Posts by Danielle
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my continuing 'merkin accent
I don't think I ever really collected one of those (except the kind you use for the service industry over there, just to make yourself understood). But I grew up in a house with two accents, and now live in a house with two accents, so I probably have some weird hybrid I can't actually hear, and anyone who's met me is now going to be all 'you totally sound like Moon Unit Zappa!' or something.
If anyone compares NZ unfavourably to the US on some issue (consumerist joy or whatever), my husband says 'yes, that's true. But also? We have universal healthcare. I'll take that.' I don't think anyone from the US who moves here permanently ever takes that for granted. Particularly at the moment.
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photo of the King's Arms from the late 19th century
Awesome!
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the movie theatre monstrosity
It is hideous. And dangerous for kids. And for people who are nervous about heights, sort of scary. But at the same time, it's so totally nuts that it's almost appealing: a grand folly. Every time I go in there I marvel at how user-unfriendly it is (those tiny corridors to the loos and the lifts! The insanely high escalators! That crazily long spiral staircase which gives you vertigo almost immediately!). Who were the architects?
I miss DKD too...
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Well, perhaps she thought you were making a move, because you mentioned the commando thing? So she was deflecting said move. I dunno.
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Friday's Malkmus gig was just the latest in a string of shows
The only thing I could see of Malkmus was his groin. From the garden bar. Ironically, being short, my view was actually *worse* from inside the King's Arms. And sitting in the garden bar left a lot to be desired, atmosphere-wise. Meh.
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exposing yourself is implicitly exposing yourself to judgement
Word. I would rather - and frequently do - go home in wet togs underneath tracksuit pants than get changed in a communal changing room. (Of course, that could also be partly because my home shower is exponentially better than the pool shower, and because I have issues with remembering to bring appropriate clothing and accessories. But mainly it's because of the Judgeypants thing. I think I need to harden up.)
And I have at least two pairs of red. Danielle, if Emma ever wrongs us, I think we'll know what to do.
The other day, while clearing out the spare room, I found my purple suede fringed go-go boots, inherited from my husband's grandmother. Would they be Emma's Worst Shoe Nightmare?
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Who isn't averse to yellow shoes?
I have two pairs of yellow shoes...
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Yeah, not like punks ever did that themselves, eh?
Or David Bowie, either.
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Television has gotten so bad that giving it up was almost an issue of self-defence.
My three-point plan for not being such a Debbie Downer about television:
1. Get thee to a decent DVD rental shop.
2. Get The Wire. (You could also get probably ten other really fantastic TV shows, off the top of my head, but I'm simplifying matters for you.)
3. Hush it up. -
the edgy, fragile version of 'Wild Horses' performed in duet by Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams
You're now putting up at least one mp3 especially for me every Friday, right Russell? :)