Scattered Thoughts
“You are only a real family if you have the same surname.” Wrong. If a family wants the same surname, why don’t half of these families have the mother’s surname? It seems only women have names that are hard to spell, they aren’t attached to or they don’t like. Not men. Odd. And convenient.
Women told [...]
I passed my hazard perception test last Monday, on 3 hours sleep and a score of 74%.
I was SO SURE that I had failed, that when I got my score, my knees buckled and I had to hold onto the front counter not to fall over. Though, this may have had something to do with [...]
This blog has been, well, horribly depressing for awhile, so here’s something on a bit of a lighter note:
And the reaction?
What do you think? Do children understand irony? Is this over the top?
(You also need to bear in mind that this clip is NOT on par with shows like Play School [...]
The medium is the message.
Infinite representations and versions.
The centre of the “Youniverse”.
The ghost in the machine.
The sum of my pixels.
A society where narcissism is encouraged.
My every move watched and analysed.
I am a demographic.
I protest.
.. Like Aldous Huxley said, it’s a brave new world…
EPIC 2015 - by Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson with original music by Aaron McLeranIn many ways, I’m extremely grateful for the education that I am privileged to receive. Many of my lecturers and tutors are passionate, fiercely intelligent people who are helping me to navigate the complexities involved in analyzing and understanding [...]
In case you hadn’t noticed, I have the mouth of a sailor. I put it down to my yr 8 Ancient History teacher, Mr. Biersteker, a devout Christian man with a warped sense of humour (this was back when I was a student at Seoul International School, and he was my first encounter with a [...]
Things I love:
Waking up to a cold, doggy nose and a fluffy, waggy tail
My kitchen
The fact that the rain has completely brought my garden back to life
Lots of green grass.
Enjoying a mug of hot choc while listening to the rain pour down
Sitting by the fireplace in the lounge and gasbagging with my ma
Fresh, clean sheets [...]
My head is an absolute mess at the moment, but I suspect that has something to do with the fact that I’m all jumped up on cold meds - my entire family is recovering from a cold and I THOUGHT that I’d escaped from it’s phlegmy grasp, but it appears that I am just the [...]
In The Press
Being a media student, stories to do with the media industry (more so new media rather than old) tend to grab my attention). I don’t have the time to write up my thoughts on these stories at the moment, but will post my own response to them next week after my final exam:
Mass [...]
