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About Benjamin Jardine

Ah a bio, how self indulgent... Anyway my illustrious (read short and banal) career begins in a strange mansion that we fled to after the bombings of London. In this mansion was a mysterious professor and a strange old wardrobe... No actually that's the Chronicle's of Narnia. A lot more interesting than a PhD student's bio though. Anyway if you've read this far your either engaged in deep procrastination or actually enjoyed my attempt at humour. If it's the latter, there's a nice man in a white coat I'd like you to meet. He has a fashionable tight fitting white jacket for you and wants to show you to a lovely padded room. For those of you still reading, GET BACK TO YOUR THESIS! Sorry, they make the Postgraduate President say that. Did I mention that I was the 2006 Postgraduate President? I was never a stickler for the details. Yep, a former Postgraduate President. What does that mean? It means I wasn't satisfied with the mountain of work you get as a PhD student and thought "more work for minimal pay, how can I refuse?".Because psychoses love company you know... So if you're still reading this far, you are completely caught in a spiral of inactivity and may as well learn something about me (Useful for exactly nothing and thus perfect for procrastination purposes). I'm a fully qualified Speech Pathologist which means that most people assume I studied for four years to learn to say "How now brown cow". That's entirely untrue, I can also give a mean rendition of "she sells sea shells by the sea shore". At this point you might also be asking why I gave up a job that has at its best paid over $250 an hour for the postgraduate lifestyle? It's the women. That's right, women dig postgrads. Ok that's a horrible lie but I couldn't come up with a real reason and if I actually start thinking about how much money I could make, my thesis would be in danger. So, I study language development. That's right, the Federal government pays me to play with Lego. And perhaps there is the reason, for where else could you get paid to play with Lego? Oh that's right, as a Speech Pathologist earning a lot more money. Shut up brain... Anyway to those who made it this far, I hope you appreciate my efforts to support your procrastination. For if I can do nothing else as postgraduate student, I will know I've made a difference.

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