Iconage!

[labellementeuse]

Look at my icon! fruce made the base! It's wonderful.

And I also made some icons today. :p For wellington and NZ freaks, basically.

Teaser:

Comments

[miriamus.livejournal.com]

I love this country the more I see of it *sigh* I'm now feeling really really guilty for wanting to live in Scotland or a French-speaking country in the future :(

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* Hey, I'm planning on living in America for long periods. The thing about us Kiwis is that we always come back. Always. And that's what counts.

Although if all two million Kiwi expats decide to come back at once we could have problems. :P

[miriamus.livejournal.com]

Nah, I think more people would make New Zealand better. The entertainment market for example is pitifully small, so firstly it's really hard to make a living out of music, writing, film etc, and also for some things there's less opportunity or room in the market to make really good stuff, becuause it wouldn't be viable and so it never gets done commercially...

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

Urg, why the States? The more I hear from people who go there, the less I particularly want to visit.

We've given thought to moving to Perth, my Dad lives there. It's a nice place except for the bugs.

[cabaiste84.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, if I ever writing was to take off for me, then the plan would be to live in the UK for a period. I'm also planning on doing ministry in Ireland at some point...but, no matter, what I'll always be coming back, cos I love NZ to bits!!!

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

I think there is plenty of room for those two million to come back also, particularly if effort goes into making the south island and smaller towns more appealing.

[miriamus.livejournal.com]

The South Island is appealing enough as it is! :D



feh, I probably over-romanticise it because of the (only real in the sense that Merseybeat was real, in that it was an all-encompassing name someone gave it, hee) Dunedin Sound, 'n stuff.

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

I found (while working at a bookstore) most of the big name NZ authors were listed as published in the UK also. Theres a much larger market there, so hopefully that's the sort of publication you can find. But they still lived here (benefits of the shrinking globe).

Ministry in Ireland is an interesting choice. Why Ireland? And remember that there are some fairly intense relgious quarrels opver there.

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

I don't mean its not a nice place, jsut that there so much room but people tend to look for jobs and lifestyles further north.

All the Dunedin ads are a good start, but I think the government should encourage different business growth down there. Also they should provide breaks or bonuses to doctors working isolated places.

And National says with a budget excess we should cut taxes. We should spend it on all the things that the populace complain about. The nurses payrise is a good start.

[cabaiste84.livejournal.com]

Why Ireland? Well, something you must know about me is that I've been intensely passionate about the Irish culture for the past 8 years or so. I have Irish heritage, and I believe Ireland is my spiritual home, and I reckon I'd still go there to live, even if I wasn't Christian.
It is WHY there is so much religious friction over there that I want to go. My discipler/mentor went on a missions trip to Northern Ireland when she was at uni, and she found that while most of the people belonged to some denomination of Christianity, it was strictly a political label. There were very few that actually went to church, or knew what it meant to have a relationship with Christ, and there was a lot of spiritual apathy.
So basically, what I want to do is show people they can have a relationship with God, free from any political crap or religious conflict. Catholics and Protestants essentially worship the same God, right? And yeah, I just wanna make a difference for young people who live over there.
I dunno, it might not end up working out, we'll have to see. Que sera.

[nzlemming.livejournal.com]

If you're planning a science career, for example, the US is the ONLY place, sadly, where the opportunities are plentiful. Myself, I'd switch to arts given the current US theocratic environment. It's a long way from finished, but the signs of imperial decay are everywhere. Here's some URLs you might be interested in (esp. the third one):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,794163,00.html
http://www.fff.org/freedom/0690c.asp
http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=2526

or read Gibbons (http://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/home.html) and judge for yourself.

Having said that, as sixth_light points out, you can bring the experience home or take it elsewhere, like Europe. There's world class science being done in NZ, but not nearly enough money to fund what we *could* do.

As to the bugs, that's an interesting description of West Australians - I must remember that...

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

I suppose that makes sense. Myself planning a lazy artsy life means I cna avoid even thinking about it thankfully.

I just wish I was jumping to conclusions, but I've talked to plenty of people who've gone to various areas and such.

I love all that imperial stuff. None of its seems particularly new to me but great to realise I'm not jsut making connections to mist and fog.

I noticed similarities between the Pelopenessian War and the First World War too, at least in their causes.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Well, I want to live for some time in All The Great Cities. It's my self-conscious pretentious daydream. :p But that means, America-wise, New York at least; plus of course London Paris Tours(okay, that's just for Clara... ;)) or Marseilles, Sydney, Tokyo (haha)... list goes on. Oh and Vienna! :D

Rysade

[(Anonymous)]

I give up: Where do you get the avies from? Miriamus has a very quirky avatar, and I would like to know where it came from! Please!?

Re: Rysade

[miriamus.livejournal.com]

Mine? Do a google search for "Portrait avatar". The maker is the second link, I think.

[welsh-branwen.livejournal.com]

I'm nabbing two! Thanks

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

:D Yay!

[cabaiste84.livejournal.com]

Vienna is GORGEOUS! Went there on a German school trip in sixth form :)

Re: Rysade

[(Anonymous)]

Awsome.

[ariini.livejournal.com]

for a small country you have some amazing music, writing and film.. perhaps not good market for the artists - but for a visitor/short-term resident it was an awesome experience!

[ariini.livejournal.com]

i snagged one of the I heart NZ ones. thanks!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

:D NOT a problem. In fact, my pleasure. :D