I just want to be alone

But whenever I say that, I realise how lonely I am.

adorable freaks

There comes a moment in everyone’s life when you find yourself thinking, “you are not supposed to be able to put your leg behind your head like that”. And then you realise that is in fact what the little Chinese girl in front of you is doing and you wiggle your toes in your shoes [...]

David Attenborough honourary Australian of the Year

I’m so heartbroken by the Australia Day violence, the fallout and the discussion associated with it that I can’t think straight. Let me just leave you with this awesome quote from Sir David Attenborough, who I kind of want to take over the running of the world before it gets any worse.
“They tell me to [...]

thoughts on Australian patriotism

I think there’s something very sad going on when people associate a national flag with fear and violence. Just because there’s a lot of that theme around the blogosphere this morning and it’s making me so very depressed. It’s making me think about patriotism and how it means different things to different people. Sure bigots [...]

Aussie, aussie, aussie?

I went to a Fourth of July concert once in Houston. I suppose for what it was it was okay, there was music (I hadn’t realised the Beach Boys were still alive, so there you go), there were fireworks, there were flyovers by fighter jets or something. There were stalls selling over-priced junk, you couldn’t [...]

I see your eyes glazing over already

People say they don’t like to hear about other people’s dreams. I totally understand, it’s rare that they are interesting to people not actually dreaming them and long tales that finish with “and the the book turned into a bat and flew away” aren’t exactly intellectually stimulating. But there is a weird, almost mystical quality [...]

you call this a fair go?

I really feel sorry for the Muslim community. Every time some wankstain calling themselves a “community leader” has something ridiculous to say it ends up leading news bulletins all over the country. Aside from the fact that these diatribes are rarely representative of the wider Muslim community, what it does is offer the populace another opportunity [...]

wait a while: tales from the most isolated capital city on Earth

Perth people are a unique breed. Anything new happening in Perth needs to be poo-pooed, bah-humbuged, shouted down and had a former-Premier-turned-lobbyist make phone calls about it. Then nothing happens. It seems pretty Perth-specific behaviour to me, but what do I know. Does it happen where you are?
Some time ago there was a suggestion about a new [...]

President Obama

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act — not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed [...]

actual headline

Fat females now have an excuse: study
In case you were wondering no, they’re not referring to rats, cows or any other beasts of burden. They’re referring to human females. Some people, those who considered human females actually human, would refer to them as women. Obviously not whoever wrote this headline who could clearly barely contain his/her hatred. 
 This [...]