its been a LONG time since i got wet coming to or from work - but 4 days in a row is like a miracle. then there is sun, then rain - then humidity sets in, then rain, then sun, then rain AND sun at the same time.

i have to say - i enjoy looking out the window at work during the day to see whats going on out there - interesting times…

Just in time for school to go back for the new year, and I had a big site go live.

Teaching​.com​.au has been a major undertaking, and has taken up most of my past 2 months. MTA sell educational toys to Schools, childcare centres and kindergartens all around Australia and New Zealand.

With this new site release they have also started selling direct to the public. Go and take a look, I guarantee you will find something you want to buy.

this made me laugh out loud - its awesome… AND educational.

http://​theoatmeal​.com/​c​o​m​i​c​s​/​m​i​s​s​p​e​l​l​ing