Posts by Danielle
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I belong to the Race of the Squat, which has only been exacerbated by having a kid, and I've never been happier in my life. Suck it, angst.
(This has been your daily Personal Anecdata Post Which Doesn't Prove Anything Much.)
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Jacqui Dunn,
Heavy bones!
I read this the other day, and I wasn't looking at her... bones. :)
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Not having to decorate is a plus for me.
There's nowt so queer as folk. :)
Yeah, I can see that - depending on your priorities - renting might be better for a lot of people. For me it's absolutely not, however.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Pat Hackett,
How much does Mirren’s longer locks play a part in this impression (subconciously).
Fuck only knows. The point is, you don't get to hand out haircut instructions unless asked.
Also: 'women are like this, men are like that' anecdata makes me stabby.
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beholden to the bank on a monthly basis
I’d rather be beholden to a bank than a landlord. I’ve had some fucking weird and/or power-mad landlords.
ETA:
then on average you’d be better off renting
People always say this, but renting in NZ sucks unless you can pay top dollar. You get the house sold out from under you and have to move; you can never get the landlord to agree to upgrade anything; strange shit happens like them dropping by all the time or living down the road and lurking nearby (I know this is illegal, but it happened to me a lot); you can’t decorate the way you want; you can hardly ever have the pet you want. It bites. I’d rather not, thanks.
ETA (again) to add: I mean, I personally am happy to pay quite a lot more money to make my home life less annoying.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Isn't it 'woozy', though?
(I would go to that museum.)
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to recordari,
In the 60s, the aunt of a friend of mine went and got one of those pixie gamine cuts like Twiggy's. She came out of the hairdresser's and was immediately approached by an ancient wino, who said with some horror in Barry Crump-esque tones "Jesus CHRIST lady, what the HELL have you done to your hair?"
I think it's safe to say that reaction was a bridge too far.
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He's certainly a stubborn bugger, isn't he?
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Jackie Clark,
I do not want to live forever. All things have their time.
Yeah, nah, fuck that. I want to be cryogenically frozen or some shit. I'll even take being a brain in a jar.
Lay off with the instructions about what to do!
Word. If it drove me crazy when my beloved grandfather told me to keep my hair long, I am even less likely to react favourably to Rapunzel orders from anyone else.
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Speaker: Medical Journal, Chapter V, in reply to Russell Brown,
The alternative is ... the men's group. Sweet Jesus, no.
I now have a perverse desire for you all to gather in a circle in the bush somewhere and beat each other meaningfully with small handfuls of aromatic twigs.