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Although I was expecting an earlier date, my graduation ceremony at the University of Otago for my MHEd is going to be on December 17. That's a little bit too far in the future for me and, with a small mountain of leave, I am giving serious consideration to making an earlier visit to New Zealand Aotearoa, which really is my favourite place on earth, not that I have reasons to be biased or anything. Is it weird to be quasi-nationalistic primarily on the basis of the varied natural beauty of a country? Anyway, I have also taken the opportunity to put my MHEd dissertation online for interested readers of the public. In the meantime, I have continued to make good progress on my newest degree, the Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology, with my assignment on the moral development, just completed, which has been one of my favourite topics for many years. In further psychological essays, this follows from a well-received short piece that I wrote on "Psychic Vampires from Without and Within". Finally, on the academic agenda, I have also made moves to finally withdraw from the University of London and transfer my half-completed economics degree elsewhere; I honestly cannot believe how bad that institution is and I have some experience on the matter.
Having provided a semi-prurient click-bait headline, I regret to reform gentle readers that the topics perhaps are not quite as expected. The first involves the sort of combined social event and political strategy meeting that one should come to expect from The Rookery; in this case, a rather delightful dinner with some of the main campaigners from Sex Work Law Reform Victoria Inc; an interesting topic of conversation in the evening was whether the Australian Red Cross has legitimate grounds for some rather broad discriminatory practices. As for the second item? Well, that again comes back to The Rookery's location in the arts precinct of Melbourne; a quick reference to attending a rather delightful ensemble concert with Liana F., held at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music featuring special guest artist Stefan Dohr from the Berliner Philharmoniker featuring horn ensembles from the Conservatorium and the Australian National Academy of Music. Not every day that one gets to listen to the music of one of the world's best performers in a particular instrument. I find the French horn (and its friends, e.g., the Vienna horn) rather curious instruments but I cannot fault their use in baroque, classical, or romantic compositions. Tomorrow night is String Sextets, and I have obviously failed to make a bondage pun about that.
Having provided a semi-prurient click-bait headline, I regret to reform gentle readers that the topics perhaps are not quite as expected. The first involves the sort of combined social event and political strategy meeting that one should come to expect from The Rookery; in this case, a rather delightful dinner with some of the main campaigners from Sex Work Law Reform Victoria Inc; an interesting topic of conversation in the evening was whether the Australian Red Cross has legitimate grounds for some rather broad discriminatory practices. As for the second item? Well, that again comes back to The Rookery's location in the arts precinct of Melbourne; a quick reference to attending a rather delightful ensemble concert with Liana F., held at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music featuring special guest artist Stefan Dohr from the Berliner Philharmoniker featuring horn ensembles from the Conservatorium and the Australian National Academy of Music. Not every day that one gets to listen to the music of one of the world's best performers in a particular instrument. I find the French horn (and its friends, e.g., the Vienna horn) rather curious instruments but I cannot fault their use in baroque, classical, or romantic compositions. Tomorrow night is String Sextets, and I have obviously failed to make a bondage pun about that.
