So after the Equal rights for gay marriage rally in Sydney I was searching on YouTube to see what footage there was and look what I found.... ME!! Too funny!!
Check it out........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioj5Dq2G0U8
Monday, August 23, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
same-sex marriage rally
Saturday marked the day of the same-sex marriage rally here in Sydney. At least 1000 people marched for equal rights for same-sex marriage. It was amazing to see so many people gay or straight who turned out to fight for and have their voices heard about a basic right that other Australians enjoy!!
I took a couple of photos on my iPhone while we were marching from Town Hall, up Oxford Street to Taylor Square. It is the same walk as Mardi Gras and the same walk that was taken on the very first Mardi Gras which was not so much a celebration but a protest march against the ban on gay sex.
Will Anderson was the MC for the rally and was absolutely hillarious! All in all it was a great day and it was awesome to be a part of it! Lets hope that the future of Australia includes equal rights for all Australians!
I took a couple of photos on my iPhone while we were marching from Town Hall, up Oxford Street to Taylor Square. It is the same walk as Mardi Gras and the same walk that was taken on the very first Mardi Gras which was not so much a celebration but a protest march against the ban on gay sex.
Will Anderson was the MC for the rally and was absolutely hillarious! All in all it was a great day and it was awesome to be a part of it! Lets hope that the future of Australia includes equal rights for all Australians!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
USA here I come!
I'm soooooo excited!! A couple of days ago I booked my flights etc for my trip to America. My folks decided to take the family on a 2 week holiday to Hawaii so I decided to extend the trip and go over to Vegas afterwards. Then from there I'm driving to San Francisco and then driving down to L.A. All up i'm going to be away for a month!!
I can't even contain my excitement, I have only ever been out of the country once in my life and that was to New Zealand when I was 12.... so it's been a while!!
I'm really looking foreward to the driving part (on the wrong side of the road) I'm going to check out Yosemite National Park and Alcatraz, Universal Studios and Disney Land, San Diego Zoo.... I don't know how I'm going to fit it all in!!
CAN'T WAIT!!
I can't even contain my excitement, I have only ever been out of the country once in my life and that was to New Zealand when I was 12.... so it's been a while!!
I'm really looking foreward to the driving part (on the wrong side of the road) I'm going to check out Yosemite National Park and Alcatraz, Universal Studios and Disney Land, San Diego Zoo.... I don't know how I'm going to fit it all in!!
CAN'T WAIT!!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Pics from last week
Actuall had a night off last week, courtesy of a friends birthday and Gill djing at Purple Sneakers. Went to Mad Pizza in Darlinghurst for Stefan's Birthday, followed by drinkas at Nevermind, then off to the Gladstone for Purple Sneakers coz Gill's set was at 2.
Photographer Maja Baska was there taking pics all night, here are just a few.....
Sadly, as I found out the following morning that my friend whos birthday it was had been punched out on Oxford Street right outside of his birthday party at Live. Apparently this guy just came up to him outsde the club and punched him in the face and he hit the pavement. He ran after him follwed by security guards from Live and the surrounding clubs.
I can't understand the mentality of a person who can to cause physical harm to another person, what gives them the right?!!
Luckily my friend is ok but it makes you seriously think about how safe the gay community really is even on Oxford Street!! and it also makes me think how stupid that guy was to think he could get away with hitting a gay man on Oxford Street.... Hello!!!!
Photographer Maja Baska was there taking pics all night, here are just a few.....
Sadly, as I found out the following morning that my friend whos birthday it was had been punched out on Oxford Street right outside of his birthday party at Live. Apparently this guy just came up to him outsde the club and punched him in the face and he hit the pavement. He ran after him follwed by security guards from Live and the surrounding clubs.
I can't understand the mentality of a person who can to cause physical harm to another person, what gives them the right?!!
Luckily my friend is ok but it makes you seriously think about how safe the gay community really is even on Oxford Street!! and it also makes me think how stupid that guy was to think he could get away with hitting a gay man on Oxford Street.... Hello!!!!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Hey hey sorry it's been a couple of weeks, things have been crazy! I was really sick (which sucked) then I was working so much that it seemed all I was doing was eat, sleep and work! And let me tell you the sleep part was very minimal!!
Anyway just a quick note to say.... I GOT MORE BRAS!!! YIPPEE... and show you all the new stuff that was just sent to me from dimitySO.
This time round they sent me so much stuff I was so excited!! 8 bras with matching underwear and then 3 lingerie items with matching underwear!! AMAZING!! Check out what's in store at David Jones because it is awesome!!
Anyway just a quick note to say.... I GOT MORE BRAS!!! YIPPEE... and show you all the new stuff that was just sent to me from dimitySO.
This time round they sent me so much stuff I was so excited!! 8 bras with matching underwear and then 3 lingerie items with matching underwear!! AMAZING!! Check out what's in store at David Jones because it is awesome!!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
So I know I have mentioned the Sydney Film Festival in my blog already but I have to tell you about this film I saw as part of the festival and that I hope gets a general release here in Oz.
The film is "Women without men" by Shirin Neshat. I was totally blown away by this films honesty and brutality. I went with friend of mine who worked with a guy in the philippines who was Iranian and a film maker and was exiled from Iran for making communitst films and was previously jailed for making these films. I think having known of someone in that situation made the film even more powerful for me and also being in the arts myself and thinking of what it would be like if I was told I could never sing or act again and if I did so I would be jailed or exiled never to return again to my country or my family.
I've just attached below a message from the film maker about the film, please if it does get released here, do yourself a favour and watch it, it's heartbreakingly beautiful.
"Women Without Men captures a pivotal moment in the summer 1953, when the hopes of a nation are crushed by foreign powers in a tragic blow that led to the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Thirty years later, as we look at the young men and women protesting in the streets of Iran in the face of ruthless brutality, we are reminded once again that this struggle is alive and well. I can only hope that Women Without Men will make a small contribution to the vast narrative of Iran’s contemporary history, in reminding us of the voice of a nation that was silenced in 1953 by powers both internal and external and that has risen again." - Shirin Neshat
The film is "Women without men" by Shirin Neshat. I was totally blown away by this films honesty and brutality. I went with friend of mine who worked with a guy in the philippines who was Iranian and a film maker and was exiled from Iran for making communitst films and was previously jailed for making these films. I think having known of someone in that situation made the film even more powerful for me and also being in the arts myself and thinking of what it would be like if I was told I could never sing or act again and if I did so I would be jailed or exiled never to return again to my country or my family.
I've just attached below a message from the film maker about the film, please if it does get released here, do yourself a favour and watch it, it's heartbreakingly beautiful.
"Women Without Men captures a pivotal moment in the summer 1953, when the hopes of a nation are crushed by foreign powers in a tragic blow that led to the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Thirty years later, as we look at the young men and women protesting in the streets of Iran in the face of ruthless brutality, we are reminded once again that this struggle is alive and well. I can only hope that Women Without Men will make a small contribution to the vast narrative of Iran’s contemporary history, in reminding us of the voice of a nation that was silenced in 1953 by powers both internal and external and that has risen again." - Shirin Neshat
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