Friday Night Chats
Crouching depression, hidden anxiety...
Kia ora e hoa mā. It’s Rāmere (Friday) so let’s get to it. I am doing OK. Trying not to feel anxious about that truck driver with Covid 19 who crossed the Tāmaki Makaurau boundary. Let’s distract ourselves with some chats eh?
I am anti-capitalist but I won’t lie and say that the Met Gala and MTV Video Music Awards has been the most welcome distraction. I know, I know - I’m such a piss weak socialist but I mean…life is hard and sometimes you just want to people watch from the comfort of your own hellscape.
In all seriousness, I’m quite sure Nicki Minaj posted about her cousin’s friend’s big vaccine balls to distract people from the fact her husband, Kenneth Petty, pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender in California last week. And now he’s potentially facing up to 10 years in jail. Here’s a good piece on all of the wild things she’s said about the White House, swollen nads, and Drake.
And if you want more proof that she sucks - read about her and her Husband’s campaign to silence the person he sexually assaulted.
Other things that have been distracting me -
I love this edition of David Farrier’s Webworm - it entirely sums up how I feel about the horrible “system” of MIQ.
Roxane Gay has a newsletter called The Audacity and she’s publishing essays on Guaranteed Income and how it has changed lives. They’re all so powerful but When Breath Isn’t Enough is particularly powerful.
I love Dan of Yee Haw The Boys roasting David Asshole Seymour.
‘Per my last email’ and other ways to be passive aggressive at work – in Māori.
Tucker Carlson Melts Into A Zombie On The New Republic’s Damning Cover - “It’s an “apt and effective visual metaphor” of what the Fox News personality has become, said The New Republic’s editor Michael Tomasky.” Read the actual article here.
I love the Te Pāti Māori petition to change our official name to Aotearoa. I like it for a lot of reasons but also definitely because it would be easier when scrolling through countries because we’d be at the top.
Thoughts on Rolling Stone’s top 500 songs? Respect and Fight The Power at #1 and #2 is fine with me. And A Change Is Gonna Come is a fave too. But Like A Rolling Stone is not worthy of #4. And Smells Like Teen Spirit is definitely not worthy of #5. God I hate that song. They’re the only two songs in the top 20 I don’t like.
Why Did Hundreds of Birds Die at the World Trade Center in One Morning?
Help! I Couldn't Stop Writing Fake Dear Prudence Letters That Got Published
Something you should know about if you get Hello Fresh: HelloFresh Workers Unionize to Improve Brutal Working Conditions.
People are sending dildos to an Australian politician to protest his spam anti-vaxx text messages. Newly formed collective ‘Cock Block Craig Kelly’ are trying to raise $15,000 to send 1000 dicks.
My sister and her kids and me and my kids have been dancing together to this all afternoon and it’s the joy we needed. Join us!
I love this Kickstarter - It’s supporting the creation of set of playful digging tools for tamariki based on customary Māori design.
Police Seized 300L Of Booze & A Boat Sank At This Utter Shitshow Of A Sandbar Party In Darwin. I mean there’s crocs in the water m8.
You can sign an open letter asking Minister Sepuloni to change the law so all pain and suffering caused by traumatic births and birth injuries can be covered by ACC. You can also share your birth story.
Every wondered who the voice of the Covid 19 announcements? We interviewed her!
I absolutely love this meme account Tavlova.
Share this with everyone imo - Siouxsie Wiles & Toby Morris: Do I really need a Covid-19 vaccine, even if I'm fit and healthy?
Finally, some painful self-promo. I’m going to Dunedin next month and I’d love to see you. If you want to try your hand at writing or you want to write - you can join in for the whole weekend - or just come to the dinner for laughs and fun. There are not many tickets left! Check it out.
The Great Write Inn is a Weekend for Writers: 16-17 October 2021 - Looking for some inspiration to ignite your passion as a story teller? If you have always wanted to write "something" but didn't know where to start, come with us on a Writer's Adventure.
Dinner event - “After dinner, be entertained by the hilarious and heart-warming Emily Writes. This light-hearted event for both writers and readers, Emily will entertain us with excerpts from 'Rants in the Dark' and her new book: 'Is it Bedtime yet?' and will talk us through what it's really like to be a writing Mum.”
You can listen to me on The Beyond Sleep Training podcast.
And on Pinky’s Tits Up podcast - Women, motherhood, rage and unconditional love.
I am very excited about this and I’m told tickets are almost selling super fast so get in quick!
Done.
Now some questions:
How are you?
What are your plans for tonight?
What’s your favourite film from 1999? It was a good year for films. I have to show my age and say Varsity Blues was my life lol and no I haven’t seen it since.
What’s your favourite cover song right now? I am really enjoying the Years & Years cover of It’s A Sin (Pet Shop Boys). In particular the live performance at the Brits.
Not a question, actually a statement but this literally took me like eight hours to do this Friday Night Chats because I actually wrote something else but it was so depressing I thought I’d spare you having to read it but you might get it next week. But thank you to my CBC whānau for helping me with this and life and Mims for getting me out of bed today.
Christmas is in 99 days. Is it too early for me to put my tree up?
Love ya homies x
Magnolia! If you've never seen it you should. Best film that decade. Even Tom Cruise is good in it. Probably because he plays one of those utter douchey "player" instructors. "Make your best friend into your sperm receptacle" was a particularly memorable line. SO GOOD. Also Being John Malkovic was weird and hilarious.
I got into the car this morning and my son's dad was playing his fave Christmas song playlist, so you're not alone.