A Visit to Perth
Dec. 27th, 2017 02:54 amI've spent the past several days in Perth, or more exactly, Falcon, a beachside suburb some 75km south near Mandurah, where ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
caseopaya's brother and family have their holiday home. It's a beautiful location and we've had sightings of dolphins and pelicans as we overlook the vastness of Indian Ocean in typical West Australian summer style (i.e., blue skies, mid 30s temperature etc). I find there is a particular smell about the seaside of the Perth environs, not one which seems replicated elsewhere. It reminds me deeply of childhood journeys to Rottnest Island (which I must visit at least one more time), to Rockingham and Point Peron, to Scarborough, Trigg, and North Beach. The days themselves have been a family affair with plenty good cheer. A "secret Santa" had been organised, although I only just managed to get the requisite gifts on my part courtesy of some frankly appalling delivery failures by Fastway couriers. You have to wonder after almost 3,000 reviews that they have an average rating of 1/5.
As requested I've received Jurgen Habermas' The Lure of Technocracy (which I smashed in a couple of hours), Yassin al-Haj Saleh's The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy, and The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect which I'm half-way through. As is not uncommon for me at this time of year (indeed, anytime really), my thoughts turn to those in far less fortunate circumstances, and as a result I've penned a necessary albeit unhappy reminder of those lives unnecessarily shortened by war, famine, pestilence, and environmental destruction under the ironic title, It's A Wonderful Life.
There were a few events prior to the departure to Perth of note, including a comic game of Red Planet FATE run by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
funontheupfield which I've started writing a review for, which dovetails nicely with having a review of Mindjammer published on RPG.net. Coming up is a lunch and dinner with Perth friends on December 28th with the first gathering in Fremantle and the second in Maylands, both of which seem to be in quite high demand. It will be, as always, great to catch up with the fine friends of The Western Lands - and for many it will their best opportunity to catch up with me before I turn fifty. Now there's a milestone, of sorts. Am I supposed to get mature now or something?
caseopaya's brother and family have their holiday home. It's a beautiful location and we've had sightings of dolphins and pelicans as we overlook the vastness of Indian Ocean in typical West Australian summer style (i.e., blue skies, mid 30s temperature etc). I find there is a particular smell about the seaside of the Perth environs, not one which seems replicated elsewhere. It reminds me deeply of childhood journeys to Rottnest Island (which I must visit at least one more time), to Rockingham and Point Peron, to Scarborough, Trigg, and North Beach. The days themselves have been a family affair with plenty good cheer. A "secret Santa" had been organised, although I only just managed to get the requisite gifts on my part courtesy of some frankly appalling delivery failures by Fastway couriers. You have to wonder after almost 3,000 reviews that they have an average rating of 1/5. As requested I've received Jurgen Habermas' The Lure of Technocracy (which I smashed in a couple of hours), Yassin al-Haj Saleh's The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy, and The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect which I'm half-way through. As is not uncommon for me at this time of year (indeed, anytime really), my thoughts turn to those in far less fortunate circumstances, and as a result I've penned a necessary albeit unhappy reminder of those lives unnecessarily shortened by war, famine, pestilence, and environmental destruction under the ironic title, It's A Wonderful Life.
There were a few events prior to the departure to Perth of note, including a comic game of Red Planet FATE run by
funontheupfield which I've started writing a review for, which dovetails nicely with having a review of Mindjammer published on RPG.net. Coming up is a lunch and dinner with Perth friends on December 28th with the first gathering in Fremantle and the second in Maylands, both of which seem to be in quite high demand. It will be, as always, great to catch up with the fine friends of The Western Lands - and for many it will their best opportunity to catch up with me before I turn fifty. Now there's a milestone, of sorts. Am I supposed to get mature now or something?