Posts by Emma Hart
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Muse: Linky Love, in reply to Rich Lock,
she’s slightly less blandly inoffensive than a pot of natural yogurt
Yes, what's offensive about Bella is her total lack of offensiveness. Or personality. Or character traits. Though, yes, from what I hear, more so in the books than the movies, which I haven't seen.
But. I'm kind of not really into over-reading pop culture. I haven't even taken a side in the GRR Martin wars.
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Bella who, apparently, "grown-ups" (well, "second-wave feminists") hate with the force of a thousand suns.
I resent the implication here that third-wave feminists don't also hate the living fuck out of Bella. We grew up with Buffy. We have standards.
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Legal Beagle: Referendum Fact Check #5:…, in reply to linger,
going independent/ forming new parties? Not as far as I remember.
(though ... when did Winston leave National?)
Anderton left Labour and formed New Labour well before MMP.
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Up Front: Absence in the Arcades, in reply to JacksonP,
Bravo, sir.
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Up Front: Absence in the Arcades, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
A handy historical (and chronological) list of Chchch cinemas
Cheers, Ian.
My favourite memories are of the Westend, but architecturally the one I miss the most is The Savoy. It was so ridiculously beautiful. (North-east corner, by Warners and the Press building.) Had it been preserved, we could have had our own Roxy or Civic.
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Up Front: Absence in the Arcades, in reply to Sacha,
Different cinema. When I arrived in Christchurch, the square was basically completely surrounded by movie theatres. The one by the post office became the aquarium. The Westend did the Midnight Movie showings. Rocky Horror, Betty Blue, Clockwork Orange. We used to stand for God Save the Queen.
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Up Front: Absence in the Arcades, in reply to Sacha,
Fave was little place over the road from Cathedral Square, near Chancery Lane. Probably where that vacant lot is on Google Maps..
In the Westend cinema building. That was a pre-earthquake demolition
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Up Front: Absence in the Arcades, in reply to Megan Wegan,
And I was not arguing!
It's true. We were exploring our options in a constructive manner.
So. Fork and Brewer. Not at all chosen on any kind of "how far can I walk back to my hotel drunk and wearing heels" calculus. Next Thursday. From five. Come and help me relax, Wellington.
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Up Front: Absence in the Arcades, in reply to Megan Wegan,
More because it feels so hard and I don’t want to come down and be all “earthquake tourist”, and end up making it worse for you guys.
One thing that struck me as really odd yesterday: there were actual tourists all over the place. Dutch/German (they all sound the same to me, sorry), Japanese, French, all maps and backpacks. And I can understand it when I think about it, but initially it really surprises me.
not because I don’t want to see y’all
Fortunately, I will be taking my Preferred Show Week Option, and leaving the city. Drinks. Wellington. Next Thursday. When Megan and I stop arguing about bars yous all should come by.
I fear how upset I’m bound to feel when I see any of this for myself again.
There was a moment... The retention of part of the Ballantynes building lets you anchor yourself in the sea of demolished emptiness. Which in a way is good, but also... led to a moment of realising I was standing right where Guthries Arcade used to be, before it utterly vanished without trace. And I was hit by the memory of eating souvlaki in the food court there... twenty years ago? When it still had a functioning food court. Likewise, the view across Colombo St reminded me of the Puzzled Dragon, which was Big in 1990. Interesting to see memory already starting to play these tricks and erase the time in between.
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Hard News: Walking upright again, in reply to Tamsin6,
The Press is now saying:
Quake authorities have given Christ Church Cathedral 10 days to come up with a plan for partial demolition - not full deconstruction as previously reported.
Brownlee did say "a full deconstruction". He was wrong. You may wish to substitute your own words for "wrong"...