What’s in a name?

You may have noticed… I changed this blog’s name. While I’m still artificially mythic, I’m giving a nod to Butler, Morris, More, and Plato and their artificial myths – all fantastic pieces of work. (E)utopias and dystopias have long been a favourite subject of mine, and with the several changes I’m having to make/have made, … Continue reading »

We interrupt this radio silence with a transmission

Sorry I’ve been so silent. Bear with me. My thesis draft is due on 11 October, and I’m in the middle of some serious structural changes and an almost complete overhaul of content as per the request of my panel. Yes, it is hell, it is not pleasant, and I wouldn’t wish this on my … Continue reading »

Any dream will do…

Goodness… Is it April already? It’s definitely autumn here. The poplars have been blown naked by a howling gale we had a few days ago, and the oak tree at the local sports ground has started to change colour. The end of daylight savings has also disrupted the lovely evenings we were enjoying, and cool … Continue reading »

Tuesday’s child is full of grace…

Thanks for the suggestions. I’ve discovered that if I tell myself I need to wake up at 7, I am naturally awake at 6.30. I have also discovered if I just lie in bed until 7 then, I get very tired. If I get up when I wake up, I’m not. Will investigate this again … Continue reading »

sigh

I’m living a boring life at the moment. I write, knit some, and sleep. The less knitting and more writing means that the thesis is progressing, but neither are going as well as I would like. I’ve just reached “shmeh” point in the chapter, and the apathy is spreading. I’m looking forward to starting the … Continue reading »

You know…

It’s sunny here today. There’s a cat sitting peacefully on my lap (this is the good cat, and antihistamines are great!) The transcription is going well. The Biblatex-MLA package has just been updated, so it does EVERYTHING I’ve been having issues with in the citing of references and bibliography of my thesis. I have 20 … Continue reading »

Blah.

Its been a really horrible weekend. I wouldn’t post if I didn’t have two things to say… 1) GO THE POMS! If you blow this, then you really shouldn’t call yourselves a cricketing nation ever again. 2). Envy is done! I should get a significant chunk of Sedition done tonight and finish the rest off … Continue reading »

What a week!

Weeks like this just push the point home to me – I’m doing the right thing. I gave a lecture to two sets of undergrads this week, and sat in on a couple of tuts – and it was great! Fun! Marvellous! And at the same time a little depressing. I know how much work … Continue reading »

So long…. and thanks for all the fish!

Finally, after a week straight from the Hellmouth (I actually couldn’t believe the days could get worse, but they did), I find myself sitting in the piano room, newly dubbed a ‘Mexican’ (living south of the border with New South Wales). Ah Melbourne! It’s novel to not have such cold nights (and to see the sea … Continue reading »

FO’s!

First day of winter, or so they say. My Tinuvel still lies languishing in its pouch. I’ll get back to it on Friday, just got to pump out a few more pages and get the word count up to make the supervisors happy. I’m feeling extremely nervous about this. They’ve left me to my own … Continue reading »