It is Finished
Well, here I am, on the other side of my Masters Degree barely able to remember the pain of the last 6 weeks.  They say that's what giving birth is like... once it's over... you have the achievement and the hard work seems to be less hard than it was.Well, mostly.I'm shattered, of course, and relieved.  And today, after a domestic blitz unparalleled in 2009 my house is feeling the effects of finally having my full attention.  The cat is shipped off to friends to spend a couple of weeks entertaining them and tomorrow morning I'll be boarding a plane for Aotearoa and the world's most adorable (seriously) bunch of nieces and nephews on the planet.  (

Situation Normal
This studying business has been doing my head in... as I write this I ought, in fact, to be completing my last written assignment before I plough into my last assignment all together, a flash project... however, I am, instead, reflecting on the fact I made my first (and may it ever be my last) visit to a neurologist this afternoon.  (Oh, and the beer addled brain probably has something to contribute to my waning enthusiasm for writing a linguistics research proposal as well... however, where was I?)Oh, right... the neurologist.So, a couple of months ago I started to experience some recurring symptoms of pins and needles in my hands and feet.  At

They Called My Name.
Those who know me well, or have been reading the news around here for a while know that I'm really not much of a girly girl.  The evidence being:I hate shoppingI'm not brilliant at keeping my nails manicuredI leave the house without makeup. All.The.Time.I wear jeans All.The.Time.I'm a coder. I'm on my computer All.The.Time.I could care less about spending money on clothes. Though I confess to enjoying bringing new clothes home.I never played princesses growing up. I played forts.So it may surprise you that for the last 10 days my eye has been caught by a pair of shoes in a shop window.Girl Shoes.Girl Sh

Looks Like I Fixed It
I upgraded my version of Movable Type recently and broke the site, between that meltdown and my end of year, I'm never going to finish this degree, I am dying, I have too much to do, and not enough time with my friends personal meltdown there hasn't been much that was blogworthy going on around here.I'm in the last 3 weeks of uni and the degree is nearly done.Thanks for you patience while I pick up all the pieces and get some life back in the very near future!!!

Kiwi to English Dictionary
Once upon a time there was a blogger called Morphess who curated this rather brilliant collection of Kiwi language idiosyncrasies. She quit blogging years ago, the blog languished in the vapour of the interweb and also in my archives as I was the technologist who looked after the site and kept it online for a while there.  She quit out of the blue, things went a bit tits up, I think, but her archives are still here (Caro, if you want them back, all you gotta do is email me)...As a dedicated Kiwi myself I have decided that this list is far too good to be kept off the internet and as a consequence I'm posting it here.Caroline, we miss your blogging, and if by some