And then what happened?: Archive

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Jan 27th

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I need a name.

A name for my camera, to be precise. I’ve already got an external hard-drive called Ebeneezer. But the camera needs a name. It’s an Olympus, so I was thinking Oscar… Oisín… but alliteration is not really necessary. I quite like the name Theodore. Just, I don’t know, a cool name. Suggestions?

Jan 27th

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Jan 27th

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Jan 27th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →

The National (13) Amanda Palmer (4) Buddy Holly (2) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (2) The Shins (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Jan 27th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 24th

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A Conversation with German Tourists in Sydney the...

Caitlin: So here, this is the Wharf Theatre, and you can walk around under the Sydney Harbour Bridge over there.
Woman: Oh, thank you so much. So you live in Sydney?
Caitlin: Yes, since I started uni, and I was born here too.
Man: Don't you think it is expensive here?
Caitlin: Oh yes, Sydney is one of the most expensive cities in the world, I think.
Woman: I couldn't believe the price of groceries here! Two dollars fifty, just for an avocado! And the price of water! Just a bottle of mineral water, it's terrible how expensive that is!
Caitlin: Ah, yes, bottled water is very expensive.
Woman: Well what else can you drink?
Caitlin: Uh... water from the tap?
Woman: You can drink the tap water here? It's clean? Really? I didn't think you could, we've been buying bottled water the whole time!
Caitlin: Oh, well you don't need to do that. Pretty much everywhere in Australian cities, the water is fine. It's only in very remote places, where the water comes from the ground, you can't drink the tap water there. And even then, there will be some drinking water, not expensive.
Woman: Oh my goodness, I've been taking my tablets with water from the mini-bar fridge...
Caitlin: I promise you, the water in your hotel sink is fine to drink.
Man: So you're studying in Göttingen this year? That's a lovely town.
Caitlin: Yes... I have to practise my German more, though. I don't know enough, I keep using English words.
Man: Oh, you speak pretty well!
Woman: Anyway, you know what they say, you learn German best in the bedroom.
Caitlin: I'm sorry?
Woman: Yes, you'll get over there and find yourself a nice young man or three with those sexy hips, and you'll learn the language very quickly.
Caitlin: Oh. Thanks? Wow, okay. Um.

Jan 24th

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Jan 23rd

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Jan 22nd

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Jan 22nd

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Jan 22nd

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Jan 20th

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Jan 19th

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Jan 19th

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maybevirginia asked: you should try contacting the seller of the tickets as well as amanda herself. What the opera house did was outrageous and they should have somehow compensated you or seated you in an equally good area. Good luck

Jan 18th

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Jan 17th

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A Rant. At the Sydney Opera House.

GodDAMNit. I generally try to keep as much grumpiness off the internet as I can manage, but I’ve hit critical point here, and unfortunately Tumblr is going to suffer for it. I’ve just reached the stage where there are so many evil little wriggly unhappy thought-bugs running circles around my skull that I can’t sleep, and I can’t shut off my brain. And the worst part? I feel...

Jan 17th

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Jan 17th

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Finally, a finished project

I’ve got half-finished sculptures strewn across my room, and scarves that didn’t turn out quite the way I wanted tucked into various corners of my cupboards, and scribbled ideas in forgotten notebooks from here to the shores of Newcastle, but after two or three months I’ve FINALLY finished a project that I’m happy with, very wobbly wonky bits and all. Sadly I can’t...

Jan 15th

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