Well helllloooooooo! I know, I was slack and didn't write anything last week. Well, actually, I tried, but couldn't log in. Anyway, that was slack. I was as slack as a piece of string that is being held slackly so that it is slack and is hanging loose, and then you pull it tight but someone comes along with scissors and cuts it so now you have two slack pieces of string so are doubly slack and that is what I was. But not what I am, because here I am, writing people, writing for you!
So I guess I had better say something worthwhile.
I have been to a couple of schools! Goonawarra last week, and saw the Prep-grade 2 kids, who were all awesome, and one even gave me a dog tag to wear! That was so cool, and such a nice gesture, I was really pleased and thought it was so nice that he did that. But we had great fun, the kids even threatened not to let me go home!
Then I was back out to Ruthven this week, where we did writing workshops, told stories, and made cat noises ... rrrowwwww. Sorry. I think you had to be there for that one, but it was pretty funny.
And my new book is here. I have stock of the Share-a-not, so buy buy buy! Just kidding, although it is available from my website, www.adam-wallace-books.com and I will sign every copy you buy. Worth a fortune people, they will be worth a fortune in years to come! I am having a launch for the book in a few weeks, so that will also be great fun, to have a bit of a get together with my favourite people and show them the fruits of my labour ... mmm, fruit. I could have an apple about now. In fact, I think i am going to go and get something to eat.
Have a great week, and keep living the dream.
Stay gold.
Wally
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ruthven and Converses
That's right! As you may have gathered from the subtlety of my title for this blog, I went out to Ruthven P.S. this week, and I have also got a new pair of Converses!!! That is very exciting for me, I've wanted a pair for ages. And now I have a personalised pair. White hi-tops with some fancy dogs, dragons, cats and more all over them. Not to everyone's taste, not looking at anyone in particular,but they sure are to my taste! I love them.
They also went down well at Ruthven Primary School, which is out Reservoir way, no matter how you pronounce Reservoir. I spent the first of three days I will be out there doing drawing workshops. By choice. When put to a vote, every class I saw chose drawing over writing. Hmmmm. No surprises there really I have to say. So we did some drawings of dogs, cats, dragons and more. We did accents, we did cat noises, we did the works. It was great fun, and by the end of the day I was totally ready for an afternoon nap! I don't think I am going to get one in today, but I may need one after I eat my chicken schnitzel with bolognese sauce!
That's right people, and I am starting a new paragraph here for no reason other than I want to, I am having lunch at the Palace Hotel, where they serve 5, count 'em, 5 different types of parma. Oh my God, I am drooling right now writing this. Can water wreck a keyboard? Anyway. I don't have dairy, a well-known fact, so I have my parma sans cheese, but schnitzel with bolognese sauce man, how good is that? When I go to a pub for dinner or lunch, I generally have to make the choice between bolognese or a schnitzel ... no such dramas at the Palace, my friend, just stick that bolognese sauce on top and let me at it!
I won't even need to review the meal next week, because I tell you right here and now it is going to be pretty damn good.
I have to go. I need to prepare my taste buds.
Have a great week everyone, and keep living the dream.
Stay gold.
Wally.
They also went down well at Ruthven Primary School, which is out Reservoir way, no matter how you pronounce Reservoir. I spent the first of three days I will be out there doing drawing workshops. By choice. When put to a vote, every class I saw chose drawing over writing. Hmmmm. No surprises there really I have to say. So we did some drawings of dogs, cats, dragons and more. We did accents, we did cat noises, we did the works. It was great fun, and by the end of the day I was totally ready for an afternoon nap! I don't think I am going to get one in today, but I may need one after I eat my chicken schnitzel with bolognese sauce!
That's right people, and I am starting a new paragraph here for no reason other than I want to, I am having lunch at the Palace Hotel, where they serve 5, count 'em, 5 different types of parma. Oh my God, I am drooling right now writing this. Can water wreck a keyboard? Anyway. I don't have dairy, a well-known fact, so I have my parma sans cheese, but schnitzel with bolognese sauce man, how good is that? When I go to a pub for dinner or lunch, I generally have to make the choice between bolognese or a schnitzel ... no such dramas at the Palace, my friend, just stick that bolognese sauce on top and let me at it!
I won't even need to review the meal next week, because I tell you right here and now it is going to be pretty damn good.
I have to go. I need to prepare my taste buds.
Have a great week everyone, and keep living the dream.
Stay gold.
Wally.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Going along to Yarrawonga
Well hello everyone! Sorry I didn't make an entry last week, but things got a little full on down here. My Step-Dad Bryan died last week, and he was one of the nicest, most generous, most positive people I have ever known. He will be greatly missed.
Last week I also spent some time up on the Murray at Yarrawonga. it is the Murray up there isn't it? i don't know, I was always hopeless at geography! Anyway, i was up there as part of a Holiday Enrichment program, put on by Jim Gillies. I have to tell you, if anyone from up that way reads this, get on it next year and get to this thing. It is so awesome! Seriously people. I went up there and held 5 workshops on the Tuesday, but over the Tuesday and Wednesday the kids there (from Grade 5 to around Year 8 or 9) had the choice of activities such as, if my memory serves me correctly, and it usually does, except when I have to remember someone's name ... anyway, cool activities. Here they are. Rock climbing, Illustrating, cartooning, Aboriginal art, drumming, a cosmodome (I know, sounds impressive huh?), claymation, hip hop, a light plane flight and of course thrilling awesome writing and drawing workshops with yours truly. I think there may have been more things as well, but that's all I can remember. Oh, there was also Damien Brown, a weightlifter with Commonwealth Games gold medals who was the keynote speaker on the Tuesday.
I wanted to do the rock climbing. It looked unreal fun. They told me one of the girls climbed the wall thirty times! Thirty! I think I would have had dead shoulders after once!
It was fantastic though, and great fun to be put up at Club Mulwala, which was sponsoring the event.
So that was that for me. A good but sad week. The funeral was real nice though. We all wore bright colours, a real love of Bryan's. Rest in Peace Bryan, it was a pleasure and an honour to know you.
Last week I also spent some time up on the Murray at Yarrawonga. it is the Murray up there isn't it? i don't know, I was always hopeless at geography! Anyway, i was up there as part of a Holiday Enrichment program, put on by Jim Gillies. I have to tell you, if anyone from up that way reads this, get on it next year and get to this thing. It is so awesome! Seriously people. I went up there and held 5 workshops on the Tuesday, but over the Tuesday and Wednesday the kids there (from Grade 5 to around Year 8 or 9) had the choice of activities such as, if my memory serves me correctly, and it usually does, except when I have to remember someone's name ... anyway, cool activities. Here they are. Rock climbing, Illustrating, cartooning, Aboriginal art, drumming, a cosmodome (I know, sounds impressive huh?), claymation, hip hop, a light plane flight and of course thrilling awesome writing and drawing workshops with yours truly. I think there may have been more things as well, but that's all I can remember. Oh, there was also Damien Brown, a weightlifter with Commonwealth Games gold medals who was the keynote speaker on the Tuesday.
I wanted to do the rock climbing. It looked unreal fun. They told me one of the girls climbed the wall thirty times! Thirty! I think I would have had dead shoulders after once!
It was fantastic though, and great fun to be put up at Club Mulwala, which was sponsoring the event.
So that was that for me. A good but sad week. The funeral was real nice though. We all wore bright colours, a real love of Bryan's. Rest in Peace Bryan, it was a pleasure and an honour to know you.
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