News.

Bullying isn't an easy subject. It's not an easy subject to deal with as an outsider, and even less so when you are part of it (either as a victim, or the perpetrator).

We've probably all now seen the news story above. It's taken over from Saddam's trial as the front pager of the moment. The girl that was attacked was amazingly brave in what she did, standing up for another child who was being bullied. I know that I couldn't have done that when I was 12. I probably wouldn't do it now.

The scars that she got from the event will no doubt be with her for the rest of her life, and I hope that they will not cause her the slightest of hardships. I almost want to say that she should wear them with pride, but that doesn't do justice to the thought process. She shouldn't be proud to have ended up being caught in that situation - that was not her doing..

She should be proud of what she did, and what she is evidently capable of.



The story of the leaf? The title was a little misleading - it wasn't free falling at all, though it had been. It had got caught in a strand of spider web, and was in a perpetual loop-the-loop. I couldn't close or open the window without breaking the strand, hence the funny angle.

In other news, we went to see Serenity at the flicks last night. It was rather good - we hadn't seen the series it follows on from (Firefly) but it was such a rollercoaster ride it didn't seem to matter, and we definately didn't feel left out. If you have two hours to spare, go see.