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going gaga

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No not me. Sydney. Lady Gaga came to town. She came, kids screamed. Otherwise serious “news magazine” tv hosts swooned. And GaGa (whose name is apparently Stefani Joanne) sat in a wheelchair during one of her performances.

The fact that it was in Sydney’s Town Hall is an irony that doesn’t escape me (for those that know me offline.

I am not a fan. I had figured that I wouldn’t be. I had judged a book by it’s cover, and I’m ready to admit I was wrong. I assumed that given her fan base of tweeny boppers (“little monsters”) and those prepared to dress in obscure costume I would find the music too harsh, among other adjectives.

I didn’t see the nightclub or town hall performances. I didn’t see the wheelchair stunt as some are calling it. But I did see her tv interview here and her performance after the interview in the glass box. I have an admission. I liked it. Based on those two events I like her. The fact that she went on to roll out on stage doesn’t (having heard her speak) change my view.

She is remarkably level headed and passionate about inclusion. I understand from the Huffington Post piece that she has offended some of her fans and overseas disability groups, but less so here. Here as long as it was done consciously it has been received ok.

I was asked 5 times yesterday how I felt. That’s my answer. Like others I was more just jealous that she could get a chair that worked for her purposes so quickly especially after my recent experiences!

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Earth Hour 2008

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This was written initially on paper at the time it is stamped with.

I write this by candlelight. In and of itself that may not be odd for me. But at least some of the rest of Sydney will be doing whatever it is they do by similar light or by none at all. For it is Earth Hour , a popularly endorsed “live green” grassroots movement-that has apparently gone global after last year being a success here in Sydney.according to the website:

Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.

I took a big vanilla candle into PB who had been asleep and was ashamed to discover that the electric blanket had been on for a while possibly all day! This then is the beginning of environmental penance

There is a calming sense in the air and now that the hour is all but up and my eyes have adjusted, I find I want to do this regularly. Reconnect. Simplify. Authenticate.

It was odd though. We had decided to minimise on all our electricity use for that hour and yet my first thought was, ironically, “Oh good, I can spend all that time blogging”! Oh how dependent we have become on a spark that was invented only a century ago

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