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Monthly Archives: March 2005
Donnie Darko (review)
Donnie Darko. DVD. Written and directed by Richard Kelly, 2001. 9/10 I am bewildered. I do not want to sleep. I do not want to do anything else. I just want to sit and think about it. I don’t understand … Continue reading
Posted in Movies and TV
Tagged Cult Movie, Donnie Darko, Reviews, Richard Kelly, Sage Words, Sleep
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Personal attacks
Today, dogpossum posted what is, so far, the most antagonistic comment related to my site that I’ve yet received. Her blog doesn’t have permalinks, so you’ll just have to search for 17 March 2005. Currently, though, it’s at or near … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged 17 March, Academia, Antagonism, Australia Day, Australian Cinema, Blog, Correspondents, Cultural Milieu, Fool, Government Arts, Imagine, Imbecile, Insult, Intelligence, Leftist Politics, Objection, Personal Attacks, Phrase, Politics, Psychologist, Tendency, Visceral Reaction
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Pugnacious
From Dict.org 1 definition found for pugnacious From Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : Pugnacious Pug*na”cious, a. [L. pugnax,—acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. Pugilism, Fist.] Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. Notice that I changed the title … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged Acis, Blog, Cf, Comers, Dict, Epic Battle, Fist, Fr, Honour, Pug, Pugnacious, Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Webster
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Student unionism should be voluntary
With legislation to ban compulsory student unionism currently before parliament, student groups are protesting on the streets, on posters stuck around campus, and to the press to keep union membership compulsory. Even Vice Chancellors are expressing concerns. I find it … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Abolition, Academia, Antagonism, Freedom Of Association, Goverment, Groupings, Howard Government, Interference, Jokes, Melbourne Postgraduate Association, Mentality, Parliament, S Union, Student Groups, Student Unionism, Student Unions, Theage, Union Membership, University Of Melbourne, Vice Chancellors, Voter Turnouts
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AFB
You could hardly fail to notice that after a flurry of posts, I haven’t made many recently. In the World of Warcraft, players often signify that they are “AFK”: Away From Keyboard. I have been Away From Blog. This is … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged Chicago Manual Of Style, Complexity, Critical Attention, Discovery, Government Arts, Immediate Future, Keyboard, Manual Of Style, Massive Responses, Maze, Procrastination, Scratch, Subtlety, Thesis, Throwaway Line, Whore, World Of Warcraft, World Of Warcraft Players
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Spanking Fashion Parade (review)
The Incredible Melk’s Spanking Fashion Parade. 9/10 Last night I overcame a bout of lethargy to go out to the Kitten Club and see a show my friend Mel was putting on. It featured some outrageously stylish catwalking from the … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Audience, Blogspot, Booty, Catwalking, Comic Songs, Fashion Parade, Friend Mel, Fries, Geek, Genre, Hip Hop, Kitten Club, Lethargy, Melk, Models, Old School, Phrases, Proceedings, Props, Rap, Reviews
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Before Sunset (review)
Before Sunset. DVD. Directed by Richard Linklater. Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2004. 7/10 This movie is the sequel to Linklater’s earlier Before Sunrise (1995), in which Jesse (Ethan Hawke), an American, meets young a young French woman, Celine (Julie Delpy), on … Continue reading
Posted in Movies and TV
Tagged Autobiographical Account, Bestselling Novel, Bookshop, Burst, Car Ride, Ethan Hawke, French Woman, Inevitability, Julie Delpy, Reviews, Richard Linklater, Sense Of Duty, Sequel, Six Months, Skirt, Stairs, Superficial Relationships, Time Limit, Vienna, Warner Bros, Warner Bros Entertainment
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Conservatism: a prelude to an introduction
For those inclined to use the word conservative without thinking carefully, my last post expresses a classically conservative sentiment. I’ve just said Japan should keep things the way they are, because the status quo is better than the alternative, according … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Bible Bashers, Censorship, Civil War America, Conservative Views, Coyness, Csaa, Exhibit One, George Bush, Japanese Constitution, Jocks, Ldp, Liberal State, Little Respect, Mov, Political Conservative, Political Traditions, Prejudices, Social Conservatism, Totalitarian Regime, Wikipedia
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Proposed Japanese constitution to restrict basic freedoms
Clampdown on freedom eyed in LDP’s Constitution The Japanese LDP is probably scared of finally losing government for the first time ever, after their main opposition, the DPJ (DPJ) won 178 seats in the general election of October 2003. So … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Freedom, Article 21, Article 23, Citizens Rights, Clampdown, Constitution Guarantees, Detrimental Effect, Freedom Of Assembly, Fundamental Feature, Government Money, Japan Times, Japanese Constitution, Japantimes, Ldp, Liberal Democratic Party, Means Of Communication, Religious Ceremonies, Social Conservatism, Us Constitution, Written Constitutions
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