(Re)Entry

[active_apathy]

Today in Australia was marked by a fearsome display of nationalism...

which I carefully avoided, because nationalism is Not My Thing.

I have a singular lack of news today unless you've developed an unhealthy interest in my laundry basket, or in Murphy breaking in to sit and watch while I have a nap.

So, in closing, icon! 13 days to go... and I'm apparently in the running to win a Serenity poster bearing the signature of the One True Joss. Yay for not picking the slipcase. :D

Comments

[raptor-au.livejournal.com]

Laundry can be fun. Especially if left long enough to evolve into something that can be a passable poker player.

I think the competition is actually running for both the slipcase and the tin...I saw something on Whedonesque about it. Hey, either way you're in :)

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

The competition is running for the tin and for the DVDs all by their lonesome; the slipcase is a JB exclusive (and has a smaller, mass-produced signature of the One True Joss).

[arib.livejournal.com]

What's the cause of the whacky nationalistic display?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It's Australia Day. We celebrate English people parking their boats in Sydney Cove for a bit.

[arib.livejournal.com]

I should have remembered this from high school.

See, when I was in tenth grade (sophomore year of high school, most kids are 15, I was 16,) my history teacher was Australian, and would occasionally throw in interesting little bits about Australian history. One day, on my way to school, I heard that today was Thomas Crapper Day, the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the flush toilet.

That day, in history class, the teacher asked us if we knew what today was. I proudly raised my hand and announced "Thomas Crapper Day!"

Boy, was I wrong... It was also Australia Day, and my teacher was not amused. :-)

[arib.livejournal.com]

Corrections:

Anniversary of his death. Also, he didn't invent the flush toilet, just popularized its use.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Generally, it's not an incredibly important event. A whole heap of people get to bang on about how much they love the place, while wearing flags on every available surface (or using them for hairsticks) and somehow managing to look sane or normal.

It is a somewhat important event for migrants, since all citizenship ceremonies occur on Australia Day.

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

It is a somewhat important event for migrants, since all citizenship ceremonies occur on Australia Day.

Or any other day one's local council/whatever can be bothered organising a ceremony, of course. But I guess becoming a citoyen on Australia Day is more exciting.

Plus, where's the percentage in putting citizenship ceremonies on the news daily/weekly/monthly, when you could be devoting time to explosions and riots and celebrities? It's so much easier to throw a quick shot of them into the patriotic montage that is Jan 26.

[daphyn.livejournal.com]

*has developed an unhealthy interest in your laundry basket*

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

My laundry basket is empty now.

[daphyn.livejournal.com]

It is yours and therefore not less interesting while empty.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It is a large cane basket, taller than it is wide and circular in cross-section. It has a square base, a round handle on one side, a bit of wire where there used to be a handle on the other side, and it has a lid. It is lined with a cloth bag, securely attached to the lip of the basket.

Actual dimensions would involve going to measure it.

[daphyn.livejournal.com]

See? It's much more interesting than mine. Mine is just white plastic with one blue handle and one missing handle with melted bits where it was against my heater in my old apartment.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I wonder if there's a washing basket in the world that still has two handles.

[daphyn.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there must be. I have one that didn't come with extra handles... and one that did that has them but they're in the wrong spot.

[fetus-panic.livejournal.com]

I love your laundry basket. I want to know all about it.

I have a laundry basket. It's green. It's full of laundry I really should do, but I am lazy.

I'm glad we now know eachother on an intimate laundry level.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Yay laundry.

Honestly, I had no idea my laundry basket was this interesting. It seems you learn something new everyday... but if I see my laundry basket in a newspaper tomorrow, I'm looking for a therapist. :)

[leila82.livejournal.com]

My laundry basket was clamoring for attention, so I locked it in a closet. Out of sight, out of mind.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Said fearsome display of nationalism missed me completely, except for the leetle Aussie flags in our giant scones at work.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Did you take a red pen to make them OMGkiwi flags?

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

I... don't know what a kiwi flag looks like. *ashamed*

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. We shall have to fix that!

Link!

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay. *shrug*

I did steal some, because as you may be aware I am a fan of Leetle Flags.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I am aware now. Yay for leetle flags. :)

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

*waves leetle flag*

[laurenmitchell.livejournal.com]

I did very little in the way of celebrating Australia Day. I did manage, at some point, to realise that it was Thursday and not Wednesday. I think THAT merits celebration.

I bought Danny a laundry basket some time ago. It's navy blue, and it's one of those ones you can flatten down into a circle so you can store it if need be. It has handles, and they are both still attached. I personally use the family's communal laundry basket here, which is an old wicker one that I used to fit inside when I was younger.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

...

That does it. I'm posting a photo of my laundry basket later.

[laurenmitchell.livejournal.com]

Why stop at a photo? You could have icons. Hell, you could make a community. apathy_laundry. Or apathy_basket.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I already have inspiration for a laundry-basket icon.

Strangely enough, this has had more comments than most of my recent entries, and they've all been about laundry. Sometimes EllJay surprises me.

[laurenmitchell.livejournal.com]

You never know what people will decide to start commenting on.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to notice that. "Hello. I did laundry. I have a new icon! I like my new icon. Um... you're all talking about laundry. Is my laundry really interesting?" It really is odd.

Also, !

The radio just said that, quote:

Parents should get their kids to practice unwrapping their lunches.

Emphasis mine.

Our country needs help.

[laurenmitchell.livejournal.com]

I like your new icon too. And now that I'm NOT going to Brisbane, I'll be able to get R4 Serenity the day it comes out (hmmm, mebbe I should pre-order to be safe). I was just amused by the laundry basket discussion.

And unwrapping their lunches? Huh? Does this mean that parents are letting kids buy canteen lunches too much, or does it mean that kids are dumb enough to eat Glad-Wrap?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Pre-ordering is good and healthsome. And it kicks Serenity up on the sales charts, and helps generate publicity, and gives you more time to convert the coatless masses.

I don't know. But, apparently, kids are having difficulties with the unwrapping of lunches. Lunches are becoming tricky puzzles, apparently. On the horizon looms a day where you'll be able to get into Mensa for being able to extract a sandwich from a ziplock bag.

[laurenmitchell.livejournal.com]

All right. Oh, look how the first page that comes up when I enter 'www.e' into the address bar is the EzyDVD page for the Serenity collector's tin.

Ziplock bags are easy enough to open. It's closing them again that's the problem.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I'll pretend it was a nefarious plot carefully planned with the links for my pre-order poll.

They're not that hard to close. You start at one end, then run your fingers along the locking bit, then close the bit that's popped open, then close the other bit that's popped open, and then...

[tajessa.livejournal.com]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

January 26th is not Australia Day.

It is not Invasion Day.

It is Hottest 100 Day. A day for hanging out with friends, going swimming, drinking copious amounts of beer, and listening to the radio.

Thus sayeth me, anyway. (Plus, no one can reasonably get offended with me for celebrating that holiday - and if they do, I'm well within my rights to tell them to piss off.)

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Alas, I don't drink beer.

I'm just happy that no-one can reasonably get offended with me for celebrating the 8th of February as Serenity Day. (And the 27th. And the 29th of September. And the 30th of September. And...)