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I flu, therefore I am not
30 August 07 04:58 PM

I hate being unwell. It might be my meglomanic conviction that the world will fall apart without me, or internalised childhood guilt about days off, but mostly I think it is the sheer misery of being overwhelming conscious of embodiment. Now, with my Read More...

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Good Habits
02 August 07 02:47 PM

In the quest to find some way to balance the job-thing and finishing-thesis-thing while maintaining some shreds of sanity (don't laugh!) I've decided that the key is good habits. There is no point in pretending that I can manage to live on sugar and caffiene Read More...

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The Wait is Over!
04 July 07 04:25 PM

I blogged a while ago about things I was waiting to hear back on: the news is that my crazy week of application writing paid off! This week I've begun a six-month position as Graduate Education Officer here at UWA and I've also recieved a Whitfield Fellowship Read More...

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Produce
01 June 07 03:35 PM

Gardening, like cooking, helps keep me grounded - quite literally, I suppose, when playing with soil, but also in the general sense of occasional immersion in seasonality, in 'wholesomeness' and 'sustainability' (however much I might also want to interrogate Read More...

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Heading Towards the Light...
29 May 07 12:43 PM

I've been heading towards the light (ie, completing various tasks that having been taking over my life) for the last few weeks - hence my virtual silence and in-person whining. I like the 'light' metaphor, not only because it insinuates the semi-comatose Read More...

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N. O. spells well, maybe
21 February 07 09:57 AM

I just said no to something. A NQDJ contract related something. I feel kind of nauseous. Saying no isn't something I do often, and even having discussed with with one of my supervisors and various other people, it still felt quite scary to say it. Part Read More...

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I'm Ready To Commit. To Groceries.
17 January 07 02:52 PM

Alternative title: This is where smoking behind the bike shed gets you... As of yesterday, I'm suspended. Despite the fact the I should be getting really serious about my thesis (with a side order of thesis related hermitage and insanity), I've taken Read More...

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Behind the Eight-Ball Before It Even Starts Rolling
05 January 07 04:59 PM

It's Friday afternoon - 5pm - and I'm packing up to go home, going with the business-day schedule even though there isn't the usual drinks to lure me. Rather, I'm off home to catch up with the parentals (and check that their house is still standing in Read More...

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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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