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About my drug and alcohol use
First up, people need to accept the reality of my alcoholism: I drink in private, and I don't go to events in order to get wasted. I've...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 30, 20241 min read
To Meta
Your ideas of what 'hate speech' is are fucking stupid. Mentioning my lived experience of people excluding me gets the odd tag where...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 30, 20241 min read
My thoughts on me vs. Wellington
They're only listening to me regarding local politics because their tactics failed re: Tory. Her team basically wasn't able to absorb the...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 30, 20244 min read
'smear campaign'
I disagree. I simply stated that I disliked certain people in the scene, and it's not like people couldn't have figured that out. If I...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 29, 20241 min read
My two cents
The longer the Darleen thing drags out, the worse it'll be for the polls. Like, now the scandal has already been stretched out by another...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Question Time 28.08.2024
There's an obvious downside to my arts reforms: if all the focus goes into small movies, then big films like my Shipwrecked on Islands...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 28, 20245 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 27, 20240 min read
Question Time 27.08.2024
Question 10 was challenged by the opposition, but Brownlee let it stand. 'He's finally done something that I agree with' - Gary Regarding...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 27, 20243 min read
Dakumentary - Season 1 reflections
It's a hell of a ride! Episode 4 was surprising. Season 2 and 3 are probably more likely to attract people to AMPP, but I think people...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 27, 20241 min read
Promethea
Something for Alan Moore: I'm a big fan, and I have the entire series in my real library, though I initially read it as a digital comic. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 26, 20242 min read
'neurodiverse'
Well, it's a useful term, but it's essentially the PC version of intellectual disability. That's the corporate view of people as...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 26, 20242 min read
The Dakumentary - my impression
Well, I think that adding the little title card was a success, though my Mum thought that Weeded Out was the title of the documentary! ...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 25, 20241 min read
Reflections on the cartoons
I think that they reflect the frustration that many on the left have with this new coalition, which seems rather set on destroying...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 25, 20242 min read
To the wannabe producers
First off, if you genuinely believe that I 'must' be Tina, then you're wrong on two counts. 1. No, I really don't. There was nothing...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 25, 20242 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 24, 20240 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 22, 20240 min read
'That's not how I sound'
The Kuleshov effect holds true for music as well. You sound different because now people can hear the tenor tune as well. Plus the...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 21, 20241 min read
Question Time 21.08.2024
Te Pāti Māori was completely absent today, but I was representing in the team colours. 1. Chippy to Winston C 7, WP 4 Winston as acting...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 21, 20243 min read
How did I get into musicals?
Mark Dorrell asked me this question when I was young, so I guess that people in the scene are curious. Well, I come from a musical...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 21, 20242 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 20, 20240 min read
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