It was my worst and toughest academic year yet, but equally just as rewarding (well, at least, I try to remind myself of the rewards, 43 cushions later). It was the year Australia voted in* its first female Prime Minister. It was the year a Queenslander hacker brought too much attention to himself by leaking [...]
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The Knight is Dark indeed
You know, Melbourne has an awful lot of brilliant independent bookshops, galleries and cultural avenues that I don’t know half about. Well, not really, I just don’t have the means to go to said places. I wish I lived next to Hoddle St, Bridge Rd, Chapel St, Brunswick St, Gertrude St or Clarendon St. Pooh. [...]
Thank God it’s Friday? Really?
Video of the Week: Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times. I was watching this on telly the other day and it got me all nostalgic for Chaplin’s stuff. Plus we were covering Nazi propaganda in theory the other day and I was reminded of The Great Dictator. Yesterday’s Friday Five: Are you going to school this [...]
The Lazy Wednesday File
I really want to update this blog more and liven it up but I really am quite lazy despite my occasional bouts of hard work and no play. I mean, I’m so lazy I can’t even make my own WordPress themes, even though I am more than capable! (That said, WordPress is a bit of [...]
Music Meme
Stole this meme off someone’s blog! If someone new were in your car, what song on your player would you be quickest to skip out of embarrassment: Probably the Harry Potter soundtrack/s or Pussycat Dolls or something like that. Nah, I like whatever sounds good–and if my fellow passengers can’t get over that, then they [...]