So no more running away. I aim to misbehave.

Mal in "Serenity"


Recent Items

That Fascinating Thing

In: JTTW / Dancing / Routines

That Fascinating Thing - Squirrel Nuts Zipper

Me & K-A Doll @ PPP

Blues phrasing - 1 phrase = 6x 8-counts

More...

You And Me And The Bottle Make Three Tonight

In: JTTW / Dancing / Routines

You And Me And The Bottle Make Three Tonight - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Me & K-A Doll @ Very Very Variety night, The Order of Melbourne

32-bar swing
1 phrase = 4x 8-counts

More...

I Wish You Love

In: JTTW / Resources / Song Lyrics

French: Que rest-t-il de nos amours

More...

The Bare Necessities

In: JTTW / Resources / Song Lyrics

Louis Armstrong's version

More...

Casablanca

In: JTTW / Resources / Song Lyrics

I fell in love with you watching Casablanca
Back row of the drive in show in the flickering light
Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars became champagne and caviar
Making love on a long hot summers night

I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablance
Holding hands 'neath the paddle fans in Rick's Candle lit cafe
Hiding in the shadows from the spies. Moroccan moonlight in your eyes
Making magic at the movies in my old chevrolet

Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by

I guess there're many broken hearts in Casablanca
You know I've never really been there. so, I don't know
I guess our love story will never be seen on the big wide silver screen
But it hurt just as bad when I had to watch you go

Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh

Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
I love you more and more each day as time goes by

How Shit Happens

In: JTTW / Resources / GSOH

The Plan

In the beginning was the Plan.

And then came the Assumptions.

And the Assumptions were without form.

And darkness was upon the face of the Workers.

And they spoke among themselves, saying, "It is a crock of shit, and it stinketh."

And the workers went unto their Supervisors and said, "It is a pail of dung, and none may abide the odour thereof."

And the Supervisors went unto their Managers, saying,

"It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide by it."

And the Managers went unto their Directors, saying, "It is a vessel of fertiliser, and none may abide it's strength."

And the Directors spoke amongst themselves, saying one to another, "It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very strong."

And the Directors then went onto the Vice Presidents, saying unto them, "It promotes growth and is very powerful."

And the Vice Presidents went unto the President, saying unto him,

"This new plan will actively promote the growth and vigour of the company; with powerful effects."

And the President looked upon the Plan, and saw that it was good.

And the Plan became Policy.

This is How Shit Happens.

My Swing dancing development

Highlights of my Swing dancing development, from the beginning.

Read more...

Jazz Steps

In: JTTW / Resources / Swing

The ones that I've learned.

More...

You're The Cream in My Coffee

In: JTTW / Resources / Song Lyrics

Lyrics and Music by B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
Originally published in 1923.
Recorded by the Ben Selvin Orchestra, and singer Ruth Etting on January 14, 1929 in New York City for Columbia Records.
Originally issued on Columbia 1707 D (Matrix W147779)
From the films Hold Everything and The Cockeyed World.

I like the version on Michael McQuaid's Red Hot Rhythm Makers' "Rhythm Of The Day" CD.

More...

Friendship: Men vs Women

In: JTTW / Resources / GSOH

Friendship Between Women:

A woman didn't come home one night. The next day she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's house. The husband called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew about it.

Friendship Between Men:

A man didn't come home one night. The next day he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house.
The wife called her husband's 10 best friends. Eight of them confirmed that he had slept over, and two claimed that he was still there.

Feminist C-bomb

In: JTTW / Resources / GSOH

The word **** as opposed to the traditional vagina is used consistently throughout this publication in an effort to reclaim a word that for too long has been viewed as the most offensive insult in the English language. The UQ Union views the **** as a region of women s bodies that is central to their sexuality and a vessel through which we all are born. Therefore it should be used with respect rather than disgust. The use of **** in its appropriate context removes the negative stigma that surrounds the word. We prefer the word **** to vagina as vagina originates from a word meaning sheath for a sword , which reduces the function of women s bodies to the mere fulfilment of heterosexual male pleasure. The feminist reclamation of **** does more than disable the sting from this male insult; it also reverts to its usage in ancient matriarchal societies as a term of respect for women of high status.
While we acknowledge that not all women feel comfortable with the use of the word, we ask that you respect our decision to use **** in this publication. It is a protest against the way that women are conditioned to internalise patriarchal definitions of their anatomy to the extent that they find the mere utterance of the word offensive. By no means do we intend to insult fellow women, but rather to empower them to take back what is theirs.
Respectfully yours,
UQ Union

Recent articles

In Big Ball of Mud

Securing websites with hardened Apache configurations and mod-security

My paper and presentation at the SAGE-AU 2006 conference in Canberra.

Incorporating open source software development into Computer Science and Software Engineering education

My paper presented at the Australian Undergraduate Students' Computing Conference (AUSCC) 2004.

In Journey To The West

My Swing dancing development

Highlights of my Swing dancing development, from the beginning.

St Latin Silver Routines

Routines: Salsa, Merengue, Mambo @ Melbourne Uni Dancesport St Latin Silver class