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Saturday, February 8th, 2020 09:55 pmAmazingly lucky to see this. Ican't even begin to talk about it but here's the write-up.Created on country in North East Arnhem Land with the Yunupiŋu family, Buŋgulis a ceremonial celebration of one of the transcendent albums of our time. You re invited to experience the traditional songs, dances and paintings that inspired Gurrumul s final album, Djarrimirri (Child of the Rainbow), in a live performance by Yolŋu dancers, songmen and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra directed by Senior Yolngu Don Wininba Ganambarr and Nigel Jamieson. Djarimirri was Gurrumul s gift to the world. An astounding achievement of music acclaimed the world over, it presented traditional songs and harmonised chants from his traditional Yolŋu life with hypnotic orchestral compositions. Now, in his honour, his family add a further cultural and immersive visual dimension to this historic work, performing the songlines that have forged their identity and every aspect of their existence since the beginning of time. Buŋgul represents a majestic union of two disparate worlds. It points to a potential contemporary Australian identity grounded in and drawing upon the extraordinary knowledge, understanding and wisdom of First Nation People that inspires us all listen to and care for the precious land we share.Tags:art,musicAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink2 commentsReplySunday, February 2nd, 2020 01:27 pmLast year me, Sertraline (Eleva, Zoloft), Agomelatine (Valdoxan, Melitor, Thymanax), Bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban), Apo-Atomoxetine (Strattera), Vortioxetine (Trintellix, Brintellix), Lurasidone (Latuda), Lamotrigine (Lamictal) and Ritalin did our best to keep my neuro-chemicals fit for purpose where the purpose was to stay alive and person on the regular. Looks like that might finally be working out. Yay!I read a book, I'm reading another one!Tags:dear diaryAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink12 commentsReplySunday, February 2nd, 2020 09:11 amSweet, fun, a little bit goofy, first-contact science fiction with a tang of earthy (heh) pragmatism.Gaia Jones just wants to run a snack bar and what better place to do it than the giant alien facility built by their brand new... 'friends?' from outer space. Her somewhat antisocial life-style takes a hit when she assists an alien with an illness and inadvertently takes on a lot more than she expected.Mad points for plausible interesting aliens and alien contact.Tags:reading,z:nicole kimberlingAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink15 commentsReplyMonday, January 15th, 2018 07:38 pmOpium wars, the high seas, imperialism and colonialism. TheIbis, an ex-slave ship is re-fitted to carry opium and indentured servants, becomes the focal point of the story as far-flung characters start to converge. Deeti is fleeing her dreadful rapey brother-in-law, Zachary has fled racism and accidentally jumped up a class or two, Neel is on his way to prison and Paulette, too seeks a better future.This is rich, evocative, and full of complex language and details. I can see why it was Booker shortlisted, they all seem to have that intensely personal, wordy style. I want to love this more thanI do, the (realistic) sexual violence makes me angry and sad and my willingness to experience it in fiction when I have to put up with it in life is very low.Tags:reading,z:amitav ghoshAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink2 commentsReplySunday, December 24th, 2017 05:20 pmRich, complex and earthy. It sounds more like I'm trying to describe a wine but seriously, this is beautiful, vivid storytelling. At it's simplest this is a whodunnit, but there's so much more going on... family and culture, myths and legends. Sonokrom is a place that has not changed for hundreds of years; the men and women speak the language of the forest, drink aphrodisiacs with their palm wine and commune with the spirits of their ancestors. However, the woman's intrusion and ensuing events lead to an invasion from Accra, the capital city, spearheaded by Kayo; a young forensic pathologist convinced that scientific logic can shatter even the most inexplicable of mysteries. Warning: cruelty to woman, cruelty to childrenTags:reading,z:nii ayikwei parkesAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink0 commentsReplySaturday, June 24th, 2017 11:24 am*taps mic* is this thing still on? Two thingsI'm gonna need to vent for a few days (weeks?) until I stop having all these feelingsThis was SO MUCH LESS HORRIBLE because I had support and advice and information so I am paying it forward. In brief: I went to a tech conference, I got a call in my hotel room on my hotel phone at 11pm from a man with an American accent who said he d been watching me, it looked like I was having fun in my hotel room, and how about he join me in my hotel room. I declined and hung up. My chat group validated my initial horrified reaction and supported me through calling hotel security, getting my room changed, and his eventual discovery and expulsion from the hotel. On stalking: It is never OK to do this kind of thing, it is not funny, it is not sexy. It made me feel unsafe. It meant the next day, until he was gone, that I second-guessed every interaction at that conference (of which men were probably 90% of the attendees) and wasted a lot of energy managing anxiety when I could have been benefiting from that very expensive conference ticket. I m probably going to be having feelings about this for a long time. On social networks: I was too busy being half awake and alarmed to have an effective response when this happened. It took time to process, it was my social network who prompted me through calling security and requesting the room change, I asked for my conference ID badge to be redacted on my own, but it took a few hours before I was thinking strategically and not just feeling overwhelmed. They validated my feelings, made me feel like it was OK to ask for what I needed, and meant I never felt alone. THANK YOU. Treasure the good people you meet in your life, nurture those relationships and share your strength when you can. On scripts: Being prepared, having a response, knowing what I could say or do or expect can make a huge difference to my emotional well being, and to how I choose to act. It enables me to act rather than freeze up in difficult situations, it means I can protect myself, and it means I can stand up for myself and others. My proposed future Script Complain to hotel security, that s what they are forRequest a room change, a different room when someone creepy knows where you are is A Good Thing.Complain to the police - I am sad I did not do this, awful!person could have been going home with a police record that might contribute to a future someone s safety. This is gonna work better from some humans than others, I m going to wield being a white woman-ish person as hard as I can given it s what I have to work with. On positive action: One of my coping strategies is to try and find a positive action I can do, it helps me channel fear and anger into something that generates better feelings, and makes me feel less helpless when faced with something awful. My positive actions for this event are: To share this with you; may this be in some way useful or empowering for youTo inoculate my workplace (via complaining about this a lot) in order to a) share my script with female coworkers and b) let my male coworkers know this is not OK and has consequences.To reflect on how lucky I am to have such excellent support networks, that there were responsive hotel staff, and supportive conference staff(Chat transcript)Gah. The End. Tags:feminist stuff,sent off to be improvedAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink9 commentsReplyFriday, August 22nd, 2014 02:07 pmzorana provided her invaluable self to a couple of marathons and I have now caught up on some of my shows.Arrow - attempting to catch up and made some great progress while auditing my music collection (now in two folders called sorted and pit of voles ). Ollie is still ridiculous but Felicity and Diggle are so much funIn the Flesh - liked episode 1, not fluffy watching, will have to ration carefullyGrimm S03 - up to date and still in love, have forgiven sudden attack of the stupid to set up the S03 cliffhanger on account of Munroe and Rosalie awesome and potential to explore Nick and Juliette being able to choose the Grimm lifestyle voluntarily. Babygrimm FTW!Orphan Black - up to date and deeply invested, so many issues, so many questions, so much plot. Maslany was robbed at the Emmy sTeen Wolf - did not have to marathon as cupidsbow and I have a standing weekly TW watching date which also gives me a front row seat on the fabulous meta being producedMoviesGuardians of the Galaxy - surprisingly goodX-Men: Days of Future Past - ehTop Hat (Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire) - adorable and fluffyCasablanca - rewatching for the upteenth timeTags:movies,tvAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink0 commentsReplyWednesday, August 20th, 2014 01:21 pm Born out of many happy hours playing Skyrim before ESO launched in April. Initial exposure waszorana's fault, closely followed by maharetr who also got into Skyrim and brother J. who pointed out ESO was about to go live and enthused at me over the Beta.BEST THING: The thing that blows me away the most is that I have now become accustomed to constantly seeing female non player characters of every race performing all the roles. It took me over 200 hours of gameplay to start taking the abundance of female characters for granted. That s over 200 hours that I spent feeling surprised and delighted every time I met a new female NPC. Now I just get the odd burst when I encounter another married same-sex couple engaged in gay activities like fighting pirates, memorialising their long, happy life together, or dealing with the health issues associated with being a secret werewolf.NEXTBESTTHING: gaming group with maharetr, ascetic_hedony and A. after we all realised we were more invested in roleplaying Khajiit then we were in optimising for racial bonuses. We meet once or twice a week and Do All The Quests or run around Cyrodiil (the player killing map) screaming and dying together. There is no situation that cannot be improved by a fireball trebuchet. WORST THING: No reason field when you add a character to your ignore list. It s not essential, but it s an excellent indicator a complaint is accurate if an account has a lot of ignores and comments like gold farmer sexist jerk or troll associated with them. Having said that, the chat tone is surprisingly good and I've seen some nuanced social policing going on.Tags:geek stuffAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink3 commentsReplyThursday, October 31st, 2013 10:20 pmMoviesCity of Bones - watchable, feels like a young woman's fantasy life all smushed together. I'm not opposed.After Earth - stopped after 15 mins. I want to support this movie but it was too boring for me to watch.TelevisionArrow Season 2 - Ollie is still awful but the rest of the cast makes up for itBeauty and the Beast (2012) - YOU ARE ALL FIRED, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS EXISTED? It's full of melodrama and ridiculous angst and lovely LOVELY female characters and plots that don't shame women and it has evil, lurking corporations. Elementary - happens when I'm in the room, no objections and quite a lot of love for Watson.Grimm Season 3 - still fun and Monroe is still awesomeMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D - too boring to watch, so sad. Holding out for a Peggy Carter series.Orphan Black - GOLD, PUREGOLD.Sleepy Hollow - on probation, but has many pleasing qualitiesSupernatural Season 8 - so much better than seasons 6 7, it's like having an old friend backTags:movies,tvAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink5 commentsReplyThursday, October 31st, 2013 10:09 pmIn fabulous news G. only had aggressive diffuse large B cell lymphoma and we're now in cycle 3 of 6 of chemotherapy - did you know you're not supposed to kiss babies when you're full of chemo drugs? I've now been to the Emergency Department of three different hospitals and hung out in four - very good knitting opportunities. I feel like I should get frequent flyer points or a 'patient transfer' sticker for my car or something.We're in the market for a good henna painter / tattooist what with the hair loss and excellent canvas space emerging. Any recommendations?Tags:dear diary,people in this worldAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink9 commentsReplyTuesday, August 20th, 2013 10:48 pmIn a burst of unwelcome news my close friend G. got diagnosed with aggressive diffuse large B cell lymphoma ( cureable ) and possible double hit lymphoma ( poor prognosis ). We're waiting on further analysis to find out which one it is. On the plus side G. is stage 1, the specialist is kind of awesome, and it turns out you can access life insurance in these kinds of situations. We're about to embark on the GoodShip Chemotherapy - at least G. is. I plan to hang out in a supportive way, knit amusing hats and mine the internet for the last 10 years worth of adorable animal videos.We spent most of today in hospital for an unrelated health emergency which resulted in maharetrcollecting G.'s car from where it was left this morning, and the QFHC realising to our dismay that none of us can figure out how to put it in reverse. *hums relevant song* We managed to get it tucked away on our verge using the Elvish power of Shoving (thought to be lost before the end of the Second Age) and are experiencing a small amount of car related shame.Iam pulling back on 'stuff' in general and volunteer activities in specific since between job hunting, doing my last MBA unit and supporting G. I'm feeling stretched.If you have any good suggestions for knitted or crocheted hats I'd love to hear them.Tags:dear diary,people in this worldAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink8 commentsReplySunday, July 28th, 2013 09:56 pmPacific Rim - I thought all I wanted was giant robots and dinosaurs but it turns out Ialso wanted it to make a little more sense. It's possible the mecha genre is always like this in which case please forgive my ignorance. Yes. One or more people who worked on Pacific Rim have either collaborated with Roman Polanski or publicly expressed support for him. Guillermo del Toro (Director)Wolverine - Mmm, dead over-sexualised lesbians. I appreciated Wolverine giving up his mainpain, I liked some of the movie, I had low expectations which is always a good idea. Yes.One or more people who worked on The Wolverine have either collaborated with Roman Polanski or publicly expressed support for him.Hiroyuki Sanada (Shingen Yashida)She Done Him Wrong - a total gem. Mae West is a fast talking unstoppable bombshell of wit and giant feathery outfits. No! None of the cast or crew of She Done Him Wrong have collaborated with Roman Polanski or publicly expressed support for him.Seven Year Itch - tried very hard but a movie entirely about a creep is hard to take. Did not finish. Marilyn was adorable and the famous air vent scene surprisingly understated. No! None of the cast or crew of The Seven Year Itch have collaborated with Roman Polanski or publicly expressed support for him.Tags:moviesAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink0 commentsReplyTuesday, July 16th, 2013 08:52 pmItem Apparent Health Many cashews and almonds Excellent One television remote Excellent The handle of a pair of scissors Excellent A piece of skirting board Excellent Untold amounts of Tupperware Excellent Gluten Free Marshmallows Excellent Chunk of raw ginger larger than my thumb Excellent Half a pink thong Excellent Lid of a travel coffee mug Excellent Many raw potatoes Excellent A parsnip Excellent Another couch cushion Excellent One stuffed qokka Excellent Three socks Excellent One sneaker shoelace Excellent One rose bush Excellent Two packets of rice paper Excellent Three tissue boxes Excellent Cable for warming dog bed Excellent Many tennis balls Excellent Cable for iDevice recharger Excellent Garden Fertiliser Excellent Couch cushion Excellent Russian Caraven loose leaf tea Excellent Several nectarines Excellent A bag of green string beans Excellent Tags:wooferAdd MemoryShare This EntryLink7 commentsReply

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