Month: December 2010
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Holiday Update
The Christmas holiday has been interesting. I made a roast dinner for a couple of friends who happened to be in town or had no other place to be and then ended up have a marathon of Californication’s third season. I could say I haven’t received anything, but that would be something of a lie.…
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Stencil Workshop Fun
I’m a little distracted at the moment. I am perched waiting for a call from work. The reason: they need to me to run some backup for a database that is being moved between servers. Today, I went to a stencil art workshop run by local artist E.L.K. So we cut up sheets of acetate…
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From the Inbox
Earlier this week I had received a parcel from Elouise of Smells Like Zines. Inside, was her latest zine “Dave is Hairy” and her brother, Bede’s zine, Random Pete. Dave is Hairy is a full colour pitch for Dave Roche, author of the zine About My Disappearance. It’s mostly about aspects of Antipodean life, which…
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Goddamit
There have been no posts, because things are really crazy right now. I returned to find work had piled up while I was gone and basically it was 5 people doing the work of at least 8. And this means we can only work on the necessary daily chores rather than work on the projects…
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Roller Derby Saturday
The roller derby bout between the Sydney Assassins and Canberra’s Vice City Rollers was something I was looking forward to for about a month. It was Lord of the Rink, Battle of the Two Towers and was held at the AIS in an actual arena, being a massive crowd and match to boot. Sadly, I…
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Last Notes from the Train Station
It’s been a week since I made any updates. Time to wrap this Japan business up. I’ve been back for a week, slowly re-adjusting to work and sleeping in my bed. Here is something I wrote on the last day before taking the train to the airport: “I’m early for my next train by about…
The Screaming Wall 