Death and The Maiden

Take an hour or two, and take a look at this wonderful blog.

Gosh, she seems like such a lovely lady.

Thank goodness for not working very hard and playing on the internet and finding lovely things that make you happy.

I feel really sorry for all the worms when it rains.

In 1881 Charles Darwin wrote, "After heavy rain succeeding dry weather, an astonishing number of dead worms may sometimes be seen lying on the ground. . . . It is not probable that these worms could have been drowned, and if they had been drowned they would have perished in their burrows. I believe that they were already sick [perhaps due to parasite infestation], and their deaths were merely hastened by the ground being flooded."

Did you know that:

Worms don't have lungs! They dont drown.

They breed when it rains. They come out of the ground to find each other and to lie side by side in a mating posture, a difficult thing to do in the confines of their burrows.

They possess both male and female necessities for producing offspring. They are, however, sexually social animals, and only, er, self-mate when not around other worms.

I'm pretty glad I'm not a worm. Except for the self mating thing.

Hungover? Much.

Title: Fines as a barrier to use of public libraries : innovative solutions in New Zealand : Submitted to the School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library and Information Studies.
Author: Town-Treweek, Rachael Dawn.
Database: Victoria University of Wellington
Location: Central Theses (Ask at Reserves)
Call Number: AS741 VUW A55 T743 F

Status: On Loan - Due on 16/08/07

Someone has *issued* my research project from the Uni library!!
Someone might even quote me in a project!!!
OH MY freakin god, I'm an academic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, Cure tonight, and America next Monday. Road trip to Portland! Woo!

so really only 2 things to say

Dinosaur jr! Fantastical!
New Interpol cd! Couriered!

I had a family thing this afternoon, and my long lost aunty brought some sketches my nana had done. They aren't her best, but something drew me to her pen drawings.



I miss her a lot, and I wish we could have had a more adult relationship, because I could have learnt a lot from her.
I did anyway, in the years I knew her, and I'm so grateful for her.
Her kind and giving nature is something I aspire to be a natural part of me.

I think she would be happy about whats happening with the T-T clan, starting to form some bonds again, starting to feel like the hugs are true again.
Margaret is really a lovely and healing influence.

I'm not at all sad but I kinda feel like crying.

The thing I hate/love more than anything else in the world, is when people put out saxophone albums and give them stupid (ass) names like:

*Unforgettable Sax
*I Wanna Sax You Up
*Sax on the Beach
*Let's talk about Sax
*I'm Gonna Give You All My Sax
*Unforgettable Sax Vol II
etc.



Man I'm totally in a good mood.

talking (even briefly)to great people
great cure tickets & great friends to share it with
other great stuff
general personal and other greatness

*dance*

*daaaaance*

Showtime Touring & OPP present...
One of the most popular RnB singers of all time...
For the first time in over ten years...
Performing live and intimate...

...

BobbyBrown - The Greatest Hits Tour 2007.
With special guests Ardijah.

Bobby Brown, one of the biggest selling RnB stars of the 80's and 90's, popularized the genre 'new jack swing' by blending classic soul, urban grooves and hip hop beats, and with the help of producers extraordinaire, Teddy Riley, Babyface, and LA Reid, released a string of hits including, Don't Be Cruel, My Prerogative, Every Little Step, Rock Wit'cha, Humpin Around, Two Can Play That Game, Good Enough, We've Got Something In Common, Thug Lovin (with Ja Rule), and many more.

He's been called King of Stage, Brown Bomber, and The Bad Boy of RnB, among other illustrious monikers, but by any title, singer, songwriter, producer, and performer Bobby Brown is a certified superstar.

Don't miss the opportunity to see the Bobby Brown's dynamic stage show live.
7:30 PM Wednesday, 18 July 2007

Marcus kicks some serious ass for the circ party.

Done
* The longest 27th birthday of all time (45 hours!), lovely flowers and necklace.
* Santa Barbara-Crab shack
* Las Vegas! Electric shocks, buffet and frozen margaritas in the street.
* Seeing Buttman
* Shopping
* Discovering pear cider
* Broken glasses glued together with Krazy Glue
* Sebadoh Classic in Costa Mesa- Meeting Lou Barlow and Eric Gaffney
* Las freakin' Vegas!! Losing money, Lights and Fremont Street
* The White Rapper show
* Beard Papa
* Missing a $31.21 Prince show by about an hour.
* Meeting J's friends who like me! Check out the comment! So nice!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=178272

Still to come
* Meeting the parents and the rest of the family!!
* J's mom's 70th birthday
* Sebadoh Classic again next week. Seeing Lou and our good friend Eric again.
* Albert Hammond Jr at Amoeba (maybe)

Hopefully
* IHOP (someday...)
* New glasses
* Hanging with Meg / Jana and seeing the lovely Julie again
* Lottery win
* Celebrities galore becoming my friends and buying me stuff.

Not looking forward to...
* Leaving my boyfriend for who knows how long
* Crappy long shitty plane ride
* Unpacking
* Uber laundry
* Going back to work (Nothing personal work people. It's the work bit that sucks, you guys rule.)

ONE


I am really really hoping for more of better quality soon.

I just finished my dissertation for my masters degree.
I just finished my GODDAMN MLIS!!!! Forever!!!!!


I'm a *real* librarian now! After 11 years of experience, I've earnt the right of passage that makes me real!



OH my FREAKIN' god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I'm going to go drink something.

http://lovegodsway.org/GayBands

Watch out for that horrible Polyphonic Spree!

I've seen bigger...

You are nice, you are not icky like mice.
I wanna eat you up like rice.

Have a wonderful festive season, and enjoy your holidays.

Love, Rachael.

Special mention to my good friends Jo & Daniel and their brand new addition, a boy, born today at 4.45!!! Congratulations!!

The strike today went very well. I was impressed with the spirit of the union members across council, and I feel positive we may even get somewhere with this.


Why are we striking?

The decision for 500 Auckland City Council staff to strike was not an easy one. City Council staff are conscious of their role as public servants and have not taken industrial action for at least 10 years. Unfortunately we feel we have got to the point where now there is no choice.

We can’t bargain for pay or holidays.

It is only fair that staff can bargain for regular cost-of-living increases to their pay. We have been in Bargaining with the City Council for over 6 months. To date Council has refused to make any pay offer or to Bargain about our concerns with their current unfair “performance only” pay system.

The big Pay Gap.

The current pay system has left Council staff way behind the market. Staff turnover is up and we say money is being wasted in a system that doesn’t deliver. Auckland City Council will not even release information about the problem, let alone Bargain with the PSA about the union’s solutions to fix it.

We’re concerned about Local Government in Auckland.

There’s lots of public concern about Council rates, local government and the services it provides. It is really important City Councils, local government workers and the public all work together to find solutions to these problems. Aucklanders need and deserve a Council that shows it can work with its employees.

This is my dumb desk at dumb work. Covered in dumb MLIS dissertation stuff.



I finished work over 3 hours ago. But I am still here reading journals that dont help me and eating (rather delicious) Japanese candy.

I am a total and utter domestic failure. I give up.



It isn't as bad as it sounds i guess, but still. I fail too often to ever be good at this baking shit.