Monday night at Downstage Theatre in Welly: my dear friend Eric is part of the Pecha Kucha lineup, talking about the show wot I wrote, Affair of the Diamond Necklace. A Pecha Kucha night is an event format in which presenters show a slideshow of 20 images, each of which is shown for 20 seconds. [...]
Tagged diamond necklace, W-town, WritingACTA isn’t well-known to those who aren’t web people, true internet natives. And it should be. From ACTA .net.nz, a description: While in name it is about protecting consumers from counterfeit merchandise, the agreement is much wider in scope and addresses the regulation of Internet use by private citizens in an attempt to prevent unauthorised [...]
Tagged ACTA, activism, W-townPearce said to me: You gotta come to Talib & Jean, bro. It is our birthright. Plus just look how mean she looks on the poster. I got my ticket just now. It says there are 19 left. (Grab one here.) I’ve seen Talib Kweli before (opening for Beastie Boys) but never seen Jean Grae. [...]
So, Wgtn Airport is gonna erect a sign right by the airport. WELLYWOOD, it will say. I am suggesting that it would be a great idea if they put an oversized exclamation mark on the end. Or if they used comic sans! How would you modify the sign to make it better? Overseas readers/potential tourists [...]
Tagged W-townJitterati is Grant Buist’s strip comic of life in a cultured, coffee-drenched festival-heavy Wellington. It runs every week in the free local paper the Capital Times, and in Grant’s own words it tends to go like this. I have a lot of love for Jitterati, no doubt because I am a coffee-drenched festival-going Wellingtonian with [...]
Beware my giant gnashers! This is my necklace. If you’ve seen me about recently you might have noticed it hanging all sparkly-like around my neck. Cal commissioned it for our first wedding anniversary – she sees it as the boy version of her engagement ring. It’s lovely and sturdy and I’m very proud of it. [...]
Yesterday, I cashed in some of my time-in-lieu and left work early to spend the rest of the day wandering in the sunshine. I was in an unusual head-space, mentally and physically restless while seeing the familiar Wellington scenery with fresh eyes. I was approached by a couple of young mormon missionaries and had a [...]
Just a quickie, since I’m late for school: on weekend went to the local roller derby for the first time, an event called Skate Highway One. The local Richter City women took on the Pirate City crew from Auckland. City-vs-city rivalry at its peak! It was hella fun. Seeing the local team skate out to [...]
Here it is A two-minute clip that shows us off quite well, I thought. You can even spot me if you’re alert enough… (Although they got the date wrong. It’s on Saturday 12th, not this coming Saturday 5th.)
Edit: we’re on tonight! Yesterday the afternoon was spent in the Hippopotamus restaurant, filming a segment for TV3′s Nightline late edition news show. Nightline does like its quirky culture bits to round off the evening, and we’re lined up for Monday’s show tonight’s show! We had five costumed performers enjoying High Tea, improvising like mad [...]