Posts by Danielle
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Never has a single person been so wrong so often and so egregiously about so many things.
He's a smarmy git 'n' all.
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Although I think it might be a wee bit explicit for Mills and Boon.
Mills and Boon (and Harlequin, who own Mills and Boon) have shexay sub-series called things like 'Desire' - they usually have red accents on the covers and are very explicit about throbbing manhoods and whatnot. (When I worked at a public library, we used to hold up those books as they came in and see which pages they fell open at: invariably the throbbing manhood scenes!)
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And Little Women, because I never had.
All right, hands up: who hates Beth?
You have all driven me, via shame and embarrassment as a crappy-not-much-reading-over-summer librarian, to pick up some books again: today, I have decided to embark upon a 'New Zealand Novels of the 20th Century' reading project. Number one is Jane Mander's The Story of a New Zealand River . Robin Hyde follows...
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I missed the NZ light - how clear and bright everything looks, for miles and miles. I felt as though I was always looking through soft focus when I was in the northern hemisphere.
holidays to almost limitless European destinations within an hours flight ... a richness of culture and language ...
Well, of course - a lot of people want that stuff. If I had unlimited funds, and time, and no family commitments, I'd be flitting from city to city around the world, looking at wonderful things. It's just... I had to prioritise some things over other things, so the European destinations have to happen in giant lumps several years apart, instead of every other weekend, and in the meantime, I have NZ scenery-sluttery to keep me warm.
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As gay as President Lincoln.
It's knowledge , bro!
That seagull line is a pearler! Among many.
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Hey babe, wanna come up and see my surf break?
That beats etchings any day!
those aspects of NZ are never really touted overseas
Heh. 'Come to New Zealand, it's technologically retarded!' I'm not hugely surprised by that.
We're going to have to disagree on this concept of 'bad places', particularly in westernised countries, where we can all rely to a greater or lesser extent on things like potable water, social stability, electricity, and democratic processes. I don't think New Zealand is 'bad' (nor, actually, do I think the American south is 'bad' - it just has more extreme versions of the problems you noted here, but without the awesome views. Cheaper shoes and more fun pop culture, though), so... I don't know. I'm a Pollyanna. I actively like Auckland, which clearly proves my judgement is poor to all the Wellingtonians. :)
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I think NZ's hype is a thin veneer - sure it's beautiful, but it's also violent, racist, technologically retarded, poor and in many aspects bordering on 3rd world.
You clearly didn't live in the American south when you were overseas. :)
I think it does take quite some time to adjust to everything being slower, less frantic, less crowded, there's less choice... that feeling that you're not in the centre of things, that you're on the edge. Accepting that stuff is probably key to being happy when you come home (or, in my husband's case, key to being happy in a completely new place).
I often find all the talkback-style bitching about NZ... bemusing (is that a word?). But I am a scenery slut, so I'll forgive a few annoying things just to see that view of Piha as you come around the corner at the top of the cliff...
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The other day for instance she started bawling while singing along to "It's not easy being green"... (it was kind of cute).
Kind of? That sounds *aggressively* cute.
'It's Not Easy Being Green' is pretty amazingly poignant for something being mimed by a green felt frog puppet. It has an Important Message! (And then the next moment they'll be doing a hilarious giant pig-Viking extravaganza number while singing 'In the Navy'. The Muppets were so fucking awesome.)
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I just watched Jon's first ever show again, for fun. He looks about four years old and his bits are much more clearly 'scripted' than they are now. Notable: his first guest was a not-at-all debilitated Michael J. Fox (sad), and the long-departed Beth Littleford did a rather hilarious interview with some former Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz.
I'm thinking that there's always going to be something ridiculous to riff on.
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Frost/Nixon was a great surprise (given it was directed by little Ronnie Howard)
I think Ron Howard is pretty good at telling a story. I mean, he's not going to set the world on fire with his mad directorial skillz, but (apart from a few dogs) he generally makes really watchable films (see also: Apollo 13 ). He did a good job explaining that 'battle of the wills' between Frost and Nixon, I thought - the back and forth, the seesawing power struggle. Also: fun sets. 70s-a-palooza!
I would be happy to watch Revolutionary Road for the frocks and set design and Kate, but I might have to go with someone other than my husband, who saw the preview and said 'Christ! There's nothing I hate more than films where white middle class people whine about their lot in life!' Which is an objection I can understand, I suppose.