book 'em Jawno

1.What’s your favorite book?
The Stranger by Albert Camus. Concise, compelling, and techtonically shifted my view of the universe.

2. What book made you laugh?
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. He got a lot of attention for Generation X, but this one rawqz.

3. What book made you cry?
Fall On Your Knees by Anne Marie McDonald. Howl is a more accurate word

4. What was your favorite Required Reading book?
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. “As Gregor Samsa awoke from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into a giant dung beetle.” How kewl izzat?

5. What was your least favorite Required Reading book?
Great Expecations by Charles Dickens. Often serialized novels are better left as serials, rather than long fookin’ boring books.

What book bored you to death?
All Tolkien, all the time perhaps entirely due to my resentment that as a brainy teen I was “supposed” to love Tolkien. And Star Trek. I loathed both, though I appreciate the films. As in Tolkien. Not Star Trek. Ew

What book do you think everyone should read before they die?The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Aside from being a great novel, it explains how blind religious fundamentalism and colonialism are vile.

Sydney Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras * Bear Essentials 8?

OK, who’s coming to Sydney for the festivities? Should we try to have an LJ meal or wee drinkie somewheres?

Mardi Gras Fair Day

Yesterday morning I woke up so tired--maudit Krist j’étais fatigué-là, ma poche était à terre! Even though I did nothing but loaf on Saturday.

Today I’m completely worn out, after a very long--but excellent--day. Yesterday was Fair Day, the big run-up event for Mardi Gras. Last year’s event was confounded by the anti-war demonstrations and the financial fiasco the Sydney Gay Games had been (over $1million Aussie lost). Twas a time of tensions and rancour and the event was fun last year, but decidely low-key.

This year it was pumping! Estimates are that around 50k people showed up over the course of 10 hours. For the most party, the crowd was great--fun, friendly and often quite sexy. In particular I experience a lot of lesbian envy--whomever keeps perpetuating the notion that dykes are no fun needs to get out more. The Bear area had a lovely big tree for shade, a view of the festivities, and all da furr an’ fun you could ask for. Methinks Bear Essentials this year is gonna be a good’n.

I volunteered as a floate from 10h00 to 20h00, edging closer to my free Party ticket (saves $100). My duties included:
+ stacking chairs
+ telling pushy, manipulative type-A arsewipes to fook awf and find street parking (with love, of course)
+ whoring myself with a Cash Bucket for donations from attendees
+ moving leftovers from one (close) bar to another (still open) bar
+ trying to convinced folks very drunk and quite tipped on E to move out of the way of the van about to drive over them
+ Waiting for the next gig

When I committed to volunteering, the 2 things I said I wouldn’t do are fundraising/$$$ and moving/lifting. I spent 4 hours on Cash Bucket and about 2 moving things. By the end of the day my legs were throbbing and my back was like a board--not out, but not happy either. I finished my shift, then headed over to The Shift for oldies/bear night. It was going off as well--so many woofy guys, shirts coming off (everywhere not just the dance floor, it is Sydney after all), some great videos. But eventually at 22h30 my legs went numb.

As I walked out the door I discovered it was pissing rain. I gamely got on my rain gear, mounted the scooter and drove home to Drummoyne like the sissy I am. querrelle was out cold (he did 8 hours for the bears, and headed home thereafter). Much snuggling was to be had.

Am finding my place here, slowly but surely.

I be smar' an' shi'

Multiple Intelligences: Your Personal Evaluation

The Seven Intelligence Areas

Linguistic: 10
Logical-Mathematical: 5
Spatial: 5
Bodily-Kinesthetic: 4
Musical: 10
Interpersonal: 7
Intrapersonal: 7


A Short Definition of your Highest Score
Linguistic - the ability to use language to describe events, to build trust and rapport, to develop logical arguments and use rhetoric, or to be expressive and metaphoric. Possible vocations that use linguistic intelligence include journalism, administrator, contractor, salesperson, clergy, counselors, lawyers, professor, philosopher, playwright, poet, advertising copywriter and novelist.

Musical - the ability to understand and develop musical technique, to respond emotionally to music and to work together to use music to meet the needs of others, to interpret musical forms and ideas, and to create imaginative and expressive performances and compositions. Possible vocations that use the musical intelligence include technician, music teacher, instrument maker, choral, band, and orchestral performer or conductor, music critic, aficionado, music collector, composer, conductor, and individual or small group performer.

Sadly this instrument seems to by into that same old shitty paradigm of math/science or communicative ability. My strengths are maths, language and music; I generally suck at--and loathe--sciences.