http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/ stuck between rock and a soft place Copyright 2008 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:37:38 +0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The first time I heard Stephin Merritt's voice I was on a date, at a Perth Festival movie. The film was my pick, Pieces of April and it was a winner. I loved the soundtrack, but I had no... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/02/a-pretty-girl-i.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/02/a-pretty-girl-i.html Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:37:38 +0700 I had a serious car accident today. Got spun around as I was turning right in front of oncoming traffic. Thankfully the five star safety rated Golf took the impact but it scared the bejeezus out of me. I'm... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/02/the-diary-of-ho.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/02/the-diary-of-ho.html Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:27:27 +0700 In my line of work I see a lot of people with what is usually called dementia. I find it the most fascinating of diseases; so little is known about it, and the causes are incredibly varied. What I... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/02/-in-my-line-of.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/02/-in-my-line-of.html Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:04:42 +0700 Paris turned out to be just Paris; and that, of course, was more than enough for me. Paris had only to be Paris: Paris was just so. It helped that within 30 seconds of strolling the streets, a handsome... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/01/some-illcompose-1.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/01/some-illcompose-1.html Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:36:17 +0700 In my sorry state that only a self-indulgent, "I've got nothing else to do" kind of post can fix, I'm going to compose two lists for your voyeuristic pleasure. The first list is things that I know for sure. The second is a list of things that I don't know. And then I'll make like Dr Phil and believe that a public airing of dirty laundry is the only way to truly get it clean. So I will try to as honest as I can and as true to my mood as I can, and see if the veil of fug lifts after my publishing Things I Know for Sure 1) Finn is my cat, Patrick my boyfriend 2) I am a drinker of single malts 3) Stephen Merritt is, for me, the most mythological figure in pop, along with Jeff Mangum, of course 4) I have depression 5) I am loved Things I Don't Know for Sure 1) I don't know what I'll be in terms of my career 2) I don't know why I get so bloody bored sometimes 3) I don't know how an air lock works (underwater, like in Lost) 4) I don't know if I'm a writer 5) I don't know if I'll get up with my alarm tomorrow Feeling better. Sometimes binary divisions are all you really need. The deep, darker feelings can be surprisingly near to the fun, trivial stuff. http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/01/blog-fart-hiss.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/01/blog-fart-hiss.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:16:59 +0700 Out in the middle of it there is a frozen-over pond, a small one, but it takes up most of the vista that we're permitted by the trees to see. Every direction reveals the same thing; white, crusty snow... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/01/the-thought-fox.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/01/the-thought-fox.html Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:24:10 +0700 One of the most interesting statues we saw in Russia was this one of the Wolf and the Crane, just outside the Kremlin. I looked up the story and, as usual, it turned out to be one of Aesop's fables. It... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/01/the-wolf-and-th.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2008/01/the-wolf-and-th.html Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:59:37 +0700 The rollerdrome was awesome. It was also something I could not manage to engage with by myself alone. It was always me and my sister, me and her, the two of us, all the time, every time, at the... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/10/flying-camels-a.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/10/flying-camels-a.html Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:25:00 +0700 They were the crushing years. I crushed on everything; the band, its players, the scene, my best friend. On cigarettes, port and vintage dresses. They were the days when my lust roamed untethered, along with my self-destructiveness and emerging... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/09/god-knows-why-i.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/09/god-knows-why-i.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:47:26 +0700 This is one of the most beautiful myths I have heard in a long time. It is a Persian myth and is lifted straight out of Persian Mythology by John Hinnells. The image is one of the most sublime I... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/06/ten-fish.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/06/ten-fish.html Wholy Cow Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:25:00 +0700 And so it is that I find myself writing about Paris Hilton. I have either joined a particular club or been kicked out of one I didn't know I belonged to. But if Christopher Hitchens can justify writing about... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/06/is-my-capacity.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/06/is-my-capacity.html Wrong Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:22:59 +0700 I'm usually a voracious reader of reviews, but I didn't even bother to see what people are writing about the last ever epiosde of Gilmore Girls---except of course, for Salon, whose reviewer I pretty much agree whole heartedly with.... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/06/youve-given-me.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/06/youve-given-me.html The Books Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:56:56 +0700 So we had the crash but I'm not going to write about that yet. Not just yet. I can say though, that we are more or less fine and no one else was involved and we have no immediate... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/01/deck-the-halls.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2007/01/deck-the-halls.html Poesy Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:17:15 +0700 It all got a lot more personal for me when Iran's name came up. My great grandfather was a Zoroastrian and I have cousins living in Perth who are very active in the Zoroastrian community here, bringing out priests... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2006/08/the-name-of-the.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2006/08/the-name-of-the.html Wholy Cow Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:43:30 +0700 To the Owner I was very disappointed to discover that in your clothing store you are now carrying fur products. While I have previously been a shopper at Varga Girl, and have trusted in it to provide well-made, stylish clothes... http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2006/06/please-join-me-1.html http://journals.concrete.org.au/hollyhobbie/archives/2006/06/please-join-me-1.html Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:26:02 +0700