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Raewyn

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wishes for cheer and peace for you and yours to radiate out and through every place known and unknown, this Xmas and New Year. XrXPosted 22 hours ago view more

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  • Raewyn Alexander

  • 98 / Female
  • Auckland, NZ
  • Last Login: 12/23/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Before this we gathered in places and spoke or telephoned on landlines, I liked to receive and send postcards.

    My cards available at Bhuttique, upstairs 600 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland NZ.

  • Music

    Linn Lorkin's new CD sounds great, digitally re-mastered and with the NZSO. I am sure her myspace has details.

    Mamaku Project, recent discovery.

    Tickets for opera in the back rows are only the cost of two movies seats,(with snacks) for one seat. Worth going to the opera at least once. The Aotea Centre bar is not that great though despite lovely views, have a drink pre-opera somewhere they have a good gin and tonic actually mixed by the bar person, is my suggestion.

    Old faves - Mozart, Public Enemy, Lou Reed, The Finn Brothers, Queens of the Stone Age, Eminem, Patti Smith, Bowie, My Chemical Romance, Neil Young, Dylan, Che Fu and the Krates, opera generally, AC DC, Elvis, The Clash, REM, Diamanda Galas, Danielle Dax, Nina Hagen, Chris Knox, Iggy Pop, Marc Bolan, The Chills, The Clean, Leonard Cohen, The Supremes, Louis Armstrong...

  • Movies

    The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus was great. The Invention of Lying, pretty good. Love the ideas and good satire has layers like this film does, spikes and madness. The Damned United was great, even if you do not like soccer, *coughs* I mean football.
    Loved Julie & Julia, (500) Days of Summer, The Young Victoria, Seraphine, (REALLY GOOD), the French film, Loved you so Long and the new Harry Potter. Notorious was pretty good. I liked Slumdog Millionaire too. Unrealistic? Well, it convinced me while I watched it.

    'Nobody Knows' an excellent Japanese film on DVD, scary and sad yet so well told in this low-key way. Art School Confidential on DVD also enjoyable, wry in-jokes for anyone who's been to art school as well, though maybe it pokes a bit too much fun.

    I'm Not There is a stunning film, loved it. The Bob Dylan film that is not about Bob Dylan, yeah right ... a visual poem.

    Movies by Lynch, Scorsese, Altman, Fellini, Vincent Ward, Tarantino and many more. I liked The Lost at the film festival in 2007.

    NZ SHORT FILMS - they should have one before every major film here, to get people to get into the cinema and watch the ads. GO GET THIS GOING ON, heh. Enjoyed Aphrodite's Farm recently, and the cast is great, director has a fresh, fine vision, family member in the film did a fine job, as did the writer and crew. http://www.conbrio.co.nz/shorts_conbrio.html

  • Television

    Sure. Shortland Street, (bring back Nurse Aroha, yes bring her back) ...

    The Cult is good. Oh yes. Outrageous Fortune, better than a film because it lasts longer and's as good as a film, SO THERE. ha. Is it really the last season ever coming up? Why?

    Otherwise I like - almost anything BBC, Grand Designs is excellent if you like buildings, Te Karere, TV3 News, Oprah, The Flight of the Conchords, Outrageous Fortune, (yes, double mention, it's good), and Wife Swap UK and USA. I just wish I could get Prime on my TV but cannot see how to make it go back there.

  • Books

    Belief by Stephanie Johnstone, enjoyable, scary, realistic, look forward to reading it each night. Arlington Park, enjoyed it immensely. New poetry collection from Iain Britton's good, Liquefication and also, Voyagers, science fiction poetry anthology from IP, edited by Mark Pirie and Tim Jones. I loved Fiona Farrell's new book, Limestone. Raymond Carver - I could read every book ever he wrote - What We Talk About when we Talk about love, I enjoyed, shockingly real. Love and Rockets comic book from Gosh in London, loved it. Museum of Lost Days, read it for Rotary. Gardening books, I suggest you get yourself some and grow at LEAST some greens or herbs or fruit trees, go on, it is easy and really enjoyable too and cheaper lately than buying the things. Plants grow from cuttings, compost can be your vege scraps.

    Beekeeping books and books about chooks, too. Also, reading poetry because it makes my life healthier.

    Read lots of books to review for Magazine Six.

    Also, liked My Year of Meat and an anthology called Dream, NZ writers, Otago University Press - a lovely book. A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers, by Xiaolu Guo, really enjoyed the work and my first book in Chinglish.

    I love history and historical novels, also science books and anything about quantum physics, written well.

  • Heroes

    My parents, my children, my siblings, my grand-parents and forebears, mothers and fathers, gorgeous people who flirt with me and are good spirited about it, people who reduce waste and carbon emissions, Penguin publishers, Auckland University Press, David Ling publishers, Florence Nightingale, Al Gore, Helen Clark, Earl of Seacliff, Zeitgeist Cafe and Nikki, Chris Knox, Patti Smith, Genevieve McClean, hap for his fine photographs and good eye on me, Cornelius Stone, Olivia Macassey, Bain Duigan, Jack Ross, The Eye Street Poets, Poetry Live Auckland New Zealand, The Waikato River, Overload Poetry Festival Melbourne, Jan Nigro the painter, Janet Charman the poet, Vivienne Plumb the writer, Beryl Fletcher the writer too, Minnie Cooper Shoes, Honeyweather and Speight, Unitec School of Communication, June Sparkle the photographer, journalists who work to find out the truth, all writers, artists and musicians who produce good work, Zeitgeist in Grey Lynn and Ben who makes such delicious cakes, my cat Belladonna, our dog Mango, people who reduce their carbon footprint without grizzling ...

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About me:

Writer, editor and international communication consultant
living in Auckland, New Zealand, specialising in arts.
---------> www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/alexanderraewyn.html

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=757679001 ..

http://www.earlofseacliff.co.nz/Museum.htm

Museum of Lost Days available from Earl of Seacliff

Who I'd like to meet:

People who'll enjoy The Happy Tea House sessions, next session Spring 2009.

Also, I'd like to meet kind, thoughtful, true people who are decent most of the time like the wonderful beekeepers I met recently.
Fine publishers and excellent editors, along with the clever people who promote and sell my work, (thanks to Earl of Seacliff publishers lately).
http://www.earlofseacliff.co.nz/Museum.htm

No one really I just want to stay home and have fun, checking the garden and planning where chickens and beehives will go. *laughs.*
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Comments

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  • Anna Kaye

    Dec 22 2009 3:41 AM

    Yes...granddad just passed away last night. Funeral Wed.

    Khuja lift is fixed now, but yes, I know what it's like.

    Happy silly season.

    Anna :-)
  • Anna Kaye

    Dec 19 2009 2:37 PM

    Sorry Raewyn!! Just saw your msg now. I didn't think many people use myspace anymore. I thought I sent you an invite on facebook!!!! 

    Jean's gypsy band is choice! They are playing on the 18th of January I think during the day, will let you know.

    Anna xx
  • L-J Stockman

    Aug 15 2009 3:32 AM

    Hi Raewyn, just called in to say kia ora....hope all is good for you - we are seeing the first spring blossoms (woot!) and I have been gardening like a madwoman...regards from the South, L-J.
  • Doug Poole & blackmail …

    Jun 18 2009 9:41 PM

    Raewyn, you were superb last night at Rythme and Verse! Great to see you. Lots of love and wishes of inspiration, Doug Poole
  • Wednesday F Kennedy

    May 8 2009 2:02 AM

  • L

    Mar 4 2009 12:26 PM

    R--did you see johnnie's photo tribute to you???
  • L

    Mar 4 2009 12:59 AM

    *~*~Happy Birthday, Raewyn!*~*~
  • KARANGAHAPE

    Mar 2 2009 3:38 AM

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    Pussycats.
  • L

    Mar 4 2009 2:31 AM

    *~*~Happy Birthday, Raewyn!*~*~
  • KARANGAHAPE

    Jan 26 2009 8:19 AM

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    I used to live upstairs from some windows of opportunity - then again, they were op shop windows!
  • KARANGAHAPE

    Dec 3 2008 10:16 AM

    There's Sooth at 1.00pm this Sat'day at Sooth hq.


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  • Susan.

    Nov 25 2008 10:56 AM

    Hey - hows you? long time no type.
    just a wee note to say you can now buy some of my latest writing featured in here
    http://profile. myspace. com/index. cfm?fuseaction=user. viewprofile&friendID=282536081 as well as in here
    http://www. pretendgenius. com/tittles. html in last nights dream corrected.... go on buy someone some poetry for christmas... you know you wanna!

    susan.
    X
  • L-J Stockman

    Nov 25 2008 1:07 AM

    Hi Raewyn - Magazine arrived today - it looks great, I can't wait to sit down and have a good read...thanks for all your hard work.
    Big Smiles, L-J
  • Wednesday F Kennedy

    Nov 18 2008 2:32 PM

    You are a wonderful beautiful spirit. You are.

    xxx
  • Magazine (the magazine …

    Nov 13 2008 9:29 AM

    I'm available, at last.


    Magx
  • L-J Stockman

    Nov 13 2008 4:07 AM

    Hi Raewyn, hope all went well at the Magazine launch...any chance of getting hold of a copy...? Must say you're looking absolutely great in your new photo....Cheers, L-J
  • KARANGAHAPE

    Nov 11 2008 2:02 AM

    Thanks for your efforts on the gap analysis.


    Shortland Street acts like it can make sense of that foamy crap life? It's even scarier than I last recall. Fifteen years ago, the sister of the script ed predicted I would be an addict. Wasn't quite as safe as assuming the Nats were going to get their meathooks on the country. But Shorters is valuable.
    It helps some contentious things like gayness seem normal and everyday, just exactly like they f'n are!

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  • karen hunter

    Sep 29 2008 7:40 AM

    really great to hear from you Raewyn and I am always happy to provide dance around the house music! i love the intensity of you profile photo and look forward to your profile dancing word streams as they bubble
  • KARANGAHAPE

    Sep 24 2008 9:34 PM

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    good stuff. last thursday.
    thanks!
  • brydie

    Sep 23 2008 9:21 AM

    yeah thats a long way to go for a week, crazy.


    I'm sick this week, strep throat, not fun, at all.


    Mum said she saw the babies on the weekend and elsa was talking all posh, she was holding a worm and said to gran " gran dawn look at this funny little fellow in my hand" how adorable!

    Love to all.


    XOX
  • brydie

    Sep 16 2008 9:47 AM

    Hey!!! Awsome!!
    How are you? Bet its lovely and warm there!

    Thinking of you.


    All my love

    Brydz.


    xoxox
  • Denisedenise sweeney

    Sep 14 2008 12:29 PM

    Yer on-line you must be back... good flight?
  • Corn

    Sep 13 2008 11:24 AM

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  • Doug Poole & blackmail …

    Sep 2 2008 9:13 PM

    Love to see you Sat if you driving past, I'll message you my add and mobile number luv! Doug xx
  • L

    Aug 9 2008 4:42 PM

    Thanks for the peek and critique of my recent poem, Raewyn. And congrats again on poetry book #10. Wow!! Good for you.


    Laura