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Grad School
Well, I am currently in Russian class, which is today being exceptionally and exclusively delivered in Dutch. Needless to say, I have no idea what’s going on—so after a rather protracted break, voici—a blog post! I handed in my final piece of work for my Masters course nearly a month ago now. Already. I don’t…
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Breakaway
I have just spent two hours listening to a man spouting some of the most hateful bullshit I’ve ever heard in my life, without being permitted to say anything or give an opinion in return. He was good-looking and I’m an idiot, which is how I ended up sitting down. Forgive me. This man is…
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Romantic Despair
It’s a fairly normal day here in Belgium. That is to say, my housemates are eating, it’s raining outside, and I’m catching up on uni readings (aka ‘procrastinating’). I was idly wondering to myself this morning whether such procrastinating would result in an official Valentine’s Day post—I’m (perhaps obviously) not a V-Day kind of girl, especially…
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Security
I nearly accidentally punched the marketing director this week. I mean, I’m sure that happens to a lot of people, but this was very much a close thing. My work has just moved premises, and my new desk has me standing with my back to several passageways. Apparently my colleagues have ninja skills, as I often…
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A Poem for Tony
There are a few things which make me angry. Pretty high on that list are sexism, racism, climate change deniers, stupidity, and people who are bad at their jobs. As you can imagine, therefore, I’m not a big fan of the current Australian Government. In fact, the last federal election sent me into an unparalleled…