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In which the trusted ones are handfasted and wed
Click on the image to play the 40 minute movie of the Australian ceremony. Apologies for the shakiness… we couldn’t get the standard video camera working so this was shot on an iSight.
In which the trusted ones pledge their love
Gamble everything for love!
If you are a true human being.
If not, leave this gathering.
Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty.
You set out to find God, but then you keep
stopping for long periods at mean-spirited roadhouses.
Don’t wait any longer.
Dive in the ocean, leave and let the sea be you.
Silent, absent, walking an empty road, all praise.
[Rumi]
5 commentsPhotos of home
Christina asked me to tell her about some good things in my life. There’s nothing quite like a sunny day and water to cheer a person up.
FireDrums 07
An incredible weekend of drumming and firespinning for Beltaine weekend. For now, photos.
No commentsSkyHigh
No, not the movie. It’s a trampoline place a little way from here and we headed there on Thursday to get some exercise in. Really, it’s quite a workout if you do it right.
Selena & Mark’s wedding
My sister, Selena, got married sometime ago.
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What makes me happy
I discovered a bunch of things about myself during my travels in Europe in 2003. Here’s a permanent reminder to myself about some of them.
- I not only like being on my own these days, it’s a necessity for my happiness
- I really love museums and interesting art
- History and politics still fascinate me
- Discussions about politics and film with good red wine and great food are still my favourite
- The right sort of music can make you feel good no matter where you are
- I really do want a kid and probably soon
- I’m really looking forward to having a cat again; free cute black kitten wanted…
- I loved my old job and I really do want something like it again after all, but in the meantime, I have other options
- Even if I never get a fabulously amazing job again, I could happily live a life that involved working periodically so long as I got to travel like that every (European) summer.
- Expectations are what get me every time. I just have to stop imagining how good the nightclub/drinks with friends/whatever is going to be and then I won’t feel so let down when it doesn’t materialise, or when the people I’m expecting will call me don’t call me back.
- I’m apparently one-night stand material but not second date material and definitely not relationship material at this stage.
- But I can’t be too bad on first impressions, because at least I had quite a few one night stands
- My thesis is slightly on the wrong track, but it’s close to where it needs to be. My supervisor is definitely right to keep using the term ‘language wars’ and I think I’ll be able to throw myself into this properly again soon.
- I have a lot more patience than I remembered. Or at least, my patience has really improved and I like myself better with patience.
- Some of the people I think are my friends are often not my friends. I need to let them go.
- I crave the kind of light-hearted, gather-regularly-for-drinks community that I seem to read about regularly on your various journals but I don’t think I’ll ever be a part of those communities.
- I love language in all its forms
- I never ever want to work for Murdoch ever again
- I really hate the insecurity of freelancing
- A press pass is a wonderful thing
- I need wide streets with trees to make a city bearable
- I hate traffic
- Crowded cities make people rude
- People can be cruel, especially when they feel they have no responsibility to you because they only just met you
- Other people are incredibly generous with their time, money and intellect even to complete strangers
- Happiness is a night of museums surrounded by other interested strangers
- Happiness is wild sex with a great kisser on the top deck of a boat in the middle of the baltic sea.
- Happiness is sitting in the sun on the banks of the Tajo with a good book
- Happiness is great food and great wine with new and old friends in cosy houses
- Happiness is dancing to excellent music in clubs with people you know (Family in Toledo, Roxy in Prague)
- Happiness is sunsets, water and trees