I agreed to play for the local production of oklahoma today. it goes on september. auditions are next wednesday and then it’s most likely three rehearsals a week.start humming those showtunes people!http://www.theplayhousetheatre.org.au/content/index.php

The Bundaberg chapter of the Foucault reading group convened yesterday. Actually it’s less of a chapter and more just two of us working our way through Discipline and Punish (quite slowly). I’ve read it previously during the crazy years of my thesis, but my fellow reader is delving into the big wide world of french […]

The Bundaberg chapter of the Foucault reading group convened yesterday. Actually it’s less of a chapter and more just two of us working our way through Discipline and Punish (quite slowly). I’ve read it previously during the crazy years of my thesis, but my fellow reader is delving into the big wide world of french […]

I spent some of the day trying to work out just where Channel 7’s Battle of the Choirs went wrong. The answers I came up with were as follows: David Koch as host – his inoffensive, accountant chic works well at breakfast time, but he certainly lacks the bumbling charm of daryl somers. even bert […]

I spent some of the day trying to work out just where Channel 7’s Battle of the Choirs went wrong. The answers I came up with were as follows: David Koch as host – his inoffensive, accountant chic works well at breakfast time, but he certainly lacks the bumbling charm of daryl somers. even bert […]

With bookclub approaching on Wednesday I decided I better begin All Quiet on the Western Front. It’s not long, and I thought I would be able to knock it over today. But the clarity of its descriptions of the horror of WW1 meant I made it two thirds through and needed a break. It reminded […]

With bookclub approaching on Wednesday I decided I better begin All Quiet on the Western Front. It’s not long, and I thought I would be able to knock it over today. But the clarity of its descriptions of the horror of WW1 meant I made it two thirds through and needed a break. It reminded […]

jimmy smits is probably my favourite screen based american president (closely followed by martin sheen and then michael douglas) so it was a shame to see him utilising very little of his acting ability in the jane austen bookclub.I love jane austen as much as the next girl with an undergrad degree in english, but […]

jimmy smits is probably my favourite screen based american president (closely followed by martin sheen and then michael douglas) so it was a shame to see him utilising very little of his acting ability in the jane austen bookclub.I love jane austen as much as the next girl with an undergrad degree in english, but […]

At the beginning of the year I very optimistically opened my outlook calendar and marked off every thursday as a recurring appointment called “research day”. Today was the first day I actually managed to keep this appointment. Every other week during the term the persistent little reminder would keep popping up until I gave in […]