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Sunday 21 May 2006
rockvision - Luke has been taking some nice photos at live shows around Melbs. Like this: And this:... (22:27 | 0 Comments)
Friday 21 April 2006
I’m trapped by your love, and I’m chained to your side - I have a list which sits on my desk at work to which I add any flashes of inspiration - an ideal karaoke song list. This all comes after I went to Sydney over the Easter weekend and experienced my... (20:35 | 3 Comments)
Sunday 9 April 2006
Friday 24 February 2006
oh the shame - Today, Luke drew my attention to some very disturbing internet artefacts. First there was the Japanese cat breastfeeding video. The combination of the actual act with the giddy and frantic presentation style left me more than a little nauseous. Then... (10:46 | 0 Comments)
Monday 31 October 2005
Guilt Exercise - I felt so guilty for munching on a Peppermint Aero in front of the telly, while Kirstie Alley boasted about losing 50-pounds/22-kilos that I ended up doing 40 minutes of improvised jazzercise in the loungeroom. I know it was jazzercise,... (17:19 | 110 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 25 October 2005
luke uses the force - (11:55 | 36 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 20 June 2005
fingers and legs crossed - I return home to find that Luke has dismantled the toilet, and taken off for work leaving his mobile phone sitting on our dining table. And I need to pee so bad!!!... (17:09 | 109 Trackbacks | 4 Comments)
Thursday 7 April 2005
Days of our Godless Lives - My beloved is all hepped up in that science-lovin', heathen way again. I just bet any potential offspring of ours will turn out to be baptist, nazi, meat eaters with godless pinko vegos like us for parents. My, we are... (16:16 | 75 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
Monday 4 April 2005
roundup - Just to get over the hump of not blogging in over a week: Sydney isn't as bad as I sometimes make out. This revelation has nought to do with the place itself which is kinda stinky, and full of communting... (12:33 | 89 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 17 March 2005
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)
Saturday 12 March 2005
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)
Friday 18 February 2005
Grab 'em! - It seems Google are keen to expand the trial of Gmail so I have 50 invites to distribute if anyone wants one. 1 Gig of storage space and a really neat interface could be yours. Just leave a comment with... (10:53 | 1 Comments)
Wednesday 9 February 2005
Re/Entering the Blogosphere - The Manslave has finally got with the program and set up a Movable Type blog. His utopian dream of a communal Wiki was eventually trampled by one too many hijacks by lame spammers. Instead he will spread his Good Word... (13:41 | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 8 February 2005
3 discs - Despite my day being washed out, the postie delievered goodness today Thanks to Andy, JC of AK, and Brandy for your contributions to Mixtrade05! I hope my CDs reached you all safely. And I can't wait for my last two... (10:55 | 1 Comments)
Sunday 2 January 2005
The boy can wiggle, yo - Luke danced on NYE, dudes. Like in front of other humans. And for several songs! Only some of you will recognise the true miracle that this is. Perhaps it bodes well for a better new year than last... April March... (12:38 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 8 December 2004
Beautiful Things: Aya Kato - Discovered, then forgotten, and now unearthed again thanks to Boing Boing... Aya Kato is one of my favourite illustrators of the last year.... (11:30 | 4 Comments)
Wednesday 1 December 2004
Bumblebee and Serendipity - The Guardian has published the results from a worldwide survey conducted by the British Council asking participants the words they think most beautiful in the English language. Bizarrely "Hen night" just scraped into the list at number 70. And just... (11:28 | 4 Comments)
Friday 19 November 2004
Bits and Bobs - [+] She's called Suki! And she's already a sooky mama's girl. [+] Google Scholar is the new black [+] Q&A last night was brilliant! Even though it bore a nasty resemblance to a sauna, with malfunctioning aircon and our excited... (10:36 | 3 Comments)
Wednesday 17 November 2004
Magic makes reading fun! - photo source Imagine walking into such a place. And if you're near San Fransisco you can.... (16:47 | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 12 October 2004
Libs learn from the Best - 'By simplifying the thoughts of the masses and reducing them to primitive patterns, propaganda was able to present the complex process of political and economic life in the simplest terms. ... We have taken matters previously available only to experts... (14:23 | 4 Comments)
Tuesday 5 October 2004
wow, yeah! like totally!! - My transformation (or is that devolution?) to full-time tween seems to be in the bag. I say this because not only have I developed a bizarre, and some would say distasteful obsession, with GirlTV to the point where I sing... (17:33 | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 28 September 2004
iFangirl - I've got myself a shiny new baby iBook and I've already joined the cult. Pray for my soul. Edit: I'm planning to knit a sleeve/cozy for the wee moppet so I'm on the lookout for a pattern. I've seen this... (19:05 | 5 Comments)
Friday 10 September 2004
the military is hell - I worry increasingly about what kind of 'training' and 'mental preparation' goes on in the military if soldiers can get away with stuff like this.... (16:58 | 0 Comments)
Saturday 4 September 2004
Picking a Horse - The ABC site has an excellent Election Guide up and running. Being a newcomer to my electorate of Jagajaga it's been an indispensable source of information for me on the history of the seat and it's position within both a... (23:04 | 2 Comments)
Monday 23 August 2004
just quickly - It's been a while since an update, and I hang my head in shame. But I haven't got time enough to do a proper post, so this will have to do... We're off to Sydney tomorrow to catch up with... (20:38 | 1 Comments)
Monday 2 August 2004
just a few points - » Whisper of the Heart is truly divine. Perhaps my favourite Studio Ghibli film I've seen thus far. Review forthcoming. » Luke bought a drumkit. It looks kinda like this and makes a good racket in our downstairs rock bunker.... (12:16 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 23 June 2004
questions and non answers - 1. why oh why does my heart have to be broken? The Belle and Seb site quotes the ticket price for the melbourne gigs at $60 (pending booking charges). Ticketmaster has the audacity to bump that up to $73. Too... (13:24 | 7 Comments)
Monday 14 June 2004
too many things... - I've been marking assignments today (the large pile of Buffy essays is now out of the way) but really all I can think about are the massive amounts of work I need to do and all the knitting projects I... (19:38 | 1 Comments)
Wednesday 18 February 2004
Becoming Fine, and 24 - I've become a bit of a weather nerd lately. Spending quite a bit of time musing over satellite images, perusing climate info for melbourne, excitedly watching the BOM predictions change (my favourite is the Melbourne Precision Forecast). There must be... (10:59 | 4 Comments)
Sunday 25 January 2004
fontify... - I once made a tee shirt with that very word printed on it after noticing that luke's text editor of choice (Emacs) would perform said operation each time it started up. And now I have chanced upon a site which... (11:43 | 1 Comments)
Sunday 18 January 2004
life without buildings "ps exclusive" - Exceptionally busy these last few weeks which is of course no viable excuse for slacking off on the things that matter. But it'll have to do for now. I'm just about to photocopy the second issue of all slay and... (14:48 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 31 December 2003
white stripes "dead leaves & the dirty ground" - It's NYE, it's the 100th post in sushiblog and I'm sick as a dawg. luke too. We'll be shacked up with a stack of DVDs which arrived today, jelly & icecream, and our kitty pals. I'll be coughing up a... (17:27 | 0 Comments)
Sunday 28 December 2003
magnetic fields "le tourbillion" - The last Friday Five for 2003 1. What was your biggest accomplishment this year? Packing up my life and setting up shop In Melbourne. Taking up the healthy scholarship to do my PhD and realising that this is just the... (14:07 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 3 December 2003
BtVS "The Parking Ticket" - click? bang! Two silly little images I mocked up to inspire ideas for my 'Just Peachy' challenge at BDU. In other news the Choc Chip Banana Bread was heavenly and a great accompaniment to the silliness of 'School of... (17:17 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 26 November 2003
trespassers william "alone" - bless those talented stencil artists and their critical theory indulgences. I used to keep pictures of Foucault up around my room in my early uni years... this seems a much more democratic way of sharing the love Like my... (17:07 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 12 November 2003
the clouds "hieronymous" - Notes on Life Online: this is a fantastic article written on blogging for the section I edit at vibewire. ...I'm still marking essays.... (14:06 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 29 October 2003
björk "pagan poetry" - yummmm... Red Lentil, Chilli and Mint Soup 2 t oil 1 sml onion, chopped 1 long red chilli, finely chopped (take out seeds for milder tatse) 2 t finely grated lemon rind 1/2 t ground cumin 1 cup red lentils... (13:07 | 0 Comments)
Friday 26 September 2003
elton john "rocket man" - believe it. I've been listening to this song on repeat for almost an hour. It is fecking delicious... I'm a little defensive I guess - revealing that I'm not really the hipster I am supposed to be? Joy of joys!... (22:33 | 0 Comments)
Saturday 13 September 2003
ny loose "this train terminates here" - I'm in the middle of writing the lecture for this week (queer theory/queer cinema) but getting increasingly excited and distracted by the thoughts of seeing my boy in less than a week. I arrive in Sin City late Thursday night... (17:43 | 0 Comments)
Monday 8 September 2003
suede "the wild ones" - The (belated) Friday Five 1. What housekeeping chore(s) do you hate doing the most? washing up dishes 2. Are there any that you like or don't mind doing? vacuuming! very satisfying. listening to all the bits shoot up the pipe... (12:35 | 1 Comments)
Sunday 24 August 2003
cibo matto "working for vacation" - I was mightily excited to find this Blythe picture which perfectly captures me at the moment - that hair and all... wordy...... (18:13 | 0 Comments)
Saturday 23 August 2003
anna karina "roller girl" - The Friday Five 1. When was the last time you laughed? last night on the phone to luke as he proceeded to try to 'cute' me into posting my copy of the 24 Hour Party People DVD to him 2.... (16:02 | 0 Comments)
Sunday 17 August 2003
le tigre "much finer" - I've said it before, and I'll say it again now : I *heart* mushycat buttons. They make having a badge/pin/button obsession a joy indeed :) Sheila Musicwire brightened my week by sending me a cardboard White Stripes German tour poster... (15:08 | 0 Comments)
Friday 8 August 2003
the white stripes "fell in love with a girl" - I have black hair again. But I still wear red. And finally upgraded to CD versions of Original Pirate Material, Elephant, and Sea Change.... (16:36 | 1 Comments)
Friday 4 July 2003
ride "leave them all behind" - I printed off the first run of my Buffy zine - all slay one - just in time for Zine and Not Herd on sunday at UniMelb. If you're in melberg this weekend head on over and grab yourself a... (21:34 | 0 Comments)
Monday 23 June 2003
slowdive "spanish air" - Jossology .·°·. Exploring the Buffyverse is up and running again. I made it all shiny and new so cruise on by... Still feeling the sting of Luke's departure but that stinging was made more "tangy" by the arrival of a... (18:19 | 0 Comments)
Saturday 14 June 2003
blur "on the way to the club" - Think Tank is blowing my mind. I am well on the way to being resmitten. In other news it looks like I'll be taking 4 lectures throughout the semester -- Queer Cinema, Feminist Criticism, The Postmodern and perhaps Postcoloniality though... (15:50 | 0 Comments)
Saturday 24 May 2003
le tigre "hot topic" - Never underestimate the joy that a bedroom disco can bring. And also, cat 'dress ups' (courtesy of luke): I am also quite fond of the "sheep transformation set". Admire the carefully constructed Engrish.... (16:05 | 0 Comments)
Monday 12 May 2003
the internal musical - my new favourite band. you should love them too. xo Scored myself an impressive collection of antique rubber stamps at camberwell Markets on Sunday -- extensive transportation, animal and twee 1940s domestic bliss icons (skipping girls, boys with toy boats).... (16:38 | 3 Comments)
Monday 21 April 2003
about (type)face - test yourself at fontlover.com!... (14:22 | 0 Comments)