by phoenix | Aug 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
Tuesday I wanted to write a thrilled post about the amazing poetry I’d seen at the Spinning Room, both Ian MacBryde’s and the Big Voice Chorus people doing gorgeous poems about Melbourne at 4am (another of Ian’s) and Steve Smart’s ode to...
by phoenix | Aug 23, 2004 | Uncategorized
The last few days have been intense. Yesterday afternoon, I grafted my way into Red vs Blue (“what do you mean it’s sold out? Surely Helen has put some tickets aside for journalists… see, here’s my MEAA card… Oh, Helen, hi there! Congratulations! Sold...
by phoenix | Aug 22, 2004 | Uncategorized
My grandfather is dying. He has pancreatic cancer. A few weeks ago, he blacked out and hit his head badly. Now he’s stopped eating. After he fell, I went up to Sydney to see him and he was his usual self, a little thin, but still him. Last week,...
by phoenix | Aug 20, 2004 | Uncategorized
So, for whatever reason, in my dreams last night, I came up with a new livejournal community. It’s partly because I just made pretty CV things for sleazemonkey. I want this journal to stay as my journal, as a diary and a memory track....
by phoenix | Aug 19, 2004 | Uncategorized
I’m very tired. All seems to be going well though. I recovered quickly from the shitty gig thanks to lovely letters from Brandon (the Canadian guy from the Transmission conference) and I spent some time making pretty CVs for sleazemonkey. I am...
by phoenix | Aug 19, 2004 | Uncategorized
I first wrote about Babiy Yar after I read about it in high school. Then I went there last year. It was one of the most intense days of my trip. I didn’t write about it at the time because I got straight onto a train and took a 33-hour...
