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Reasons I hate revisions, number 57
04 January 08 02:56 PM
I had to delete 'evil Atlanteans had much more straightforward plans for world domination'. And they did, goddammit. And I had the footnote to prove it. Read More...
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I came last in the Cup
06 November 07 01:16 PM
Well, one of my office sweepstake horses did. And that means I have won a pile of (chocolate) gold coins - which, I must admit, is more my style of winnigns than any serious gambling. It's been a while since I've posted a recipe, so in honour of the event, Read More...
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And the Potterstakes Chosen One Is....
23 July 07 09:03 AM
I'm just going to ramble a bit so that any implied SPOILERS end up below the preview feed thingy on the main page, and so I will note that my devotion to the Harry Potter cause can be measured by the fact that I went to Whitfords on a Saturday morning Read More...
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Overheard at my hairdresser
20 July 07 05:16 PM
The final word on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 'Won't the book spoil the seventh film?' Read More...
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O the Evilness of Me
18 July 07 04:53 PM
I've just gone crazy with this whole getting paid for doing work thing and have ordered 3 books and 1 DVD set - only gone of which could be even vaguely justified as 'research'. (And when your area is cultural studies, that's saying a lot.) That's isn't Read More...
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Potterstakes
12 July 07 03:58 PM
In the spirit of the Popestakes, I bring you Potterstakes! JK Rowling has proclaimed that two important characters die in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (released in 9 more sleeps, or so my Dymocks bookmark says): who will they be? Nominate your Read More...
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Random Bullets of Good Morning
09 July 07 09:06 AM
I caught public transport to uni this morning. Getting to campus without the 78 buses sucks. Having your front numberplate fall off your car in the middle of the freeway sucks. I suspect that my interchange at lunchtime with the lisencing department will Read More...
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Day in the Life 6: Tea time too
20 June 07 03:23 PM
I'm just back from afternoon tea (one of the cute (not-so) little cupcakes over at Neds). Is it just me, or do postgraduates have an obsession with food? I know that my mother was quite shocked when, on her recent arrival at the house, I offered to introduce Read More...
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Language and Opinions: Do You Really Want to Hear What I Think?
14 June 07 09:24 AM
I am a sad person that fantasises that one day I will be called for one of those 'who will you vote for at the next election' and 'who is your preferred prime minister polls' because, goddamit, my opinion is important (a tendancy that I'm afraid has been Read More...
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Open Letter to My Brain
23 May 07 09:58 AM
Dear Brain, I'd really prefer if you didn't wake me up at 5pm in the morning to come up with lesson plans for the next day's tutorial. But if you must, would you mind actually holding onto the plan you come up with? I can tell you that staring at a page Read More...
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not!Key Lime Pie
07 May 07 05:55 PM
What do you do if you have a surplus of limes lying around the house? This is obviously one of the great existential questions in life, which I was forced to confront this weekend after I got suckered into the on-sale limes from the fuit and vege shop Read More...
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Signs of Autumn
24 April 07 09:10 AM
It must be autumn... The northern suburbs are eveloped in a haze of wood smoke - rather pretty, but still alarming when you wake up to the smell of smoke (call me paranoid, but it is reassuring to go to sleep with your laptop in the same room so you can Read More...
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Random Bullets of Mondayness
02 April 07 02:00 PM
My dog decided to do a reverse re-enactment of the standard WWII POW drama last night: he dug his way into the vegetable garden under the fence, then spent hours barking because he couldn't figure out how to get out. I found this out at 3ish in the morning. Read More...
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Sometimes (TV) life requires cupcakes
12 March 07 04:06 PM
In honour of my sister's new 'crystal-look' Tupperware cakestand (it is actually blatantly plastic and rather tacky) I made cupcakes on the weekend. I tried to be good and leave the majority uneaten so they could be displayed, but the various emotional Read More...
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Sometimes Haraway fails me....
06 March 07 05:18 PM
I tried to plug my earphone into my ear. The plug end, not the earbud end. I'm willing to think of myself as Harawayian cyborg, but this is ridiculous. Read More...
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