Debate
by Tommy
Woo, Bewleys’ hotels finally have actual working wifi in their hotel rooms. This is a big step forward.
I wrote my emergency, last-minute debate speech during the car journey up. It was rather excellent actually. All my thoughts flowed coherently and I’ve discovered the awesomeness of WriteRoom, after I managed to get a free copy of it from MacHeist.
WriteRoom’s a full screen text editor. It’s great for eliminating distractions and just knuckling down and getting whatever needs doing done. An added plus is that the black background (only optional, but what I use) means I can can turn the brightness of my MacBook’s screen down to 1 and still be able to see anything. Battery conservation for the win!
Getting back to the debate, we’re proposing the motion that rising unemployment at home is too high a price for overseas aid. It’s a grand old motion that provides plenty of arguments and chances for rebuttal. It’s on tomorrow evening in school, but I’ve plenty of time to get home.
The reason I’m up in Dublin is I’ve got a meeting with a surgeon tomorrow who’ll be giving me Botox…
* pauses to allow the jokes about Simon Cowell and face lifts to abate *
…into my left hand, because Botox functions as a muscle relaxant, and my left hand’s been tight all my life, because of the Cerebral Palsy. Increased hand movement can only be a plus on the drumming front though!
I’ll be conscious for it, of course. I’m debating asking whether I can film it or not.. something you as a reader would be interested in seeing? Lemme know in the comments!