I should probably get myself back on Livejournal, shouldn't I?

Yes, well.

Watch this space.

Hello, mankind. Need a pick me up? You can borrow mine.

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So 2011's on the way out. And as revolutions of the sun go, it wasn't a half bad one.

Reasons (my) 2011 was a cracker:

• It was my first year as a fully registered teacher, and I've got a permanent position at the school where I'm teaching.
• As such, it was my first year doing a full professional appraisal (and said appraisal went well).
• All of the kids ( Read more... )

So a while back, I pulled the story 'Til the Sun is in the Sky from Dark Tomorrow and - after some invasive surgery to trim the word count and make it properly readable by discerning humans - submitted it for publication over at Pill Hill Press, where it was accepted into the Trigger Reflex anthology. Currently on sale at Pill Hill's online store, ( Read more... )

By gar, it's bin awhile! There's been a crapload afoot here in the darkest Antipodes, and I haven't been online spouting my arbitrary opinions about it. Wassup with that?

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Auckland's Karangahape Road (known to locals as "K' Road") is a funny old place. It has a long-time seedy reputation for it's streetwalkers, massage parlours and dirty book shops (it's still home to the country's oldest strip club) but is also known for its second-hand shops, cafes, ethnic restaurants, art galleries and nightlife, as well as a hub ( Read more... )

This time, I actually have nothing to say. I come only to post these, and then quietly depart...

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I'm a trifle late reviewing this film, since it actually came out in 2009, but since it only recently reached my end of the planet and has probably slipped under most people's radar, so be it.

This little film represents the kind of sci-fi they don't really make any more (although they occasionally remake it - Solaris, anyone?). It's a "low-budget ( Read more... )

Every now and then, you come across something online that makes you sit back in your chair, take a breath and go, "Wow." It's not often that thing happens to be a trailer for a video game, much less a video game about zombies, but this is one of those things. It's a teaser trailer for the upcoming Dead Island, which - in the space of a three-minute ( Read more... )

It's been a good long while since I've watched any Doctor Who, so long that I can't rightly remember where I left off. It was definitely around the end of Season 4, and I remember a lot of shenanigans with Donna and the Doctor's severed hand (or something) so I must have been more or less caught up to the start of Season 5. I can't remember if I ( Read more... )