Other people’s choices

While reading a new blog discovery, Hiromi X, I came across an older entry on an article the author read about something termed “post-abortion syndrome” - essentially, a position of being opposed to abortion because of its supposed negative effects on women’s mental health. It reminded me of an article on abortion I read this week after being directed [...]

Case of the Bahs

My grandmother is sick. Bah.
Terry Pratchett, one of my favourite authors, has early onset Alzheimers. Bah.
In better news, it is my birthday tomorrow. And there will be birthday pizza. So if people could stop getting ill, and perhaps become immortal while they’re at it, that would be much appreciated.

Mostly about dogs

* Sentence uttered by Prince Valiant, entirely without irony: “Awesome! Bananarama!”
* I am listening to an audio book of Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) and have a longing to acquire a small stubby legged dog and name it Montmorency. What a [...]

Such a trial

Check out the Name Voyager - type in a name into this cool little tool, and it’ll tell you how popular it’s been over the last century, with a little graph and all. Well, how popular it’s been in the US, but I think Australia is fairly well equivalent, with a few exceptions. [...]

Email exchange

Cee: I just had a spazz attack in the kitchen when I realised my lunch was still in the fridge. “Oh my god! That’s my lunch! Why didn’t I eat my lunch? Did I eat lunch? What did I eat for lunch? I think I’ve had [...]

I can’t believe I’m wearing something called Pout

Lipstain is fun! I have a Revlon one, which is a bit tricky to apply without it being blotchy, but I just do it in little layers gradually. Then I either put a plain lipbalm over that, or my new Smashbox lip gloss in “Pout” that I bought off Ebay, [...]

Bits & pieces

1. I adore Big Love, that not-so-new series on SBS about a polygamous family in Utah. All the lead actors are excellent, and I just love the weird family dynamics, all these dissatisfied people in one marriage. Fabulous stuff. I couldn’t restrain myself and read ahead online to [...]

Ways of grieving

“See that house over there? See? See? Up there on the hill, behind the trees? See? Well, that’s where my friend’s mother lives.”

“Oh, she’ll break down. She has to break down, she has to do it sometime.”

“See that shop over there? The one with [...]

Eyebrows

I had forgotten how much I dislike having my eyelashes tinted. The irritating sensation of the little cover being placed underneath your eye, the twitching of your eyelid while they wipe on the dye, all while concentrating on keeping your eyes shut. I got the dye in my eye once, and I didn’t [...]

Bits & pieces

I don’t mean to be overly cynical or anything, but if you’re doing a “detox” where you’re only injesting water, lemon juice, maple syrup and saltwater, and then you begin to feel terrible and achy and depressed on the sixth day, I really don’t think that’s your body getting rid of toxins. I think it’s [...]