beautiful monsters

signs

A few more billboards have gone up since I headed north. There’s one at the top of our street now. I received an email asking me if I’d like to paint billboards for Tim O’Brien. Kerry Prendergast endorses her own billboards – good on ya Kerry. But the slogan – STICK WITH KERRY – is just asking for trouble. Perhaps someone could paint over the W and the H. Not that I’m advocating vandalism or anything. No. Because that would be wrong.

There seemed to be a lot more billboards in Rotorua than here. Or perhaps there’s the same number, but with fewer people and a smaller area. Is there some quota that each town is allowed? The mother of one of my childhood friends is standing for mayor. She helped me out with my waiata essay, and her husband creates the most beautiful bone taonga. I was going to ask if he would carve me something for my graduation, but now it would just feel weird. My mum told me that they had an Enough is Enough billboard parked outside their house. Someone recently asked Janet if she was a member of Destiny, and if she went on the march; she said she was a member, but refused to say whether or not she went on the march.

There were still a few people proudly wearing their Enough is Enough t-shirts around Rotovegas. And someone still had a sign outside their house. “Standing up for the next generation.”

Everything is depressing. Especially elections. I’m going back to bed.

Posted by Fionnaigh at September 16, 2004 01:10 AM