la Fee Verte

Wandering

2008-08-15T19:41:00.001+10:00

Wandering, originally uploaded by natefish3000.

for kate

2008-08-15T18:32:00.001+10:00

for kate, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

robin crossing the road

2008-08-14T16:59:00.001+10:00

robin crossing the road, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

robin in frost grasmere winter 2007

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robin in frost grasmere winter 2007, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

robin grasmere

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robin grasmere, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

robin grasmere

2008-08-11T00:18:00.001+10:00

robin grasmere, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

out on a limb

2008-08-07T10:27:00.001+10:00

out on a limb, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

young robins first winter

2008-08-03T14:24:00.001+10:00

young robins first winter, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

cold feet

2008-07-31T22:30:00.001+10:00

cold feet, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

can i sit next to you

2008-07-29T13:37:00.001+10:00

can i sit next to you, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

MR REDBREAST

2008-07-28T21:56:00.001+10:00

MR REDBREAST, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

winter robin

2008-07-27T03:14:00.001+10:00

winter robin, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

the weather for robins

2008-07-25T01:54:00.001+10:00

the weather for robins, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

wow looks like snow

2008-07-25T01:47:00.003+10:00

wow looks like snow, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

hey whats going on

2008-07-25T01:47:00.001+10:00

hey whats going on, originally uploaded by earlyalan90.

portugal algarve

2008-07-14T05:33:00.001+10:00

portugal algarve, originally uploaded by paololivorno.

on the fringes

2008-06-09T20:22:00.004+10:00

on the fringes,

The Weary Blues

2008-06-09T20:21:00.004+10:00

The Weary Blues, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

2008-06-09T20:21:00.003+10:00

One is too many and a thousand not enough., originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

Tasmanian devil joey. Trowunna wildlife park.

2008-06-07T21:38:00.001+10:00

Tasmanian devil joey. Trowunna wildlife park., originally uploaded by platzooie.

awwwww

shhhiiiit

2008-06-07T11:22:00.002+10:00

married to the sea

2008-06-07T11:05:00.005+10:00

http://www.marriedtothesea.com/about.php

The Shape of my Heart - Sting

2008-06-05T12:23:00.002+10:00

2008-06-05T04:54:00.001+10:00

, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

Castlehill, Royal Mile,
Old Town
Edinburgh

Schadenfreude

2008-06-04T03:29:00.001+10:00

Schadenfreude, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

“Revenge is sweet and not fattening” - Alfred Hitchcock

polite

2008-06-02T11:14:00.001+10:00

polite, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

How cute :-)

2008-02-09T03:59:00.000+11:00

adjust

2008-01-29T01:09:00.001+11:00

adjust, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

"Adjust" and the following were shot today.

flip

2008-01-29T01:02:00.001+11:00

flip, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

pearls

2008-01-29T01:01:00.003+11:00

pearls, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

entrance

2008-01-29T01:01:00.001+11:00

entrance, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

shade

2008-01-29T01:00:00.001+11:00

shade, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

Bettie

2008-01-27T22:53:00.001+11:00

Bettie, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

Parachutes - Sean Lennon

2008-01-27T20:32:00.000+11:00

Deadmeat - Sean Lennon

2008-01-27T20:03:00.000+11:00

2008-01-22T04:03:00.001+11:00

Inertia, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

2008-01-22T03:56:00.001+11:00

Anja 1, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

Anja

2008-01-22T03:54:00.001+11:00

Anja 2, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

Shake that ass

Blues hands 2

2008-01-20T11:57:00.001+11:00

Blues hands 2, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

Sarah and the Ladybug

2008-01-20T11:54:00.001+11:00

Sarah and the Ladybug, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

Free Hugs

2008-01-19T12:59:00.001+11:00

Free Hugs, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

Group Free Hugs

2008-01-19T11:04:00.001+11:00

Group Free Hugs, originally uploaded by Flailinginge.

2007-10-30T19:37:00.001+11:00

Just because...ok!

2007-10-06T14:03:00.000+10:00

Hooked on facebook

2007-10-06T01:01:00.000+10:00

Sad but true...

Top 10: Things You Should Never Tell A Woman

2007-10-06T00:44:00.000+10:00

...according to: http://au.askmen.com/dating/dating_top_ten_100/139_dating_list.html

This list does sell women a little short in the understanding stakes, me thinks. Nothing like your gender being pigeonholed as a bunch of shallow, imperceptive nitwits.

Number 10
Your family hates her.
This is an unfortunate situation, yes. But if you tell her, you'll only fuel the fire by making her angry or insecure. If you don't agree with your family's hesitations about her, then politely ask them to butt out. Just do what you can to make them change their minds and hope they'll warm up to her with time.

Number 9
You have insecurities.
Do you feel jealous of your best friend's looks or his sweet new car? Or do you envy your girlfriend's status, job or salary? Everyone has their share of insecurities, but in the dating world, it's vital that you keep these insecurities under your hat. One of the most important things a woman looks in a man is confidence, and if she sees that you are constantly insecure and jealous, you won't seem so poised. So if you can't put a stop to your insecurities and your green-eyed monster, at least try to keep it to yourself.

Number 8
You flirt with other women.
If you are a flirty type of guy, she probably knows it already. In fact, you probably flirted with her before you got together. Having said that, she doesn't need to hear the list of women that you flirted with all day, nor does she need to hear about the list of women that flirted with you. If it really is harmless flirting, then why make her worry about it?

Number 7
You have wimpy behavior.
Okay, so you don't kill spiders, you run away from fights and maybe you even cry during movies. Unfortunately for you, the clich is true: Women like strong men. So telling her that you're afraid of an itty-bitty insect or that you can't stand heights isn't going to work in your favor. Naturally, if you are going to be with her in the long term, she might learn some of these little factoids as you go along. But do your best not to divulge them all in the beginning.

Number 6
You compare her to your ex-girlfriend in bed.
Needless to say, everyone does this; she is probably also comparing you to her ex to some extent. But do avoid offering her specific details about your past conquests, specifically the fact that your past lover was better than her in bed. In fact, even if you are telling her that she is better than your ex, this is a bad can of worms to open. No woman wants to be compared to another, especially in the sexual department.

Number 5
You talk to your mother too often.
Do you talk to mom several times a day? To a woman you're dating, that could be a little intimidating. A woman doesn't want to feel like she's competing with your mother, or worse, that you're dependent on mommy. So just keep that cute little secret to yourself.

Number 4
You have not-so-cool hobbies.
So you might keep a collection of Transformers in your underwear drawer or be fascinated by things like Faberge eggs. But you have to realize that it is unlikely that she will appreciate your wacky interests and hobbies. Don't fool yourself into thinking that such quirks are charming; chances are, they'll just be a real turnoff.

Number 3
You don't like her girlfriends.
What's the only thing worse than having the hots for her girlfriends? You guessed it: talking badly about her girlfriends in front of her. Or even divulging that you think her friends are anything but sweet and fabulous people. Most of her girlfriends have been in her life longer than you have, so talking negatively about them probably won't work out too well for you. If she doesn't end things with you entirely, she's sure to at least become defensive and angry about this -- so if you absolutely need to trash her girlfriends, just make sure she's not within earshot.

Number 2
You've done shameful things in the past.
You might think that the two of you are close enough for you to reveal these little tidbits. But unfortunately, she'll never be ready to hear that you've cheated on past girlfriends or that you've enjoyed private dances at strip clubs. Even non-sexual shameful acts that you've committed -- like theft, bullying or betrayals -- are not things that you want to divulge. While you might want to get some of these secrets off your chest, she will never forget them. And you'll come off looking like a less moral or honest person as a result.

Number 1
You find one of her friends smoking hot.
So you think that blonde friend of hers is cute? Fair enough. But do have the sense not to mention it to your girlfriend -- not even as a joke. She won't find it funny; actually, she will probably be angry and hurt, and in the long run, she'll never trust you around her friends. You might think that your girlfriend is secure enough to handle this piece of information, but let me tell you that she's not. Most girls aren't, so don't risk it.

2007-10-04T18:12:00.000+10:00

Married To The Sea

2007-09-30T00:34:00.000+10:00

Married To The Sea is a comic created by Drew and Natalie Dee.

http://www.marriedtothesea.com/about.php

Light

2007-09-26T02:42:00.001+10:00

Odd Australians - "A Boy and His Wombat"

2007-09-25T13:52:00.000+10:00

Darling Harbour

2007-09-24T00:43:00.000+10:00

Spring

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2007-09-22T20:20:00.000+10:00

Clan Bracegirdle

2007-09-22T19:50:00.000+10:00

Random

2007-09-20T21:30:00.000+10:00

You know you're Australian when...

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1. You're familiar with Neighbours, Home and Away, Playschool, A Country Practice, Norman Gunston, Barry Humphries, Blue Heelers, Ray Martin, Bert Newton, Lisa McCune, Jon Burgess, Number 96, Molly Meldrum, Kerry O'Brien, and of course, Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch.

2. You know that Burger King doesn't exist. It's Hungry Jacks.

3. You know that snow is a memorable and freakish occurrence. Sometimes it's even fake.

4. You know the difference between thongs and a G-banger.

5. You know that "stubbies" are either short shorts or small beer bottles, a "gimp", "bogan" or "geezer" is a random idiot, someone in trouble is in "strife" and you're liable to burst out laughing whenever you hear of Americans "rooting" for something.

4. You know how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually end in -o: arvo, combo, garbo, kero, lezzo, metho, milko, muso, rego, servo, smoko, speedo, righto etc.

5. You know that some people pronounce "Australia" like "Strayla" and that's ok.

6. You know that there is a universal place called "woop woop" located in the middle of nowhere... no matter where you actually are.

7. You know that while we call our friends 'mates', we don't use terms like 'shiela' and 'shrimp on the barbie', contrary to popular belief.

8. You know that none of us actually drink Fosters beer because it tastes like shit. But we let the world think we do. Because we can.

9. You know that if a man has sex with another man, he's a homosexual, and (until recently), a criminal in Tasmania

10. You resent people who succeed over others- everyone should do the same thing, so we all get a "fair go"; a kind of 'American-dream' in reverse. This is why we actively like not liking Americans.

11. You've seen Gallipoli, Crocodile Dundee, Young Einstein, Muriel's Wedding, The Castle, Beneath Clouds, Strictly Ballroom, 40,000 Horsemen, and maybe even Wolf Creek.

12. It makes you happy when someone in Hollywood is actually Australian... Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, Russle Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Baz Luhrman, Elle MacPherson, Olivia Newton-John, Midnight Oil, ACDC, INXS, Greg Norman, Cathy Freeman, Dawn Fraser, Pat Rafter, Ian Thorpe...

13. One word: Skippy.

14. You know that Sydney 2000 was one of our proudest moments in history. We just fucking rock.

15. You know that you are not going to die of cholera or other Third World diseases (remote Aboriginal communities are a different matter)

16. You know our country has never been conquered by a foreign nation (you don't count 1788).

17. We know that the Metric system will always be better than anything inches, feet, pounds and fahrenheit will ever offer.

18. You drive on the left-hand side of the road.

19. If you're a pedestrian and cars are stopped at a red light, you will fearlessly cross the street in front of them. 'Hit and runs' just aren't cricket. Because Aussies stick together.

20. You think of Australia as being somewhat out of place within the Asia-Pacific region; surrounded by unstable ex-colonial nations who regard you as racist, imperialist, and unfairly wealthy.

21. You know that New Zealanders are basically our naive country cousins, who have a weird 'fush-and-chups' accent, and for some bizzare reason, think that they invented pavlova. Bastards. They are to be pitied and laughed at. They have no hope of gaining the upper hand in the endless sporting rivalry between our two nations.

22. You know that you can't eat Fantails alone... Otherwise who will you play the 'Who am I...' game with when you're reading the wrapper?

23. You know that Sydney should be the capital because Canberra is a hole.

24. You know that Americans think we're all Steve Irwin clones. And crickey, they couldn't be more wrong.

25. You know that Lawyers wear wigs and gowns. And we make it look good.

26. You have some time in your life slept with Aeroguard on in the summer. Maybe even as perfume.

27. You feel obliged to spread salty black stuff that looks like congealed motor oil on bread... and actually grow to like it. You've also squeezed Vegemite through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.

28. You believe that democracy means the freedom to draw caricatures of good ol' Johnny Howard

29. You think footballers dressing up in drag on TV is funny (but your son being gay isn't).

30. You have the ability to compress several words into one - ie 'g'day' and 'd'reckn?'. This allows more space for profanities.

31. You've ever used the words - tops, ripper, sick, mad, rad, sweet - to mean good. And then you place 'bloody' in front of it when you REALLY mean it.

32. You know that the barbeque is a political arena; the person holding the tongs is always the boss and usually a man. And the women make the salad.

33. The private lives of footy and cricket players become more important than local and national news stories.

34. You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not.

35. You know what fairy bread tastes like, and you can't imagine your childhood without it.

36. You know the first verse to the national anthem, but still don't know what "girt" means. And you're ok with that.

37. You've drank your tea/coffee/milo through a tim tam.

38. You know that backyard cricket is a nice way to bond with family and the rubbish bin. And the 'one bounce, one hand' rule always applies.

39. You know that we are home to the just about all of the world's deadliest of animals. That's why if anybody messes with us we'll get some funnel webs on their arses.

40. You see people walking bare-foot on the footpath and don't scorn.... because you're doing it too.

41. You know what trop-fest is and it makes you happy.

42. Sausage rolls and meat pies. End of story.

43. You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok and have offered advice that included the words, "she'll be right, mate".

44. You have a story that somehow involves an excessive consumption of goon... but you can't remember.

45. You own a Bond's chesty. In several different colours.

46. You've ordered a steak the size as your head and only paid $5 at your local RSL

47. You know that Italy should never have been granted that fateful kick in the 2006 Soccer World Cup.

48. You know how to 'slip, slop, slap' like it's nobody's business.

49. You've heard the Prime Minister dismiss anyone who disagrees with him simply as 'un-Australian', and that's enough to make us sit down and shut up.

50. You know that the value of a public holiday is measured in terms of alchohol. God bless the queen and her 4-day birthday.

And right now you feel bloody awesome.

Alexandra Argenti (Villanova)
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I love this prairie dog

2007-07-11T13:34:00.000+10:00

Kill Bill Version

LOST Dramatic Chipmunk (prairie dog, actually, but hey)

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The Magician

2007-07-10T23:47:00.000+10:00

*Click on image to enlarge :o)

At Midnight

2007-06-20T15:10:00.000+10:00

Now at last I have come to see what life is,
Nothing is ever ended, everything only begun,
And the brave victories that seem so splendid
Are never really won.

Even love that I built my spirit's house for,
Comes like a brooding and a baffled guest,
And music and men's praise and even laughter
Are not so good as rest.

-Sara Teasdale

Lasse Gjertsen - incredible musical stop-motion

2007-06-06T01:07:00.000+10:00

"I can neither play drums nor the piano..."

"Thanks to my friend Mattis for letting me borrow the drum kit. Also thanks to the person letting me use her piano, but she didn't want her name here :P.
And now; to you people saying I'm ripping off Michel Gondry: I've seen his video with the drumkit called "Drumb and Drumber". It's here on youtube somewhere. His video and my video are different because of one very important detail: Gondy filmed himself doing drumming sequences and LOOPED them, while I hit each drum and piano chord seperately and edited them together. This is a very big difference if you have any idea about video editing. Actually, there is a short sequence of 5 sec where he does cut the beat, but I didn't notice this until recently, which makes me an idiot. But I still don't think it's a rip off, only similar. SO one question to you guys: If I write a song which includes the words "love" and "tight", am I ripping off The Beatles?? :P I met Michel Gondry in Milan, Italy and asked him. He didn't really give me a clear answer, but it seemed like he thought so. Either that or he didn't like my clothes. Lol." - Lasse Gjertsen

at Norah Head

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2007-05-21T03:59:00.000+10:00

My Aunt Penny is a bit of a legend.
She was a ballerina in her youth and now aged 66 she has taken to tap.

This short film (2:12 min) is the first concert by her dance class.
She is the oldest in the group, but is certainly the least ...umm... rhythmically challenged ;op.

*Auntie Pen is the one at the back

Welcome James William Langhorne Martin

2007-04-30T18:49:00.000+10:00

Date: 27/04/07
Delivery: 3.10AM
Weight: 3.32K / 7lb 5oz
Labour: 5hours 40 minutes
Congrats Jo and Steve!

Yer Blues

2007-04-06T15:40:00.000+10:00

Pome On Dr Sax & The Moon

2007-04-02T19:49:00.000+10:00

Dr Sax the master knower of
Easter was now reduced to penury
and looking at Stained glass windows
in old churches-His only 2
last friends in life, this impossibly
hard life no matter under what
conditions it appears, where Bela
Lugosi and Boris Karloff, who visited
him annually in his room on 3rd Street
and cut thru the fogs of evening with
their heads bent as the bells of St Simon
tolled a heartbroken "Kathleen" across
the rooftops of old hotels where similar old
men like Doctor Sax sat bent headed
on beds of woe with prayerbeads between
their feet, Oh moaning, homes for
lost pigeons or time's immemorial
white dove
of the roses
of the unborn
astonished bliss-

And there they'd sit in the little
room,Sax on the edge of the bed with a
bottle of rotgut Tokay in his hand, Bela
in the rocking chair, Boris standing by
the sink---
and then Sax wd always say

"Please play the monster for me" and of course
the old actors, who loved him dearly and came to
see him for human tender sentimentality not
monstrous reasons protested but he always
got drunk and cried so that Boris first had
to get up and extend his arms do
Frankenstein go uck! then Bela
wd stand and arm cape and leer and
approach Sax, who squealed

Excerpt from Pome on Doctor Sax (1961)

The moon her magic be, big sad face
Of infinity An illuminated clay ball
Manifesting many gentlemanly remarks

She kicks a star, clouds foregather
In Scimitar shape, to round her
Cradle out, upsidedown any old time

You can also let the moon fool you
With imaginary orange-balls
Of blazing imaginary light in fright

As eyeballs, hurt and foregather,
Wink to the wince of the seeing
Of a little sprightly otay

Which projects spikes of light
Out the round smooth blue balloon
Ball full of mountains and moons

Deep as the ocean, high as the moon,
Low as the lowliest river lagoon
Fish in the Tar and pull in the Spar

Billy de Bud and the Hanshan Emperor
And all wall moongazers since
Daniel Machree, Yeats see

Gaze at the moon ocean marking
the face-

In some cases

The moon is you

In any case

The moon

~ Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

genealogy

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Information re: above pics

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1.Langherne/Langhorne Castle, Carmarthen Shire

2. Ven.Richard Langhorne.

"The tryall of Richard Langhorn Esq, counsellor at law, for conspiring the death of the King, subversion of the government, and Protestant religion who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason, and received sentence accordingly, at the sessions in the Old-Bayley, holden for London and Middlesex, on Saturday, being the 14th. of June 1679."

Beatified in 1929
Feastday: July 14
English martyr. Born about 1635 in Bedfordshire, he was educated at the Inner Temple and worked as a lawyer. He was arrested in 1667, released in 1679, then arrested again as a conspirator in the so-called “Popish Plot.” He was hanged at Tybum on July 14.

He was the third son of William Langhorne of the Inner Temple, by Lettice, daughter of Eustace Needham of Little Wymondley, Herts. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in November, 1646, and called to the bar in 1654. He married a lady, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Legatt of Havering, Essex, and lived at Shire Lane, to the right of Temple Bar. His chambers were in Middle Temple Lane. He was arrested on 15 June, 1667, in connection with the great fire. Arrested a second time on 7 October, 1678, and committed to Newgate without any previous examination, he was kept in solitary confinement for eight months. On 14 June, 1679, he was brought to the bar at the Old Bailey; Oates (the "Oates plot"), Dugdale, Bedloe, and Prance gave evidence against him, and he was found guilty. He was offered a pardon, if he would confess his guilt and also make a disclosure of the property of the Jesuites with which he had become acquainted in his professional capacity. This last he did -- probably with the consent of his fellow-prisoner, the provincial, Fr. Whitbread -- but, as he persisted in declaring his ignorance of any conspiracy, he was executed. His last words were to the hangman: "I am desirous to be with my Jesus. I am ready and you need stay no longer for me."

His son was also arrested.
"Richard Langhorne the Younger was brought to the Bar; and Mary White was produced as a Witness against him; who being asked, "Whether she did know the said Richard Langhorne, and what she had to say concerning him?" She answered, "That she did know the said Langhorne; and she did hear the said Langhorne say, He did not doubt but, if one Thing hit, his Father would be the Third Man in the Kingdom."
Langhorne confessed he knew the said Mary White; but denied he spake any such Words; and said, "Why should he say any Thing to her, who was an Enemy to Catholics?"
Then Mary Planner upon her Oath said, "That she was told by Mrs. Langhorne (Mother to the said Richard Langhorne), That she went lately to her Son's Chamber, and found him very jovial; whereupon she asked him, "How he could be merry, seeing there was a Warrant against him, upon the Account of bringing the Commission to his Father, to be Judge Advocate?" He replied, "He did not fear; nor would he fly." At which Mrs. Langhorne said, "None but a Prince could make Generals." To which he said, "Let them bring it to that."Then Mrs. Langhorne said, "She was at her Son Richard Langhorn's Chamber; and he said to her those Words as Mary Planner hath deposed."

[ 'House of Lords Journal Volume 13: 7 November 1678', Journal of the House of Lords: volume 13: 1675-1681 (1771) ]

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(From top to bottom)1. My parents
2. Great Grandmother Miriam Langhorne(mother's side)
3. Grandparents Maxwell and Helen Langhorne Parks

four quartets

2007-01-20T00:46:00.001+11:00

"What we call the beginning is often the end.
And to make and end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from."
(T.S. Elliot, Four Quartets)

The marvelously muddled mulberry sponge

2007-01-16T21:40:00.000+11:00

The Mind Is Its Own Beautiful Prisoner

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the mind is its own beautiful prisoner.
Mind looked long at the sticky moon
opening in dusk her new wings

then decently hanged himself,one afternoon.

The last thing he saw was you
naked amid unnaked things,

your flesh,a succinct wandlike animal,
a little strolling with the futile purr
of blood;your sex squeaked like a billiard-cue
chalking itself,as not to make an error,
with twists spontaneously methodical.
He suddenly tasted worms windows and roses

he laughed,and closed his eyes as a girl closes
her left hand upon a mirror.

- E. E. Cummings (1894—1962)

2007-01-12T20:28:00.000+11:00

Words fail me all the time
I don’t even feel like talking
still I go on and on
I’m dying here and you keep walking

why are you asking me this?
can’t you see I’m trying?
I don’t like it like this
no I think I’m dying

I can’t calm down at all
panic is what panic feels like
can’t we just stay silent?
speaking now seems far too violent

why are you asking me this?
can’t you see I’m trying?
I don’t like it like this
no I think I’m dying

The Radio Dept. 'I Don't Like It Like This'

today

2007-01-10T21:09:00.000+11:00

random january pics...

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???

1. Gum Bend Lake

2. Gum Bend Lake...

Senryū

2007-01-03T18:19:00.000+11:00

Breath cold and silent
The thaw is unconvincing
I stand on thin ice

© 2006 k.a.l.m

Senryū (川柳, literally 'river willow') is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 or fewer morae (not syllables) in total. However, senryū tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are serious. Senryū do not need to include a kigo, or season word, like haiku.
Some senryu skirt the line between haiku and senryu. The following senryu by Shūji Terayama copies the haiku structure faithfully, down to a blatantly obvious kigo, but on closer inspection is absurd in its content:

かくれんぼ kakurenbo
三つ数えて mittsu kazoete
冬になる fuyu ni naru

Hide and seek
Count to three
Winter comes

Terayama, who wrote about playing hide-and-go-seek in the graveyard as a child, thought of himself as the odd-guy out, the one who was always "it" in hide-and-go-seek.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senryu

2006-12-30T12:22:00.000+11:00

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. - Bill Vaughn

It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets. - William Thomas

The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears. - W.H. Auden

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining. - Leonard Bernstein

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. - Oscar Wilde

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions! - Joey Adams

Happiness is too many things these days for anyone to wish it on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bile-less New Year and leave it at that. - Judith Crist

New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions. - Mark Twain

A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other. - Anonymous

Condobolin cont.

2006-10-30T15:39:00.000+11:00

Trip to Condobolin

2006-10-18T02:06:00.000+10:00

Winter smoko

2006-09-25T23:53:00.000+10:00

Handbags rummaged
Pockets emptied

Smokers huddle

Chatting
Mumbling

Valiantly shivering

Cupped fingers
Butane flare

Laughing softly

Stamping feet

Their
Sacred courtyard
Ritual

"Smoko: Australian slang for a work break - cup of tea / coffee or time for a cigarette."

"Afternoon delight" - Ron Burgundy & the channel 4 news team ( The Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy)

2006-09-24T15:50:00.000+10:00

Set in the early 70's...The Channel 4 News team and Legendary Anchorman Ron Burgundy (a macho, mustachioed bachelor with a penchant for scotch and an unmatched passion for the jazz flute) perform a hilarious version of "Afternoon delight".

Inspired by a special dish (The Afternoon Delight) served in a restaurant called "Clyde's" in Washington D.C.
According to the songwriter, it was a plate of "shrimp with Brie and almonds"... One of the reasons "fishing" is mentioned so frequently, along with the double entendre of noon-time nookie ... Must be one hell of a dish!

Tuesday afternoon quilting

2006-09-20T17:04:00.000+10:00

Trevor Childs - Deathwish

2006-09-19T10:44:00.000+10:00

2006-09-14T11:57:00.000+10:00

Dropped within me,
my helpless heart;

my head’s vile hiss,
of causeless wrongs;

my holiest dreams,
yielding...
sadly depart;

no sign or knock,
to fuel their songs.

"if light should flower:or laughing sparkle from
the shut house(around and around
which a poor wind will roam" - supposing i dreamed this)... (IX) - by e.e. cummings

bye bye birdies

2006-09-11T13:29:00.000+10:00

goodbye mushroom

2006-09-03T23:35:00.001+10:00

Goodbye little Mushie, I hope you are safe and happy wherever you are. I will never forget you.

Dogs and bird

2006-08-31T21:23:00.000+10:00

Shhhhh! Sleeping Blossom and Mushroom
Agatha
Tess and Blossom

2006-08-31T00:08:00.000+10:00

A Dream Within A Dream

2006-08-28T19:09:00.000+10:00

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep - while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

By Edgar Allan Poe

Gaussian blur

2006-08-27T23:40:00.000+10:00

Love's
azure heights

dupe
the
dazed
and
dullard
dawning

tired
feet

cracked
concrete

a
sloshed
start
stop

start

the
shamble
of criss-crossing

that one sagging
shoulder
strap

a
rapturous memories'
soft reveille

quilting

2006-08-27T16:04:00.000+10:00

"Quilting": A generic term for the process of making a Quilt from beginning to end. Or the actual act of sewing the layers of a quilt together, either by hand or by machine.

Also refers to the finished lines of sewn thread that make up the quilting design. The small, running stitches made through the layers of a quilt -- top, batting and backing -- to form decorative patterns on the surface of the quilt and to hold the layers together.

my first quilt ->

the Mushroom story

2006-08-26T12:07:00.000+10:00

Mushroom and I met on a NSW country road. He was a lonely, fluffy thing... that was very nearly wedged in the tread of my tires. Fortunately i saw him in time, so i picked him up and the rest is history...
Site of the rescue the day after

Mushie sleeping...awwwwwww

2006-08-26T11:56:00.000+10:00

Kookaburra

2006-08-22T18:23:00.000+10:00

The lyrics I remember from the school playground are slightly different:

"Kookaburra sits on the electric wire,

Jumping up and down-

with his arse on fire"...

plastic bertrand

2006-08-22T01:27:00.004+10:00

Due to my total inability to absorb any high school French, the English translation of Plastic Bertrand's wonderful 70's pop ditty "Ca Plane Pour Moi", became an intriguing mystery...

I believe I have finally found the perfect translation.

"Ca Plane Pour Moi"
Wham!Bam!Someone poured whiskey on my cat, Splash

And lit him

He went "boof"

While he was on my bed
I tried to put him out with a broom

My goitre problem got in the way (I sleep naked?)

Very quickly
OuchOuchOuchOuch
In four colours

Ey up!One morning

There's loot at my place

It's my shit wrapped in plastic

Horse's in fishnets

Spare a drop in one's mouth
It's a very grand beer dance

I like my beer in a big glass

And spew
OooOooOooOoo
Come on you Indians in your igloos
That's life for me

Repeat twice...
Me

Repeat four times...
That's life for me

Repeat twice...

Ey up!The mother

Is larger than a panel

What a vibration

And a voyage through passion
Be my dirty passenger

And ride in my lime Combi

You are King of the divan
OhOhOhOh
I'm King of the divan

That's life for me

Repeat twice...

Ey up!Occupy me

Touch my trinkets

Touch my little house plant

It's not today that I wish to talk of tambourines

Or the head of a mannequin
YeahYeahYeahYeah
That's life for me

Repeat thrice...

Ey up!My Nana's the best

She's bizzarre

Marry me

And carry my case

Lever me onto the bar

My life force will come for a grand cocktail
Oh yeah

YeahYeahYeah
Dance on the plate

That's life for me

My life for me

Plastic Bertrand (real name Roger Jouret) Had one massive hit in 1977 with "Ca Plane Pour Moi" and probably remains one of the most famous Belgians.

In his free time Plastic cultivated his secret passion for scrabble - he recently played the world champion and won and has secured a place on the panel of the Festival of Board Games.These days (when not scrabbling), Plastic keeps himself busy with his own art gallery, where he has hosted a show dedicated to bovine beauty.

He has also relaunched himself as a record producer promoting new talent alongside classical music from the 'Russia of the Tzars' (his mother is Ukranian).

they came in through the kitchen window...

2006-08-21T14:10:00.000+10:00

Actually, they squeezed in under the kitchen window... ;oP

blossom

2006-08-21T12:57:00.000+10:00

bushwalking

2006-08-20T12:05:00.000+10:00

rainbow lorikeets and mushroom the magpie

2006-08-19T15:43:00.000+10:00

Redheads

2006-08-18T17:30:00.000+10:00

Myrtle fame

2006-08-17T23:07:00.000+10:00