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Three Things Daley #20

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

…By request*: Things you can blame on the GFC

1. “FUNemployment”.  The term, like the state of being to which it refers, is both enjoyable and kind of irritating.  Other phrases to play ping-pong between our ears are “credit crunch” and “in this climate”.  Unlike “FUNemployed”, these are purely on the annoying cliche end of the scale.

2. New hobbies.  Ever tried balloon weaving?  Cardboard mulching?  Decoupage?  Rhetorical questions?  These past-times - and more – were invented THIS YEAR as a result of bored, depressed victims of the credit crunch.  Don’t believe me?  Well, in this climate, who can afford a fact-checker to verify such claims?  So maybe we should add bandwagoning and advanced gullibility to our list of GFC-related leisure activities.

3. The sporadic and tardy nature of this blog**.

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**Also affected by phases of the moon, what’s on TV at the time, and the nutritional content of ginger beer type consumed that day.

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Three Things Daley #10

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

…By request*: Things which are lopsided

1. Beepbeep, beepbeep, yeah.  The proportion of honking horns by Saturday night hoons on George Street to the necessity of said honking (and hoons).

2. M vs F.  The gender split in key creative leadership roles in mainstream Australian theatre is under scrutiny.  Being very much a fringe-dweller (fringe enthusiast, even) when it comes to theatre, I can’t give a qualified comment.  However, I did attend a lecture at Belvoir St Theatre today (I came, I saw, I tweeted).  One point that resonated with me was that women who are in key creative roles – directors, artistic directors, etc – could afford to be a bit more supportive of each other, of women who are long-term practitioners and of female emerging artists.  In other words, the sisterhood is the antidote to the boys’ club.  A point of concern was, anything outside a white middle-class male perspective is seen as ‘alternative’ which, obviously, includes stories told from a female point of view.  It’s a bizarre notion that half the population is effectively viewed as a minority group, but this mindset seems to be affecting the perceived merit of creative work.  It’s a worrisome and frustrating situation, but hopefully the floodgates for discussion and change have opened for good.

3. My eyes (these goggles they do nothing!).  I noticed this one day and it freaked me out.  I can’t tell which eye is the droopy one, but they’re definitely set differently in my head.  I asked the optometrist and she said, “It’s common to be slightly asymmetrical.  Or it could be a brain tumour.”

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