False advertising bastardos! Where are my freaking Lemsip helpers? I NEED YOU!


False advertising bastardos! Where are my freaking Lemsip helpers? I NEED YOU!

Ever wondered how writers get from writing as a pastime to a place where their work is read, appreciated, commented on? Maybe you want to be one of those people, but aren’t sure how to get there?
Creative Writing on Campus in partnership with the Auckland’s Readers and Writers Festival invite you to a panel discussion with writers Paula Green, Sue Orr, and Selina Tusitala Marsh, chaired by Alex Jespersen. They will be discussing the realities and practicalities of being a writer in New Zealand, from how they started out as writers to the process of arriving to where they are now.
For more information on Auckland’s Readers and Writers Festival, check out
www.writersfestival.co.nz
Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson play the mothers, and it’s so wrong you don’t want it to be right:
And for good measure, here is the prequel with Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig playing their girlfriends:
Michael Bublé is no Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, but his impromptu acapella performance of “Who’s Lovin’ You” is pretty neat, plus I think I have a thang for subways:
Something for the ladies I suppose 😉

Providing the weather doesn’t pack in, I’ll be picking up my comics tomorrow — YESSSS. So glad I found and stuck with Valiant Comics’ Harbinger reboot. Since Punk Rock Jesus and Planetoid concluded, Harbinger has become one of my favourite series to look forward to. Harbinger Wars merely affirms my elation with the series:
Peter Stanchek is a psionically endowed individual — a harbinger, — who was prophesized as having great potential to reshape the course of human history.
Peter’s trust gets betrayed by a powerful man and fellow harbinger, Toyo Harada, who only wants to control Peter’s power and isolate him within his secret network of conspiracy known as the Harbinger Foundation. Now on the run with the friends he has made and helped along the way, Peter’s journey and ultimate fate lie within the pages of this four-part Harbinger Wars series, which ties in with Harbinger and Bloodshot (another comic of another superhero in the Valiant universe).
Peter must now confront Harada and his followers, but not alone.
I like comic books and stories in general so I can’t very well ignore this event.
I’m a bit disappointed with the artwork in Shrugged Vol 2 but I’ll stick with it for the story, especially because I found Michael Turner’s original to be extremely entertaining.
Star Wars: Legacy is shaping up nicely too. I’m loving Rachelle Rosenberg’s colour work at the moment, although she had me at Alabaster Wolves. I’ll upload some photos of my collection some time. Eventually… Maybe… You know what, don’t hold your breath.
Established in 1959! New Zealand’s most distinguished short story competition — for both aspiring and established writers — is back for its 54th year. The 2013 BNZ Literary Awards are now open until 30 June, giving you plenty of time to start writing something beautiful. Preferably with your eyes open:
The main award category – $10,000 prize money
Minimum length 1,000 words – maximum length 5,000 words
For unpublished writers – $1,500 prize money
Minimum length 1,000 words – maximum length 3,000 words
For writers who are at secondary school – $1,500 for the student
and $2000 for the winner’s school
Minimum length 750 words – maximum length 2,000 words
A short story of a maximum of 150 words – $500 prize money.
Visit the BNZ-Literary-Awards and The Auckland Writers & Readers Festival websites for more details. Enjoy writing and goodluck 😉
Good Samaritan Charles Ramsey helped save three captive women then gave the best interview ever televised:
Three women, who went missing separately about a decade ago, were rescued from a house in Cleveland after one of the missing women flagged down a neighbor, Charles Ramsey, who then helped her slip through an obstructed front door.
Man speaks his mind, I’ll give him that. This is an insane, scary story and one can only imagine what these women have gone through.
Amanda Berry disappeared in 2003 from a busy block in Cleveland at the age of 16. Berry, imprisoned in a house owned by Ariel Castro, is now 27. To complicate matters, recent tests confirm that alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro is the father of Berry’s six-year-old daughter, who was also kept hidden from the outside world. Who helped deliver the baby and where did Berry give birth? Police reports verify that delivery took place in an inflatable pool and Michelle, whose life was threatened by Ariel, delivered the child. More on Michelle later.
Ariel’s brothers, Pedro Castro, 54, and Oneil Castro, 50, have also been arrested in connection with the kidnappings of the three women: Amanda Berry, now 27, Gina DeJesus, 23, and Michelle Knight, 32. As suspected accessories to kidnapping, It looks as if this event may have been a family affair. There is even a video of Pedro telling reporters last July what a waste of time searching for Berry is. You can read more about the brothers @ DailyMailOnline
Another interesting issue that will never be fully addressed by the media is that of Michelle Knight, one of the three women found in the house who went missing August 2002, before either Berry or DeJesus. Michelle asked her privacy be respected shortly after being found, in light of that however, there is less media coverage and public knowledge on Michelle Knight because police officials and social workers assumed she ran away from her family on her own freewill — at least that is what they told Michelle’s family — and the search for her was dropped. Consequently the FBI never got involved. The only person who believed Michelle was kidnapped was her mother, Barbara Knight, as reported by the Plain Dealer. So sadly, no one is making a big media fuss over Michelle Knight because no one made a big media fuss over her when she went missing, which to me says a lot about our current media influenced society.
Police eventually stopped searching for Michelle, but Barbara kept papering the city of Cleveland with fliers. She eventually moved to Florida but kept going back to Ohio to look for her daughter even though the FBI apparently never got involved with the case.
The scariest thing about this story however is the fact that this isn’t as uncommon as many believe. Human trafficking is a reality society hasn’t even scratched the surface of. Kidnapping is a despicable act. I hope the Castros get what’s coming to them.