Last April I had the misfortune of attending stand-up comedy at the Classic Comedy Bar in Auckland. It was here that I learnt that some things are just not funny.
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Feb 08
Feb 08
On Procrastination
Today, the first of February, I was to start writing the first word of the first sentence of my thesis.
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Dec 07
Dec 07
Am I the only one who would love a café at Piha?
Marc Ellis plans to build a café at Piha. It has put the fear into me. For the first time in my life I agree with Marc Ellis on something.
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Nov 07
Nov 07
On Love and Divorce
Last year my husband and I saw a couple getting married on a calm, sunny day on the steps of their beautiful brownstone apartment in the East Village of New York. It was the perfect romantic moment. This being the city of contradictions, however, meant that while tears welled up in my eyes I was simultaneously hoping that they had schooled up on New York’s bizarre divorce law.
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Nov 07
Nov 07
Confessions of a night school drop out
Having moved to a new town, and with time on my hands, I felt the time was ripe to enrol myself in a night school class. I confess to fancying myself as a linguist, though I really shouldn’t as my conversation skills in reality only extend to please and hello in about 5 or 6 languages, a paltry collection of Japanese phrases and just enough Italian to get by and crack the odd joke.