and away... - I'm off on a last minute trip to Sydney. Big sister duties call and I'm powerless to their pull... See y'all soon.... (15:59 | 2728 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)

Blogging Me - What is the process of constructing Me in this blogging/virtual/discursive form? I've been thinking about this more and more lately, as I firmly decided against using LiveJournal as a means of publishing or communicating and threw my full weight behind... (13:05 | 12 Trackbacks | 5 Comments)

A rush and a push... - Colour me envious. For friends in Blighty, you might want to consider spending a couple of days doing what for me counts as pure bliss - the meeting of fey pop and critical analysis: Why Pamper Life's Complexities? - A... (08:49 | 2733 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)

In Response: Teaching for Dummies - Thanks to everyone who contributed their ideas and experience to my post on young lecturers and teaching style. I thought I'd take the opportunity to respond to some of the comments in a more public way... Esther said: I do... (18:40 | 95 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

happiness through consumption - I can't believe I haven't posted about the joy I have been gleaning from my beautiful new bag: I feel quite sure that this handbag kitty is the perfect mix of OscarBoy and SukiLala. With a healthy dose of my... (14:41 | 98 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

Bordwell in Melbourne - For film and media nerds in Melbourne. It's late notice but there wasn't much given ;) Prof. David Bordwell is giving a lecture on 'New Storytelling Strategies in Hollywood Cinema'. Friday, 11th March, 1-2.30pm Institute of Advanced Study, La Trobe... (14:10 | 267 Trackbacks | 4 Comments)

Hip to be Square? - This one's for all the Young Educators out there... Being reasonably young for a tertiary educator/lecturer/tutor I often force myself to think and rethink my style of teaching and mode of address in the classroom. The fact that I look... (16:03 | 9 Trackbacks | 5 Comments) generous quantities of codeine... - isn't half bad when you're housebound, with a mysteriously acquired injury and only your two cats and a great deal of work to keep you company.... (14:53 | 3 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)

On postgrad (non)culture - I'm wondering if I would've done better as a PhD student in the US. For a start, they have classes which seems like a surreal system for most local PhD candidates, but which for me would likely have improved my... (11:50 | 256 Trackbacks | 7 Comments)

Celebrating Skank - Regular visitors might have noticed that the banner image for this site has undergone a transformation. Back then, it was a detail of a still from Lost in Translation (though you wouldn't know it from the framing). But now, I... (14:28 | 2520 Trackbacks | 1 Comments) Just don't turn up in vamp face, awright? - In case you didn't already know... ASH/Giles and Uncle Fury/Mustard Man/NerdExtraordinaire are coming to Melbourne. James Marsters/Spike will be there too, if you like that kind of thing. And since it's apparently legit to be a nerd these days, you... (10:53 | 8 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)