It has been three years since my last confession ( Read more... )

Annual post time. These are not my words. Read it, liked it, wanted to share it.

"Of all the varieties of irritating comment out there, the absolute most annoying has to be “Why can’t you just watch the movie for what it is??? Why can’t you just enjoy it? Why do you have to analyze it???”

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To disgracefully plagiarise from one of history's greatest orators -

You can hate all of the people some of the time
You can hate some of the people all of the time
But to hate all of the people all of the time...

Well, I think you get my meaning.

This is my response to rustica 's post about the total suckiness of an individual she had the misfortune to ( Read more... )

My first trip overseas, indeed my first proper holiday away from my parents was a Club 18-30 style booze cruise to Ibiza, a farewell jaunt with friends before we all headed to universities or jobs scattered around the country. I think you can guess it wasn't exactly an odyssey of Spanish art and culture, but it was replete with more opportunities ( Read more... )

Most tourists don't actually experience the lifestyle enjoyed by the majority of Aussies - they travel up the coast to beach resorts, or across the desert to see the wilderness of the outback, or gather in the centre of the state capitals to see the sights. But that's not where most of the 20 million locals live. The vast majority occupy the few ( Read more... )

That's basically what being on holiday is about. You look at buildings, landscapes, art, old stuff, flora and fauna, and all sorts of miscellaneous. Even the more active pursuits tend to involve looking at stuff - diving wouldn't be much fun if the mask was opaque.

Sydney is definitely one on the best cities in the world to gawp at, and the ( Read more... )

There's a lot of Australia to fly over before you get to Sydney. It's always seemed odd to me that Brits started their first settlement on the far side. Maybe the first colonists just liked sailing. I doubt the convicts did though. The sun rose as we were about halfway across the continent, and I swapped to the window seat, craning my neck to see ( Read more... )

So sitting in one seat for hours at a time is perhaps not the best thing for your legs. It took them a lot longer to work this out than it should've, but now the airlines have got the idea they offer lots of handy advice to keep the circulation going during the long hauls. And provided you're not too self-conscious about wiggling your feet in ( Read more... )

 
Dubai airport is clean, bright and very spangly, tackily proud of it's reputation as the richest destination in the Arab world. They have palms all along the concourse, rigged with fairy lights, and gold filigree on the roof. Lots of marble too, and big windows. I think that's what they had in mind with Milton Keynes shopping centre, but it works ( Read more... )

Okay, think Pulp Fiction, non-linear storytelling. I make no attempt to present anything in the order it happened. Maybe one day I'll organise it chronologically, like the alternate cut of Memento. Til then, enjoy the randomness.