Posts by Jackie Clark
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to JacksonP,
I love that shot of your girl - a sense of freedom just by looking at her.
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I would go for munted, absolutely. And in Mangere, it has to be said that "nekminnit" is a very strong contender.
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And now for something completely different. On our long walk this morning, Ruby and I came across this, which I thought was so unusual. Jackson will recognise where this is.
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Up Front: The Up Front Guides:…, in reply to James Butler,
Are vampires sparkly and twinkly? I can think of no person less like a vampire, really. One of my problems with people in general is that many are extroverted, in the true sense of the word, and many are emotional vampires. If you stand still long enough, they'll drain all the energy from you. Emma, I find (if you don't mind me speaking about you as if you weren't here) is the exact opposite of that.
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There's something about sky and sea, and the line between that blurs, that really thrills me. Muriwai is particularly fine for this phenomenon.
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Up Front: The Up Front Guides:…, in reply to Emma Hart,
You are one of those people who has a way about you. A sparkle. I think I've told you before, you are a sparkly person. Twinkly, almost. Like your friend said, it isn't a bad thing, it's just part of who you are.
And as for flirting, I stopped doing it for ages, but have caught myself doing it in the last year or so, again. I'd forgotten how much I liked it, and it feels wonderful. So much more wonderful than it did in the days when it could have, and often did, lead to something more. -
Up Front: The Up Front Guides:…, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
I have several gay male acquaintances I flirt outrageously with. One of my dear male friends told me once that he would have slept with me, if he wasn't gay.
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I've never had a "romantic" relationship with someone who was a friend first, nor have I stayed friends with them after. ( I'm afraid that I'm one of those people that if you wrong me, in any way, or if I feel slighted by your actions, you are quite literally dead to me. I have no ambivalence about that sort of thing.) I do remember how difficult all of it was to negotiate - being interested in someone, and them not being interested in you. My first two relationships happened because I was forceful and persuasive. The next one was a one afternoon affair that carried on, and ended only when I came back to NZ (by telegram no less, how sophisticated). And then there was Ian - a drunk, back then. Met him in a pub, took me out on a date, I had never been out on one of those. He signalled his interest clearly, I think there was maybe a few weeks of flirtation, the date happened and we were engaged 3 months later. All the ones in between were of the one night or one afternoon or one morning variety. I can't remember exact details, but I think there was a lot of friendly chat with people I met at a party, or elsewhere socially, clear interest on both sides was shown and then that was that. Seems so simple, doesn't it? I know many people are very scared of declaring themselves - I think it's mostly insecurity - and that seems a bit of a pity. But then, not everyone's as straight talking as I.
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Can I just say, Ian, that that little shard gave me a frisson. And made me miss my Dad, hard. It was the word pottery that did it. :)
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I have no Flying Nun photos. And only one photo of a concert I went to. Don't judge me. It's the best concert I have ever been to. I knew all the words to all the songs. And yes, it was Simply Red.
