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What is Weeded Out: the script about?
It's about two guys who flat together, a dope dealer and a musician, and their friends. What's it 'really' about? The Wellington that...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 28, 20240 min read
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Wellington Stories
I watched the trilogy again now that I'm advertising it. Overall, it's quite good, but there's enough flaws in each film to drag it below...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 27, 20243 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 26, 20240 min read
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Let's not pathologise my childhood
Did Tim Shadbolt discuss his childhood in Bullshit and Jellybeans? Not really. So, why should I dissect my teen years in Just Like...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 26, 20241 min read
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Why did the English aristocracy speak French?
More stuff from the Italy website. 7th of September 2002: 8 years old. I honestly have no idea whether the stuff that my brother and I...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 26, 20243 min read
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More Italy photos
Some of the links are broken, so here's some more photos, including the neighbourhood that we lived in. Most of these are from 2003, but...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 26, 20242 min read
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Trip to Rapallo (Andrew) New Year's Eve 2002
Barabara, an American who Philippa met at the Benvenuto Club, has moved to Rapallo for a couple of months before returning to America...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 26, 20243 min read
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Trial by Facebook
It didn't have to be this way. This was essentially my reaction to being aware of being spied on. I figured that if I posted my entire...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Business sense
Yes, I have it, but only in regards to show business and the media. That's my field, and I'm growing really fucking tired of backseat...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 25, 20242 min read
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AI as a way of creating distance
Well, normally I'm all for AI, but it struck me that it's the perfect tool to create this gulf between the government and the proletariat....
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 24, 20241 min read
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Deconstructing people's desires for me
1) I wouldn't find it restful to be in the Lilburn residence. I heard Briar say that it's drafty, and my boarding house is actually...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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Question Time 24 October 2024
Parliament is so surreal: it's like a Victorian manor meets Hogwarts with all the various doors and hallways. I've never been behind the...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 24, 20243 min read
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smoking and drinking in my room
Well, my boarding house is nominally non-smoking, non-drinking, but I'm hardly the only one that's bending the rules. I got a written...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 23, 20241 min read
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Question Time 23 October 2024
Gary's take on the philosophy of the 'white supremacist' coalition: 'you are what you own' Gary spotted Chippy at the Fight Back...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 23, 20243 min read
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Trip to Pisa (Pippa) 7-8 June 2002
We've finally managed to feel settled enough to go exploring a bit. Andy had to go to Pisa University to look at an installation of their...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 23, 20249 min read
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Some thoughts
I do watch Hana, but hardly religiously. Of the MPs, I'd only really consider Chloe and Ricardo to be friends of mine. Debbie's not a...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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Question Time 22 October 2024
The news cameras were there to pick up a reaction shot of Chlöe when Brownlee read out that Darleen had been fired according to the...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 22, 20245 min read
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Why do I keep turning down gig offers?
For starters, performing isn't my profession. I'm a composer, writer/editor and director. Plus I'm not really attracted to the lifestyle...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 22, 20242 min read
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Umar Zakaria: Family Music
I've known Umar since we were in high school, and we've collaborated a few times, so this isn't an unbiased review. This was quite nice....
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 21, 20241 min read
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