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labellementeusedear livejournal,
much has happened since we spoke last!
Now that I am working full-time at starmart, I once again have the opportunity to be enraged by the headlines. On Wednesday, I couldn't decide which one was more offensive: "the Dominion Post takes a stand against whaling!!11!" or "freedom-of-speech limiting bill passed." For the record, I don't approve of whaling, but I also don't approve of newspapers that aren't even faking neutrality anymore; I do approve of the electoral finance bill, and the New Zealand Herald really pissed me off; additionally, I think in terms of self-serving politics, this bill serves the Greens and the Maori party about 600% more than it serves Labour. Not all Labour supporters are starving welfare recipients, morons.
Other things that enrage me include my co-worker, Ramsin, who will be voting in the next election but doesn't understand MMP (and won't listen to explanations); customers who don't listen to me or who fail to treat me with basic human dignity; and the fact that I need three fillings (and all the dentists I've seen have told me my gums will stop bleeding if I brush regularly. NO. THEY WON'T. My gums have been my gums for a very long time, trust me on this.)
On the other hand, there are many things in my life that don't piss me off. for example! I have Christmas Eve off, which means I will actually have a chance to do some Christmas shopping - this is INCREDIBLE - I also have christmas eve eve off, so two whole days, an embarassment of riches. I finished my yuletide story and decided it wasn't as awful as I thought it was when I started writing it, which is great. My younger brother turned 17, which is pretty much !; I got him Farscape Season 1 (um, well, he told me to buy it and I bought it off my sister, who was going to give it to me for Christmas, when I couldn't find a copy because I left it so late to shop) and the Stephen Colbert book on CD that I downloaded. Speaking of which, this is my new stocking-stuffer for my family (I tend to go with one boringly obvious thing I know they'll like, and one quirky, cheap stocking stuffer which is the same but different to go with each; last year it was a second-hand book, tailored to individual preference, this year I think audiobooks.)
Hmm. Fannishly, not much is moving me at the moment - I'm watching a lot of farscape and really enjoying it, but I can get my rocks off talking about it with people I know IRL. Um... lately I've discovered a growing intolerance for spending time with people who don't watch a lot of television - Whedon, Stargate, Farscape, SPN, SV, I don't really care: it's the fannish interest/drive I'm talking about. It's funny because on the one hand, I'm passionate about lots of stuff and I like to talk, but on the other hand, I'm just sick of talking about the weather/politics/uni (the next person I barely know who asks me about whether I'm finished yet is getting smacked; more about uni in some post next year, I think.) But the fannish stuff - conversing about fannish stuff is just fun, no pressure, never boring, always entertaining, and it's just as revealing in terms of personal taste and opinions and politics. *sigh* Why can't we all be fans, huh, huh?
much has happened since we spoke last!
Now that I am working full-time at starmart, I once again have the opportunity to be enraged by the headlines. On Wednesday, I couldn't decide which one was more offensive: "the Dominion Post takes a stand against whaling!!11!" or "freedom-of-speech limiting bill passed." For the record, I don't approve of whaling, but I also don't approve of newspapers that aren't even faking neutrality anymore; I do approve of the electoral finance bill, and the New Zealand Herald really pissed me off; additionally, I think in terms of self-serving politics, this bill serves the Greens and the Maori party about 600% more than it serves Labour. Not all Labour supporters are starving welfare recipients, morons.
Other things that enrage me include my co-worker, Ramsin, who will be voting in the next election but doesn't understand MMP (and won't listen to explanations); customers who don't listen to me or who fail to treat me with basic human dignity; and the fact that I need three fillings (and all the dentists I've seen have told me my gums will stop bleeding if I brush regularly. NO. THEY WON'T. My gums have been my gums for a very long time, trust me on this.)
On the other hand, there are many things in my life that don't piss me off. for example! I have Christmas Eve off, which means I will actually have a chance to do some Christmas shopping - this is INCREDIBLE - I also have christmas eve eve off, so two whole days, an embarassment of riches. I finished my yuletide story and decided it wasn't as awful as I thought it was when I started writing it, which is great. My younger brother turned 17, which is pretty much !; I got him Farscape Season 1 (um, well, he told me to buy it and I bought it off my sister, who was going to give it to me for Christmas, when I couldn't find a copy because I left it so late to shop) and the Stephen Colbert book on CD that I downloaded. Speaking of which, this is my new stocking-stuffer for my family (I tend to go with one boringly obvious thing I know they'll like, and one quirky, cheap stocking stuffer which is the same but different to go with each; last year it was a second-hand book, tailored to individual preference, this year I think audiobooks.)
Hmm. Fannishly, not much is moving me at the moment - I'm watching a lot of farscape and really enjoying it, but I can get my rocks off talking about it with people I know IRL. Um... lately I've discovered a growing intolerance for spending time with people who don't watch a lot of television - Whedon, Stargate, Farscape, SPN, SV, I don't really care: it's the fannish interest/drive I'm talking about. It's funny because on the one hand, I'm passionate about lots of stuff and I like to talk, but on the other hand, I'm just sick of talking about the weather/politics/uni (the next person I barely know who asks me about whether I'm finished yet is getting smacked; more about uni in some post next year, I think.) But the fannish stuff - conversing about fannish stuff is just fun, no pressure, never boring, always entertaining, and it's just as revealing in terms of personal taste and opinions and politics. *sigh* Why can't we all be fans, huh, huh?
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Date: 2007-12-21 07:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-21 07:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-21 07:56 am (UTC)Exactly! It's just, it's crazy.
In re: the us vs japan thing, I really like the stickers that have been up around the place - I <3 sushi/origami/manga, but whaling breaks my heart. It's way more empathetic.
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Date: 2007-12-21 07:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-21 10:59 am (UTC)In other news: FARSCAPE!!!
I never got to see enough of that show. Awesome. One where he gets home? Wicked, but I don't know if you've seen it so I shall say no more...
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Date: 2007-12-22 05:25 am (UTC):D I haven't seen it, but I'm right at the beginning of S4 so I know it's coming up! And I'm really looking forward to it!!