Just returned from the airport. Sydney was a great little trip - free hotel, free transport, free cruise around the harbour and best of all, lots of reading done in between things. The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) is an amazing book. It's narrated by a truly unique personification of Death - a sympathetic, work-worn employee who treasures colours and ( Read more... )

LJ seems a bit desolate these days. I'm sweeping tumbleweeds from my journal as I type. Anybody out there? Any news? Personally, I've become hooked on fashion blogs. What are people wearing? Knee-high socks. Mid-length trench coats. Stripes. And, judging from the girls at uni -

JEGGINGS. But we won't mention them.

Colourful tights are my favourite ( Read more... )

 You know when it gets to Sunday night, and you spent the whole weekend doing everything except studying, and suddenly you realise that come Monday, you're going to fall into a pit of bleak, bleak despair at the utter impossibility of finishing everything in time before Easter weekend?

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On the plus side, just got a pay slip and I've been bumped up ( Read more... )

Now, I know a lot of my LJ friends are much better versed in stand-up comedians than I am, so please help me decide who is a must-see at this year's festival! These are the acts that caught my fancy as I paged through the guide:

Tripod: Tripod Versus The Dragon

Rich Fulcher: An Evening With Eleanor: The Tour Whore

The Pajama Men: The Last Stand to ( Read more... )

The Earth is under attack form a mutant virus that melts your face and withers your...face.
The Suitcase Royale have been cast into the cosmos to find a cure.

"Hilarious, inventive, energetic and completely off the wall. These guys could easily become Australia's very own Mighty Boosh."
- The Age Online

And I am persuaded. Weak and susceptible? Not me ( Read more... )