March 2009
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Homeless for a Weekend
Is it possible to survive a weekend in Sydney with just the clothes on your back? Sandra Fonseca takes the plunge and discovers what it is like to be homeless
Love, family, friends and the comforts of home; these are the things that make life livable. But what does it feel like to be without these things? What is life like for someone who is homeless? I wanted to find out, so I decided to go...
October 2008
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Spiderman Yo-yo: I Need More Time for Triviality
Today was a good day for me. I had to go to the optometrist in Ashfield, but when I got there I discovered she’d gone out to lunch and wouldn’t be back for another hour.
I found myself back out on the street wondering what to do next. For the first time in ages I had an hour free with nothing planned.
I stood on the corner and just watched people, feeling frozen in time,...
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Lost At E Minor: where art meets advertising in a...
I literally ‘stumbled’ upon this site. I was trawling the Internet with the aid of my favourite Firefox add on (I don’t care if the CIA knows what I like), and true to form I hit upon a site after my own heart. LOST AT E MINOR is an “Australian-based online publication of inspiring art, illustration, photography, music, fashion, film, and more, featuring our latest discoveries in...
September 2008
10 posts
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“Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept...”
– - Jerry Seinfeld
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Of Benevolence and Imprisonment: Thoughts on the...
This is Kiki, my bunny, my friend. She’s about 8 months old and so precious. I spend a lot of my free time taking care of her. I feed her everyday, clean her cage, make sure she gets her exercise. She lives in a hutch in my living room with her sister Luna (who belongs to my dad). When I’m home and it’s a sunny day, I usually put them outside in a pen that we have.
The other...
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Selma vonFicklestein: Have you heard the nerds may kill us all?
Jervis Fritzerbottom: Yeah that's all I heard about today. That and how some Swedish presenter farted of television.
Selma vonFicklestein: Frankly, I believe Stephen Hawking. He knows his stuff.
Jervis Fritzerbottom: Damn right. But I don't get why we're spending billions of dollars on an experiment when there are so many problems in the world that need money thrown at them?
Selma vonFicklestein: Umm...so we can work out the origins of the universe?
Jervis Fritzerbottom: Haha yeah, but there are some things you just can't know. That's a lot of money when people are starving all over the world.
Selma vonFicklestein: Yeah well, this experiment was brought to you by the same species who pumps billions of dollars into finding newer and better ways to kill each other. I say if we're adamant about destroying each other why don't we just do it on the cheap and go around slitting throats.
Jervis Fritzerbottom: Better yet, why don't we all just pop a cap in our own ass and get it over and done with. Hahaha.
Selma vonFicklestein: Hahaha. Touche.
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White Australia
I recently got some freelance work doing research for an upcoming documentary about the Tampa crisis (yieh! cash money). It involved going to the NSW state library and trawling through books and manuscripts in search of quotes that illustrated the racial attitudes of Australians from the early period of white settlement up until the 1970s. It was an enlightening experience to say the...
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3 blind mice: I am the exterminator
I love animals. Great and small. Really. I’m a mellow person. I have no desire to kill anything; frankly it grosses me out. A few months ago, as I was watching tv, a little grey flash in the corner of my eye and a scuttling sound, alerted me we had a mouse problem. I did the next reasonable thing. I told my dad we had to do something about the mice. Offloading the problem seemed best. Dad felt...
August 2008
16 posts
Watch out fellas, Pauline is on the prowl
It seems white supremacists need love too and Pauline Hanson is no exception. In an interview with A Current Affair (the pinnacle of journalism *cough*), she declared she had recently found herself single and was keen to find a man. What do you mean Pauline can’t find somebody to love!? Shock and disbelief. Maybe her appeal on national television will change her luck....
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Reasons I hate catching the bus
DISCLAIMER: This post may not be relevant to you if you live in the inner city.
1. People with speakered mobile phone who play gangster rap and or watch the Olympics on their phone - GET A HEADSET! Just because you enjoy listening to 50 Cent rap about bitches and hoes doesn’t mean anyone else does. Yes, your phone has speakers, we’re all very impressed. Also, people who scream into...
“When I’m driving here I see a sign that says, CAUTION: SMALL CHILDREN PLAYING. I...”
– Jonathan Katz
Vertical Farming: the future?
Have you heard about the Vertical Farm Project? Headed by Dr. Dickson Despommier (Environmental Health Science); this project is Columbia University’s answer to the impending global food shortage.
“By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth’s population will reside in urban centers. Applying the most conservative estimates to current demographic trends, the human population will...
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between...”
– George Orwell
“The relations with, uhh — Europe are important relations, and...”
– George W. Bush
Pigeon pie
Pigeons are much maligned creatures. Their tendency to scavenge leftovers has earned them a reputation as dirty rats with wings. They know this, that’s why they never let you get close enough to kick them. It’s a hard knock life for a pigeon. The other day I was waiting for a friend outside JB Hi-Fi on Norton St, when I saw two guys and a girl walk past. They were laughing and one of them...
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Reasons the Catholic Church sucks: Or How I Lost...
DISCLAIMER: If you are Catholic and uptight about it, this post is not for you. Before anyone writes me off as atheist scum, I would like to point out that I was baptised and received a Catholic school education. Hence, I’m in a good position to comment on the state of Catholicism.
1. The bible is riddled with contradictions and therefore obviously not to be taken litererally. It’s...
“The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray”
– Oscar Wilde
July 2008
2 posts
