I shall pay for this later. But for now:

ETA 4. I forgot to mention! I understood the first line of a Kpop song just by listening to it! Admittedly all it said was 제발 하지마라 "For goodness' sake, don't do it!" but nonetheless I am proud. :D

1. I picked that the composer for Ouran High School Host Club also did some of the music for Death Note: ( Read more... )

This is a series of comments I made recently on Facebook which I wanted to share (lucky old you!). The context is the Daily Telegraph's recent "Slouchhats and Slackers" front page regarding the Disability Support Pension ( Read more... )

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has stopped the practice of weekly briefings about asylum seekers, during which journalists can ask questions, and replaced it with a regular written statement. This is (a) hilarious, (b) outrageous, (c) a further sign he can't handle the pressure of his job, IMHO, and (d) alarming - when will we lose the written ( Read more... )

The dire state of indigenous health in Australia has not improved in a decade. One physician suggests a shift to a community-based approach.

Mental illness costs the Australian economy $190 billion annually, but increased treatment is helping to reduce this figure. In the US, half of people shot by the police are mentally ill.

Xavier Toby asks: ( Read more... )

Surprise depression attack. (Well, maybe not surprise. But sudden as heck. I'd forgotten what it even felt like.)

Here's an example of how Kpop lyrics are presented online for we helpless monoglot Anglophones - first the Korean words written in Hangul, then romanised, then finally translated ( Read more... )

Agitation, irritability, increase in goal-directed activity, racing thoughts... why, anyone might think this was an episode of hypomania. Probably brought on by several nights' dodgy sleep in a row. I think I will go and listen to prog rock and buy expensive things ( Read more... )

Some years ago I was standing jetlagged in a Maryland CVS when I had the fleeting but powerful impression that someone was about to walk up behind me and shoot me in the back of the head ( Read more... )

In the middle of changing my meds. Hypomania! While watching Mrs Columbo. Funniest show I have ever seen on television. Wonderful and marvellous until you actually have to try and think straight about something, like IP addresses.

I feel indescribably less awful.