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Monday, October 30th, 2006
12:25 am	Torchwood The Dr Who spinoff 'Torchwood' is shiny and good, and pieces of it can be viewed on the BBC website here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/ I am, yes, I squeeing fangirl over the one inthe suit who makes the coffee. *sigh* (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
2:41 pm	Sudden death fashion Stolen from climb_high Not how you wear a climbing harness (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 14th, 2006
10:16 pm	Now my life is complete Shelves in the feminine hygiene sections of UK shops are now safely stocked with scented tampons. Why, I do not know. Why did I choose this as my first LJ entry in months? I don't know that either. *shrugs* All this mystery in the world... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
12:23 am	overstimulation Wireless internet in my bedroom! All of a sudden I have broadband access to... porn, eBooks, music, bad fanfiction, news, comics, the random frog generator, information, pictures, little tiny movies made by people with too much time on their hands, weather reports, the yellow pages, maps, train timetables, and porn. It's so good I think I need to cry... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
12:09 am	Five songs that begin with Z A quick search of my hard drive reveals that in just under 15Gb of music, not one track begins with a z. So in true cop-out fashion, here's 5 songs that have a z in them. Bob Marley- Iron lion zion Oi Polloi- Commies and nazis Escape from Toytown- Fuckhead zone Final Warning- Skadaze and skaknights The Clash- Jimmy Jazz And as an extra, the magnificently Euskadi Punk Lendakaris Muertos give you Besos Gaztetxeros. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
9:55 pm	advice Mmm, friends, for the first time in my live I have to do job interviews that I can't win (is that the right word?) by wearing an oversized glow-in-the-dark original series Star Trek t-shirt with pizza stains on it and carrying a can of Jolt. And we all know that sartorially speaking I am a little vague. So, I'm seeking advice on interview-wear. As background, I'm going for English teaching jobs in Spain. It'll be hot, and I'm limited by only having 2 options shoe wise: black steel caps and black and white canvas skate shoes. So, words of wisdom? Current Mood: anxious (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
6:35 pm	submission Ah, that title's going to disappoint some people. It's been a loooong time since I've posted anything, and in that space a lot has happened. One of those things was the submission of my thesis. As most of you will never read it and some haven't seen a copy (so pretty in purple covers with gold lettering) I thought I would post the Acknowledgements here, as text. You can go to the ANU library and borrow this if you want to see it published. Ack behind the cut ( Read more... ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
10:48 pm	Unfiltered at last Hurrah for Cardiff Backpackers' unfiltered internet, even if they do have wierd keyboards. Tonight's Stiff Little Fingers gig was cancelled :( so in Cardiff for the night with not a lot to do. The boy is here, so at least there's that. Wales is working out alright, but still bloody cold. 3C, I ask you, how is that a sensible daily maximum? *sigh* Ah, much love to the friends list, with apologise for no LJ posts. Miss you all. Current Mood: awake (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, March 6th, 2006
11:14 pm	Not quite in Wales Hellllloooo, friends. By way of a longish story I find myself in London for the night, so I thought I'd drop by. For those who haven't heard, the local council-sponsored net access that I've been using has banned LJ (and a fair chunk of the rest of the net), so no LJ for me. In it's favour, it is free. On that note, I don't have email addys for most of you, and I feel a deep and consuming need for them. Jim and Jade, I am looking pointedly in your directions. Send them to jesss roundyatthingy sluggy dot net. In return you shall get pic-a-tures and other netly delights. We got three crispy, fluffy inches of snow last week, which was fun but as you can probably guess, mighty cold. The boy keeps me warm and makes me smile til my face hurts. Hope you're all enjoying yourselves where you are, and having as interesting a time as I am. Cheers, J. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
5:27 pm	what ahve I caught in my net today... I haven't updated in a while, and life is a little complicated at the mo, so here's some, er, stuff. First, from the blog of the Annals of Improbable Research (http://improbable.typepad.com/): A news report [you must be a subscriber of C&EN to read it, though] in the September 19, 2005 issue of Chemical & Engineering news says that: The Swiss government has installed singing urinals in Switzerland's public lavatories to help diagnose prostate problems. The urinals are powered by sensors that can tell if the stream of urine is satisfactorily strong. If so, the urinal starts to sing the European football cheer "Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole." If not, a recorded message advises the user to go see a doctor. (Thanks to Jeff Dougan for bringing this to our attention.) And second, a link to http://brainsnap.com/ because their leading story today is Time is Right for a Paris Hilton Snuff Tape, Say Experts And third: <td align="center"> I's random George Bush quote: "This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com</td> Current Mood: anxious (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
9:09 pm	the draft 74 image files. 11 TeX files. 134 distinct referenced papers. 200 or so fortran programs, assorted scripts, and functions. Then there's that whole 'three years of my life' thing. Mr thesis exists, in draft form. Now I want to go swimming. Unfortunately the sun seems to have gone away. I vaguely remember it used to do that, back in the days my existence was not ruled by pieces of paper. When the final copy is done, I'm so very going to throw a 'submission' themed party. With mad scientists. Now, away! To think up some cool Woody Guthrie inspired puns about 'the draft'. Current Mood: restless (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, December 2nd, 2005
3:03 pm	7 down, 2 to go Chapter 7 is more or less complete. Go me. One more chapter, then it's conclusions time. Soon I will be sane again *crazed giggles*. Current Mood: cheerful (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 27th, 2005
10:48 pm	"Ribbit! Show me another!" Random Frog Generator: alarmingly and inexplicably addictive. Current Mood: tense (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 4th, 2005
2:45 pm	w00t I have good friends. You know who you are. Current Mood: happy (Comment on this)
Monday, October 31st, 2005
6:29 pm	Pic-a-tures Pretty pictures behind the cut ( Read more... ) Current Mood: meh (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
3:09 am	belief- please read Someone said something to me recently that I found very disturbing. It went something like "yeah, but you don't really believe the revolution will actually happen". An offhand statement, not a question. Do people I consider friends really think so poorly of me? I didn't reply at the time, because the conversation was interrupted, but the more I think about it the more it saddens me. Very few of the people I love consider themselves revolutionaries, but I have no less respect for them even if they don't really hold political opinions. I do believe that the world can and must change. Capitalism has to go. Some things are complicated, and some are simple. This, for me, is one of the simple ones. When I first began to seriously consider the idea of revolution, it scared me so much. That was a very long time ago, and working through that fear to find something I could believe in was one of the hardest and bravest things I've ever done. There are people who just flirt with the idea of revolution because it sounds cool. I'm not one of these, and I know many other socialists and anarchists for whom belief that we can change our world is absolutely fundamental. These people do things that are not fun- hand out leaflets, write, argue with friends and family, sit through boring meetings, force themselves to emotionally confront the worst uglinesses of the world, get arrested, and are sometimes batoned in the head on picket lines- because they share my conviction as strongly as any person feels a religious faith and a lot more than most people believe in anything. We will not give up. I'm angry at a lot of things, including but not limited to racism, homophobia, the class structure, and the insanity of war. It can and has been said that I'm an angry person, and this is true. But it's balanced out by a rock-solid and absolute belief that these bad days will end just like the graffiti says. Every tiny act defying the crushing and fucked-up bullshit system brings me huge joy, whether it be a song, a conversation, a laugh, an act of union solidarity, a truth told out loud, a kid playing with a dog, or a tree root pushing up through concrete. The love is just as strong as the anger, but harder to express. I try to do that by standing by my friends and fighting for what I believe in. And trust me, I do believe. Current Mood: sad (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 13th, 2005
11:18 am	A value judgement Airports. s. This one doesn't even have any wierd vending machine crap. There's nothing like 6 hours in an airport to bring out my inner punk. That's riiiiight, airport, what're you lookin' at?Unfortunately the captured market capitalist playground that is terminal 2 makes my inner punk twitch and swear. Airports are where all the old dark gods went when we stopped sacrificing unbelievers to them, and now they extract a toll of pain and misery and rage through overpriced crap food and overpriced crap crap and mood music. The mood in this case being a thin red rage. YARRRRGGGGGH! On the up side, learning a second language means you can convincingly pretend not to speak English when people try to tell you that, for exaple, you can't sleep on this bench. Ha ha! Current Mood: aggravated (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 7th, 2005
10:36 pm	Friday If all goes according to plan, I'll be home at about 2:30pm on Thursday. Friday night, friends? Excitement and adventure and really wild things? Or at least a couple of DVDs and food that wasn't bought at Marks and Spencer? Lacking meaningful conversation. My last one was at the SLF gig during the support band, so the phrase "WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" featured heavily. Beginning to ascribe unnatural value to certain live albums ("We're Swingin' Utters. Don't ask why...") for this reason. Current Mood: lonely (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 1st, 2005
10:49 am	What to do, what to do That's right ladies and gentlemen, it's time to tell Jess where to go! The opportunity you've all been waiting for! I find myself at a loose end for the next week or so. If I was still in Barcelona, I'd go and sit in front of the Chocolate Musuem's larger than life portrait of Salvator Dali (rendered in chocolate, of course) and wait for inspiration to strike, but alas, if there is such a thing in London, I don't know where it is. Trawling the internet tells me I should go shopping in Knightsbridge, but considering I ran away from Portobello Rd in terror, that's not going to suit. So, suggestions for something to do in London or the UK? Current Mood: bored (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 30th, 2005
10:21 am	Happy Jess Gloucester Guildhall 29/09/05. Goldblade + Stiff Little Fingers. Gah. Happy Jess. Alternative Ulster makes everything good. Current Mood: content (2 Comments |Comment on this)