Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 So I’ve been spending the past few weeks alternating between revising my thesis to try and sell it as a book (New! Improved!) and looking for jobs. I have realized something that legions job-seekers of the world before me already know: looking for a … Continue reading
Author Archives: Caitlin McDonald
Tale of Two Pounds
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 A few days ago I went for a ramble around London in the sunshine. It was a picture-perfect day for exploring city splendors and all was going well until a woman stopped me in the street. She looked distressed. I had a feeling I … Continue reading
The Creature
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Okay, I’ll save you the suspense (what little is left.) I did get a ticket to Frankenstein. Some of you may be wondering, “How on earth does that unemployed PhD with threadbare elbow-patch jackets even manage to afford going to all that theatre anyway?” … Continue reading
A Day on the South Bank
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 About two weeks ago I decided to give myself an early birthday present by heading out to see a play. London is a good place for that sort of thing. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I thought as I walked towards the great hulking form … Continue reading
Wodehousian Metaphysics
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Perhaps, dear readers, you have forgotten about my ongoing quest for a Jeeves. However, it becomes increasingly clear to me as time passes that if I had a Jeeves, the little burdens of my life would be magnificently eased. read more Continue reading
Gis and Gowns: Jiu Jitsu Ball 2011
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 As I reported in my last post, over the weekend I went to the jiu jitsu national ball. If you fancy attempting to punch people (and dodging many punches) all day and then dancing with those same people all night, you can’t do better … Continue reading
A Visit from the Little Firemans/Eclectic Packing List
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Due to the aforementioned Iron Fire of ’11, my housemates and I arranged a visit from our local Fire Station to come inspect our flat, install some smoke alarms, and give us some general fire safety advice. Naturally the prospect of seeing the little … Continue reading
Train Brain
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 I keep saying, “For an unemployed person, I’m awfully busy.” My mom keeps telling me to stop saying this, reminding me that though I don’t have a steady job I’ve been developing some really exciting (if not, y’know, lucrative) projects recently. My mind has … Continue reading
Where are the Women? Raising their Voices
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Egypt is the word in everyone’s minds the past few days. One question I keep hearing surprised me, though–some have asked me why no women have been out protesting. I could only raise an extremely skeptical eyebrow at them, because on the BBC, CNN … Continue reading
Images of Cairo
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Seven days of protesting in Egypt. Cynical as this may seem, instead of thinking, “Wow, I’m grateful to be away while all the trouble is happening,” all I can think is how much I wish I were there to write about it. I think … Continue reading
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