Posts by JacksonP
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And enjoy the fab new Phoenix Foundation video …
It is becoming my favourite track on the album. But, and apologies Samuel, I was a bit disappointed they cut the outtro short in the video. I found it so captivating I made a loop of it in Garage Band. :-)
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Well I wasn’t going to, but since you had a floating cat, I was trying out a new iPhone app today called ‘Levitagram’, made by a kiwi developer. This was a rough edit I admit, but remembering it was done on the phone.
It sure put the wind up old Queen Vic.
Night all.
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Capture: Autumn lite, in reply to Islander,
Not sure what that's all about, but we'll still be here for the next round.
Take care.
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And the carpet.
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More Instagraming.
With temperatures like today (17 C at least in Auckland) can’t see why we have to let Autumn go just yet.
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Hard News: Not good enough, Eden Park, in reply to Russell Brown,
I'm struggling to recall the last time I witnessed behaviour like that at a Super 15 match at Eden Park or at Mt Smart for the Warriors. It is not typical and it is not to be expected.
Well yes, I took my 7 year old to a Warriors game a year later at Mt Smart, and it was wonderful. There where lines of kids getting face painting, and everyone had a great time. So much so I can't even remember if they won or lost.
There seems to be some common ingredients to this kind of behaviour taking hold. Poor crowd management and ineffectual response to genuine complaints among them. Alcohol might be one too. #sarc It certainly was at that League game, due to the pre-match crowd being there several hours prior to the main event.
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Hard News: Not good enough, Eden Park, in reply to Russell Brown,
And the “fun police”. Don't forget them.
'Hahaha, boys will be boys'. Where are we even?
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Hard News: Not good enough, Eden Park, in reply to Danielle,
"we have to let gay people be harassed or Big Brother wins!" angle. Really? REALLY?
I despair. Really.
Having left a match half way through due to the inability of security to deal with drunken and abusive behaviour, including the shoulder tapping and feet on the seat behind our heads, (during the infamous Four Nations league match a few years back) this culture is real and no fun to be sitting in front of.
We also stood up for our right to enjoy the game without being harassed. The response was pathetic, and we left because if we didn't it was likely to become violent.
The idea that we should apply some 'subjective threshhold' where this sort of behaviour is acceptable is patently absurd. It means we give a pass to an abusive bully culture. Fuck that shit.
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I was very fortunate to meet Ans at the book launch, and I mentioned to her that her book, and the sentiment in it, reminded me of The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono.
You can listen and watch an animation of it here;
Although I made a flippant comment about planting a tree at the end of my post, this was what I had in my mind at the time.
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Capture: Autumn lite, in reply to Jonathan Ganley,
there were people with DSLRs everywhere … and I never clicked
Someone mentioned it on Tw, so I decided to race out before the ruggers and snap a couple. If I'd had more time, I would have gone to look at the burned out sound wall. Might be a job for another balmy evening.
