Posts by Craig Ranapia
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to giovanni tiso,
What I really don’t get are volunteers who work in airports. They’re a continuing source of bewilderment to me.
Airports spook me, full stop. But I’d imagine if you were a retired person of a certain temperament, it would be a damn sight more interesting way to meet people than hanging out on a park bench. And if you're a neurotic flyer, like me, a competent, friendly adult pointing you in the right direction is a sanity saver.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Matthew Poole,
And with that, I think possibly some people need to get their homophobia-dars calibrated. If Key’s lead cheerleader will put “mincing” in print to describe their hero’s gait, I’d call it a verb, not a slur.
Fuck the darts. I've got a nice big syringe full of Chlorpromazine for anyone who thinks saying "The Herald did it first" is going to get a sympathetic hearing. Really, privilege-denying dudes?
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to Stephen McCurdy,
Well no, actually. I thought PA had a little more to it. Than, eg, plonking about coffee.
Oh dear, someone is not going to be at all pleased with the three posts I’ve got racked up to go live tomorrow morning… Is it OK to “plonk” about such trivia as Natalie Portman’s deeply cringe-inducing performance in Black Swan, why Americans keep going gaga over British royals like that revolution thingy never happened, and my big gay crush on Hailee Steinfeld?
Oh dear, the secret's out: we sometimes make small talk.
And sometimes we bitch, gossip, obsess about trivia, get very very silly and commit offences against taste, sanity and morals. Thank God for that.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to andin,
So Craig or others has a verdict be reached and I am persona non grata.
No. The rest of your comment really isn’t worth seriously engaging with beyond saying if you’re not homophobic, you’re remarkably tin-eared and privileged about how imputations of effeminacy/homosexuality are used to keep men in their proper place.
I can accept that various younglings of my acquaintance need some schooling in how using “that’s so gay” as a term of disapproval is (unwittingly) perpetuating negative and hateful stereotypes. Kids get a certain number of “monkey see, monkey do” passes, because they’re children.
I can just grit my teeth when Chris Finalyson is called a “mincing moron” or “Tinkerbell” by the Kiwibogger-Substandard troll farms, because I expect nothing better.
But I know Public Address System is better than that, and I think I’m a better person because I’ve been called out for being an arsehole (That includes thoughtless use of gendered/sexist language, and the PAS Women's XV challenging my exercise of male privilege.) When you’ve done throwing yourself a pity party, Andin, I’d like to think you’d prove me right. Because you’re not that guy either.
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Hard News: Hip in the Square, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
No Craig, I wasn't shrugging my shoulders.
Fuckity fuck, Christopher, of course you weren't. My apologies for not making it clear I was making a general comment not a personal slam on you or the Auckland Council or the Laneway Festival organisers. Even if events like this aren't my cup of tea, they're still part of a city worth living in -- and I just hope that, this time, it will be a learning experience for everyone concerned.
(As a sidebar: My partner works for Veolia, so I've been told in great detail how infuriating it is when you get no credit for the 99.99% of the time planning for special events/disruptions caused by essential works goes smooth as butter. Sorry for sounding like an old bastard.)
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Steve Parks,
On Muse, I said Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream was overwrought, and not in a good way.
Oh snap - I keep going back and forth on Magnolia, there are scenes and performances I like a lot but, as a whole, it bothers me in much the same way as Black Swan (my review of which will go live tomorrow morning with notes of The King's Speech and True Grit.) An astounding amount of craft has been expended in the service of a narrative whose balls-deep misanthropy isn't earned or worked through.
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Hard News: Hip in the Square, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
I suspect something may have gone wrong in the communication...
Well, duh... :) I know the best laid plans of mice and etc., but there comes a point where shrugging your shoulders and saying "shit happens" doesn't cut it.
I struggle to find sympathy for people who live in the central city and complain about noise levels.
I agree with you up to a point, Matthew. Courtney Place or the Viaduct Basin is not the ideal spot if you're seeking a monastic life. For that matter, there are parts of Manukau and Wellington you don't want to live if being under very busy flight corridors gets on your last nerve. But I would respectfully suggest that the Laneway Festival isn't exactly a commonplace occurrence, which is pretty clear as (as Russell pointed out) it operates under a variance from standard noise limits.
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I think Craig’s implying that you’re basically saying Key looked “a bit gay, and not in a good way”.
Not implying a damn thing, Kyle, I’m saying it.
FCS get off that partisan horse and grow up.
Oh I will, I’ll also get a sense of humour and stop being so hysterical and politically correct. Do hope all that heterosexual privilege works for you.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
John Key does a wee fashion turn with RWC uniform? That’s what makes him an embarassment?
You know something, it obviously is to Islander and she’s perfectly entitled to her opinion. I do hope, however, Andin will have a good hard think about what kind of hound is being whistled for by this:
Oh Look here’s our Prime Minister mincing down the catwalk
Here’s a useful self-moderating flip test: If you’re about to post a comment like that, change the name to an equivalent on the left and imagine it bobbing along in the Kiwibog. If it would offend you there, why bring it here?
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Islander,
Craig R – whichever way your political spectrum sways, John Key is increasingly an embarassment.
You know something, I’m going to be avoiding political threads here (and pretty much everywhere else) for the rest of the year because there’s nothing to constructively engage with. Yeah, I get the political ecology around these parts and know my niche. I honestly don’t want to spend another electoral cycle being pissed off and toxic, we’re just going to have to agree to disagree and I’ll move on. Got a week of missed deadlines to catch up on and get next week's posts drafted and try to gets some folks to return my calls.
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