what's worse: blogging about blogging or writing a newspaper column about blogging?
I have had this discussion before with a friend of mine who worked for public health. One question I asked her was: How many years will it take for New Zealander to become a genuine ethnicity?
For example, some of my ancestors were Irish people who came to NZ when gold was found in central otago. I'm sure there are tousands of people who share a common ancestry with me. It's the ethnicity with which we most closely identify. So we tick the NZ European box in the last census.
But what happens in 200 years time when some of my decendants are filling in the census. Will New Zealander count by then? Is 350 years of living in NZ enough time to form an ethnicity? What about in 50 years time?
Not sure about stopping it, but copious amounts of cosmetic surgery would make it seem like it hasn't happened.
Achewood is awesome. I have a Phillipe T-shirt. Gonna get me a Science one next
//but the people are barking mad
There's definitely something weird about the Chch. Most people there are as normal as anywhere else but quite a few have this odd sense of superiorty over the rest of the people and can't understand why nobody gives a shit what school they went to.
What about Martin Sheen's awesome Kennedy accent a couple of weeks ago: "This plane...is going to China!"
West Wing is the finest drama on TV ever. And TVNZ should be ashamed for burying it in such a shitty timeslot.
That was Toy Soldiers. And it was a school for kids wo had been kicked out of prep schools. Evil preps - no doubt LS will have something to say about this.
The White Stripes tried distributing promo copies of Elephant on vinyl before it was released in an attempt to prevent it being put on the net. It just meant that you could see Elephant [VINYL] on Limewire along with the traditionally leaked version.
some questions:
are the export gold girls there to distract you from the quality of the beer or the quality of the entertainment?
are theire any export gold girl equivalents for real beers?
does DB really export Export Gold?
if DB does really export Export Gold, how do we stop them?
Listening solo: Hawksley Workman
Listening band: Wilco
Stuck solo: Jessica Simpson
Stuck band: Polyphonic Spree
Also, 15 minutes left to get your bribes in. Nato's caramel slice effort was tasty but not even close enough to lock in the win.
OK, here's how it's going to work. We've narrowed it down to 6 finalists and we want your feedback on who should win. So reply to this post with your winner and we'll announce at 5pm.
The finalists are:
1. Karl from Shihad changed my life - Nato
2. A person of gravity stole my seat - lemon
3. I was a schoolgirl Shihad groupie - nanohoe
4. Chris Knox bought me beer - Jon Jnr
5. The losers and the school ball - L*
6. I went naked skydiving - Lughead
Ta
Less than an hour to go and there's been a rush of longish posts. Yer running out of time if you want to get in to win. If you've seen a story that you really think should win, please, please leave a comment.
Judging is pretty thirsty work and I'm reliably informed that the NZM Editorial team will not be bribed by anything less than 2 dozen Monteiths Summer Ale* to be delivered no later than 4.30pm today.
*6 dozen big can Rans is a suitable alternative
jc, have you explored much of the rest of the city? Or the other nearby towns?