Blog Bog
Just a gentle warning that I really don’t censor or edit myself very hard, I just put things straight from the brain into blobs of thought and leave it at that. You’re welcome to not read it. It’s more for myself than for anyone else, unless I pointed it out to someone as maybe worthy of reading, but that doesn’t happen very often, really.
That Jacinda Story I May Have Mentioned Before
This is the story of how I came to perform at Jacinda’s Auckland campaign launch in 2012. It’s a much smaller story than you’d think, and while it’s about politics, it also isn’t. For me, it’s about saying yes, about community, and doing nice and fun things.
“So, where are you from?”
There’s only one correct answer to the question “So, where are you from?” or the subsequent “No, where are you REALLY from?” Seeing how it comes across, we don’t usually use it, but really that response should be: “That’s none of your business!”
Cheapo EFTPOS
As tiny businesses in Aotearoa, be it in music or as crafty sorts, we don’t want to miss out on any potential income, right? Here’s what I do as a lightweight, good, cheapo EFTPOS “alternative”! This is something I use, and a note upfront: I don’t like BNZ (don’t get me started!) at all, but…
Radio Punks
A while ago, I had the honour to be featured alongside a number of truly remarkable humans in a doco called Radio Punks about student radio in Aotearoa. It’s still a little magic to me how my team and me ended up alongside some of our true greats, but there we were.
Not Forward-Facing
I applied for my first Kiwi passport. Pretty straight-forward, you fill out the form, provide them with various numbers and details they ask for, and then they ask for the dreaded passport photo.
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If you feel what I do is helpful in some sort of way, and do want to show that, I’ve set up this button for you to buy me a cup of coffee, or a bag of flour, or some seedlings for my garden, or a new computer game, or whatever! Take the money and invest it in something else kind of cool for everyone, who knows?
