From a blog post I came across recently:

I Know It Seems Far, But Just Be Where You Are

One of the odd things about our current moment is how people use oblique phrases to refer to it. Like, for example, "our present moment." I've been really struck by this in the last couple of weeks of watching YouTube videos and reading blog posts and tweets ( Read more... )

Anyway, here's my year in review.

( My fandom year )

I like reading retrospectives on the decade just past, but I don't have the energy to do one myself. Instead, I dug up my year in review for 2009, like a mini time capsule.

( Highlights )

( My fandom year )

Scott Morrison beats Peter Dutton in Liberal spill to succeed Malcolm TurnbullSo much relief that it's anyone but Dutton. Centre right versus extreme right is the lesser of two evils, but y'know, still less evil ( Read more... )

( My fandom year )

Same-sex marriage signed into law by Governor-General

It took far longer than it should have, and was made much harder than it deserved. I'm still blinking that it's actually real now.

Crossposted from Dreamwidth, where there are
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I've been trying to think of some cool quote of the day to post, but all I can think of is this slightly tragic, but weirdly optimistic, exchange I saw online:

"How do you keep regret from crushing your soul?"

"Well, sometimes you've got to just carry on with your crushed soul. It'll probably inflate later."

Crossposted from Dreamwidth, where ( Read more... )

This is the moment Australia voted yes

The Yes vote "overwhelmingly" won the national postal survey to legalise same-sex marriage. Almost 80 per cent of Australians voted and 61.6 per cent of respondents said gay and lesbian people should be able to marry.In the video clip of the celebrations, a man gets down on one knee to propose to his partner ( Read more... )

"Enjoy the little things in life because one day you'll look back and realise they were the big things."

- Robert Brault