The women before me

by | Jan 18, 2006 | Uncategorized

At Wood­ford and as a sup­port act for Ember Swift, I saw per­form­ance poet Alix Olsen. She was a little full-on for my Wood­ford-space sens­ib­il­ity but exactly right for a pre-Ember event. She does a rap about the women who went before us,...

Look! Musing ahead…

by | Jan 18, 2006 | Uncategorized

I’m actu­ally really glad that Heath didn’t win Best Actor for the Golden Globes. There’s been a trend for a while of award­ing women for roles where they have to be ugly. For example, Hil­lary Swank for Boys Don’t Cry (having to butch up), Charl­ize Theron...

Birthday drinks

by | Jan 17, 2006 | Uncategorized

As many of you know, I’m going to Tassie for my actual birth­day this year. But I’m also plan­ning on going to St Jerome’s for drinks this Thursday (19/01), just because. I figure, why not make it a *birth­day drinks*. *nods* So, come cel­eb­rate my birth­day with me,...

2005 was a bad year for poetry…

by | Jan 16, 2006 | Uncategorized

Doing my annual round-up of poetry that deserves to make it out of the vaults and onto my poetry page. Apart from the Min­strels and Mis­chief cycle which I am inor­din­ately pleased with, there’s very little that makes the cut in the last two years. One of the...