There has been a rash of planking at school this week. What is it with someone dying that makes every thirteen to eighteen year old want to emulate that person ( Read more... )

I have been re-reading the 'Emily' books by LM Montgomery ( Read more... )

I don't know if I've ever told this story here but today I am going to tell you the story of my first experience with the Bronte sisters.

So, I'm nine years old and it's all very exciting because I get to go to the movies with my parents and Caitlin doesn't get to come. We're going to see Jane Eyre, which I'm very excited about because it has ( Read more... )

So Kirsten and I went to Sherlock Holmes last night (which, by the way, was excellent, mostly because of the banter between Holmes and Watson) and when we were in town there was an unusual number of unicycles ( Read more... )

So Liz and I traveled to Auckland on Wednesday to see the Maidment Theatre production of The History Boys (Alan Bennett), which is pretty much my favourite play of all time. I have seen the film many times and read the script and own the radio play with the original cast, but never seen a production of it, so this was a chance we couldn't pass up ( Read more... )

The Word programme on my computer seems to have deleted spellcheck. I suspect I may have actually had some hand in this. This makes doing assignments difficult because I am quite spectacular at doing the who typo thing (as you may have noticed from my drunk typing, which is essentially just slightly worse than normal but I lose by ability to edit ( Read more... )

I am sitting here with a glass of beer and celebrating a week well done. Better overall grades than I have ever had (straight A minuses) and a research supervisor who, despite everything I have done (or not done, in this case), does not want to throw me off a cliff. My introduction apparently "shows promise" so I no longer have to read every single ( Read more... )

This is my list of YA girl crushes.

1. Cassandra Mortmain from Dodie Smith's I Capture the CastleCassandra is a wonderful mix of Bronte and Austen, of Elinor and Marianne, of all the spunky, attractive, intelligent Shakespearean heroines, and more than a pinch of her own marvelous qualities. Cassandra is an observer, the sane one in a family of ( Read more... )

My Top Five YA Crushes In No Particular Order (Formerly seen here and here and in a bunch of other places)

1. Sorenson Carlisle from Margaret Mahy's The ChangeoverThis is partly nostalgic because, my God, did I have the biggest crush on him when I was sixteen? I love his stutter and his romance novel reading and the fact that Laura doesn't put up ( Read more... )

And I should really go to bed. But first, let me just say that I am so confused about life. Just in general, y'know.

I really want university to start again. I even bought exercise books and a diary yesterday. It can't come soon enough.

I am looking forward to Saturday night. Make it a success.