Florence lives here

You know you officially live somewhere when your name is on a door.

SENSING MURDER RETURNS!

Kelvin Cruickshank: connecting with spirits, man-to-man.

Sensing Murder returns to your box tonight at half 8 on TV2 with your favourite resident psychic frauds, Kelvin, Deb and Sue. Greatest reality show on tv? Perhaps.

Flag it

New Zealand is having another identity crisis fuelled by theNew Zealand Herald, and now we are thinking of getting a new flag. Perhaps instead of getting the idiotic public to design their own flags using MS Paint, we should just adopt a flag from a country which no longer exists. Here are some excellent examples from the Wikipedia category "Obsolete national flags".

Flag of the Khanate of Khiva 1511-1917. Pale blue crescent moon on white background.

The Royal flag of the Jaffna Kingdom. A couchant bull and the surrounding sun and the moon, and a parasol.

The flag and coat of arms of Moldavia, depicting an aurochs/wisent head.

WATERY MORALES

CLARA CHON & FLORENCE WILD
WATERFRONT MORALS/FATHERLY FUNCTIONS
window 22.12.2009 - 19.02.2010










Another Green World (Shining), 2009, Florence Wild, embroidery on jute.





The Cotton Suit, 2009, Clara Chon, safety pins on t-shirt.







...Singing in Paris, 2009, Florence Wild, invisible ink on newsprint.



So here are some images from the show Clara and I put on at Window over the summer break.
Here is also a link to the review by John Hurrell. And to whoever pilfered Clara's painting which was also part of this show, FOR SHAME, YOU SCOUNDREL.

HOUSE / TRUCK

Mobile Home

Cross your palm with silver

So, according to every one's favourite prophet / druid / televised debater Steve Braunias, here is what 2010 has in store for Kris and I. And anyone else who happens to be an Aries or Capricorn.

Aries

You've no say in the future, but you can change the past. Reinvent, alter the facts, select only edited highlights. Romance will survive a few secrets. New challenges at work test your patience; a rush of blood to the head could save months of distress. Palliative care brings unlikely rewards. Where there is a will, there is a pot of gold. Avoid coffee, outdoor pursuits, and New Zealand fiction.

Well, sounds like i can't read Ngaio Marsh anymore, although there is probably not a whole bunch of Inspector Alleyn mysteries at my disposal in Sweden anyway.

Capricorn

The clock is ticking, and the bell tolls for thee. Can you hear yourself think? There's no time for that: the future is banging at the door. A very big chicken will come home to roost. Meeting its demands might be easier than you think. Strangers hold the purse strings. Think consciously about making a good first impression. Bathe often, and see your family doctor.

For some reason, I can't help but think that I am being referred to as the 'very big chicken'.

Truly, New Zealand's most accurate horoscope for 2010.

Braunias, enjoying a tall glass of milk after many hours behind his crystal ball.

(Horoscopes written by Steve Braunias for the Sunday Star Times).

Poetry then motion

Have a poetry night! drink some gin, write some verse about supermarkets / sex / 2010 / utensils / television. Then have a bit of a dance afterwards.



"Remember, the most important thing about buying cheese is to choose one that isn't so yellowy.
Beware, because the lights in supermarket chillers can be misleading."







And then get your friends to become back up singers when your poetry is put to music.