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Diary of a B+ Grade Polymath ([personal profile] tcpip) wrote2006-12-23 09:48 am

New Zealand, Solstice, Stolen Wages, Gaming, Threads

Well, tickets to Bali were next to impossible to get at a reasonable price, so [livejournal.com profile] caseopaya and I are heading to the South Island of New Zealand in the New Year (gee, anyone would think I like the place or something). Currently thinking of a tour from ChCh to Dunedin to Invercargill to Te Anau to Queenstown to Wanaka to Twizel then back to ChCh. Should be manageable in six days ;-)

Last Sunday attended the Unitarian Church concert, which was the usual standard. Special guest in attendance was [livejournal.com profile] missmilky. Monies raised, on my asking, went to the indigenous Stolen Wages campaign, of which I gave an impassioned speech. The Australian Senate has come down with a report on this issue just a fortnight ago. It will probably become a major issue in 2007. Solstice dinner was with [livejournal.com profile] severina_242, [livejournal.com profile] _zombiemonkey and [livejournal.com profile] caseopaya. We chewed the fat, drank a lot, and I ended up letting [livejournal.com profile] severina_242 cut my hair; I now have an eighties style bob with fringe.

Have received several games over the past few days; treated myself to PDFs of Dogs in The Vineyard and the most excellent Kill Puppies for Satan (you've got to read the hate mail). Have borrowed [livejournal.com profile] _zombiemonkey's copy of Over The Edge for more inspiration. Have also received a heartbreaker' in the form of a game called 'Fantasy Imperium' which the author sent me. Physically, it's a magnificant piece of work. Hardbound, good binding, good art, over 500 pages.. but sweet Jesus, the game sucks.

Hat-tip to [livejournal.com profile] greylock. The nuclear war film, "Threads" on is avaible on Google video. If you're under 25 you need to see this to understand people my age. No really, you do.

[identity profile] lula-neith.livejournal.com 2006-12-23 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
The hate mail for "Kill Puppies" was fabulous!

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2006-12-23 07:09 am (UTC)(link)

Isn't it wonderful to discover that there's a correlation between:

a) People who can't distinguish between actual events and a game?

b) Who think Satan is real?

and

c) Think the Internet is AOL?

[identity profile] lula-neith.livejournal.com 2006-12-23 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. The world is full of wonders. Good thing there are folks like that to guide us; to point out errors of our ways. tee, hee.

[identity profile] curufea.livejournal.com 2006-12-23 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
People can be divided into "role models" and "examples" or possibly even "exhibit A" :)