Ay Tariray

What the hell? seriously? Another nonsense post? Yes, sadly, I have dropped the ball again. Ok, there's... reasons.  Really. I'm so sorry I haven't been vociferous lately, even on FB - I have reduced my presence to that of newsfeed/echo chamber for other articles with the occasional comment to imply that I am equally as sharp and witty as the articles I share. I think you all ought to know by now that is a shameful lie and a front.  I am just that good at the gift of gab. So - I thought I'd write this short article to tell you that I am not dead or just knocked out from the devastation of losses of public figures that has happened recently.  (Now our Beloved Joan Rivers, I will never hear anyone as irreverent to small Asian children as her again).  I have been sick.  Super, super, knocked out sick. I have never been good with doctors and medicines, it seems my body thinks it is either a woodland elf (ew) or a hippie (extra ew) an...

So, I think it suffices to say that we are all rather shocked and traumatised by the passing of comedy's, no, life's greatest and brightest stars. I normally don’t care for celebrity deaths, people live, people die.  Some are influential, like Madiba and Dr Angelou, who I've spoken of before.  We pay our tributes, we give our thoughts, we remember them, we get that nice glow of fondness and gratitude, we move on. But this felt like a punch in the gut.  A small hole dropping out from beneath you because your Genie; the one who made you laugh with innumerable impressions and goddamn, some of the dirtiest and most salacious jokes you've ever seen or heard, thought that his existence was so hopeless and desperate, that he could no longer feel like he belonged here, alive, breathing, with his family, with his friends or his fans. The one thing people have been baffled over is how someone who brings so much happiness could have had so little for himself. Ea...

So – I haven’t been writing yes? I have been busy… yes. I say that EVERY TIME… yes. Ok so last month was Supanova, my yearly nerd convention where I sell my stuff and generally spend three tired, sleepless and mildly croaky days having epic fun. This year was no different, I tabled with the Geeky Bee!!! it was awesome. my lovely co-tabler A and I I sold all my stuff! – it was great! (ok maybe not all my stuff, like I have two items left – but whatever GREAT SUCCESS) Things are a bit different this year.  Table prices went up to borderline exorbitant prices, sharing the table was a huge advantage since it cut my overhead cost by quite a bit and it was so good to have the company because really, despite my requests to be put next to Nekochii or I Like Shinies or Mogo & Co - I–was left all by my lonesome! A very busy T'emporium Further, we were split into the weirdest vendor categories ever, with hand made products being classified in the most conf...

Dear Dr Angelou I'm going to be cheesy for just a moment. Sorry, my bandwagon is going to hitch up with all the others for today, how can it not? You were one of the greatest, most shining of writers in this world, and have left us all the poorer for it.  I know you're in a better place, wherever it is you wanted to go after this life.  I know that despite your absence, your work will speak to the next generations and hopefully forge new thinkers, new speakers of peace the way you were. Maya Angelou, you saved me, or rather, your poem 'A brave and startling truth' saved my life. And you'll have to forgive me, this rant will ramble and have absolutely no structure (which would be a shame because you structured your poetry so beautifully and subtly…) I have always teetered from being too sad to formulate words on some days and on others too happy to bring myself to believe that anything could ever go wrong.  Such is the way so many of us...

Oh my god, Its May... I AM SO SORRY. (ok, maybe not SO sorry, but I am sorry...) So, so, sorry Can I use 'I've been busy' as an excuse? because I have been, really, for realsies. I feel a little stretched thin nowadays, which probably isn't good but on the other hand, I enjoy being able to fill my days with something to do. I am filling my hours with house chores and arts and crafts, and I have decided to be really really silly, and have decided to compete in this competition so i can win sweet sweet BPRD lootz.  I am really hoping to get something really nice done and get a tad of attention from someone in the magical cosmic world of... something. Also, I just really really want Mignola-Senpai to notice me. I have been also completely overwhelmed with family things, my niece and nephew are the cutest things that ever patootied and my Sundays are usually spent driving to Cherrybrook (please note, I can drive, doesn't mean I like doing it), so i ca...

Errr… happy new year and two months?! (disclaimer - GIF PARTY BELOW) Let's do this right Hello – We survived! So – Hmmm, lots of stuff happened… And then I burned out – major – crash. and. burn. Oh my god… its been a cray-cray past two months. I mean c'mon, Christmas – who doesn’t get insanely busy during that time?.. ok, people who don’t celebrate it.   But still, here in Aus, its summer and its all about going out and going to the beach and festivals and party and the Sydney Festival was on and damn, so much stuff has been happening. I mean, what's with all my buds suddenly getting married everywhere? Check this out: Friday night; hen's night out for one bride (sangria, sangria, sangria); Saturday all day; hen's 'tea' (as in drinking tea but mostly drinking vodka punch out of teacups) in the Blue Mountains (beautiful views, hilarious talks about adult toys and champagne) Sunday; quiet daytime wedding with friends and family; F...