Not having written for a while (or indeed having anything worthwhile to say really) I thought I'd make one of those trashy substandard what-am-I-up-to entries just like every other boring motherfucker out there. Been working very very hard, and also paradoxically slacking off as much as humanly possible. Ostensibly I am working right now. See how this works?

Loving stencilling, I can't draw at all and this is the first time I've ever been able to express myself visually. Not that I'm super good or anything, but it's fun and makes me think that even though not everyone can be the next Leonardo Van Gough or whatever... whatever! so what! art really is for everybody, and everybody should get the chance and seize the moment and take a can of spraypaint to the nearest wall or billboard.

The devil quotes scripture, and nowhere is this more true than with the Christian right. I've been wondering why Christians come across as such absolute cunts, why it is that the clubs or cudgels of self-righteous legalism should be such a constant trump card over the more compassionate suit of hearts.

I could take the time to tear apart the ridiculous BERL drug harm study commissioned by the NZ police, but all you need to know is that, as Russell Brown astutely pointed out, the study includes the cost of prohibition as part of social harm. This means that for every dollar spent on more enforcement the drug harm index also rises by exactly one dollar, while at the same time enabling the police to count a proportion of this increased cost as a “saving” from each successful drug seizure. Sounds pretty scientific. Yeah, it's total bullshit, but you can bet your sweet cherry ass that they'll be quoting all kinds of comforting (or frightening) statistics from this “research” as the occasion demands.

The devil quotes scripture, at length and in depth, and the unfortunate thing is that people often listen.

Caught up with Mel & Sass & Caroline & Brian and got ridiculously drunk, good to catch up—good times, crazy days, one for the photo album.