http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/ Optomystic Opportunism en Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:47:00 GMT Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:47:00 GMT info@optomysticopportunism.com info@optomysticopportunism.com http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/images/paulees-winterfest2007opto.jpg http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/ http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/another-chink-in-the-armour/ It was bound to happen. The last of my family's generation of 1920's children has passed away in her sleep, in the confines of a nursing home. They say it... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/another-chink-in-the-armour/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/another-chink-in-the-armour/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:47:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/that-space-between-the-home-and-the-street/ The further from the city, chances are the bigger the space is between the roof over your head and the blanket over our heads that is the sky. Exemptions are... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/that-space-between-the-home-and-the-street/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/that-space-between-the-home-and-the-street/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:43:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/lisbon-writers-festival/ It's a tough gig. Having foregone both the Sydney Film Festival and Sydney Writer's Festival, I had made a big sacrifice and a tough decision. Yes, I decided to travel... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/lisbon-writers-festival/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/lisbon-writers-festival/ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:17:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/travellin-shoes/ A dingy old shoe collection is like baby boomer parents - you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em. There was a time when I would take a... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/travellin-shoes/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/travellin-shoes/ Sat, 08 May 2010 01:23:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/chanels-dolorien/ As we take a trip back in time, prepping ourselves in 1920's garb as one half Fred Astaire and the other Shirley Temple, to the 2010 French Film Festival where... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/chanels-dolorien/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/chanels-dolorien/ Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:35:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/champion-of-the-pause/ I often go to a cafe across the road from my college, called Pausa. In Italian, the name means 'break' - like cigarette break, lunch break, coffee break. I use... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/champion-of-the-pause/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/champion-of-the-pause/ Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:03:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/fashion-and-literature/ Slowly but surely, the topic of who imitates who will rear its debatable bosom into our collective conscience. Back in my late teens, I found myself a wonderful imitation of... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/fashion-and-literature/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/fashion-and-literature/ Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:24:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/some-just-arent-coming-to-the-party/ I have heard that women are more inclined to mill over small pieces and thoughts with others, while men prefer to let information sink in without a word being said... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/some-just-arent-coming-to-the-party/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/some-just-arent-coming-to-the-party/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:17:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/the-pretension-of-promotion/ For those of us who survived walking the streets of the inner suburbs of Sydney in the 1980's and 90's, it can be forgiven that one will feel out of... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/the-pretension-of-promotion/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/the-pretension-of-promotion/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:33:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/italian-film-addiction/ It all happens so fast. One week you are functioning perfectly without the need for excess, the next you are at odds with yourself - unsure why such a strong... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/italian-film-addiction/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/italian-film-addiction/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:43:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/frustrated-authority/ So much time, so little space. Such is the dilemma for those of us stuck in middle management roles, with the realisation that the contract did not give us the... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/frustrated-authority/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/frustrated-authority/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:36:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/existential-inclinations-of-the-middle-youth/ Beyond everything generation after generation afflicts upon the world, and what the world afflicts upon them, there is a common ground of neutrality where all external forces can be nullified... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/existential-inclinations-of-the-middle-youth/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/existential-inclinations-of-the-middle-youth/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:15:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/to-write-an-oscarwinning-novel/ I suppose it all comes down to knowing that point where what you're writing is no longer built for the movies. Maybe the author simply cannot see any actors taking... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/to-write-an-oscarwinning-novel/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/to-write-an-oscarwinning-novel/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:47:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/na-cidade-2-this-is-macau-in-winter/ Back again with another ramble, this time from the other side of the equator. Beware, this is VERY urban guerilla style filming. Enjoy. Pointing out where is east, we're looking... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/na-cidade-2-this-is-macau-in-winter/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/na-cidade-2-this-is-macau-in-winter/ Tue, 12 May 2009 07:03:00 GMT http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/right-wing-intellectuals/ Karl Rove and John Howard are about as far as the idea of the right wing thinking machinations has, and will, go. Mr Rove was behind the reign of George... http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/right-wing-intellectuals/#comments http://www.optomysticopportunism.com/right-wing-intellectuals/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:12:00 GMT