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3Aug/10

Cast & Crew & Even You

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At 8pm sharp this Thursday the 5th August, there will be in Filmbase a screening of Dead Load, the short film I wrote with it's director Greg Corcoran. It's the cast & crew screening, but there will also be some room for the general public, so if you'd like to head along give Greg a shout at gregcorco@gmail.com .

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30Jul/10

Ambition/Genius

Song of the Week: Mushrooms & Roses by Janelle Monáe

My housemate was talking about the new Janelle Monáe album a few weeks ago. He was writing a review for the excellent Ragged Words site, and was proclaiming that he was going to give it 10/10. That evening I listened to the album for the first time, and rushed home to tell him: Don't give this 10/10. Don't confuse ambition with genius. I was too late – he'd already posted the review – and I had no chance of swaying his opinion anyway.

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21Jul/10

Economists/Philistines

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Dr. Colin Hunt

In the news today, we learn that the Hunt group, a panel hoping to establish a new framework for higher education for the next 20 years, is set to back a return of student fees. Dr. Colin Hunt, the chairman of the group, is an economist. The article then quotes a senior academic who also backed the reintroduction of third-level fees: Dr Declan Jordan of the department of, of course, economics.

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17Jul/10

XXX

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I feel stupid going on about it, especially
To those who have already turned thirty.
It looks different from their point of view
Than from where I'm standing today.

I feel stupid going on about it,
But I fully expect it to be
Distressing,
Humbling,
Underwhelming,
Emptying,
And I will avoid engaging
By drinking,
And joking,
And laughing,
And loving,
And falling
Asleep.

A climax wrapped in anticlimax.
I'll wake up on the other side, and
I'll know, having gone through it, that it doesn't matter:
One more thing I can shrug my shoulders at.

Does this remind me of anything?
Yes.
Everything.

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13Jul/10

For Faraja

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So. The World Cup has come to an end. It feels like a good time to reflect.

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5Jul/10

Jabulani

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A short story I've written has been published. I am now a published author. How did this come about?

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