sju-sjukskoterska

2006-06-06T15:50:00.000-07:00

i am so angry I am ready to kick Phillip Ruddock's face in. I have contacted his diary secretary to make an appointment.

2005-08-29T21:09:00.000-07:00

oh.it's been a while, hasn't it?I just had to share a conversation i had with one of el prima's daughters the other day. I don't know how we got onto the topic, but we were talking about dying hair. She's 11."Some people dye the hair on their legs, don't they?""Yeah, I guess they do. Maybe to make it blonde.""Well, I want to dye my leg hair BLACK so you can see it!"

2005-08-02T23:30:00.000-07:00

*insert customary disclaimer about how I really DON'T watch "big brother" at all, but get my doses secondhand from such reputable sources as fopovision and channel A**Kate.I have two words for you:1. suffer; and2. innyajocks.ps, I am so happy that the "pink mafia" are finally getting some press. That's right folks - don't fuck with the family!But what of the headline "gays abandon kate" -

2005-06-20T23:17:00.000-07:00

Screwing over your staff begins at homeThis is just beautiful - the Workplace Relations minister, Kevin Andrews is facing a revolt within his department because of his department's heavy-handed application of the workplace policies he is now seeking to extend to all Australian employees.For the past nine months, Mr Andrews's department has been locked in a battle with half its 3000 staff, who are

2005-06-09T20:48:00.000-07:00

I *knew* this would happen!Once you start doing those "meme" things, who knows WHERE it will stop?!? Somewhere silly, that's where! It is a mere slippery slope into absurdity, but, in the spirit of restoring some faith in my haphazard blog-citizenship I unwillingly comply.01). Total volume of music files on my computer? um.*embarrassed silence*this is SO going to erode both my music

2005-05-30T00:25:00.000-07:00

books.... oh - i've been tagged! 1. Total number of books I've owned:about 800kgs? that's what it felt like when I was lugging them (with some assistance) down 6 flights of stairs and then into our new house last weekend... and there are more stashed under my dad's house back in melbourne. i'm still looking for my 1950s homemaking guide for instructions on making your own furniture / curtains

2005-05-22T16:24:00.000-07:00

For fuck's sake...Can someone please explain the concept of post-traumatic stress to this judge??Here is a case where a father is being tried for incest and sexual abuse of his son (14) and daughter (16). The prosecution has requested the court to allow the kids to give evidence by video link because they are so damn scared of the man. The defence has agreed. But the judge? Oh no, he wants to

2005-05-16T23:45:00.000-07:00

STOP PRESSKylie has breast cancer.A friend just forwarded me the press release below. i hope she is alright. I think she's a tough little cookie and she's going to beat it. KYLIE SHOWGIRL TOUR POSTPONED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - TUESDAY 17th MAY 2005 The Frontier Touring Company, promoter of Kylie’s upcoming Showgirl Tour today confirmed that Kylie’s tour has been postponed due to health

2005-04-27T02:05:00.000-07:00

Pilgrimmage to Beyonce's ass - Part II . So, no sooner did my little sister whisper "backstage passes to Destiny's Child" than I had booked my self a hot little ticket down to melbourne and promised all el prima's kids (and their cousins!) to get as many signatures / photos as possible. I felt like Charlie finding his golden ticket to the Chocolate Factory .... (oh. that is a big picture isn't

2005-04-20T17:09:00.000-07:00

oh what a hussy!(i hope i can make helen mirren proud)my apologies for being such a slovenly blog-hostess. I may as well serve you all this:I must warn you that this is a bit of a on-going pattern where life takes over and my poor blog grows lean and hungry-looking. But as my dearly beloved fop and brownie remind me, "this just won't do!"my current excuse for this neglect is the usual work /

2005-03-21T17:01:00.000-08:00

via Zoe The Chaser is stranger than fiction... it seems their GREAT JOKE about Daniel O'Connor deciding to re-interview for the position of "biological father" after meeting Tony Abbott has come true!Tony Abbott's long-lost son is not his son. Someone apparently cut his lunch, and noticed a bit of an uncanny resemblance to his kids when pictures of Daniel were publicised. And DNA tests have

2005-03-15T18:34:00.000-08:00

Show us yer. map of tassie!I am a new convert to the joys of tassie. I know that millions have already sung its praises etc, but i really had no idea that it would be quite so delightful "down there". Beaches: breathtaking (and not just because of the water temperature) (this isn't my picture, but this is what the view looked like on the third day. We spent the second night camped in the far

2005-03-09T16:53:00.000-08:00

via p-cat's liz:Amanda Vanstone:I got in a lot of trouble feeding the Customs Dogs homemade dog biscuits during my time as Minister for Justice and Customs.I'll bet you did!

2005-03-08T18:42:00.000-08:00

Mar - Di - Gras!in the spirit of edward's i'd like to weave a delightful tale of our special "gay christmas", but i'm still too weary for narrative, and there are some details that perhaps i should hold back on... highlights:- el prima and the float organisers playing a GREAT JOKE on me by telling me that my suggested song (via edward and fop) for the parade "Help I'm a Fish" had been "voted out

2005-03-01T16:38:00.000-08:00

Whoo-HOO! Prez-for-life, Sheelzebub, has appointed me Minister for the Colonies! That's right, I'll be attending to my duties shortly, just as soon as i get my ceremonial robes sorted... (that's me on the right).

2005-02-27T20:48:00.000-08:00

via personal political Anne Summers, on the real detail behind Abbott's relinquishment of his son.As she reports, the decision to relinquish their child was not a mutual decision at all, but one which Abbott pushed Kathy Donnelly into. They had decided to get married.... until he got cold feet, and then was surprised when she broke up with him when she was seven months pregnant. And janet

2005-02-24T19:50:00.000-08:00

Following a conversation in the comments, here are some further adoption resources:ARMS (Association of Relinquishing Mothers) Information on the process of making contact between a relinquished child and mother in NSW Research on the relinquishing mothers' pain associated with the loss of their child Adoption Research and Counselling Service (western australia?) ARCS Ph: (08) 9370 4914 Research

2005-02-24T14:03:00.000-08:00

1. Clear evidence of Global warmingOh no.... old rice and monkey nuts agrees with me... He even picked out the same quote from Abbott... Abbott did insist Daniel not become a "political football" in his campaign against abortion, but then said: "I am disappointed there are so few babies adopted these days because there are plenty of parents (wanting to adopt)." And here he is arguing for a

2005-02-22T13:55:00.000-08:00

On that same topic, some apt words from Pinko Feminist Hellcat:Abortion apparently hurts women because we just can't take the thought of killing our babies; however, giving them up for adoption is just like giving away a pair of shoes. Gosh, it's easy, and those naughty sluts who decide they don't want to give their children up for adoption after all are selfish whores! Don't they realize that

2005-02-21T19:11:00.000-08:00

Callow? (via Zoe )I couldn't think of a better word to describe Tony Abbott's approach to his biological son - past and present. Relinquishing your child to adoption - what a great story! Stick that to the pro-choice mob!Clearly the reason Mr Abbott is asking the media "don't use my son as a political football" is because Abbott himself wants to claim that privilege over his offspring. It

2005-02-17T16:45:00.000-08:00

Harrrumph!Here we have the ridiculous situation where on the very same day that alexander downer admits that Mamdouh Habib may have been abused in Egypt, Kim Beazley is taking a stick to the poor man in his best impression of a terrorist-hunting conservative. Ooh Kimmy, you are so *tough*! I have no bloody idea what Mr Habib was doing in Afghanistan in 2001 - just as much as I know about what

2005-02-10T18:33:00.000-08:00

Put that damn kettle on!There's some women with opinions coming through!

2005-02-09T14:14:00.000-08:00

Ladies, can't you feel the love? A whole host of male politicians and priests and the Self-Appointed Commander Of Wombs! raising the collective whine "I really care about women and their ability to make a informed choice" - while doing their best to put their own religious / "moral" limits on women's access to safe, affordable abortion. So caring, so loving, so attuned to the hardships of

2005-01-26T21:15:00.000-08:00

Loooooooook!! We've been liz-o-vatedi mean fop-o-vated!! if you don't like it, you can have a clog to the head.

2005-01-20T15:28:00.000-08:00

Big-boned fella seeks Howard-like role in leadership vacuum. Likes: war, musing on "if Howard did it, and the Australian public liked it, then it should work for me too", mateship amongst union blokes, when people see him as a last ditch hope and take refuge in his big manly embrace. i'm with goonan - the howard-beazley analogies just aren't helping. if people want howard-style xenophobia

2005-01-20T14:30:00.000-08:00

Period Drama heaving bosomry? hurrah! pouty reese-isms? mmm-mm! habadashery galore? aye-aye! ringlets? tick! pauper children? oh yes! that's right, last night we went to see Vanity Fair "with-a-spoon"FULL of that winsome Reese Witherspoon. i just about "my dear mrs crawley, you shan't!"ed all the way home and had strange dreams about very pregnant ladies wearing fancy napoleonic ball gowns.

2005-01-16T22:44:00.000-08:00

she likes to poke it who should we meet on saturday night but the "golden snatch" (aka ausculture's jess). You'll have to prod Fop for a full-explanation of that term, but let's just say i've never seen him hold his faux-army japanese shoulder bag quite so tightly... After several months enjoying a regular little slice of ausculture, i was quite curious as to the real persona of its maitre

2004-11-25T19:16:00.000-08:00

On the Cards (or, three things to wet your pants in antici........pation thinking about!) 1. An exciting Liz-O-vation courtesy of Monsieur Fop who, with a bit of persuasion, is going to liz-O-vate us within an inch of our fake swedish lives. Clogs, small animals, crazy buttons, it is all happening very soon. (having said that, it will probably be quite crap, but you must be nice about it) 2.

2004-11-17T22:42:00.000-08:00

Ladeeyz: a word? call me an oldskool femininazi, but i have no respect for women (in this DAY and AGE *wringing hands*) who re-name themselves their husband's name when they get marred. what? there is a small excuse for this kind of thing if you have a terrible surname which you can't wait to ditch (such as crapp) or, if you are living in the 18th century, but apart from that, i think it is

2004-11-10T21:50:00.000-08:00

Guantanauru Bay? from the Canberra Times November 11, 2004 Thursday Final Edition Govt a no-show at detention hearing Roderick Campbell - Legal Reporter Nauru might become Australia's equivalent to Guantanamo Bay if proceedings in the High Court yesterdayare any guide. In what is believed to be an Australian legal first, the Federal Government failed to appear before the court to

2004-11-10T21:47:00.000-08:00

the How? of Howard enough of the moaning, if we want to nail this lying rodent at the next election, then we need to start disembowelling his tactics and experimenting with some vaccines for howardism and the spreading disease that is neo-conservatism. maybe experimenting on rats - metaphorically at least - isn't such a bad idea... as nasty, dishonest, sneaky, and destructive as howard is, he

2004-11-07T23:15:00.000-08:00

A little lesson in biology Some people seem to suggest that being pregnant is rather like having a car in a garage... car? garage? / fetus? mother? what is going on here? is marcel white a complete dullard who has never copped an eyeful of a real human woman in his life, or is he just a repetitive misogynist pro-life fundamentalist, who thinks 52% of the population are portable

2004-11-04T19:07:00.000-08:00

Reality? check! Now that we've got four more years of the empire, it's worth remembering where reality fits within the Bush / neo-con headspace. Any of you who think reality - ie examining what is happening in the world - is a good basis for policy, should realise that there is no room for you in the Bush view of the world. According to one of Bush's senior advisers, the "reality-based

2004-11-04T19:01:00.000-08:00

Now now! it all gets a bit nasty when we're on the internet and don't have to say things to each others' faces, doesn't it? of course, that is half the charm, but i don't want MAB to file any lawsuits on us without getting the whole picture. So, in the name of being as "fair and balanced" as Fox News, and in a general spirit of electric-lattice lerve, her is my list of things i seriously

2004-11-03T22:15:00.000-08:00

Tha Family FIST Think "families" are all about love, caring for one another and providing a space for kids to learn and grow? Well, get yo'self ready for the cooler, harder tougher version of "family" - that's right! the FAMILY FIST! Nunna that caring / love rubbish - this (cult) family is all about corporal punishment, burning lesbians at the stake (taking the notion of "family barbeque"

2004-11-02T19:05:00.000-08:00

Oh I've found ms fits' nemesis, and i'm jealous! she is just *too* funny!!!! A 20-year-old Young Liberals college girl with a thing for horses and impersonating Greens volunteers on election day so that she can hand out Liberal leaflets. Miranda Airey-Branson: will you be my nemesis too? here's what she's got to say on "my people": Could it be possible lesbians just haven't found the

2004-10-31T23:13:00.000-08:00

Tony Abbott wants your fetus! That's right! What do you mean you think you'd like a say? Just because it is tucked in there amongst your vital organs, carrying half your genes and if it happens to grow into a child, you'll be the one having to feed, clothe and mother it doesn't make it your decision - No! according to our health minister, it should be up to him - or maybe his parliamentary

2004-10-21T16:05:00.000-07:00

put out tha WELCOME MAT! Ooooh!! my very first little right wing audience member!! I am so excited!! Thesplatguy came a-visiting and had a few little words to say about my rant on MBF / subsiding private health care: That argument really doesn't stand up. I can definitely agree that the US system is ugly. But the problem there is that there is no subsidisation,

2004-10-20T17:05:00.000-07:00

Fundamentalist? Expelling 12 and 13 year-old girls for what they are wearing - that sounds pretty fundamentalist to me.

2004-10-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

Your tax dollars - subsidising inequality Good to see a private health insurance company such as MBF making a record profit of over $100 million of the back of taking millions of dollars of government rebates... It does make me wonder, if private enterprise is so efficient, why it needs to be subsidised by government? Or at least, shouldn't government money be spent on fixing up the basics (eg

2004-10-19T19:33:00.000-07:00

Okay what is going ON? Right, I think this requires a list: 1. work out how the hell to do this blogging business again. Oh how technology has moved beyond me in the few short months that I have been on my mysterious "secret mission".... 2. explain that i have been absent on a secret mission for some time and that i can't say anything about it except that that other persona of mine is rather

2004-06-09T16:52:00.000-07:00

ranty letter to SMH today: No excuse for detaining children How much more evidence do we need that detaining children is wrong in every sense? The recent report from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission is the last in a long chain of reports showing that lengthy detention is a breach of the human rights of children, and causes them physical and psychological harm. It hinders

2004-05-27T15:12:00.000-07:00

Ranty-tanty Yes, I know, how unusual for me, but, really, there is a lot to rant about! First we have john howard getting snippy about gay marriage - damn it, it seems to be working as an election bouncer in the US - why not try it here? Better still, he's stated, "it is not about discriminating against them (his lip curls with distaste as he is unable to even pronounce the words "same sex

2004-04-07T17:04:00.000-07:00

jumping into the jihad So much for bringing peace and democracy - it now appears that when Iraqi rebels call for jihad or holy war, the American occupation forces are more than willing to jump in to make more matyrs and inflame ordinary Iraqi people to greater resistance. How long will it take for the US (and its sideshow supporters) to get it - the best way to appease terrorists is to give

2004-03-17T17:59:00.000-08:00

Recent Ranty bits: 18 march 2004 I'm not intolerant about gays, says PM... it's just that he doesn't think they deserve equal rights... So when Howard says that allowing gay and lesbian people to marry would "reduce the status of marriage", he's not criticising gay "lifestyles", he's just saying that those "lifestyles" don't deserve the same rights as heterosexual "lifestyles". I guess it's

2004-02-26T18:19:00.000-08:00

Now, a little bit about film... 1. the Passiona of Christ God knows I won't be seeing this one, but let me nonetheless have a little rant about it! Why is it getting so much damn free publicity? Since when is a movie release by Mel Gibson news in itself? particularly when it is not like he thought up anything original - there are more movies about jesus than you could fill a "christian

2004-02-26T14:47:00.000-08:00

talking back... [there are two theories on this - do you spend your energy responding to right-wing racist freaks, or is it better to just ignore their pap for the rubbish it is? most of the time, it is difficult to respond to all of them, but in some cases, i think it is really important to clearly state why someone is wrong, and what exactly is wrong with what they are saying, rather than

2004-02-16T15:33:00.000-08:00

boob monster if i had 7000 euros this is what i would be buying! you have to go down to the bottom of the page - it is a pink latex blow up boob monster 3.6 metres long. it does have its own separate page but this picture is better because the inventors (chicks on speed) are holding it up in front of their heads and one of them has nice little blue boots with a white guitar on. now, i know i am

2004-02-14T16:40:00.000-08:00

now for a lil bit more lil kim: AS: Tell me about some of the other songs you've been working on. LK: I have one called "My Aunt Dot," which is about menstruating. Before Biggie passed, he was like: "I know females call their periods 'Aunt Dot.' You need to do a song called 'Your Aunt Dot,' and you just need to freak it." He never got to tell me how to do it, but I guess I did it the way he

2004-02-10T20:11:00.000-08:00

"Fritrade" apparently this is a type of lemonade which john howard likes to sell on his block of a saturday afternoon. Not to be confused with "Free Trade" for some important reasons: 1. it's not free This isn't about creating a free market - this is about priviledging one country in our trade relations - otherwise known as bringing australia into the US mercantile empire. yay! colonised

2004-02-08T22:42:00.000-08:00

this year is sure to be all about monkeys which can only be an improvement.

2004-01-28T13:35:00.000-08:00

plant-type reading here is the more recent offering from ruth ozeki - very thick but very readable. now just in case anyone does read this blog, and hasn't yet read the book STOP NOW if you don't want me to spoil it for you, as i have a few bones to pick with ms ozeki. 1. charmey - we have not met such a disposable character since that blow-up bouncy kangaroo toy which broke many poor little

2004-01-21T22:43:00.000-08:00

feelin' all peachy on the inside! i attended upon this lady last night, though not at quite the proximity i had hoped. there was lots of proximity, though, in the audience, especially the squashy bit up the front where i was... and especially with the girl standing behind me! (more of her later!) peaches had the most amazing effect on people! i'm not usually the groupie type (okay well that

2004-01-21T22:27:00.000-08:00

educative Blah blah blah... that john howard is upset that state schools are not beating his favorite "values" into children these days, and that therefore he thinks we should give the entire education budget over to those private schools who are willing to do so, but only to those children whose parents can afford it. we can only surmise that the ones whose parents can't afford it don't deserve

2004-01-08T16:14:00.000-08:00

surly this is how i was yestereve on returning to my abode after spending far too many fruitless hours on a futile research task: . grrr! this was remedied somewhat by going for a little swim IN THE BEACH this morning before returning to place of work - how lovely!! nothing like a big fat ocean to cure all surliness! it even made me quite friendly to fellow human beings - there was an older

2004-01-06T18:15:00.000-08:00

crotch gallery! courtesy of peaches! what a lady! she wishes people to pelt her with fruit (specifically bananas and, obviously, peaches) during her performances. don't mind if i do...

2004-01-04T19:43:00.000-08:00

Tracey Moffatt is my consolation for coming back to work today. not that she came to visit or anything, rather, she is having a huge exhibition at the MCA which is located in my playlunch area ("circular quay"). it is such an enormous exhibition (three floors of it! including several short films!) that i think i will stretch it out over several lunchtimes. so far, my favorite is a photo

2004-01-04T17:16:00.000-08:00

What a lazy! yes, yes, i know - i have been very remiss with this poor sloppy website. i have not, however, been completely wasting my time. what have i to say for myself? 1. i have visited my homeland. there was a wedding, some half-decent presents, millions of cousins and several pregnant ladies. about to give birth any bloody minute!! 2. i saw "dogville" the most recent offering

2003-12-16T19:42:00.000-08:00

nice this is a word i saw used to quite good effect this morning in a letter to the paper and feel compelled to quote: Racial slurs are just part of everyday life in Oz Why are people so surprised at incidents of racial abuse at the cricket, or elsewhere in Australia (Letters, December 16). It might be news to some people, but to people of a non-white background it is part of Australian

2003-12-16T18:51:00.000-08:00

Swanky-panky! i must report that our household has been having a bit of a swank-fest of late. and really, who can help themselves, when faced with the charming notion of hillary having sex with chloe sevigny... mm! . our journey to hillary has had a couple of interesting twists and turns... first, "the (apple) core" - what a funny little sci fi / natural disaster / armageddon flick! its

2003-12-15T18:00:00.000-08:00

LEZZO FOR PREZZO!! peruvian conservatives have squeezed out their first female prime minister Beatriz Merino on the basis of anonymous allegations of corruption and lesbianism. (obviously the two go together!) she still has 62% popularity with the people however, so she's looking forward to the 2004 presidential elections...

2003-12-15T17:47:00.000-08:00

in the cut (ouch!) . i saw this movie last night and it is really SCARY! it is all about decapitation! scary and disgusting! my poor movie-side companion was subjected to me squirming, grabbing her arm and putting my hands over my eyes in numerous spots. it does do some interesting things though - in particular it puts you through a sharp-eyed study of fear and desire and the thread of

2003-12-15T13:47:00.000-08:00

lauryn hill has been telling off the Vatican - good on her! even if she's a crazy christian.

2003-12-14T23:10:00.000-08:00

oh look - press this button!! go on!!! pleeeese!!

2003-12-14T19:32:00.000-08:00

snap! oh look - the americans have captured a former dictator of a regime they helped set up! and now he is really evil - you see, killing civilians is nothing compared to growing a beard, looking like a terrorist and pissing off the americans. and what a good excuse to pump up the death penalty! don't worry about the Hague, or (god forbid) the international criminal court - the axis of

2003-12-14T18:20:00.000-08:00

now i haven't finished with da brat yet! i have been alerted by will that da brat seems to have struck up quite a friendship with mariah carey. much as i ordinarily find her very ordinary, mariah's warbling on 'heartbreaker' (also featuring missy) was quite a pleasure. . herre, they look quite chummy, but... then here, it seems that mariah has not only forced da brat (on the left,

2003-12-11T14:36:00.000-08:00

crazy robots i came home last night and saw a "news item" in which some crazy robot was operating on a man's prostate. the surgeon controlling the crazy robot was wearing a little surgery hat with colourful crazy robots printed on it! i know robots are fun, but this seems a bit odd. the surgeon was very excited about getting to play with a robot and the patient said something along the lines

2003-12-11T14:06:00.000-08:00

da brat who is this l-a-d-y? she's occupying a lot of my attention lately - i heard her on missy's track 'sock it 2 me' and now after a little bit of prodding, my friend dru has lent me three of her works. apparently, she's shy and doesn't like buckets - my thoughts exactly! "Obsessed with me Cause i'm shy No matter which whip i pick, And butt-kick your little buckets And leave your face

2003-12-08T15:21:00.000-08:00

yes yes i know i should re-name this blog "see, missy elliot really IS a lesbian" but she is a bit of a subject dear to my heart so god help me if i can't stop banging on about her... in order to pique my anticipation for "this is not a test" i got the bargain duo of missy hissytory "supa dupa fly" and "in da real world". so far "supa dupa" has been on very high rotation - this is a very

2003-12-04T16:31:00.000-08:00

2003-12-04T16:29:00.000-08:00

i've picked out just the right chrissie pressie for that special little man who insists on calling himself the "prime" minister of this country. i'll keep it a surprise for him, but this is it: . can you imagine the joy in his squinty little eyes as he shoves jeanette out of the way to rip the paper off this one! his very own star wars clone trooper! maybe if he's really good, santa will get

2003-12-02T21:32:00.000-08:00

oh here is missy proclaiming her desire for avril lavigne and the spice girls: TOTP: You must have a huge music collection, any records that would surprise people? Missy: I like Faith Hill, and that girl with the song 'Complicated'. I think she's hot. And any old Michael Jackson album. TOTP: Thay're pretty credible records, any embarrassing ones? Missy: I can't tell you that [laughs]. Erm… I

2003-12-02T19:50:00.000-08:00

. here is another lady who wouldn't mind a bit of care from the swedish nurses... indeed, swedish, dutch, she really doesn't mind. in her new single you can hear her calling for someone to "pass that dutch"

2003-12-02T19:26:00.000-08:00

sju-sju-what? i like this word because it is SWEDISH. the way you pronounce it is something in between 'shoo' and 'who'. sju means seven - a good, lucky number i think, and sjukskoterska means nurse or nurses - literally sick (sjuk) carers (skoterska). i also like the idea of seven swedish nurses taking *very* good care of me. not to fetishise the nursing profession or anything, and those