Comments on: Otterday! And Open Thread.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:13:08 +0000

Thanks, tigtog. Good to hear.

By: tigtog

tigtog — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:06:55 +0000

She’s tweeting every now and then – last tweet 7 hours ago according to seesmic.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:51:47 +0000

Has anyone seen Hexy anywhere about the place recently? I hope she’s okay.

By: tigtog

tigtog — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:44 +0000

Orlando, Cara from the Curvature blogged on that as well. I've just put up a post linking to her article.

By: orlando

orlando — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:39:41 +0000

Answering my own question – I stumbled across a report on the case on the “Yes Means Yes” blog (warning for descriptions of violence):
http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/sex-work-is-not-an-invitation-to-rape/
I was as bad as I feared, that is, no dispute that the man committed acts of violence against the woman, just a jury thinking it didn’t count because she was a prostitute.

I could just spit. Though I’d rather do something more productive, if I could think of anything.

By: orlando

orlando — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:50:05 +0000

Just heard on the news that the American serviceman charged with raping a woman while visiting a Sydney brothel has been acquitted, and I’m wondering if anyone local knows anything more detailed about the case? Because when I read about it initially it sounded as if the defence wasn’t really even trying (all the quotes were along the lines of “I put it to you that this didn’t happen”), and for the prosecution to have been brought at all I would think they must have had some pretty solid medical evidence. Is this yet another case of a woman being designated unrapable? Anyone heard how the judge instructed the jury? The reporting is too thin for me to tell, but I’m ready to be very, very angry.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:55:06 +0000

Just back from a party in NZ, and I’m feeling wiped out, because I woke at 4am NZ time and couldn’t get back to sleep, and I’d slept very lightly before that in my usual way (and I gather many other people’s usual way) before an early morning flight, only to find that the flight was delayed by 1.5 hours, which meant that I got back into Adelaide at 12 noon, leaving me just enough time to get through customs and immigration, then up to our home to drop my bag, before going up to school for my turn on canteen duty at 1pm.

My girls were very pleased to see me. And why yes! Thank you for asking. The party was wonderful.

By: mimbles

mimbles — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:35:21 +0000

@su Silly possum :-) The only time I’ve had a possum in the house it rather surprised me by walking obediently back out the window it had come in by when I told it to.

The market stall experiment was a bit of a flop. Apparently no on else wanted to be out in the heat either. It was the first time I’ve had a stall, don’t think I’ll bother with it again in a hurry. Etsy and selling through my blog look a much more attractive idea.
mimbles´s last blog ..Market day

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:27:38 +0000

mimbles, hope your stall went well; some of my friends are seeing Pearl Jam today, that is true fandom. The heat has only just peaked now at 5pm, am considering whether a walk to the pool is worth it or not.

By: The Amazing Kim

The Amazing Kim — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:19:36 +0000

It spent the day trying to sleep on a beam about 10cm wide and yes, fell off.*

The possum was snoozing on a thin piece of wood? Must have been a lazer beam. (bang, tish)

Happy birthday Chally!

I’ve been wanting to move out of this suburb since I moved in, but it’s impossible to find anything anywhere that allows pets. Today was my salvation (or possibly my damnation) I found the perfect house! It’s a little tiny cottage with a teeny weeny garden. The ad even specifically says “suitable for single lady”! Of course there’s a catch – it’s way out in the country, 3 hours from the city, with trains that only run twice a day. Faustian is an understatement.