Chris

Did you know there is Veet For Men* now?

 

*Veet was Immac - ie hair removal cream. Sadly, it can't be used the places it should be used, like ears and noses.

Do you think it works on faces?. That would be , so good compared to the scraping cutting gouging of a razor, like chocolate is to dog poos.

Hold on a second, wasn't it you who posted the "How to shave awesomely" guide a year or so ago?

Hey Chris, you ever hear of a woman named Joan Wiffen? She's as close as I will ever get to Kiwi archaeology, since she's from the North Island (IIRC) and digs up old stuff (dead reptiles in rock). Nice lady too.

Sorry, haven't heard of her. There's basically two centres for archaeology in New Zealand, Otago (South Island) and Auckland (North Island). I'm in the South, so wouldn't really have much of a chance to run into her unless at a conference. Her kind of thing sounds more like Paleontology or Geology anyway.

Hey, you could make it a dress-up!. Who gets to be Von Tempsky?. :icon_twosgun:

I think if we were bouncing around doing paintball in period costumes it would feel too much like larping.

Let's see some photos, Ben.

In other news from New Zealand:

This year some people in the Anthropology department decided to start an Anthropology Society.

From this, we've planned a few talks and workshops and tutorials, (which have all been predominantly Archaeological related, because the other facets of Anthropology seem a bit anti-social, which is odd really, what with it being considered a social science.) to get people more interested in the discipline.

I've been doing my Masters for almost two years ago, getting not very much done at all. Despite this, I get involved in all of these little jaunts that are organised through the society. Whether I like it or not.

As a result I've just spent the last couple of days in the middle of Central Otago, mapping old gold mining sites (sod-huts, old iron stoves, water races), in the sun, burning.

For the next year, I've been voted into the society as the Events Executive. First event I'm thinking? Paintball.

Well done. I know how much of a relief that is.

I aggree.

I find it odd that they would decide to do that with just Batman. He seems like the least likely choice for that, and the one whose titles will suffer the most should they kill him off.

I could understand if they did it for the big seven from Morrison's JLA, but otherwise it seems a bit pointless.

Heh.

I'm digging every now and then. It's a really good source of one-off income if you're doing postgrad like me. That and tutoring. I've done about three paid excavations this year in New Zealand, including the Archaeology field school. I think I'll be doing it again next year.

It's a really good experience, you get to meet the next batch of people coming through, dig and hang out with new people. The only problem is the tequila nights were a bit crippling this year.

I didn't really come off as that much of a role model.

Umm. Thanks for the kind words everyone. My absence made me forget how welcome people are made to feel around here.

I'm STILL doing my masters.

I also have a job that involves writing content for an interactive web component of a young adult sci-fi series. The job is interesting, but I can't say much about it without saying negative things about the book.

Last week's rumour about Batman kicking the Batbucket to be replaced by a sidekick is kicking up steam. As Valerie D'Orazio picks up on, the original plan was for all the main DC icons to die and be elevated to the status of New Gods as part of the Fifth World, their sidekicks filling the roles they left behind.

 

However, that plan was abandoned internally at DC and reduced to a Bat-storyline by Grant Morrison. So look for Bruce Wayne New God to go head-to-head with Darkseid in "Final Crisis."

From Lying in the Gutters

http://www.phdcomics.com may only be funny if you're a postgraduate student.

Oh, and if you're able to laugh at your (depressing) situation.

Ok, I may have lied to a certain extent.

I don't know, Lou. There's been many a knife-fight and a few acid-related accidents since I've been here last...

Hey everyone. Thought I'd just stop in to tell you you're all looking good.

I've been preparing a series of reader for the fieldschool I am an instructor on, which starts at the end of the week.

This means finding several journal articles, around 300 pages worth of printing and photocopying and holepunching and putting those little plastic protector things around the punched holes.

You know I haven't touched my masters in about 4 months?

Chris, were you posing for a shampoo ad? You have that "fresh turned around as the camera clicked shampoo ad look." With balsam or some shit...

Uhh, no. I think someone yelled out "Chris!" and I turned around, and they took a photo of me.

 

Jay, how can you draw comparisons between Glamorama and Zoolander (a lot more comedic I would guess I havent seen it...) Are they similiar in themes?

they both deal with Fashion Models becomming agents of political destruction. in Zoolander, they are assassins; in Glamorama, they are terrorists. Both are Humorous, though Zoolander is more obviously a comedy.

 

Honestly, though, I felt that Glamorama was Bret's weakest book.

Fuck man, I thought it was his best.

I'm about halfway through the Informers right now, and so far I'd say that's his weakest.

Also, the only similarity between Zoolander and Glamorama was that spoiler bit in Jay's post. I don't see why Zoolander should stop Glamorama getting made.

Other than that, I'm on something of a "read the books that movies I liked were made from" phase. I just finished The Prestige, now I'm reading Fight Club.

Nah, it was one in Christchurch, that had been converted into a hostel. Same kind of thing I think.

I don't think I have much besides me goofing off. A Marae is the place run by a group of Maori connected through family ties. It has a meeting hall and a sleeping hall and a few other things. There are similar structures throughout Polynesia, which serve similar functions.

Jesus. I didn't think that photo was that big.

Over the past three months I've been on three excavations. Camped in a tent for three weeks. Lived in a Jail. Lived on a Marae. Went to a Maori funeral. Offended people. Jumped off big rocks into water. Went jet boating. Played Space Oddity on guitar a lot. Drank a lot of hard spirits. Drank beer. Played a lot of volleyball. Got really really hot out in the sun. Got really really wet out in the rain. Got really really muddy out in the mud.

Stuff like that. There was a lot of digging too.

I hope everyone has been awesome around here, and I make a bit of an effort to hang around until the next excavation which is in three weeks.

Jesus. I feel like I haven't been here in ages. Which is because I haven't. I've been bouncing all over the Pacific Warrior Nation that is New Zealand digging up stuff. For those of you who remember me, here's a snap from the last dig. (I didn't know it was all zoomed in like that at the time)

I think Robert Downey Jr. will do fine. I'm actually more interested to see how it will go after hearing this casting.

I thought it was cool having Ralph being at absolute hard bastard to that Demon thing. I think I'm finding his story the most interesting at the moment.

I'd like to see an All-Star Flash.

Not that I'm a fan of CSI or any of that bollocks, but if they used Barry Allen and actually concentrated on some of his work cases they could probably cash in on that kind of thing.

It's more a problem with the other buttons than the D-Pad.

I'd love to get a Namco arcade stick to use so I wouldn't get schooled so much in the arcades. Maybe if I'm rich by the time Tekken 6 comes out.