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right, chapter 5 is now done. all i have to do is the intro and a dumb conclusion and then i’m sending it off to the supes for her to read through. i am SO sick of it. i’ve also done a fair old slab of lotr work lately, which i hate. i really hate […]

finally. a reasonable draft of the dj paper is done. it’s 5000 words and i want 3500, but heck. it’s done. we also have title and abstract: Swing DJs: not all-girls and not all-spinning, all the time The Melbourne swing dancing community is centred on music and the dance act, and the DJ plays an […]

i’m going to start posting some of the things i’ve written about swing dancing, lindy hop, swing culture, etc, here on this site. hang tight – some are long, some are complex. they are of course copyright ME. if you want to reproduce bits make sureyou credit MEMEME.

iron chef he loves it. so we have to watch it.

saw an ad for the next season of big brother…

we rode to ann’s house for the first time on the 8th march. it was ok.

should i keep the group social dancing responses bit in the chapter? i have more than enough stuff on DJing to make the whole chapter just about DJing. should i ditch the other stuff on music? i like the bits about strolls, etc. i really do. but i think they might just work nicely in […]

i’ve gotta give a paper in may (on music stuff i guess), i’m getting the lotr stuff done today so i can write the report (go look here for a project description, you can even do the survey if you like), and i’m trying to edit my ridiculously long chapter on music and djing. which […]

Red Singlet Girl was at the gym on tuesday when i was. i think i’ve got a crush. she’s so cool. she was doing this thing where she was lifting her whole body up from two parallel bars (like the gymnastic ones), she was just hanging there, going up and down, up and down, her […]

i was considering making my own togs. i was going to make a swimming costume. obviously ill-fitting trousers and weirdo stripey shirts weren’t enough. i was seriously thinking about full-scale public humiliation. oh goddess, help me to restrain myself.