Eight Random Facts About Me

I TAG MYSELF. Oh. LET ME TALK ABOUT MYSELF.
one. i come from a long line of southpaws, but i am right handed. i am peverse.
2. i know how to juggle.
3. THREE. I have been meaning to get a new pair of glasses for the past year and a half but I am afraid of making […]

when we got old

as i wait for files to upload …
something about the wee hours of the morning at the computer reminds me of the time i turned into a complete stark raving loony after spending a year or so on night shift.
a time when it was mandatory to tell every colleague exactly.how.much.you.had.slept.that. day. and how much had […]

project: become campaigner for gay rights

time spent in Marsha Thomson’s office: 15 minutes
time Marsha spent talking to baby: 10 minutes
time Marsha spent talking to us: 5 minutes
time Drew spent screaming: 5 minutes
overall vibe from meeting: don’t hold your breath until end of year and then don’t hold your breath for changes
message from Marsha (not in these words): get as many […]

new drink for the old drunk

i think if i was going to develop a significant drinking problem today would be a good day to start

Project: become family

OK. So I am documenting this stuff in the hope that it will help maybe one other couple some time in the future who are find themselves in our position.
Next week Eilis has an appointment with Centrelink’s social worker to determine whether or not she is actually a “single mother”, or whether she needs to […]

Project understand reproductive technology laws

Last night I watched the Compass documentary on surrogacy. I am becoming an expert on all things related to ART. (Or, I am trying my hardest to be, but the crossover of state and federal laws means unravelling stories that are bound up in red-tape.)
A couple, who were unable to carry a child because of […]

… I tapped my own head;
it was glass, an inverted bowl.
At first it was private.
Then it was more than myself;
it was you, or your house
or your kitchen.
And if you turn away
because there is no lesson here
I will hold my awkward bowl,
with all its cracked stars shining
like a complicated lie,
and fasten a new skin around it
as […]

HREOC’s Same Sex Entitlement report

HREOC has released their Same Sex Entltlement report yesterday.
I have just had a chance to read through it. Of particularly relevance to me and fambly at the moment is Chapter 5, which sets out different constraints of legislation for same sex couples with children. Unfortunately/fortunately some states are more progressive in their state laws than […]

Digital video editing

Free! A link for reference really - Jumpcut.

Minutia

As I have nothing left to say about anything except myself I thought I would follow the lead of some other bloggers I read, and write my day. With apologies to Scott Adams. 
5.30am Ask Eilis how the night has been as I can sleep through earthquakes, bombs, babies crying etc. Eilis says baby has only […]