I am a sustainability consultant in a large engineering design company. I've just come from a great year of learning and thinking at Cambridge University. Before that, I worked in environmental management in my home town of Melbourne, Australia.
I love dancing, especially hip hop, lindy hop (swing) and latin dancing.
I bought my first digital SLR in 2005 and am learning to live up to it. Hopefully, you will see improvement in the photos I post.
I like personality psychometrics, having dabbled in it for work. Other things that make me happy are cooking, eating, public speaking and debating, washing dishes, putting groceries away after shopping, blowing out matches, and getting a bargain.
I am less keen on jogging, cold calling, travelling, country music, and changes that cannot be reversed.
One of the key defining moments in my life was when I got up and was the first person to dance at the dance social at Year 7 camp.
Annual Work Filing Festivaln. Three days in late November or early December during which the year's work is filed into folders for future reference. Involves the generation of large amounts of scrap paper. See October 31, 2004.
anti-Joanadj. Feeling annoyed with Joan because she is too talkative, insincere, self-centred, energetic and/or thoughtless. See August 8, 2004.
audience snobberyn. Disdain for inexperienced audiences that clap at the wrong time during performances of high art (opera, ballet and fine music). The most successful Audience Snobs generally have a Bachelor of Snobbery. See November 14, 2004.
boredom thresholdn. The minimum number of interest events per hour required to prevent the onset of boredom. See March 1, 2005.
chasern. Person who approaches his or her OoA, often with forward-ity. See comment in September 26, 2004.
chaseen. Person being pursued by the Chaser for a romantic relationship. See comment in September 26, 2004.
cheese sandwichn. Blog entry that re-tells the day's events. See July 3, 2004 and July 25, 2004.
climbern. Someone who walks up or down escalators instead of standing. See December 10, 2005.
conversation initiatorn. Someone who feels comfortable in propelling conversations by asking questions and introducing new topics. See December 7, 2004.
conversation reactorn. Someone who enjoys providing thoughtful replies to questions and extending existing topics. See December 7, 2004.
communaladj. Shared amongst many people. When on holiday with friends, communal resources include chocolate, tomatoes, leftovers and single people. See July 17, 2004.
dEBAYclen. When an eBay transaction goes wrong. Usually involves laboured and frustrating communication with people from overseas. See February 3, 2006.
environ. A person who works in the environmental field. Variation viro. See June 22, 2004.
extra-workularadj. Outside the scope or activities of paid employment. See June 13, 2004.
forward-ityn. Unsubtle behaviour, especially to capture the attention of your OoA. See comment in September 26, 2004.
Google-stalkv. To dig up ancient news about people by searching for references to them through the Google search engine. See July 18, 2004.
hobblitn. Someone who limps. See December 10, 2005.
inlandishadj. Not outlandish. See January 21, 2005.
interest eventsn. Events that prevent boredom eg. An involving conversation, food, a social email, a fire drill, a cute guy/girl walks past. See March 1, 2005.
interlacern. Someone who undertakes tasks by starting with an outline, then gradually refines it by filling in details. Analogises with interlaced JPEGs. See May 5, 2006.
iPod tryhardn. Someone who uses white earphones in order to pretend to others they have an iPod. See November 3, 2005 and May 19, 2006.
Joan-shaped thoughtsn. Thoughts similar in scope, sequence, voice, and position as those generated in Joan's brain. See July 15, 2007.
joinworthyadj. In an world that bombards you with daily invitations to sign up to this social network or that service, a group or cause that offers you genuine value is 'joinworthy.' See March 12, 2007.
junk foodn. Any food subject to the disapproval of more than 30% of society. Includes coffee. See October 31, 2004.
kiddyn. Anyone I teach (dancing, tutoring or piano), regardless of age. See June 26, 2004.
laddern. A model for the ranking and separation of Friends and Potential Mates. See August 8, 2004.
long distance windn. The challenge of staying together in a long-distance relationship. See April 28, 2006.
MEETn. Mandatory Energy Efficiency Target. A regulation that requires all appliances, processes and technologies meet an energy efficiency standard. See comment in June 16, 2004.
OoAn. Acronym of Object of Affection. See comment in September 26, 2004.
performing monkeyn. Someone who behaves in a way that is uncomfortable or unnatural for their personality or mood in order to entertain someone else. Examples include taking up someone else's interests and hobbies, feigning happiness, and consciously trying to fill silences in conversations. See October 1, 2005.
pinpointinglyn. Exactly to the extreme. See June 19, 2007.
post-purchase supportn. Messages to reinforce the merits of a purchase in attempt to quash the buyer's misgivings, having already bought the item. See February 3, 2006.
routine envyn. Sensation of wishing one's own dance choreography could be as funky as the Jones's. See June 26, 2004.
scenariocisev. To propose a scenario. See September 20, 2004.
schmoozev. To network, especially at functions you haven't paid for. See December 10, 2005.
Servant's Dayn. Synonym for Mother's Day or Father's Day. See May 8, 2005.
ski To fall over then resign oneself to tobogganing and snowman making. See June 27, 2004.
sticky-beakednessn. Personality characteristic, the urge to meddle. See June 28, 2004.
sub-loanv. To lend to somebody something that you have borrowed from someone else. See May 19, 2006.
Superlifekarma Girln. Girl with all the answers. See October 4, 2004.
tall averageadj. The taller end of the range of average height (used in same way as 'upper middle class'). See October 1, 2005.
transistn. v. To become. Corruption of 'transit'. See September 20, 2004.
trooblen. v. a word having the same sequence of numbers as another word when typed on a telephone keypad. eg. Good is a trooble of home. Joan is a trooble of loan. See September 17, 2005.
Two Bag Phenomenonn. The fashion amongst female office workers of carrying two bags, at least one of which is an exclusive store bag. See February 22, 2005.
unhungryadj. The state of not being hungry. See October 29, 2005.
unklutzv. To undertake a program of work or training (e.g. beginners woodwork) with the aim of becoming less clumsy. See December 19, 2005.
weakling-nessn. Component of life that defines a person as a weakling. See June 13, 2004.
wuffinn. Waffle made of muffin mix. Variation maffle. See August 2, 2004.
wussilyadv. To do in a wussy manner. See June 10, 2004.
1 Comment:
I liked the poem, where did it go?!
Should deleting content be allowed? Is it then still *truly* a blog? Does spontaneity die with self-censorship? Or is it another form of creativity?
beldar
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