Posts by Emma Hart
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to Lara,
Oh, Lara. Wish I'd known. But also, yeah, that is exactly what it's like. It's good (I guess, in a way) to know it's not just me.
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Megan has blogged our experiences of wandering around Wellington in costume pre-SlutWalk, which was an interesting sociological experiment.
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And I have to share a comment from a friend-of-a-friend on Facebook on the link to this column: (this may be triggering for domestic violence, maybe)
You have to remember that that northern chick is a ticking time bomb and that one day she'll give you a wolloping completely out of the blue that will make what you're getting from Christchurch look like a neck massage - and don't expect to get any help as quickly as you did with Christchurch either, there's only two exits from her place and she's set it up to trap you in there with her when she cut loose!
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to BenWilson,
Now, to not be flip for a moment...
The violence of the earth itself hits to the core of something we instinctively feel we should be able to trust.
This is something that... hits me harder, I guess, because I was outside for "the six". (By which I mean the larger of the two big June aftershocks.) Previously I'd always been in the house, but this time there was nothing between me and the ground, and it really was like it leapt up and hit me, hard enough to knock me over and leave bruising. And not to be obvious or anything, but the ground is everywhere you go, there's no escaping it. When you're outside in open space, it feels like nowhere is safe, even though it's probably safer than being inside because there's nothing to fall on you.
And yeah, there's no escaping the experience in Chch, because every day you see things that remind you. Also, I thought, while I was away, that I would be constantly wondering if there'd been a big shake, if I'd know about it, if my family would be okay. Turns out I didn't. (Srsly, pretty much drunk for four days. I am a fabulous advertisement for the Public Address brand. To be fair, so is Hadyn.)
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to Russell Brown,
1. I can faithfully report that in Wellington Emma was so ladylike and decorous that even passing strangers remarked on her delicacy.
Passing strangers, that bouncer at the Malthouse, Derby girls...
So, you told me before you came up, you wanted a break from worrying about *everything*. I did OK?
My darling, you were wonderful.
And while I don't do twinkly, I do do hugs. Looking forward to your visit.
Excellent. Bart-hugs are fabulous. I shall greet you in a suitably lady-like manner.
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
I'm sure Emma always knows where to put...herself.
In the middle. That's an easy one.
I'm all a bit bouncy this morning because the Orcon Great Blend just got officially tweeted, but I'm still not ready to announce my super-secrect secret project which is all terribly exciting. So if you could all just get excited and not know why, that'd be great.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to 3410,
Perhaps, but I find that hard to believe.
I don't, not at all. I've heard the same thing for people working for EQC.
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Muse: OFF TOPIC: This Is What Your Brain…, in reply to Russell Brown,
We do have a new normal now.
Facebook occasionally shows me little windows into the minds of people in demographics I just don't normally run across. What I've noticed lately? People in their late teens/early twenties who are sure we already have same-sex marriage.
Polling. I want some fucking polling on this.
Politically, do we think it matters who does it? Should it be a straight, married, National Party female?
Whoever it is - or to encourage someone to have the courage to front it - we should back them. Loudly and in a cross-party fashion. Because I'm thinking that, from very soon, we don't have to sit on our hands and wait for a party, a politician, or a TV station to decide this should be an issue. We can try to get control of the conversation. We should try to get a multi-blog accord.
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Watching people watch me and Megan going to SlutWalk was awesome! SlutWalk was awesome! Derby was awesome! After-derby drinking was awesome! Getting told off by derby girls for being too sleazy? Priceless.
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Hard News: That's Entertainment!, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
Little Tom is adorable.