I went to meet my mate a few days ago to kick back in the house he was housesitting in Hawthorn and to witness the last hurrah of the decomposing Australian cricket team.
I get a peculiar feeling when I cross from the western suburbs of Melbourne to the eastern. The eastern side is more leafy. [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Across the Maribyrnong
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Langu
Posted in People and me on December 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Langu was a black woman my age from South Africa who I worked and lived with for three months on a campsite in the U.S., then we separately went back home and I didn’t see her again.
I’ve had people in my life who I’ve liked, and people I’ve felt comfortable around, but very few people [...]
I keep on falling in and out of love with you
Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“Show some love for the talented, the beautiful Alicia Keys!” I was told last night, along with 13,000 others, the majority female. I would show love in my own time but objected being told to do it by some flunky. The ‘beautiful’ part shouldn’t have had a damn thing to do with anything, because in [...]
Why then, O brawling love?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Movie moments… in no particular order, except for my number one. They are, as I try to be, understated; saying just enough, or falling just a tad short of doing so.
Jenna: I have a big crush on this red she-dog from Nome, Alaska who made a name for herself in the kids flick Balto. Jenna [...]
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth…
Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
…and all of these things.
Cheap CDs: I miss being in a place where piracy rules the roost and a mix CD with 20 ‘it’ songs or good ‘theme’ CDs cost a buck, as opposed to shiny, proper CDs with two good songs that cost $25 each. I once lived in a house for seven months [...]
The Loss
Posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
September 20, 1997: Preliminary Final
Adelaide 0.7 (7) 4.11 (35) 8.15 (63) 12.21 (93)
Western Bulldogs 2.2 (14) 10.6 (66) 13.7 (85) 13.13 (91)
The Loss, in capital letters. Western Bulldogs vs. Adelaide, Preliminary Final, 1997. September 20, 1997; the losing spin of the roulette wheel on which all Bulldog people had invested everything, a forgotten match played in a [...]
Protected: Great moments in December 7 history
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…Salman Rushdie and me
Posted in People and me on December 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There isn’t really a Salman Rushdie and me in the same way that there is a Lauryn Hill and me, or a Barack Obama and me. I’ve only read three of his books, and one, The Satanic Verses, I wasn’t all that impressed with (but you can’t buy that kind of publicity, hyuk hyuk). I [...]
