Flea Market Love
Posted by Jen | Filed under Inspiration
Ever since I was a kid I’ve been taught the value of thrift, and despite my sometime dalliances with overspending, I am generally a fiscally responsible person—I baulk at the idea of paying $100 for a pair of jeans or the brand name of an ordinary-looking shoe when I can get something similar for far [...]
Tags: batman, melbourne, photos, shopping
At the Movies
Posted by Jen | Filed under Film
(I initally meant to post this on the 1st October. Go me.)
Brideshead Revisited
Up until this point I always assumed Evelyn Waugh was a woman, but this is the name, in fact, of a man. And I had no idea that the mini-series adaptation was held in such high regard. I got “free” tickets for an [...]
Tags: animation, batman, christian bale, comics, costume drama, rating: 3, rating: 3.5, rating: 4, rating: 4.5, rating: 5
Holy Mush, it’s Groovy Batman!
Posted by Jen | Filed under TV
Have I mentioned how much I adore the 60s Batman series? There is not enough love for it. And I do love me some camp kitsch. Sure, it takes the mickey out of the Golden/Silver Age comics (but even they were camp), but hey, this is the Swinging Sixties we’re talking about here. Who ever [...]
Holiday! Celebrate!
Posted by Jen | Filed under Life
So it’s been a hell of a month lately! I finally finished second year uni last Monday. That Monday was one of my worst Mondays ever, and that’s saying quite a lot, but in amongst all the travelling from north to west to east to in-between, printing mock-ups (and muck-ups) and bookbinding setbacks, there was [...]
Tags: batman, blogging, celebrations, comics, melbourne, photos, shopping, uni life
Even minute progress is good
Posted by Jen | Filed under Current Affairs, Life
We have progress on the design theory essay front! See below. (Alright so it’s not much at all, but it’s a good start, methinks. Three days before it’s due. Meh.)
After sifting through the contents of all these books (and that alone took me three days straight), it took me about an hour to write [...]