Archive for the 'Undefinable' Category

Too many -isms

Friday, October 20th, 2006

I love all my college library books with their obscure sounding titles and yellowed dog-eared pages. But, I am feeling a little overwhelmed. After not exercising my critical muscles for a while it is amazing how easily ones brain can sink into a mode of comfortable fluff and superficiality. I’m looking at my desk filled [...]

To do

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Urg. I hate it when you’ve been slogging away all week for the wunches and then you look at your own personal to-do list at home and it’s as long as your bosses at work. Nevermind, only another two weeks to go and then I’ll be going back to University for a rest Made the [...]

International Swap to the rescue

Monday, August 7th, 2006

UPDATE: Thanks for all the swapping offers! I’m booked up for US swaps until late September but I still am looking for more Japanese swapping! Please kindly note I go back to college at the end of September so am likely to be very poor and not able to swap until Christmas when I will [...]

BBC4: Romanarama

Friday, August 4th, 2006

Saturday night looks like a bumper night for the hard disk recorder. BBC4 – my favourite channel – is starting to repeat that BBC classic “I Claudius” staring every British actor from just about forever. What a treat for the next 12 weeks. To get us in the mood BBC4 are warming up with a [...]

Critic

Friday, August 4th, 2006

I urge you, before the series finishes, to watch “Charlie Brooker’s Screen Wipe” at 10.30 Thursday night on BBC 4. Last night was episode 3 of 5 and we were wetting ourselves. After watching I will never be able to look at Anthony Worrell-Thompson beating a egg ever again. Sample dialogue: “That’s about as much [...]