Irritation

There are a number of things that suck at the moment. Such as arguing with a department that is not exactly giving an impression of wanting to listen to concerns that it's tutoring policy is driving people away from the department and creating a general feeling of dispossession and irritation. And Steve Thomas boasting that he was headhunted by the History department who the department assured me (in my role as postgrad rep) that all due process was followed and that we had no reason to complain. grrrrrrr. Such as not being able to sleep and night and then getting angry at self for not sleeping at night and being in bad mood for rest of day. Such as the recent spate of injuries that has seen Jamie and Hamish withdraw from the greatest war ever. And Michael King dying. That really does suck.

Am in Canterbury University debating team 4 - which is good. Haven't met who I'm debating with, and she hasn't been to any of the debates yet so I'm a little concerned about that. But it should be all good.

Goodness will follow. Nic has finished. This is an example of goodness. Ben will finish. Also example of goodness. Brother is 21 on Friday. Am glad he made it that far. Suggestions for presents?? Parents down on Saturday and Sunday is paintball and bbq interrupted by debating then bbq again. Have opportunity to hunt and destroy nemesis number 1 (Nic) and fulfill my lifelong ambition of taking someone prisoner and ransoming them off in exchange for a powerful political institution. Such as ACC. Awesome.

Michelle has tickets to Radiohead. Not a bad way to settle into Melbourne. Am jealous in a rather non-jealous kind of way.