Most of you have probably heard me explain the rule that things Australians say about hazards are frequently untrue, but the signs are deadly serious ( Read more... )

So one of my new years resolutions was to get back online and start using this journal again. I don't actually have anything much to say at the moment, so this is more of a heads up. If you forgot that you had me friended and aren't interested, feel free to defriend. Otherwise, I'm probably going to rename this journal as soon as I'm sure what I ( Read more... )

So, my fandom life seems to have come in something of a circle. I followed other people from comics to popslash when Marvel decided to kill and/or cancel all of my favourite characters in one month. In popslash I met many lovely people, including two current housemates, and when the source material for popslash dried up and what was left just ( Read more... )

I've read a few things about the controversy of the season and been thinking. There's the school debate, which according to the papers must be either a) a three-hour long Christian service and hellfire lecture that must be attended by every K-12 student or b) a total ban on the words 'Christmans' or 'Jesus' ever being spoken aloud in a state ( Read more... )

Dear Apple ( Read more... )

Neil Gaiman is the coolest cool that ever cooled, bar none. He not only tolerated drunken me with the slurring declarations of love, he signed all three peices of stuff with incoherent explanations and complimented drunken me on her attire ( Read more... )

I love firefox. I really do. I don't think I've ever been so emotionally attached to a browser before. It works so consistently, with almost no popups, it's secure and stable and lovely ( Read more... )

On the fandom front, I started buying comics again at Auscon. And have persisted. Cable and Deadpool, it almost has my name on it ( Read more... )

It's been a long time, but the urge to make a livejournal post for absolutely no good reason other than to hear myself talk has appeared again. It may not have seemed like it, but I missed it while it was away. I do love to hear myself talk, and whatever bizarre phase took all the fun out of doing it here was quite unpleasant. For one thing, I ( Read more... )

I like Remembrance Day. I like ANZAC day too. Not in a 'yay!' way, but I like that we have them and I do like the reminder to think back. On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of the poem about Flanders Field, except the line about crosses row on row. Because I remember that a few times a year when I lived on the Tablelands we'd be on the way to ( Read more... )