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[blamebrampton]

This is simply ridiculous. Three weeks and I still can't use my little finger to tension the yarn while I knit. Absurd! shiv5468's brilliant craft posts have me all inspired!

In other news, East Timor's president was shot and he is in serious condition in Darwin, but apparently this was not reported widely in the US according to my literate and reliable friends. Sigh.

The Australian Prime Minister will apologise to the indigenous population in just under six hours, partially for the whole dispossessing them against contemporary international law thing, mostly for the more recent stolen children thing, which ended some time after the previous Prime Minister was in Parliament, yet for which he always insisted he felt absolutely no personal guilt. Happily, new PM KRudd has a soul.

And I have shorter, chestnuttier hair, because I desperately needed to procrastinate today.

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[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Hi! *sends vibes of rapid improvement to your finger*

I'm downtown,waiting in line for a sandwich. Do you like the new hair? And what's this about stolen children?

[fourth_rose]

but apparently this was not reported widely in the US according to my literate and reliable friends

It definitely was in Europe, if that's any consolation.

[blindmouse.livejournal.com]

I tried to watch the live streaming of the apology this morning, but it didn't work for me, so shall have to remember to watch the news tonight.

Do you know, I didn't actually realise how huge the stolen generation thing was for me, just as an Australian who's never known anybody directly affected, until I tried to read faire_weather's Black, in the Smothering Dark fics, featuring a Muggle-born-magical-stolen-from-their-parents-to-be-raised-in-the-wizarding-world, subplot, and had to stop because I was feeling sick.

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

Rabbit Proof fence always makes my hair stand on end.

Erm, I've never used my little finger to do tension. I just change needles. I do wrap it round the ring finger occasionally.

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

[*sends finger healing energy over*]

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

I hadn't realised your finger injury was so severe. :/ *hugs you gently*

And wow, most US people aren't aware of Mr Ramos Horta being shot? 0_o (Seems hardly fair, considering the coverage our papers give to the US Primaries.)

But anyway, I almost cried during Kevin Rudd's speech; I find he can be very moving in his own quiet, diplomatic, robotic way. *g*