bbb (left) and my uncle "on top of Mt Ossa, highest mtn in Tasmania – about 1600metres, cf Kosciuszko approx 2200m. In background are Barn Bluff on left and Cradle Mtn on right."speccy, no? much summit ambition. good work!
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
stunning views of places that are not here II (currently accepting submissions)
bbb (left) and my uncle "on top of Mt Ossa, highest mtn in Tasmania – about 1600metres, cf Kosciuszko approx 2200m. In background are Barn Bluff on left and Cradle Mtn on right."
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
orright, whose idea was this?
very cute, thankyou! i shall call her "wombat" after the muddle-headed wombat. cards just right - very tasteful. ta!
other ppl
hellos and hugs to those coping with bushfires and smoke. thinking of you.
hi to caroline, my friend with the silly accent, and good luck with the texans. also ta for chrissy card. it came yesterday!
also big thankyous to jt for *two* fabulous packages! the beanie and mittens are fab - they fit just right and are warm and stylish. and then fab smelly things! in scents i like! also impressive packaging. now i can take australia where-ever i go. . .
i'm back!
i'm baaaack! *and* i'm just about finished! i got that essay done - woke up at 3am realising i hadn't answered the question i posed with such rhetorical flourish in the introduction, but couldn't do anything to the essay without redoing all the formatting i'd spent hours on, so. why do i always insist on using illustrations??? years out of my life. . . they are pretty though. nearly exploded the communal printer getting them on paper. heh.
got the marking done with brutal efficiency then promptly collected another pile twice as high. invigilating exams is excessively boring. marking them was okay though, cos the TAs got together and had an exam marking party. we made pizza and gossiped and i got nearly all my marking done! huzzah!
i leave in eight sleeps. eeeee! so very very exciting! plans for the intervening period include doing everything i've put off over the last two weeks (dishes, shoe repair, groceries, find a plant sitter, reply to lovely emails, chase up books for next semester, etc.) and oh, there's a word i want, um resuscitating? my "explore vancouver" project, which i'm really looking forward to. i'm going to go back out to kits, round more of downtown than robson, back to the art gallery, into stanley park, down main street, oooo, so many possibilities. especially now i have the coat of fabulousness (TM). and also seeing humans again.
just finished "p+p" and "jane eyre" and have started elizabeth gaskell's biography of jane eyre. now to find a nice book about the tudors. had my first strawberry margie (from a slushie machine!) since i left, which was sort of comforting and familiar. . . this was at a mexican themed christmas party. at which i met lots of nice people, including a child_lit woman i'd been in contact with before i left. i also encountered my first mocker of australian accents, which made me really mad, especially as i was in dinner party mode and just nodded politely instead of telling him where to go. next time, my friends, next time. i have become increasingly desperate for australian accents (had a good chat with the ausn at the friday party) so am listening to triple j and r via webstreaming (fabulous interweb, how i love thee).
got the marking done with brutal efficiency then promptly collected another pile twice as high. invigilating exams is excessively boring. marking them was okay though, cos the TAs got together and had an exam marking party. we made pizza and gossiped and i got nearly all my marking done! huzzah!
i leave in eight sleeps. eeeee! so very very exciting! plans for the intervening period include doing everything i've put off over the last two weeks (dishes, shoe repair, groceries, find a plant sitter, reply to lovely emails, chase up books for next semester, etc.) and oh, there's a word i want, um resuscitating? my "explore vancouver" project, which i'm really looking forward to. i'm going to go back out to kits, round more of downtown than robson, back to the art gallery, into stanley park, down main street, oooo, so many possibilities. especially now i have the coat of fabulousness (TM). and also seeing humans again.
just finished "p+p" and "jane eyre" and have started elizabeth gaskell's biography of jane eyre. now to find a nice book about the tudors. had my first strawberry margie (from a slushie machine!) since i left, which was sort of comforting and familiar. . . this was at a mexican themed christmas party. at which i met lots of nice people, including a child_lit woman i'd been in contact with before i left. i also encountered my first mocker of australian accents, which made me really mad, especially as i was in dinner party mode and just nodded politely instead of telling him where to go. next time, my friends, next time. i have become increasingly desperate for australian accents (had a good chat with the ausn at the friday party) so am listening to triple j and r via webstreaming (fabulous interweb, how i love thee).
Saturday, December 09, 2006
itchy has found the cockroach!
itchyfingers is THE BIG WINNER!
she found the cockroach where i had hidden it, in alanis morisette's pocket, along with her hand.
where will that pesky cockroach turn up next??? see itchy for the next thrilling installment!
(i, on the other hand, have 3,500w and have resumed breathing)
she found the cockroach where i had hidden it, in alanis morisette's pocket, along with her hand.
where will that pesky cockroach turn up next??? see itchy for the next thrilling installment!
(i, on the other hand, have 3,500w and have resumed breathing)
help pls
also, having been raised heathen, i need some help - what would you call this picture? jesus washing the feet of the disciples? is there a common name for this?
it's for my essay
dooooom
aaargh! slept in! (carefully set alarms but neglected to turn either on) shouldn't have gone to party! though party was fun.
all i have to do is mark all those essays and write one of my own. and organise sixteen million illustrations for essay. by monday morning.
marked six essays before breakfast.
doooooooom. . .
Friday, December 08, 2006
stunning views of places that are here
this is part of a panorama of vancouver. it didn't work very well, but it's still an okay photo. i didn't take this one, stole it. the white thing on the left is the big stadium, possible where i saw that footy game, and you can see the science centre in the middle there (the golf ball covered in sparkly lights).
Thursday, December 07, 2006
stunning views of places that are not here
jt took these photos of a lake in wondonga. it's so hot the water has all dried up. the smoke and the strange orange glow are from the bushfires in victoria. from here, where the snow is melting on the ground, it looks like another planet. i recommend clicking on the photo to get a bigger view. they're stunning. thanks, jt!
learning, growing and procrastinating
urg. tired. but i've discovered the first volume of harry potter as an audiobook on the shared music thingie and i'm going to go to bed and listen to more of that. crying out for a good editor.
managed to avoid doing any of my own work today, which is an achievement. marking is the perfect procrastination tool. i did a whole class-worth and feel very proud. actually i feel like i've achieved stuff with some of these students. we've learned and growed together.
spent all morning getting screwed round by beauracry. it's been a while, y'know. this time it was banks who swore black and blue over email and phone that i could apply for a credit card but in person laughed and snorted. except for the bank branch that had mysteriously moved to another location - one the bus driver had never heard of. waste of a bloody morning.
i always thought it was easy to get into debt. . .
had our last asian-canadian lit class night, which was sad. it's been a very mind-extending sort of course. and such fabulous books. i have half a dozen authors to look out for now. ended with a whooooooole lot of food, oh so much food, and the prof handing out old books related to the course. it was a lovely way to finish, and now i have reading to look forward to when i finish this essay.
hmmm, essays, one down, one to go. plus marking then invigilating and marking the first year exam. then sleeping and stuff. yeah. oh and another international jaunt.
managed to avoid doing any of my own work today, which is an achievement. marking is the perfect procrastination tool. i did a whole class-worth and feel very proud. actually i feel like i've achieved stuff with some of these students. we've learned and growed together.
spent all morning getting screwed round by beauracry. it's been a while, y'know. this time it was banks who swore black and blue over email and phone that i could apply for a credit card but in person laughed and snorted. except for the bank branch that had mysteriously moved to another location - one the bus driver had never heard of. waste of a bloody morning.
i always thought it was easy to get into debt. . .
had our last asian-canadian lit class night, which was sad. it's been a very mind-extending sort of course. and such fabulous books. i have half a dozen authors to look out for now. ended with a whooooooole lot of food, oh so much food, and the prof handing out old books related to the course. it was a lovely way to finish, and now i have reading to look forward to when i finish this essay.
hmmm, essays, one down, one to go. plus marking then invigilating and marking the first year exam. then sleeping and stuff. yeah. oh and another international jaunt.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
hide the cockroach!
i have hidden a cockroach somewhere musical. 
dear new players,
this is a virtual variation on a game itchy and used to play in brunnie. one person hides a cockroach and the others have to guess where it is. clues given at reasonable intervals. the winner gets to hide the cockroach next (if the winner doesn't have a blog i'm happy to host, or i'm sure itchy would too). you would be surprised how vindictive a nice game of hide the cockroach can be. enjoy!
previous guesses include:
that weird guy who denounces psychology on swanston st?
doing laps of the deep fryers at TBs
up the skirt of the hula hoop guy on the swanston/bourke corner?
In AP's coffin?
in the mouth of one of the three statue guys on the cnr of bourke/ swanston?
hiding amongst the chocolate frogs in haighs
in that hideous all singing, all dancing clock near the shot tower?
and the actual answer was:
my cockroach is indeed with the south american band at the Vic market. Currently he is trying to convince them to let him be a stand in pan pipe player, but all he can play is 'la cucaracha', so it's unlikely he will fulfil this dream.
dear new players,this is a virtual variation on a game itchy and used to play in brunnie. one person hides a cockroach and the others have to guess where it is. clues given at reasonable intervals. the winner gets to hide the cockroach next (if the winner doesn't have a blog i'm happy to host, or i'm sure itchy would too). you would be surprised how vindictive a nice game of hide the cockroach can be. enjoy!
previous guesses include:
that weird guy who denounces psychology on swanston st?
doing laps of the deep fryers at TBs
up the skirt of the hula hoop guy on the swanston/bourke corner?
In AP's coffin?
in the mouth of one of the three statue guys on the cnr of bourke/ swanston?
hiding amongst the chocolate frogs in haighs
in that hideous all singing, all dancing clock near the shot tower?
and the actual answer was:
my cockroach is indeed with the south american band at the Vic market. Currently he is trying to convince them to let him be a stand in pan pipe player, but all he can play is 'la cucaracha', so it's unlikely he will fulfil this dream.
last renaissance class
"whenever you've got three men you know you've got some kind of crazy-ass new testament parable thing going on."
we had our last renaissance marvellous class last night, which was kinda sad. it's been a fun subject. last night we were discussing _the tempest_, bacon's "the new atlantis" and four critical articles. there's been a lot of reading for this one. . . i don't get why shakespeare criticism is all about shakespeare criticism. drives me up the wall.
anyways, we had nice quiche in the break and the prof's partner brought in their little boy to say hi, and i spent all class nursing my new special friend:
then we all went out after and had nice red. very good night.
it has stopped snowing and gone back to grey and miserable, but only light rain, so the snow is still thick on the ground. nice warm eight degrees.
christmas trip keeps getting more exciting!
now i'd best go get going on this essay due in two hours. . .
we had our last renaissance marvellous class last night, which was kinda sad. it's been a fun subject. last night we were discussing _the tempest_, bacon's "the new atlantis" and four critical articles. there's been a lot of reading for this one. . . i don't get why shakespeare criticism is all about shakespeare criticism. drives me up the wall.
anyways, we had nice quiche in the break and the prof's partner brought in their little boy to say hi, and i spent all class nursing my new special friend:
then we all went out after and had nice red. very good night.
it has stopped snowing and gone back to grey and miserable, but only light rain, so the snow is still thick on the ground. nice warm eight degrees.
christmas trip keeps getting more exciting!
now i'd best go get going on this essay due in two hours. . .
Sunday, December 03, 2006
i'm bored of studying
so here are some fantastic guineapigs, c/o the gaurox:
also check this out: www.inanimatealice.com
it's a hyperbook, a new medium for storytelling. very interesting. c/o child_lit.
also check this out: www.inanimatealice.comit's a hyperbook, a new medium for storytelling. very interesting. c/o child_lit.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
congrats to tofu and the hard farmer!
i have the perfect bridesmaid's gown earmarked on ebay:
sorry, i couldn't find any apricot taffeta. will this match your frocks?
sorry, i couldn't find any apricot taffeta. will this match your frocks?
Friday, December 01, 2006
happy birthday, grotty!
have been doing study and socialising and stuff, so no posting. here are some more pics of snow. purty. we had another night of snow and since then it has been clear and warm (2 degrees yesterday!) but the snow is still around. the trees have sprouted fairy lights and look very beautiful against the snow.
handed in my proposal, started working on the essay. taught my last class, it was okay, bit subdued for my noisy group. leaving for the uk in nineteen sleeps! got not one but *two* postcards from the the girls - they'd been hiding in the international student society rooms. the postcards, not tofu and the hardfarmer. that would be silly.
dinner at winifred's place tonight, with some of the gang, then b'day drinks with the other MAs downtown. essays be damned! i love my coat like a mongoose. maybe more.
have been doing study and socialising and stuff, so no posting. here are some more pics of snow. purty. we had another night of snow and since then it has been clear and warm (2 degrees yesterday!) but the snow is still around. the trees have sprouted fairy lights and look very beautiful against the snow.
handed in my proposal, started working on the essay. taught my last class, it was okay, bit subdued for my noisy group. leaving for the uk in nineteen sleeps! got not one but *two* postcards from the the girls - they'd been hiding in the international student society rooms. the postcards, not tofu and the hardfarmer. that would be silly.dinner at winifred's place tonight, with some of the gang, then b'day drinks with the other MAs downtown. essays be damned! i love my coat like a mongoose. maybe more.
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