Thinking about Nepal
Just finished writing a blog post for our CEISMIC blog about the Nepal earthquake, so rather than re-cover the same ground here, I’ll just post a link.
The end of Discworld
eard the sad news this morning that Terry Pratchett has died. I’m sure I won’t be the only fan feeling slightly guilty that my first thought was the selfish “but I want more books!” Even though I’ve known every book since his diagnosis in 2007 could potentially be his last, there’s always been that irrational…
How to be a feminist
t was definitely a weekend for social activism. I spent yesterday afternoon with Harvestbird at a seminar titled “How to be a Feminist”. The first hour of the seminar was live-streamed from Sydney, where a panel of notable feminist figures such as Anita Sarkeesian, Roxane Gay and Germaine Greer were talking about what feminism means…
#TTPANoWay
(I really did post this yesterday, it’s just DD was playing up again so wouldn’t let me post, so I had to put it on LiveJournal instead.) other, looks like DD is down again 🙁 So another daily post that I’ll have to post on LJ instead, and re-post to DD in the morning once…
Destination? What destination?
etzirah commented the other day that in crafts, “The journey is as important as the destination”. That is so true. In fact, for me, it’s all about the journey – the destination often bores me by the time I actually reach it. Which explains why I have a trunk full of “finished” projects, mostly cross-stitch…
This totally counts as a blog post
I just finished writing a post for our CEISMIC blog about yesterday’s anniversary (well, actually, editing it – I wrote the bulk of it yesterday sitting in a cafe eating lunch after the memorial was over). I was going to write a post here as well, but then I realised that everything I wanted to…
Uninspired
ear Diary being down yesterday has thrown me off completely, because I (re-)posted yesterday’s entry this morning, which means I’ve been thinking all day that I’d already written a post today, so I haven’t been keeping an eye out for something to write about. So now that I’ve finally remembered that this morning’s post doesn’t…
Why tangy?
aitangi Day today, our national day and anniversary of the signing of Aotearoa New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi. So of course, it being the national day, everyone attends lots of patriotic events and celebrations… actually, no, most people just enjoy having a free day off, and otherwise try their best to ignore…
No good at saying no
y resolve about not taking on new things is weakening. I was asked last night to step in as treasurer for my Toastmasters club, because our current treasurer has just resigned from the club. My immediate response was that I definitely couldn’t do it after the start of July, because I’ll be studying, but the…
Wildlife
ent out for drinks after work last night with the rest of the CEISMIC team, to a cafe just off campus. It was a lovely evening, so we sat outside, and it was all very pleasant. So much so that when everyone else started to drift away to gym classes and dates and children’s bedtimes,…