neglectful again, sorry. probably should have whinged and bitched in here more as it would have stopped me getting frazzled and frantic and taking out innocent bystanders in the process. (i knew i'd gone very wrong when i was laughing hysterically at the end of every sentence and Jen used a tone of voice that I can only think of as her police counsellor voice. this is not a good state to be in over something that is not really that important. the police counsellor voice is a deeply worrying thing to have turned upon you)

moving interstate in the next two weeks is not looking very realistic. i wonder how long i leave it before i really realise how unrealistic (i.e. no place to live, no car, haven't been paid in a month because apparently my salary coding still requires fernangling and i never seem to get hold of the right person to talk to about it etc). but this is mostly laziness.

am worryingly sad that nerds fc has come to an end. yes, it is a reality show, but it's a friendly one that goes very well with miso soup.

and when did Cadbury buy Green & Black's? about the only fair trade label that i had complete trust in, and now i don't know anymore. bugger. even though it is amusing that Cadbury had to go out and buy good chocolate like everyone else.

am bitchingly screamingly diarrhetically furious about Keith Windschuttle's appointment to the ABC board . Philip Ruddock remains my nomination for all-time most evil member of government, but Senator Coonan is fast gaining ground. how does this happen? how can the government keep replacing elected representative bodies with tame official appointments? this happened in youth affairs, indigenous affairs and with the ABC. what is the point of advisory bodies that only represent government interest? Windschuttle's involvement with the review of the National Museum was notorious, i cannot describe how grouchy i am that he will receive taxpayer money for his ridiculous and poisonous posturing when it could be going to better things at the ABC.

am also very cranky that putting
keith windschuttle stupid fuck
into google doesn't come up with much.

on a nearly related note, have been pondering something for the last couple of weeks (helped enormously by a self-promoting, self-indulgent display at the Museum of Brisbane about the history of protest during the Joh years): contemporary protest movements -- what do they achieve? do rallies/marches or petitions actually change anything? i'm in no way belittling the efforts of people who stand up for the important things, but it just seems so easy for people to ignore the faithfully signed pieces of paper and the marching feet and megaphones.

yup, i know that boycotts are really effective and the murky world of lobbyists as well. i'm just wondering about the grass roots stuff.