Well that was fast! An entire 6 months over summer at Scott Base is done and dusted without a single blog entry. Its not that I havent had a lot on my mind - its just that a load of things have been happening over the past few years and lifes moving pretty fast (when … Continue reading Useless…
Category: Travel heals
summerish…
February 2022. Sunday 27th. Russia has just invaded the Ukraine and pushing towards Kiev. Footage of a Russian tank purposefully pursuing and running over an old man in a civilian compact sedan and the "Fuck you..." audio from the doomed Snake Island border guards are doing the rounds on the interwebs.The international community is outraged … Continue reading summerish…
lessons…
Well it's another week, another alert level here in lovely New Zealand as we shift into Condition Red on our Traffic Light system and await the tidal wave of Omicron to wash over us all. Against my better judgement but always up for some retail therapy, I nipped out quickly on Sunday as soon as … Continue reading lessons…
regrowth…
2022 eh. So far this year has had some interesting developments (completely out of the blue) which required some emergency mental gymnastics, mildly Machiavellian plotting and 'wake the fuck up' decision making. The short story is that I'll be staying in New Zealand for the forseeable future. Long term. Permanent resident this year if its … Continue reading regrowth…
compulsive vagrant…
It struck me the other day (mired deep in an existential funk, sulking about mortality and life choices) as I packed my duffle bags for yet another relocation, that being homeless by choice rather than by circumstance is actually a bit of a luxury. Especially in the pandemic era we are living through with its … Continue reading compulsive vagrant…
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So theres another variant of this virus lurking about apparently, and "BAM" slams international and interstate borders in response. Well, less 'BAM" maybe. The upshot of this latest viral blip is that my travel home (back?) to Australia is again postponed, at least until January/February now. The positive thing is that the niggly health things … Continue reading placeholder…
crash…
So it came, eventually. Despite my best efforts, inch by inch a creeping fatigue had worked its way in, eating away at the initial enthusiasm and jaunty daily 15km walks amongst the miasmic greens and melodious birdsong of Hagley Park and the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. Draining sinking feelings. Bones ached, muscles cramped and a disturbingly … Continue reading crash…
Porridge …
Welcome back to reality, motherf@cker! It's expensive! (Warning - the following contains a LOT of 'I" statements cos I'm too lazy to write properly at the moment and my thoughts are still a bit wobbly from what I'm hoping is T3 and not early onset dementia.) Yes I'm home, or at least closer to home … Continue reading Porridge …
Oops…sorry!
Today is June 1st 2021 and I've been down here at Scott base for 8 months. Would you believe that this is the first time I've tried to access WordPress from my work desktop? Yup - it was blocked on the wifi here so I just assumed that it was blocked on the work system … Continue reading Oops…sorry!
firewalls…
After 6 weeks battling new IT infrastructure, servers and Internet shitfuckery I'm finally able to get back onto WordPress and hopefully catch up with what the Hell's been going on here since arrival in early October. Oh joy. The urge to write has not overtaken me lately but I'm going to make more of an … Continue reading firewalls…
Man Down! 