Some post St Patrick's Day redheaded Random Hotness via the very NSFW ChaosMen... and we all know how much I love a redhead!On the left we have the strawberry blonde Carter, and on the right, the decidedly ginger Jonah... Current Mood: ...

What do you do when you find out one of your good friends is going through a really rough patch at home? What could you do, other than to just being there for him, when he tells you how terribly his boyfriend has been treating him and how unhappy he is in his relationship?I have told him that just because they have bought a house together doesn't mean he is trapped but I think, in his mind, if he leaves the relationship, he'd be going back to his "old life" - he will have to move back to his ...

Some shots from the Street Dreams dumpster exhibition at the Format gallery...The little critter in the box is by Nickas (who is now officially going on the list of artists I want to collect)... contrasted nicely with some stencil work and little ghosties...There really isn't much to add... my day was equally busy and trying... and now it's nearly over...Current Mood: ...

So, I'm thinking of changing my name. No, really! I'm kinda just sick of everyone screwing up what can only be a simple concept!Everyone knows me as Gus. What seems to confuse so many people is that it might, just might, be short for Angus! Not Gustav, not Augustus, not Gustario (like, wtf did that come from?). And "Gus" is a fairly simple word, yet I'm referred to as "Gust" (how often this one comes up is wierd), "Guz" and "Jus", amongst many. I try and spell my name out phoentically to someone on the phone who can't comprehend "G"-"U"-"S", ...

We're only halfway through the month, but Mad March has officially come to an end.The Adelaide Festival is over. WOMAD is over. The Clipsal 500 is over. And the Adelaide Fringe is over.Yep, they've returned The Garden of Unearthly Delights to parklands, put away the lighting rigs, dismantled the circus tents, deflated the spacemen and moved on for another year.This year is the most I've ever gotten immersed in the Fringe, and I probably could have seen even more than I did… there was a psychic illusionist that I wouldn't have minded experiencing, and an apocalyptic take on Hamlet ...

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I'm currently surfing the receding edge of a sugar high.... I bought post-birthday cupcakes for everybody in The Nut House... and I think I not only bought too many, but also consumed too many...They also did me a birthday card (without me even noticing it was happening, which is rare, but I was all over the place this morning, and away from my desk) and gave me a Sanity voucher (not a voucher to purchase additional sanity, you understand, but for the record store of the same name).So not a bad day all up...Unconscious Mutterings...

1. Children :: Should be bound

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A direct, proud play about patriotism and the rule of the world, ‘Heroin(e) for Breakfast‘ was an astoundingly beautiful and very touching story which ultimately ended with a tear in my eyes and a smile on my face. Taking us through the drug-induced love triangle of two british sisters and their shared jesus-of-the-revolution love Tommy. Intertwined [...] ...

Happy Pi Day! New stories:

• Getting Used To Being Unstoppable: 5 | 6 by Londonboy
• Hunter: Breathe Me by Aardvark
• Jokers by Wrestlr
• Secret Mission 5 by Timelord65
• White Noise by z119z

The L Word

• Catholic School Rejects Child Because Of Lesbian Parents--Religions, despite their calls for inclusivity, trumpet their exclusionarity (i.e. You go to hell if you're not _____.), but where is the line before their actions go beyond discriminatory?
• Mississippi School Prom off After Lesbian's Date Request
• Driver's suspension urged after lesbian couple denied bus ride

Educamation

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That's why they say - be careful what you wish for.After the neck-breaking non-stop schedule over the last few weeks, this was the first weekend when we didn't have anything planned for the weekend. The greatest irony was - as soon as we settled down to a relaxing groove, I got a crippling headache - the kind I hadn't had for months!Anyway, here is the low down:Friday nightWork was very stressful. There were multuple demands on me as usual and I was absolutely exhausted by the end of the day. My workmates asked me to have a drink with them ...

I was chatting with a long-time political antagonist the other night, one who in years past has often given me a good argument from the other side of the political spectrum. Now, however, he's abandoned his socialist roots and now joins me in being completely despondent about the political state of this nation. If you ask me, it is a sad state of affairs when even the activists are giving up. A recent article by John Töns summed it up in one good paragraph:In democracies such as ours it is becoming clear that there is really not a ...

Well, whadayaknow, it's my birthday today! Me and Johan and Michael and Jamie and Taylor and Chris...And for somebody who didn't have anything planned for his birthday I certainly ended up having a busy and enjoyable day.Even the weather has somewhat played ball. Sure it's a little on the warm and humid side, but it's wonderfully overcast and there may even be rain later... which for anybody else could ruin a birthday... me, if it rains on my birthday I'm a happy little bunny!The goodness started out this morning when I decided that instead ...

I think perhaps that the word of the day today has been "apathy"... either that or "lethargy" or just plain old "tired"...Ma was running a little late this morning, which was fine, because I wasn't exactly up to speed myself, plus the laptop was having a minor issue.Shopping was fairly ho-hum... I did a slightly bigger than usual shop last week, so there wasn't a whole lot in the cart by the end of the trip, and over half of it ended up being Ma's.Then it was back here for General Unpacking and Pfaffing About, and then we headed ...

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When you go to say hello to a friend, how do you greet them? Is it a handshake, a kiss on the cheek or something else? And what about when you say goodbye, is it a hug? A kiss? What are the do’s and don’ts? If you’re anything like me, which fingers crossed you aren’t, you’d [...] ...