Comments on: Christmas is Around the Corner but Where is Yule?

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:34:16 +0000

John, as far as the Aborigines go their culture is so separate from the westernised Australians that it has no bearing. I originally came here with naive beliefs that I would be able to learn about the Aboriginal spirituality and culture first hand but the native Australians very much keep themselves to themselves. I guess you could find ways if you tried hard but it’s certainly not a part of everyday life which I think is extremely sad.

And yes, I saw your photos of Westernbirt – beautiful. Of course it made me homesick. Australia is wonderful but there’s no place like home

By: John K

John K — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:56:32 +0000

By the way, I’ve just added a few shots I took on the weekend in Westonbirt. Might make you a bit homesick. (Doubt that somehow!)

By: John K

John K — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:51:36 +0000

Alex, I can appreciate why it all feels so topsy turvy, coming from beliefs which are seemingly based on British/European seasons. Surely the Aborigines are – or maybe used to be – tuned in to the Australian climate, and their beliefs must reflect that?

Answers on a postcard

By: ChrisM

ChrisM — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:33:00 +0000

I’ve never been in a forum where someone else already nabbed mine, (though Shauna Bonnell seems to think she has my SilentlyScreaming gmail address), it is just that some places don’t allow a nick that long…

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:54:26 +0000

Ah, ok. I knew that. I thought there might have been something else funny about it that I wasn’t seeing. It’s really annoying when you can’t register the main one. Like me and Arwench. If that’s taken, which is rare fortunately, I use Alwench. In my mmorpg days and I had multiple characters I used to extend to Starwench and if I was something less attractive than the usual elf choice (like a firbolg in DAoC) I used Scarwench Ahhh, them were the days. I still dream of Hibernia and the mystical city of Tir na Nog!

By: ChrisM

ChrisM — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:13:42 +0000

Seriously?
It is my main alias online for forums etc.
If I can’t register that, you’ll find me as AntiSceptic, a nick I stole from my friend Gavin back in Uni days.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:31:54 +0000

Thank you, lol. What’s the significance of Silently Screaming though? Ah, ok, just re read it and my brain was doing it in the first paragraph

By: ChrisM

ChrisM — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:48:26 +0000

I was going to mention Silently Screaming when I first read the post, but then I was too shocked to discover that Australia actually has different amounts of days in a month! 31 days in April?

PS Upgraded blog and your plugins