Wanderings · of · a · Postgrad

My name is Dave, I'm 23 years old, and I live in the state of South Australia. This state, interestingly enough, is in the south of Australia, underneath the interestingly named Northern Territory, east of the even more interesting Western Australia, and west of Victoria and New South Wales. Hell, here's a map, for you crazy folks.

I study at Flinders University, a Masters with a view to a PhD. Thus, I am writing it like a PhD; partly because I refuse to accept it being a Masters, and also that my topic needs more than 50,000 words. I'm writing on Liberal Internationalism; namely using case studies to flesh out the limits of Liberal Internationalism, and to try to find ways to overcome these limits. Here are a few pics of campus-

This is most of the campus, I use the section that's at the top. Bottom area is medical campus.

Social Sciences South, the courtyard where my office is.

I'm in a relationship with a wonderful woman called Mel, almost 11 months in now; and it's wonderful :) She's planning a full day outing for us for the year anniversary, and I have bought her a present, which I am refusing to tell her what it is. It'll ruin the surprise, won't it?

My main hobby is home brewing. One thing about me is that if I get into something, I either do it full on, or not do it at all. Because of that, I brew all grain; that is, I start with a bag of grain, some hops, and brew the proper way- not with malt extracts cans, as is the simple way. It takes five hours to make a batch of beer (22L, but I'm going to get equipment to make each batch 44L), but most of that involves sitting around drinking beer, which is why it's fun.

To that extent, I own three fridges- a bar fridge, a chest freezer with a temp controller for maintaining the fermentation temperature between 18C and 20C. The third is my keg fridge, which has two kegs inside, connected to taps on the door. I'm considering expanding to a third, but that'll involve stripping some of the shelving on the door.

I love the X Files and the Simpsons; I have every X Files episode and am starting a Simpsons collection. With 18 (soon 19th is to be aired in the States) seasons, and 9 on DVD already, I have a few to collect. I have 2,3,4,5,9 already. I love TXF because of the wonderful production values, great acting and character development. The Simpsons is my other favourite show because I've been watching it since I was about 5, and I've grown up with that yellow-skinned family.

I'm sure you all know I work at Coles, been there for three years. I started as a night filler, and have progressed to become a casual duty manager. However, I'm getting sick of that job very quickly. I've gotten stuck into my supervisor and told him to get me tutes, and I'm going to have a look around for an on-campus job.

Hmm... not sure what else to write...

Dave