After a 12 hour flight from Frankfurt to Dubai, and then another 12 hours from Dubai to Melbourne direct (following a three hour stop-over) my plane flew into Tullamarine this morning at 6am. I got in the door a little after 7am, and my god it looks strange seeing my flat again for the first time in a month!
My phone's been cut off and I suspect the mail has piled up down at the post office while I was away, but give me a couple of hours to get things sorted, and my life will be back to as close as it ever gets to normal. I'm buzzing nicely at the moment from the excitement of getting home, but suspect I'll crash in a few hours.
Sleep will be good - after all, I have the opening night of the Melbourne Fringe Festival to attend tonight!
2 comments:
Ever heard of irony, Michael darling, whoever the hell you are?
Michael - to clarify (now that I'm less jetlagged, and in case you haven't heard the term before) 'artfag' is a semi-derogatory term used in the USA to denigrate intellectuals and art lovers.
'ARTFAG (noun): Someone pretending they have a complete understanding of the art world.'
One of the earliest uses of the term I've come across is by the 80's band The Dead Milkmen, in their song Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything):
INSTANT CLUB HIT (YOU'LL DANCE TO ANYTHING)
"You'll dance to anything [x4]
Oh, baby, look at you
Don't you look like Siouxsie Sioux
How long'd it take to get that way
What a terrible waste of energy
You wear black clothes say you're poetic
The sad truth is you're just pathetic
Get into the groove just get out of my way
I came here to drink not to get laid
So why don't you just go on home
'Cause if you want to moan you'll have to moan alone
You'll dance to anything [x2]
Don't try to tell me that you're an intellectual
Cause you're just another boring bisexual
"I met Andy Warhol at a really chic party"
Blow it out your hairdo 'cause you work at Hardees
80 pounds of make up on your art school skin
80 points of I.Q. located within
Know what you are? You're a bunch of ...
Artfags! Artfags! Artfags! Artfags!
Choke on this you dance-a-teria types!
You'll dance to anything by The Communards
You'll dance to anything by Book of Love
You'll dance to anything by The Smiths
You'll dance to anything by Depeche Commode
You'll dance to anything by Public Image Limited
You'll dance to anything by Naked Truth
You'll dance to anything by any bunch of stupid Europeans who come over here
with their big hairdos intent on taking our money instead of giving your
cash, where it belongs, to a decent American artist like myself!
You'll dance to anything!"
So yeah, I was being ironic by decribing myself as such. Out of interest, why do you have a problem with it?
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