Amanda Riddell
brain droppings 30.1.23
- This isn’t Buffy. I didn’t go to heaven and get depressed: I fought all of you, and have very few nice things to say about the people...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 30, 20231 min read
my voice isn't for sale
That's the meat of it: I am not keen to sing someone else's show songs, and I'm not keen to lend my voice to the military-industrial...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Was my film a school project?
The answer is no. I wrote a few songs as part of my post-graduate year of composition, but the uni didn’t contribute any money to...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 30, 20233 min read
Signs and signifiers
The ‘hire me’ thing from Garyfilm was totally unintentional. I was just filming him randomly, and that’s what happened. Yes, the National...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 29, 20231 min read
'News for Michael'
This was a running gag from the Wallace Street flat. 👍 I had noticed that the news media tended to pick an angle when running stories,...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 29, 20233 min read
If my anxiety were a person...
It’d be my Mum. I feel like she’s cock-blocking me… though tbf it was Lucinda’s family who weren’t down with me. And all my worries echo...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 29, 20234 min read
My critical brain
Goes after myself as well as everyone else. That’s why I’m usually so aggro: I pick everything apart, and I’m often disappointed with...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 29, 20233 min read
Stephen's not a puppet
He only quotes me or my work when it suits his interests. And believe me, he was the man in our relationship. If he got a different...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 25, 20234 min read
partial rant
I wrote a whole treatment about how I'm a shitty leader. It's abundantly obvious: I have great ideas, but people seldom listen to me on...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Taunting me
Or not, my answers remain the same. I'm not moving to Canberra. That's silly: I'll have a medical weed prescription within the next month...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 18, 20231 min read
About RNZ
It's all good! I've enjoyed my job so far, and as apparently conspiracy theorists read my stuff, I feel like they probably want me to do...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 16, 20232 min read
'pass with care' must end!
I'm serious. If the Wellington people are deliberately placing those in my sight-line, they HAVE to stop. 👍 I don't pass, but what I do...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 14, 20231 min read
My shining hour
I wish that Riddell Productions was still on FB so people could see my snarky comments and the relevant info that I linked during the...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 14, 20231 min read
To the armchair spies
If you think I'm a psychopath, how does that figure with Stephen's explosions being the stuff that attracts police? I think that he's the...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 14, 20231 min read
Airport blues
I've hated fending off virtual offers. [flipping that back] That's fine, Chloe, but if you spy on me then you damn well knew what you...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 12, 20232 min read
Local Hero (to the spies)
Gotta break the flow here. You lot primed me to watch this. That doesn't count as a genuine 'picking the right movie for the right time'...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 10, 20231 min read
Why don't I like live performances?
Well, I just don't. I don't like the audience, and it doesn't give me a buzz to perform live. A great tape is better for me, because...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 8, 20231 min read
Not a drag queen
I saw an ad for gaffs. No, that's not for me: my Mum bought me shapewear which is suitable for my skirts. I'd rather have spandex tone...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 8, 20231 min read
Am I marriage material?
About that... y'know I am thinking about the legal surname change. I haven't decided whether I want Michelina as a life name or as just a...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 7, 20232 min read
Real talk
I just don't care. I don't want to be part of the academic crap. It's annoying enough to have to do this. I don't want more. I want much...
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