mood: as before.
state i'm in: also, as before.
tune: new radicals "you get what you give".
this is just a reminder regarding electoral enrolments. with a federal election to be called any day now, it is important each of us is enrolled before the calling of an election. if you are unenrolled on this day, you must enrol before 8pm on the same day the writs for the election are issued (that is, the same day the election is called).
i'd hate the government to get its way and preclude so many progressive voters from voting. nasty, undemocratic tactics indeed!
check your enrolment here:
http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Publications/Fact_Sheets/Close_of_Rolls.htm
see this older post for details:
http://outra-vez.blogspot.com/2007/04/democracy-optional.html
Sunday, September 23, 2007
melbourne getaway
mood: slow and steady (a mood?)
state i'm in: immune complexed.
tune: geraldine hunt “can’t fake the feeling”.
here's a few pics taken in melbourne a couple of weeks ago. the break was great, a fantastic way to forget i'm actually facing the biggest exam of my life in a month and a half.
somewhere urban (from suffien)
familiar view
suffien at the shrine of remembrance
happy in a laneway
"i'm telling you now ted, i am not gonna fuck with hercules" (fanny)
'a warm enema' (from 'hercules returns')
killing the evening hours, st. kilda beach
state i'm in: immune complexed.
tune: geraldine hunt “can’t fake the feeling”.
here's a few pics taken in melbourne a couple of weeks ago. the break was great, a fantastic way to forget i'm actually facing the biggest exam of my life in a month and a half.
somewhere urban (from suffien)
familiar view
suffien at the shrine of remembrance
happy in a laneway
"i'm telling you now ted, i am not gonna fuck with hercules" (fanny)
'a warm enema' (from 'hercules returns')
killing the evening hours, st. kilda beach
Thursday, September 20, 2007
fascination
mood: tired.
state i'm in: sentimental sauvignon blanc.
tune: everything but the girl 'fascination'.
this has to be, for me, what comes to mind when i wonder which is the most beautiful song written. the original version from 1985 is great, but the live acoustic recording from 1992 just blows it away, and me with it. tracy thorn's vocal raises the hairs on the back of the neck.
everything but the girl 'fascination'
i won't try to stop you when you speak of the past,
doubt is over now and i can join in when you laugh.
fascination makes us ask for more than we'd like to know,
and i needn't explain, i bet you know.
reassure me when i my heart's not bold enough to bear her name.
if you were in my shoes and scared, i would do the same.
and though i may ask, there is no need for past details.
for although i may laugh, alone, my courage fails.
(did you know?)
see how i've changed now, my heads so clear.
still there are some things that i don't want to hear.
and there must be so much, i know, that you can not forget.
and i mustn't wish your life began, the day we met.
places we go remind you, of when you were here before.
so you talk and tell me you don't think about it anymore.
there is something i know, that hasn't quite been left behind.
so i'll ask you once again,
to prove that i don't mind,
to prove that i don't mind.
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image: public domain
state i'm in: sentimental sauvignon blanc.
tune: everything but the girl 'fascination'.
this has to be, for me, what comes to mind when i wonder which is the most beautiful song written. the original version from 1985 is great, but the live acoustic recording from 1992 just blows it away, and me with it. tracy thorn's vocal raises the hairs on the back of the neck.
everything but the girl 'fascination'
i won't try to stop you when you speak of the past,
doubt is over now and i can join in when you laugh.
fascination makes us ask for more than we'd like to know,
and i needn't explain, i bet you know.
reassure me when i my heart's not bold enough to bear her name.
if you were in my shoes and scared, i would do the same.
and though i may ask, there is no need for past details.
for although i may laugh, alone, my courage fails.
(did you know?)
see how i've changed now, my heads so clear.
still there are some things that i don't want to hear.
and there must be so much, i know, that you can not forget.
and i mustn't wish your life began, the day we met.
places we go remind you, of when you were here before.
so you talk and tell me you don't think about it anymore.
there is something i know, that hasn't quite been left behind.
so i'll ask you once again,
to prove that i don't mind,
to prove that i don't mind.
---
image: public domain
Monday, September 17, 2007
great ocean road
mood: a tad anxious.
state i'm in: week 30... and they're stacking up like blocks in a jenga tower.
tune: sunshine jones "anywhere you are".
went to melbourne a week and a half ago and went down the great ocean road with suffien and good friends trent, scott and darkus. here's some pics...
the crew of the megane, suffien, yours truly, lieutenant trent, our fearless captain scott, looking dystonic (he's actually fairly normal in real life), and darkus, taken near bell's beach (from trent)
suffien and a rock (not an apostle)
trent, post-chandon (from trent)
trent's rainbow homage to 'home & away' (from trent)
scott, trent and darkus on the beach at lorne
gay guys are so playful (gay even?), with an air of innocence, spared from having to face the pressure of having to conform, i.e. marriage, children, suburban bliss. at times like these, watching a few of my friends run along the beach, fooling around with a stick in the sand and inquisitively inspecting an outcrop of rocks for what secrets lay within it's crevices, i believe we really are clive bromhall's "eternal children".
suffien the naturalist
trent and suffien to a theme of earthy ruggedness
i spent a bit of time cursing a frustratingly located sun, but later appreciated its revelation of the landscape in stark hues of silver lapping against deep browns
trent in sepia (from trent)
the relentless southern ocean sinusoid
the fading light was starting to set the limestone stacks alight
nice view... darkus
run and jump!
awesome energy as the swell surges into an inlet
more big rocks
are you trying to lure me onto the rocks?
a gaping jagged wound on the continent
very rugged (from trent)
hadouken! (he's a bit of a nut, that one)
---
pics: mine and trent hennessey's
state i'm in: week 30... and they're stacking up like blocks in a jenga tower.
tune: sunshine jones "anywhere you are".
went to melbourne a week and a half ago and went down the great ocean road with suffien and good friends trent, scott and darkus. here's some pics...
the crew of the megane, suffien, yours truly, lieutenant trent, our fearless captain scott, looking dystonic (he's actually fairly normal in real life), and darkus, taken near bell's beach (from trent)
suffien and a rock (not an apostle)
trent, post-chandon (from trent)
trent's rainbow homage to 'home & away' (from trent)
scott, trent and darkus on the beach at lorne
gay guys are so playful (gay even?), with an air of innocence, spared from having to face the pressure of having to conform, i.e. marriage, children, suburban bliss. at times like these, watching a few of my friends run along the beach, fooling around with a stick in the sand and inquisitively inspecting an outcrop of rocks for what secrets lay within it's crevices, i believe we really are clive bromhall's "eternal children".
suffien the naturalist
trent and suffien to a theme of earthy ruggedness
i spent a bit of time cursing a frustratingly located sun, but later appreciated its revelation of the landscape in stark hues of silver lapping against deep browns
trent in sepia (from trent)
the relentless southern ocean sinusoid
the fading light was starting to set the limestone stacks alight
nice view... darkus
run and jump!
awesome energy as the swell surges into an inlet
more big rocks
are you trying to lure me onto the rocks?
a gaping jagged wound on the continent
very rugged (from trent)
hadouken! (he's a bit of a nut, that one)
---
pics: mine and trent hennessey's
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
it's time to go...?
mood: a little tired.
state i'm in: haigh's chocolatey bliss.
tune: benjamin diamond 'little scare'... thanks karl! xo..
so the survivor lives on to tell another day. there has been much anticipation of the replacement as leader of the liberal party of john howard these last weeks, but the tension and turgidity seems to have resolved in mr howard's favour by the conclusion of the liberal party and coalition meetings this morning... for now, at least.
regardless of the outcome of the forthcoming federal election, mr howard will likely not be prime minister for very much longer. chances are he is facing defeat at the ballot box by year's end. this would pave the way for treasurer peter costello to become leader of the opposition post-election, but he would have a hard time generating any sort of positive results in opinion polls or a subsequent election. he is neither popular with his own party apparat or within the electorate. at some point the torch would have to be passed to another contender. if mr howard does win the next election, i still believe it would be unlikely that mr costello would ascend to the pinnacle of the nation's political landscape.
a shift in leadership now to mr costello would probably only worsen the election outcome, but would remove not one but two hurdles in the way of possible leadership contenders, and real prime ministerial potentials, alexander downer or malcolm turnbull, should he indeed be defeated. one of these two or another individual would be elected leader by the party and mr costello, with a forgotten mr howard, could be swept into the dustpan of liberal party leadership history. but do any of these party aspirationals have the gumption to come forward now and push the issue?
to elect someone other than mr costello as a leader at the moment would be nothing short of the execution for that individual's chances of ever leading the party and the country. therefore, it is a virtual impossibility that we will see such a thing occurring.
personally, i would rather mr howard stay on and face the ballot box, humiliated thence.
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image: public domain
state i'm in: haigh's chocolatey bliss.
tune: benjamin diamond 'little scare'... thanks karl! xo..
so the survivor lives on to tell another day. there has been much anticipation of the replacement as leader of the liberal party of john howard these last weeks, but the tension and turgidity seems to have resolved in mr howard's favour by the conclusion of the liberal party and coalition meetings this morning... for now, at least.
regardless of the outcome of the forthcoming federal election, mr howard will likely not be prime minister for very much longer. chances are he is facing defeat at the ballot box by year's end. this would pave the way for treasurer peter costello to become leader of the opposition post-election, but he would have a hard time generating any sort of positive results in opinion polls or a subsequent election. he is neither popular with his own party apparat or within the electorate. at some point the torch would have to be passed to another contender. if mr howard does win the next election, i still believe it would be unlikely that mr costello would ascend to the pinnacle of the nation's political landscape.a shift in leadership now to mr costello would probably only worsen the election outcome, but would remove not one but two hurdles in the way of possible leadership contenders, and real prime ministerial potentials, alexander downer or malcolm turnbull, should he indeed be defeated. one of these two or another individual would be elected leader by the party and mr costello, with a forgotten mr howard, could be swept into the dustpan of liberal party leadership history. but do any of these party aspirationals have the gumption to come forward now and push the issue?
to elect someone other than mr costello as a leader at the moment would be nothing short of the execution for that individual's chances of ever leading the party and the country. therefore, it is a virtual impossibility that we will see such a thing occurring.
personally, i would rather mr howard stay on and face the ballot box, humiliated thence.
---
image: public domain
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
to the naughty corner!!
mood: excited.
state i'm in: the big ugly electric blue lounge.
tune: theme from 'the bold and the beautiful'.
last month, idaho senator larry craig pleaded guilty to charges of 'indecent conduct' after making advances on an undercover police officer at the minneapolis-st paul international airport. this is the same man that endorsed his state’s successful anti-gay constitutional amendment, which bans gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships, and is the same man who helped to enact the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the early 1990s. in considering this, his guilty plea to the 'indecent conduct' charge could easily lead one to draw the conclusion that mr craig is a hypocrite. in simple terms, i would say he is, but i would also say that there is likely a reason behind the hypocrisy.
i ask, why would this man feel so compelled to suppress his sexuality i.e. married, children, outwardly homophobic stance? perhaps he himself is a victim of a society so intolerable of diversity in sexual orientation, that being upper crust america.
recent studies in the USA have shown that over 60% of men who use public restrooms as a means to find sex are not heterosexual. in light of this, consider that mr craig is gay or bisexual, and has spent the better part of his life covering up this fact from his family, his friends and colleagues, and, later, his wife and children and the general public, most importantly the conservative constituency that have provided his bread.
whilst mr craig has not confessed to being gay or bisexual, consider this event something of an 'outing' for the man. how terrible would it be if many in the LGBT 'community' responded with nothing but comments the likes of 'he got what he deserved' or 'he's been stricken by the monster he helped to create' or something similar. i can't imagine that such an environment would be conducive to mr craig feeling at all comfortable with any new-found identity.
unfortunately that is almost all i have read. i always think that a gay man or lesbian ought to be the bigger person in such a situation and not be so quick to judge those that are so quick to judge us. i believe we ought to be telling someone in the position of mr craig that we can empathise with his plight rather than just shun the man to the LGBT naughty corner.
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image: public
state i'm in: the big ugly electric blue lounge.
tune: theme from 'the bold and the beautiful'.
last month, idaho senator larry craig pleaded guilty to charges of 'indecent conduct' after making advances on an undercover police officer at the minneapolis-st paul international airport. this is the same man that endorsed his state’s successful anti-gay constitutional amendment, which bans gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships, and is the same man who helped to enact the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the early 1990s. in considering this, his guilty plea to the 'indecent conduct' charge could easily lead one to draw the conclusion that mr craig is a hypocrite. in simple terms, i would say he is, but i would also say that there is likely a reason behind the hypocrisy.i ask, why would this man feel so compelled to suppress his sexuality i.e. married, children, outwardly homophobic stance? perhaps he himself is a victim of a society so intolerable of diversity in sexual orientation, that being upper crust america.
recent studies in the USA have shown that over 60% of men who use public restrooms as a means to find sex are not heterosexual. in light of this, consider that mr craig is gay or bisexual, and has spent the better part of his life covering up this fact from his family, his friends and colleagues, and, later, his wife and children and the general public, most importantly the conservative constituency that have provided his bread.
whilst mr craig has not confessed to being gay or bisexual, consider this event something of an 'outing' for the man. how terrible would it be if many in the LGBT 'community' responded with nothing but comments the likes of 'he got what he deserved' or 'he's been stricken by the monster he helped to create' or something similar. i can't imagine that such an environment would be conducive to mr craig feeling at all comfortable with any new-found identity.
unfortunately that is almost all i have read. i always think that a gay man or lesbian ought to be the bigger person in such a situation and not be so quick to judge those that are so quick to judge us. i believe we ought to be telling someone in the position of mr craig that we can empathise with his plight rather than just shun the man to the LGBT naughty corner.
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image: public
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