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[Nov. 11th, 2009|11:17 pm] |
it's exactly one year since i did my viva.
yeay for me!
*looks out party hat* |
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| The random spurtings of Barry's mind... |
[Oct. 12th, 2009|10:28 pm] |
most of you will have already heard about this but just in case...
Barry's first exhibition will be on at the 13th note from 26/10 - 08/11!
details and sample pix and a link to his very lovely deviantart page are all here:
http://www.13thnote.co.uk/art.html
woot!
see you there, most hopefullingly,
lirazelf
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| sexual assault prevention tips guaranteed to work! |
[Sep. 22nd, 2009|08:47 pm] |
(courtesy of www.thefword.org.uk...)
Please distribute this list. Put it up in your place of work, in your university’s library or wherever you think they might be read: 1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior. 2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone! 3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault them! 4. NEVER open an unlocked door or window uninvited. 5. If you are in an elevator and someone else gets in, DON’T ASSAULT THEM! 6. Remember, people go to laundry to do their laundry, do not attempt to molest someone who is alone in a laundry room. 7. USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! If you are not able to stop yourself from assaulting people, ask a friend to stay with you while you are in public. 8. Always be honest with people! Don’t pretend to be a caring friend in order to gain the trust of someone you want to assault. Consider telling them you plan to assault them. If you don’t communicate your intentions, the other person may take that as a sign that you do not plan to rape them. 9. Don’t forget: you can’t have sex with someone unless they are awake! 10. Carry a whistle! If you are worried you might assault someone “on accident” you can hand it to the person you are with, so they can blow it if you do. |
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| Writer's Block: Under Protest |
[Aug. 31st, 2009|11:46 am] |
I have, for around 16 years (3rd year at school, approx) refused to buy any Nestle product or product of a company owned by Nestle.
The full details of the campaign are here: http://www.babymilkaction.org/pages/boycott.html
- but in a nutshell it's this. Aggressive and misleading promotion of formula milk over breast milk, particularly in developing countries, which has led to the malnutrition and death of many children.
After 16 years it's become second nature not to buy anything marked Nestle. What can be more difficult is weeding out the products that are made by Nestle-owned companies but not marked as Nestle: L'Oreal, for example, are Nestle-owned. As are The Body Shop these days. (which even Ms Roddick seems to have been aware of, see here: http://www.babymilkaction.org/update/update38.html#27) So a list like this comes in useful: http://www.babymilkaction.org/pages/products.html
I only buy happy chicken too, and free-range eggs. I get a fair amount of stick for that one actually, which just disappoints me. If you're going to eat something take responsibility for its life and its death. I'm a carnivore and I'm going to stay that way: to shy away from how our food is produced is irresponsible. I don't understand, for example, the people on food reality shows who won't go into the abbatoir. Stop being a fucking coward and face up to the impact that you have. It probably will make you queasy, get over it. But it's not the strength of your stomach in which i'm interested as much as that of your convictions.
What you put in your basket does make a difference. What you don't makes even more.
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[Jun. 11th, 2009|04:01 pm] |
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i'm ba-ack... |
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| From the Arts Faculty Secretary... |
[Mar. 5th, 2009|11:37 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | phd, yeay! | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
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"I am pleased to be able to let you know that on the basis of the Examiners' Reports recently received you are eligible to graduate. Please accept our congratulations on your success."
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| 50 books |
[Nov. 24th, 2008|11:52 pm] |
27 - Bram Stoker / Dracula
can't believe that i hadn't read this before. |
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| 50 books |
[Nov. 21st, 2008|10:15 am] |
i'm waaaay behind on this. ah well. I GOT A PHD INSTEAD.
25 - Brookmyre / A Snowball In Hell
26 - PD James / The Children of Men
(currently reading Dracula & The Other Queen. Am disappointed by ms gregory, i liked the other boleyn girl but this one's a bit rubbish. boo.) |
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| ladies and gentlebugs please update your address books |
[Nov. 11th, 2008|03:17 pm] |
...cos i am now officially a Dr.
with minor corrections! MINOR!! (supervisor grabbed my arm and leapt 2 ft in the air when they said that)
I am so fucking happy right now I just can't describe.
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! |
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| ipod is syncing |
[Sep. 30th, 2008|11:43 am] |
...currently on 800 of nearly 5000 songs.
this could take a while.
also, it's refusing to copy my old work music to my home puter. for no good reason. it plays fine if i have the external HD plugged in, and i've consolidated the library, but when you unplug the external HD it says that it can't find the file. but i just moved the file! for that reason! manually moving stuff over creates double versions of everything, but then if i unplug the external HD it won't play either version.
stupidcomputeritunesbollockssulksulksulk. *kicks chair* *pout*
will make do for now with moving everything onto my shiny shny ipod, and deal with it later. this HD is on its last legs, not wanting to rely on it...
sigh.
1500 of 5000
and only 30 rejects so far. |
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| dear potential contractors |
[Aug. 28th, 2008|03:28 pm] |
kindly answer your phones.
if you can't do that, then can you please have sent me a quote that made sense in the first place. or have proofread it at least. or, y'know, have sent it to me with the breakdowns on it that i asked for. and including night and day differences in price, which you told me would be on it, but aren't.
aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhh
i'd really like to get something achieved today. :( |
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| 50 books |
[Aug. 8th, 2008|02:39 pm] |
24 - Ernest Hemingway / Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises
bullfighting, an english lady who doesn't ever want to talk about it, and a great deal of drinking. |
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| 50 books |
[Aug. 7th, 2008|03:12 pm] |
23 - George Orwell / Down and out in Paris and London
i like orwell. read a bit of his work at school and felt all cultured and that cos i'd read 'Coming Up For Air'. his writing tends toward the didactic at times but i can stand that.
today i used my birthday Borders vouchers (cheers wolf & lisa!) to buy big classic tomes that i wouldn't otherwise get - Don Quioxte (Cervantes), Casanova, & Alisdair Gray's Lanark. The latter of which isn't as tome-y as the other two but is still one of those that i've never quite got round to reading... looking forward to this :) |
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| 3 years |
[Aug. 6th, 2008|11:58 am] |
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today is a good day :) |
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| 50 books |
[Aug. 4th, 2008|11:02 am] |
20 - JG Ballard / The Drowned World
21 - Terry Pratchet / Hogfather
22 - Rudyard Kipling / Stalky & Co |
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| 50 books |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|12:44 pm] |
19 - Tracy Chevalier / Burning Bright.
mostly meh. |
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