Chuck

Sorry again for the lack of blogging.  I’ve been terrible.

But I want to talk to you today about something really, really important: Chuck.

Chuck is absolutely my favourite TV show at the moment, which is a rather large call, given that it trumps Gossip Girl.  But it is.  It’s a wonderfully constructed show, with impressive characterisation and, [...]

On motivation…

I’ve been wondering a bit lately about motivation- particularly, why this blog is languishing, and why I don’t read nearly as much as I did before uni- cumulatively, including my assigned readings- now that I’m doing my masters.  It’s not as though I’m doing this degree to open doors or provide opportunities- though I’m certain it [...]

Dammit, it’s winter here!

With rare exceptions, I read two types of blogs: blogs about politics and current affairs, and blogs about cooking.  Sometimes, I get both in one (which is why I heart the IFA).  But recently, I’ve realised a problem with my love affair with cooking blogs.

Most of them come from the Northern Hemisphere.

As the internet gets bigger, [...]

My Political Manifesto

I’ve been working on a little project recently: I’m trying to outline, for myself, my personal political manifesto.  There are several things I believe strongly, and other things I’ve started to understand, or try to understand, recently.  Fitting it into a cohesive personal platform is really challenging, but I think useful for someone with burgeoning political [...]

I’m back!

I’m back, I promise.  I know I’ve been really light on the blogging and I’m sorry.  There are no excuses, besides the fact I’ve been a little busy.  But after a wonderfully refreshing long weekend, the words have returned.  And it’s about time.

I’ll have to do a music dump soon (maybe even, shockingly, today), because I’ve [...]