The value of ugliness – Interesting article that relates fan art of Brienne from Game of Thrones to this idea that women must be beautiful to be seen as competent. It’s something that I’ve been thinking about as I prepare to enter the corporate world. How much makeup do I need to wear? If I wear the wrong shoes, will they think I don’t know what I’m doing?
Category: Books
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The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries – THIS IS BRILLIANT. Reimagining P&P as a series of video diaries from a modern Lizzie Bennett. Lydia is awesome.
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How-To: Grow a Portrait Gourd
How-To: Grow a Portrait Gourd – Whoa! They look like mandrakes from Harry Potter!
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Photo post
MY CREATION LIVES! (Well, he still needs wings. And eyes. And pants.)
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GoT: Dinner
A few weeks ago I spotted an article in the SMH about a special Game of Thrones themed menu that Gastro ParK was doing this month. I’d heard of the restaurant before; Fiona went there last year and enjoyed it. I rang them up to ask about a possible booking and found they were filling up fast! I managed to get a table for four for the 15th… which just so happened to be my birthday! Awesome. I invited the other two biggest GoT fans I know (Kylie and Kunaal) and we prepared ourselves for an evening of GEEKING OUT. I am happy to say the experience did not disappoint. The venison was beautiful; the soup exquisite; the roast pork divine. We dove in like we were Baratheons. And that dessert… A giant silver tray dotted with all manner of sweet things including a passionfruit-filled dragon’s egg that melted when the waiter poured over “liquid gold” (a la Viserys)? DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN. My favorite part was the ostrich-egg sized cloud of frozen aerated buttermilk panna cotta. (Granted, the crash from the sugar buzz the next day kinda sucked. But still – WORTH IT.)Highly recommended if you can manage to get a table!
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Crafting with Cat Hair | Quirk Books
Crafting with Cat Hair | Quirk Books – Dear Snook: This is for you.
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Lovecraft
Geek confession: I’ve never read any H.P. Lovecraft. I heard of Cthulhu, of course, but that’s about it. I was never big into horror, really. Well, in a fit of Halloween-related inspiration, Defective Yeti is going to be posting about Lovecraft every day this month. He mentioned today that you can get the whole canon for 99c on Kindle, so here I am. This is going to be scary, right?
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The Ten Best Bookstores in Sydney
The Ten Best Bookstores in Sydney. Five of those are within walking distance of my house, and a couple more on on the way to work. I like that.