Posts by Danielle
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That was amazing. I was in a very uncomfortable position when I started reading it, as this was meant to be a drive-by computer visit. I have now pulled a muscle because I couldn't stop reading and I was so mesmerised that I forgot to move. :)
Thank you.
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Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe. This is my great-great-aunt.
(I am also blue-eyed and the palest-skinned person ever, so it's not readily apparent. :) )
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many thousands of folk in the southern areas come from bloodlines like myself
Some of us in Auckland do too...
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Or tasteless parades of buff silicon down the main drag.
I think that might be a track on the new Sufjan Stevens album.
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It's almost got a retro kitsch nostalgia value.
I have one of Those People myself. I often enjoy it in terms of retro kitsch. And if the thing he sends is particularly egregious (let's just say that this person lives in a town in the rural US with a population of about 3,000 people, and I'll let your imagination fuel the rest), I can always have a wee debate with him. Usually it ends up with me calling him a right-wing nutcase, and he calls me a communist lunatic, and we both shake our heads ruefully, and all is then right with the world. (Of course, he is related to me and I am sincerely very fond of him, so that might be a bit different.)
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(You may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, etc.)
I regularly have 'gosh, I wish that very funny man hadn't died' moments. Sigh.
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Best use of a... John Farnham song in a recent film
Sort of irrelevant sidebar: Danny McBride, the TV looter in the final moments of that clip, is my new favourite person. Friends in America (TM) are able to send you Eastbound & Down , which is six half-hour episodes of pure uncomfortable comedic joy. (Warning: contains mullets, rednecks, pickup trucks, swearing, and baseball.)
My new life's ambition: to own a leopard-skin jetski.
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I realised on the way home from work that we've done seven whole pages without a post-title-referencing 'coulda been a contender' joke. I think we're slipping, frankly.
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the butt-ugly "pohutukawa flower" thingy
I am the only person in the world who loves that thingy!
It can come and be installed in my garden any time.
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The first rule in responding to anyone who is brave enough to disclose abuse of any kind is to take it seriously.
Oh Hilary, that's so naive. The First Law of Ranapia clearly states that all parties must be blamed equally for any transgression. The abuse is waaaaay down the list of priorities here.