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Amanda Riddell
Mar 26, 20231 min read
Gig review: Glen Downie and Liam Furey
Gig review: Glen Downie and Liam Furey Disclosure: I used to flat with Glen, and we've jammed together. - No amount of peer pressure will...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 25, 20231 min read
Weed Tapes tinkering
I was watching them on the external speakers. I've decided to put 2 intervals in the screening: before Shipwrecked on Islands, and then...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 25, 20231 min read
re: bathrooms
I hold it in a lot - usually, I use the disabled toilets, but sometimes I use the women's bathroom. I used the ladies room at Parliament...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 25, 20232 min read
a bio from one of my RPG games
I think this was for Mutants and Masterminds, which is D&D with superhero characters. Super-Chimp: Despite being (mostly) out of the...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 24, 20233 min read
testing the orgies
see (I Got Lost In Her Arms) - this proves my point. With people, I'm average. Away from people, I'm amazing. 🐣 This is what it means to...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 24, 20231 min read
how I do the caricatures
There's a little variation, but essentially each one is 7 images: the initial media still + 6 Deep Dreams. Each Dream is rendered after...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 24, 20231 min read
snark
I know that the hormones etc. are more stable than it was in the 1970's - I made my decision with up-to-date information. When I was...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 23, 20231 min read
Explaining my use of AI
Algorithms aren't really AI. It's basically counting cards dressed up with grunt power: this is why I used to like my own posts - Google...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 23, 20232 min read
how does freedom feel?
Well, the click at the other end of the line is still there, but it appears that I'm more or less free to live my life as I choose...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 22, 20234 min read
Eulogy for my Dad
My hard drive with the recovered data from my old drives has finally arrived! Here's one that I've been looking for: my eulogy for my...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 22, 20231 min read
my relationship with anger
Is healthy. It motivates me: I seldom write, and one of my main motivators is proving points, or spite. I do write for love and all...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 19, 20233 min read
positive thinking is bullshit
Telling people to reframe their thoughts as positive only has the effect of saving the privileged from uncomfortable emotions. It’s that...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 17, 20232 min read
My Winchell phase
Well, I'm not doing the gossip rag thing as much as I was back in 2020, but yeah... it's part of the picture when it comes to my blog. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 17, 20234 min read
my ideal day
This was a prompt in my emails today - I tried this online therapy site, which was useless, but the emails still pop up. 🤳 I’m lazy....
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 17, 20231 min read
snark
To the GCSB/SIS: how much does it cost you guys to spy on me? Or the Wellington fuzz... those are numbers I'd love to see.
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 17, 20231 min read
let's talk business
Yes, we underpaid pretty much everyone who ever worked for us, but everyone knew that, and we wrote very generous back-end deals. And,...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 17, 20234 min read
Brain droppings 17.3.23
The RP movie orgy is playing pretty well. Need to fix the levels on Glad They Were Playing. Switching out bits and pieces still - I...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 15, 20231 min read
Edit bay thoughts
Well, I planned to watch it all last night, but I only made it halfway - I'm working at RNZ tonight, so that'll be a good chance to...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 14, 20231 min read
Movie night
Well, my birthday is May 2nd, and that's a Tuesday night. It'd be good to get some pros/pollies to see the whole Movie Orgy. 😀
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 10, 20231 min read
Ross Harris: Symphony no. 2
I hadn't heard that before - I had a CD which had some of his pieces and Anthony Ritchie's, but I haven't heard all his symphonies. Ross...
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