Wildilocks Can Has Journal?

Worried about the food crisis yet?

Don’t - we have more than enough wine to go round…

It’s pretty clear what needs to happen now. Of course this really highlights what a dumb idea it was to grow rice in much of Australia in the first place…

We need very strong, very committed, and unequivocal government leadership. I don’t envy Kevin having come in to the middle of this - many of the risks of the choice of crops in Australia was well known several years ago, but was anything done by little Johnny? Nooooo. So what to do? More taxes for crops which are not basic storable food crops which are drought resistant, more subsidies for organic farming in general to cushion against peak oil, *no* GM food subsidies or encouragement as that is already proving more trouble and less gain than it ever promised, tax cuts and incentives for growing your own food at home in the form of water and materials subsidies for domestic use. More taxes on animal farming and meat products grown unsustainably. Any more ideas?

Well, we can do a little ourselves right now. I’ve begun slowly and less than impressively with a tiny garden in a single large pot, plans for a water tank, worm farm, etcetera still haven’t materialised but that’s partly my fault but partly others! I will get some EarthBoxes when they are available next month though, I was hoping I’d find something better in the meantime, alas, no luck, so waiting it is

If you have any kind of space around you, I strongly urge you to consider beginning to plant a little garden with food, herbs, anything. I’d like to have chickens [or DUCKS!], but well… that might be a little impractical up here :/

Wondering if it’s even worth bothering, as Warren Ellis and some others would have you believe we are so very doooomed?

Well kiddies, Michael Pollan wrote a new article for the New York Times a few days ago, entitled “Why Bother? - here’s an excerpt to give you some impetus:

“If you do bother, you will set an example for other people. If enough other people bother, each one influencing yet another in a chain reaction of behavioral change, markets for all manner of green products and alternative technologies will prosper and expand. (Just look at the market for hybrid cars.) Consciousness will be raised, perhaps even changed: new moral imperatives and new taboos might take root in the culture. Driving an S.U.V. or eating a 24-ounce steak or illuminating your McMansion like an airport runway at night might come to be regarded as outrages to human conscience. Not having things might become cooler than having them. And those who did change the way they live would acquire the moral standing to demand changes in behavior from others — from other people, other corporations, even other countries.”

Already in my heart beats a certain amount of glee at the prospect of being able to yell at yuppies in their 4WDs in the middle of the city “HEY ASSHOLE, PEOPLE ARE STARVING IN 36 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES NOW - DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT CONSIDER DRIVING A SMALLER FUCKING CAR AT LEAST?”

Also, I was rather interested to read that the phrase that is widely attributed to Marie Antionette was actually misinterpeted, at least, the context was. Check it out.

Stolen with permission, some excellent advice from qamar that I think a few of you might like…

Here’s my mantra for living which came from me realizing that I was giving my cats a better life than I was giving myself. Why is it that we can care for others and ignore what we really need? From this realization I got off pills, started meditating every day and began treating life like the joyous, peaceful experience it really is.

9 Life Lessons

1/ Get off pills. You don’t give your cats drugs, even when they are insane, so why do it to yourself?

2/ Eat what you need. I stopped free-feeding my cats and they lost weight, yet I kept stuffing my own face and stayed overweight! Eat protein, eat vitamin and mineral rich foods and the right sort of fats. Check out the complexity of your pedigree cat food and compare to your own diet. Eat grass. I provide cat grass for my cats and they chew on it every day before each meal. Fibre and fresh leafy greens are essential for us every day.

3/ Bathe. The cats know it. The Japanese know it. The muslims know to do it before prayer. We have running hot water in our homes!–That’s just crazy, nuts luxury! Enjoy.

4/ Drink nothing but water. Okay, well maybe we’ll deviate from this a little, but you get my point right? We don’t add sugar, alcohol or caffeine to the drinking bowl, why add it to our own fluid?

5/ Take time to meditate. Every day your cat sits in a comfy position with a calm view with their eyes at half-mast, not asleep, not awake, not focussing on anything. Try it. Every day. It works.

6/ Sleep. As much as you can or want to.

7/ Stretch. Immediately when you get up from being sedentary, do a couple of stretches. Raise your hands above your head, touch your toes, do a push-up and arch your back. A sun salutation or five will really move the blood around and give you all the zing you need to move to the next bit of sunshine.

8/ Run around like a mad thing once a day. If jumping on objects isn’t your style, go for a jog, a cycle or a robust walk. Even better, run about chasing a ball or a frisbee. If you’re really cat-practised you’ll dance around your house nekkid at least once a day to a really rockin’ tune.

9/ Snuggle. Touch another body. Bump heads. Cuddle-up every day. And don’t just wait for it to happen. Demand it! Loudly and with conviction. nods

Do these nine things every day and you’re on your way to being a cat. You’ll spend less money (cats are hopeless shoppers unless it’s a shiny-thing), you’ll desire fewer holidays (cats hate holidays), you’ll look and feel fabulous and you’ll be grinning like the Dalai Lama all day.

I have to say, I particularly like the title. Awwwww. I feel like a kitty now Purr purr purr! Mrrrrow!

I haven’t posted much about any Wildilocks stuff for a while really…

We got another tutorial finished last week, you can see it over here, with 1930’s style for gals we are getting tons of youtube views and hopefully that will continue to build.

We also have a new stylist at BASE808 by the name of Rob, he is desperately keen to please and did well on his trial days, and he’s starting on Fridays and Saturdays.

And the most exciting news, we got a rather nice phone call a few days ago from the Lonely Planet. They apparently found our website and thought that we sounded interesting, and would they be able to come in this Tuesday to do some filming?

Well, of course I said yes…. Looks like I’ll have to be dressing a bit neat and tidy!

It appears LiveJournal is allowing advertisements from the Church of Scientology.

On the flipside, Google is being sued by a Christian anti-abortion group.

I think it’s beginning to become pretty clear the difference between having some moral fibre and frakkin’ backbone, and being a shameless whore who’ll sell your userbase to anyone with any agenda.

Yep, preparing my escape pod, as we speak. With some help … will be letting you all in on it soon enough, once things are relatively stable…

Beware, Internet. I am Here, v2.0. Beware.

 *evil laugh*