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The blog returns

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Sep 5, 2023
  • 1 min read

It's been a lazy few days, but I've finally set up my new phone, and worked out how to log onto my blog.


The election is mostly boring... I'm enjoying looking at my old clips on a phone, or finding things on YouTube.


The ads are fucking me off, though... I watched Bright Star about Hec Busby on Māori TV last night, and I found those ads were quite stylish and unobtrusive.


Good doco too, but the sound of people cooking dinner in the main room of the building made it hard to hear some of the explanations.


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Out of weed. ☹️


The Māori streaming service doesn't have ads, so I should comb through their movie library.


This phone is ok, but I think longhand is much faster than typing on a phone; I'd probably still take notes the old-fashioned way if I joined the Press Gallery for the next Parliament.





 
 
 

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