Tag: life
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Who is this ‘they’ of which they speak?
“They say money can’t buy you happiness,” I said, “but I say hand it over! Those freaks just aren’t trying.” “Yeah,” said J., “Anyway, I’d rather be rich & unhappy than poor & unhappy any day.” “Good point!” *pause to contemplate all the things we could do with money* “They also say you’d get bored…
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Sometimes I write notes to myself. This is such a note.
Discovering a cheerful ‘help yourself!’ sign in the kitchen at work, & beneath the sign a plate of fruit buns (you know, like hot cross buns, except for the fact it’s not Easter), & hearing myself inadvertently shout, “Ooooh, fruit buns!” before collecting one particularly plump, shiny bun to drop into my mouth, I realised…
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No, I am not over-reacting
There’s something kinda evil about ducks. The way they fix you with those knowing, beady black pips of eyes. You ever notice that? untoward‘s noticed: http://www.asofterworld.com/soft_aug5_2005.htm
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Vale Valhalla
So, I’ve only just heard about the demise of the Valhalla Cinema in Glebe, & though it’s a shame to lose that crazy old arthouse den, on the other hand I’m not surprised. Because of the smell. That place always smelled bad. And it was creepy. I felt like I was entering the First Layer…
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Or just damn good fun
“But so it is, that there is a secret affinity, a hankering after evil in the human mind, and that it takes a perverse, but a fortunate delight in mischief, since it is a never-failing source of satisfaction. Pure good soon grows insipid, wants variety and spirit. Pain is a bittersweet, which never surfeits. Love…
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Just another day at the office
The players: N. = male, late fifties, delightfully full European accent. D. = me. No accent. Or age. Or… well, female. The play: N., with great aplomb & a certain amount of wincing, slowly lowers himself to one knee, clasps hold of D.’s hand and touches his forehead to her fingers. He says, “Sweetheart. Apple…
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Why I want to be Heath Ledger
Allens Fantales: Australian chewy choc-caramel lollies with biographies of celebrities on the wrappers. They work like this: Person 1, chewing, & speaking awkwardly with a mouth full of chewy choc-caramel, reading their lolly wrapper: “So. I got Madonna. That whore. Did you know her second name was Louise? So who’d you get?” Person 2, sucking…
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But first, wow
http://www.livejournal.com/users/zarq/308963.html “There’s a powerful video out from Sarah McLachlan for her song “World on Fire”. (Quicktime Embedded Video) Videos normally cost approximately $150,000 to make, excluding special effects wizardry. This one cost $15. “The money that would have been spent on her hair, makeup, production studio, etc., was instead donated to 11 charities, for a…
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Linkity-split
chork — v. (chork) — to make the sound shoes make with water in them. (Thanks, capnoblivious.) And BTW, I LOVE this weather. I hadn’t even noticed the absence of rain in Sydney until the news reports started blah blah blahing about water restrictions, but now that classic Sydney rain is back, I’ve realised how…