Disillusion (Vol.6, 1983)

This is part 2, carrying on from episode 14 which published last week.

Welcome back! We are straight out of the gate, talking about a talk show called Donohue, and also about granddad and Passout Bronwyn, poor Bronwyn. We have pictures from that exact night (mum thinks) you can see on insta please don't sue us. We talk about how a Minister for Astrology woudl be a reasonable thing government initiative and the changes it would create for workplace culture. We like the sound of it!

Meanwhile in 1983 Doraine is back on the scene, mum's going to see the Allniters and No Nonsense for a change, and she's disillusioned about relationships without even having had one - she's just observing everyone around her. But to keep herself occupied she's thinking about getting her hair 'tipped' and putting polish on her nails at 4am cause that's what you do when you only have to do little bits of work now and then. She goes skiing at Buller (see insta for pics of that trip) and there's a little Jay angst, maybe triggered by being back in the snow country. 

She gets described as reggae/punk at a party (and is quite pleased it seems), drinks coffee at Toppolinos and now is reading Princess Daisy, a bit of a change from Christiane F.

We finish the episode by again commenting on how interesting it is that diaries as a form of record and expression, that whatever the function or intention, we edit as we go. Mum says there are details she hasn't put in that she clearly remembers (like the penis on stage during Equus) and likewise there are things that are in the diaries that she just does not remember at all. We think that's ... interesting.

This is the second last episode for the year. We're hoping to have a Christmas special for you in the lead up to Chrissy Day.

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