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Woohoo! I have successfully finished six films at this year's NZ International Film Festival. I am not however a filmbuff and I do not feel confident enough to express my opinions on these films on a public Letterboxd account. So apologies, you're getting my thoughts and
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I love technology. Computers and the Internet were my first love and will probably forever remain the grounding rooted deep down in my psyche. The products of the late-2000s tech scene have shaped me in ways that are pretty hard to comprehend. Is it possible to imagine a Justin
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It's hard to complain about being tired when you're privileged. Wow. What an ass. Let's start over. I'm tired. I had a cup of coffee at about 9pm for no good reason. Well, actually, there was a reason - I knew I had
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Further on the point I made in an earlier post this month - I do really want to learn how to write. Especially when we're being told that - now - more than ever the skill writing will soon be dead. I love great writing and I've seen what
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It was March 19, 2020. I was sitting in Freyberg Square, thinking, could all of this really just … … stop? For context, it was clear from witnessing the stunning wrath of the coronavirus overseas that no society would be spared from brutal ruction, chaos, grief, and absurdity. New Zealand closed its
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I started this blog for a variety of reasons. 1. The internet is now a landscape of walled gardens and evil homeowner associations, and emerging evil walled gardens (Substack). I miss the years of my childhood when self-publishing and blogs felt like a new wave of openness and self-
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Justin needs to stop buying useless stuff. The antidepressants are making him be nicer to himself and now he's buying himself all this stuff. That's not a good thing. Bank account is getting very mad at him. He needs to learn how to balance being nice
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Auckland needs the following junk/snack foods available throughout the land. Affordable and available. Make it happen Wayne! Cheese rolls - Cheese scones suck and we should be ashamed — dry, crumbly, depressing. Cheese rolls are certifiably better in every possible way. If you think about which cheese based product will cheer
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I just had a fantastic Egg McMuffin. That calls for some workshopping about media trends and brainrot. The latest media analysis I've been floating in various catch-ups and in Melbourne has been pre-What Now Gen Z versus post-What Now Gen Z. Firstly, Gen Z as
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Melbourne was not a city destined for me to enjoy. But I'm a strong preacher of the French phrase, je ne sais quoi for a reason. It directly translates to "I don't know what" but would be better said to be used to describe