tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post2797339665723694476..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: A meme!Kerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-64200015373223532202008-12-22T18:37:00.000+10:302008-12-22T18:37:00.000+10:30The Eternal Idol.I love the angle of his neck, and...<A HREF="http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1158/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1158-1286.jpg" REL="nofollow">The Eternal Idol</A>.<BR/><BR/>I love the angle of his neck, and the way she's hanging on to her toes.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-88039690658540781672008-12-22T18:28:00.000+10:302008-12-22T18:28:00.000+10:30It is true about Our Cate. We barely exchanged a w...It is true about Our Cate. We barely exchanged a word, but we do share a birthday. I also found myself out to dinner in Sydney one night (at the Bayswater Brasserie if memory serves) in a party of diners that included Jack Thompson, who at the end of the meal ordered a bottle of some kind of evil black alcohol that had a most unfortunate effect. On me, I mean.<BR/><BR/>I bet Niagara Falls and the Lincoln Memorial are truly fab and amazing all right, but I harbour no special desire to see them partly because I'm not one of life's sightseers. I tend to have very precise travel aims -- the first time I left the country one of my two main goals was to go to Evensong at Kings College Cambridge and hear the famed choir, and the other was to see a particular sculpture in the Musée Rodin called 'The Eternal Idol.' <BR/><BR/>You're right, I can't see you enjoying a helicopter.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-70474228347155100732008-12-22T17:10:00.000+10:302008-12-22T17:10:00.000+10:30I know for a fact you've met, or at least sat at t...I know for a fact you've met, or at least sat at the same table as, Cate Blanchette, who surely counts as movie star, Pav. Niagara Falls and Lincoln Memorial a lot more impressive than you might think, but I guess I'm a bit UScentric myself, though I'd also recommend the leaning tower (but I actually climbed that one, and I'm with you on the not wanting to go to the top of anything - and therefore not with you on the helicopter - metaphorically or literally.<BR/>TyaakianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-45381200628201682282008-12-20T22:43:00.000+10:302008-12-20T22:43:00.000+10:30I went whale watching a couple of months ago near ...I went whale watching a couple of months ago near Warrnambool. Lots of people looking out to sea. We stayed, we watched,we froze. No bloomin whales showed up. Nice sunset but.<BR/><BR/>i.e. have seen sunset on a beach while watching out for whales.Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335137672378482281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-49806001713145714002008-12-20T16:46:00.000+10:302008-12-20T16:46:00.000+10:30Thanks for this - I've never done one of these bef...Thanks for this - I've never done one of these before and I found it fascinating to answer, and then to leap around the net and compare other people's experiences (US-centric though the questions are).<BR/><BR/>Like you, I discovered that the italicised items related to the fact that I hadn't travelled to certain parts of the world.The Paradoxical Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100658773584057280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-73550811420590580702008-12-20T10:30:00.000+10:302008-12-20T10:30:00.000+10:30But why, Pav? Why did the great beast not appear? ...But why, Pav? Why did the great beast not appear? When we wanted it so, and when I had dreamed about it for years... Sigh.<BR/><BR/>When I read the introductions to these long memes (99 things!), I think I'll never read through to the end, but I found this strangely entertaining, and not only for the fun of trying to work out which of the "yes" answers correlated to stories I know about you, and which were things you have not told me...This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-31761446588819670322008-12-20T01:19:00.000+10:302008-12-20T01:19:00.000+10:30Why, thank you, LE; we aim to please.I think the f...Why, thank you, LE; we aim to please.<BR/><BR/>I think the freaky polarising thread of doom pushed a lot of people's weirder buttons, including mine. My 81-year-old father, who never ceases to astonish me, is someone I would have expected to come down hard on the side of Laura Norder, but he was quite critical and cynical about the shooting. Fathers, go figure.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-72557735260609265482008-12-20T00:51:00.000+10:302008-12-20T00:51:00.000+10:30Nice thread. And ...actually... you're among my fa...Nice thread. And ...actually... you're among my fave persons in all blogdom, Pav. Sorry I misinterpreted your comments the other day on the freaky polarisation thread of doom!Lefty Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987607139560429227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-14942593817366254272008-12-19T19:05:00.000+10:302008-12-19T19:05:00.000+10:30Or things you wish you'd done differently.Or things you wish you'd done differently.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-81831611701492354412008-12-19T18:19:00.000+10:302008-12-19T18:19:00.000+10:30I can't believe you've never sung karaoke! And you...I can't believe you've never sung karaoke! And you're never too old to go sky-diving. It's a bit of a US centric list really, but interesting. A scary addition would be things you'd done, you really wish you hadn't.Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14210474034971320200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-83512466395528654432008-12-19T14:49:00.000+10:302008-12-19T14:49:00.000+10:30I didn't think she'd mind. Stephanie, if you're re...I didn't think she'd mind. Stephanie, if you're reading this and you do mind, tell me and I'll take it out!Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-31923607481428832282008-12-19T14:35:00.000+10:302008-12-19T14:35:00.000+10:30I like the addition of the deeply poignant categor...I like the addition of the deeply poignant category. I've a few of those too.<BR/><BR/>I didn't see whales either, but I participated in the expedition, which is technically what is being asked. I also now have an enchanting vision of my esteemed professor chanting O' vast beast ... across the water.Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.com