stubbornness be your friend - So apparently, everyone in Australia went to one of the Belle&Seb concerts. Swallowed their pride and coughed up the astronomical amount of $$... and had a fucking unbelievable time. Bastards. I'll just be curling up with my DVD and quietly... (12:14 | 2 Comments)

force it out or let it flow? - I'm having serious issues with thesis motivation. I've hit that period when it's all so boring/frustrating/disheartening (at around the 18 month mark) and I spend most of my time sitting with some reading or writing with my eyes just glazing... (12:08 | 3 Comments)

you gotta stop counting - Luke and I spent our 6 year anniversary on the town yesterday. We seem to have gotten over the fear of the fact that we are in such a long term relationship - we prepare for the impending annual mark... (17:10 | 4 Comments)

MIFF53 - I bit the bullet and forked out cash for a mini passport to the Melbourne International Film Festival since it's really the one event every year I should be taking time out for. Behold the list of films I will... (16:43 | 1 Comments)

red faces and beating hearts - Luke and I are embarassed to admit that we sat through the entire MTV Movie Awards last night in an attempt to get as much eye candy as we could handle. We seem to have developed a bizarre obsession with... (19:13 | 1 Comments)

playing my own keyboard - For those of you who missed it, I seem to be the only person in Melbourne with an opinion on the Whedonverse. Or so The Age would have you believe. I turned up twice in one week mouthing off about... (14:48 | 4 Comments)

(not such a) ba' bow! - Over the past week I had some family visiting amidst the craziness of the con and Lounge Critic. It's been six months since I've seen my baby brother Oskar and he's grown up so much. Still a bizarre prodigy of... (16:06 | 0 Comments)

coming up for air - I've hit that point of exhaustion, immediately after one slows down. It's been a mammoth month for me and the adrenalin only takes you so far before the brain and body collapse. It's all been worth it though. And now... (17:14 | 3 Comments)

all slay #3 - Issue 3: The Sex Issue (get it while it's hot!) Features wordy stuff on: + gender roles in 'Angel' + camp in the Buffyverse + sex and scholarship + queer as norm + transgressive gender + sounds of sex +... (10:22 | 2 Comments)