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This is definitely bullshit because all language generally tends towards shortening but holy fuck I have to laugh
Rock Wallaby, Taronga Zoo Sydney
"Into My Arms"
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I don’t believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that’s true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candles burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
I saw Nick Cave last night and recorded this (among others). The vision is not much, but the sound is surprisingly good. It’s not perfect. In fact he misses the middle verse, and at the end, I believe, apologises to his band for doing so. But the man is a genius. There’s rarely catchy ‘hooks’ or verse/chorus/verse/chorus arrangements. His music is based on the beauty of eloquently worded prose and phenomenal musicianship. I feel completely privileged to have been able to see him perform his art live.
This morning I woke to extremely sad news.
A pillar of the Australian sporting community, an absolute legend of the world Triathlon community, and a personal idol and friend of mine for many years, has tragically passed.
Jackie Fairweather (nee Gallagher) is a multiple world champion, winning two Wold Duathlon Titles & one World Triathlon Title, and was the first to win the 2 separate titles in the 1 year (1996 - and to my knowledge is still the only person to do so). Jackie also won a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in the Marathon in 2002.
Integral to my personal ambition at the time, my memories now, and to the history of the sport of Triathlon in general, her awe-inspiring battles with fellow competitors Michellie Jones & Emma Carney, are the stuff of legend, and easily as monumental as anything any woman or man of the sport has contributed since.
Personally, Jackie was responsible for my selection into first Australian Institute of Sport Triathlon Squad where she was head coach, and an important part of my early personal and sporting life. She was an extremely intelligent, focused and driven woman, and one of the toughest competitors Triathlon has ever seen, and likely ever will. The annals of Australian Sporting History are far richer because of her.
I’ve been really quite rattled by the news of her sudden passing, and my heart goes out to those many many people who remained much closer to her than I did over the last ten years… especially, my thoughts and prayers are with her husband Simon.
Jackie Fairweather, tragically gone at just 46 years young.
May she now rest in peace.
<3 Jake x
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Australian young lady mermaid
The great Judy Davis in her first Oscar-nominated performance as E.M. Forster’s troubled heroine Adela Quested, a repressed English tourist on a transformative journey, in the lush screen adaptation A Passage to India (1984, David Lean)
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Toni Collette relives the scariest, most intense moments from Hereditary (Vulture, June 2018); photos by Amanda Demme
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