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[rhyll]

APSA goes on, and is more or less entertaining. I've been to some very interesting presentations, which I may get around to writing about on my grownup blog at some point. I've been having a lot of debates with people (hurrah!), most of which seem to focus around top-down vs. bottom-up or (on a related note) the consonance between political ideals and how one lives.

It amuses me, because I have found someone else who has similar political ideals, and often it feels like we are tagging each other on in the debate. I like new friends! I like new friends who know interesting things!

I have also been doing a fair amount of exploring. A couple of days ago we saw some women in steampunk outfits running a giant rube goldberg machine that juiced oranges. We found a cosy little bar in the Valley and listened to some music. Yesterday we went for a rambling walk to West End and, having accidentally gone in the complete opposite direction, walked across the Story Bridge, which is famous (although I don't know why).

There is other news, but I should be getting on with things.

*waves*

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[superjamielol.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Bridge,_Brisbane

wikipedia doesn't know either :P apparently it was a landmark back in the olden days. pretty typical of brisbane, living in the past

[anarchish.livejournal.com]

new-friend-who-studies-social-movements has new blog

http://worldgonewrong.wordpress.com/

how's being back in perth, are you winning against the mould?