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I've passed the 100th blog post! Hurrah!

#1 - If CHINS could kill (August 2009) - I had graduated university and I was reading Bruce Campbell's autobiography. I think I might have been to Greenbelt and thought it was a good idea to start blogging. My influences are clearly my friends at this stage. Some are still going, others have stopped, some have started. My friends will always inspire me to keep going. Thank you.

#25 - Voice (October 2009) - I had started the PGCE and this reflects in the subject of the post: 'Before Writing' by Gunther Kress. I was trying to include my "studies" - a laughable attempt at Masters level studying whilst trying to learn to teach. Some good quotations though: "We know that tomorrow will not be like today. That is one of the few certainties of the present period." I will continue to write about my doubts as a teacher. Some of my posts have been very bleak, but the Kress quote fills me with hope. Tomorrow is a new day. God's grace abounds.

#50 - Super Powers (June 2010) - Summer holidays! This clip holds significance because I had it on my computer as part of a lesson plan that I did for my second placement (shudder). It was for 'Kid' by Simon Armitage. I was about to embark on my summer project - the Ren and Stimply series. The summer I also wrote a competition-winning piece of writing ('Palmeresque').

#75 - Scream (August 2010) - The summer holidays were a busy time for my blog. Shows that I had nothing to do I guess. Bored of writing, I think that I wanted this to be a Tumblr post, but I didn't know about Tumblr at the time. I love how Ham comments on this post too. Tumblr has proven to be a blessing as I can upload video and images really quickly. This will allow me to keep the blog devoted to my writing.

#100 - Strange Stats (Aprill 2011) - There we have it. Still blogging strong. And people are reading it (?) I will still comment on music, complain about work. I really want to carry on reading the Gospels in the run-up to Easter. This was inspired by a chat with James. We were talking about the places that we wanted to go on holiday and he said Jerusalem. This got me thinking of the Beat Stevie episode I've already blogged about and the rest is history - this is God's providence and this is what keeps me going.

SM