Thursday, September 2, 2010
For those outside Australia who don't know, we had a federal election two weeks ago. The result was so close that they're still not exactly sure who's going to be the Prime Minister. (It's basically a tie between the two biggest parties, so they're both trying to woo the few independents who were elected over to their side to form a majority.) Many of my Australian friends were extremely disappointed in this result. I saw comments on Twitter about how disillusioned they were with their fellow Australians. I saw people lamenting how stupid a lot of the the voters were. (We have compulsory voting here, so everybody HAS to turn up on polling day. Many of them chose to register blank votes though in protest of the major parties.) There are people who truly believe that this election presages a really dark time for Australia. All I can say is: at least it's not this crap. I'd still rather live here than in a country where supposedly a full QUARTER of the population believe that the President is a Muslim. Where a significant portion of them believe he's the actual, literal Antichrist. Where Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh poison minds with their insinuations and manipulations. Where Sarah Palin incites violence and is somehow still viable as a Presidential candidate. Trust me, Australia. I'll take Tony Abbott over those ass-clown fundamentalist fearmongers any day. And yeah, I've been trying not to talk politics here for a while, because I know it upsets some members of my family, and I'll probably receive some loony drive-by comments from randoms as well. But as Ebert says, it's time for reasonable people to start speaking up instead of ignoring this crap out of politeness.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Snook: Hah. Hipster asplosion. Me: Totally. I love it! Monday, August 30, 2010
Yesterday I joined the Snook and Kunaal at the Sydney Opera House to see Joss Whedon. It was pretty fun! Joss was hilarious, and Wil Andersen didn't do too bad a job interviewing either. (There are a lot of quotes from the event here.) Then they opened it up for questions at the end, and I just CRINGED knowing what was going to happen. The Nerd Parade began! Instead of asking anything, you know, insightful, fully half of the people chosen used the opportunity to A) show off their fanboi credentials; B) beg Joss for a job/hug/lock of hair; C) explain their weirdo name, like we cared; D) ramble on and on in such a way that nobody knew what the actual question was. I mean, I know they're my people and all, but why is it always the Aspies who go for the microphones? Sunday, August 29, 2010
Digital Resources from the Knitting Reference Library WSA . The University of Southampton have digitized much of Richard Rutt's collection of 19th century knitting books. They're brilliant. (Link courtesy of peacay's Google Reader feed.) Saturday, August 28, 2010
Every single time I went to type the word I spelled it 'organisation' with an S. Australia, I think you win this one! Friday, August 27, 2010
Things are slowly improving. I still feel sore and tired, but my pace is getting better. I went for a long run Sunday night and did 5:1 run/walk the whole way. My right foot was bothering more than usual. (I've ordered some new shoes to see if that helps.) My training plan has me doing 5 miles on my morning runs, but I backed off that a little. I just need to get my legs used to running on concrete again, I guess. Aug. 22: 11.22km Aug. 25: 7.03km Aug. 27: 5.50km Total this week: 23.75km (14.8mi) Total in 2010: 628.82km (393mi) I've clawed back a little ground in my goal to run 1000km in 2010. I'm still about 25km behind pace though... « previous week |
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