December 2006 - Posts

Holiday Happy Snaps
27 December 06 03:03 PM

are up in my Gallery . Read More...

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Merry Christmas To All
24 December 06 06:52 PM

and to all a good night! Everything is set at home for the overload of familiness, climatically-inappropriate food, excessive consumption of alcohol, and enough present-related rubbish to require midnight raids on neighbour's bins. By which I mean to Read More...

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Filed under: if you call that a life, holidays!

Telecommuting
18 December 06 10:48 AM

I'm writing this post from sunny Dunsborough - or to be precise, and internet cafe in the new shopping centre in Dunsborough. I had grand plans that involved both having an entire week on holidays away from work and posting daily holiday photos to gloat Read More...

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Filed under: holidays!

Grrr
15 December 06 03:25 PM

I just sent a grumpy email (related to the NQDJ). You can tell my emails are grumpy when they end with 'regards' rather than 'cheers'. Grrrr. Fear me, little students. On a totally random and unrelated note, there is a tent with an Egyptian pharoh's head Read More...

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Filed under: frivolity, NQDJ

Old Reliable
14 December 06 03:12 PM

Apart from a brief 3.30am insomniac writing session, I haven't worked on the thesis today. Given that I have promised a chapter to my supervisor by the end of this week, this is cause for concern (and possibly for the raging headache I have setting in). Read More...

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Filed under: academia, balance

Caffeine Zombie
11 December 06 10:19 AM

Need coffee. Or brains. But preferably coffee. Read More...

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Filed under: mondays

Schrodinger's Dishwasher
08 December 06 10:14 AM

My theory is that my dishwasher is a reincarnated version of Schrodinger's cat. The very few times that my dishwasher gets used, it gets turned on as people leave the house. When opened later to unpack the dishes, it has sometimes washed - sometimes not. Read More...

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Filed under: if you call that a life, frivolity

Damn You Microsoft
05 December 06 05:22 PM

How I am supposed to turn off my Internal Editor Voice in favour of writing when you are green and red squiggling at me?!? Read More...

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Filed under: writing

(10+2)*5
05 December 06 04:34 PM

One techniques I've used with some success to get myself writing is setting a timer to count 10 minutes, then 2 minutes. 10 minutes to work, 2 to procrastinate (yes, I'm writing this in the 2 minute section). Repeat 5 times, which make one hour. Then Read More...

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This Week I Will
04 December 06 11:27 AM

I'm experimenting with publicly setting goals in order to force myself into meeting them. And Monday seems a good day for goal setting. So this week I will: Get Chapter Five to 8000 words NQDJ Unit Guide off to the printers NQDJ Reading to CMO Write Limina Read More...

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Filed under: mondays, goal setting

Boundaries and Boxes
01 December 06 10:42 AM

Working on a thesis has a number of different components - research, writing, and editing being some of the most obvious. Alongside all the other minor jobs and chores that you can accumulate as a postgrad, it can be hard to keep different tasks sorted Read More...

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Filed under: writing, academia