Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Her outdoors

Sistar Six

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:15:54 +1200

The view is better back here.

: ) Six

Sistar Six

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:14:26 +1200

Thanks for the support Jackie.

I don't care what people think of me.

Unless they think I am fabulous.

Then I totally agree.

: ) X Six

Sistar Six

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:11:55 +1200

Thank you Lilith.

I’m so grateful to Russell and all my supporters.

Life is a lot better now.

People have asked how I stayed motivated and focused while completing study at Auckland University of Technology.

But the staff and faculty at AUT have been incredible.

But that’s for another blog.…

Sistar Six

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:07:38 +1200

Thank you for the feedback Jacquie.

I'm a little overwhelmed by the positive response.

X Six

Sistar Six

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:06:20 +1200

Thanks for the love, Love

; ) Six

Sistar Six

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:05:28 +1200

Wow, am touched.

Thank you.

X Six

Sistar Six

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:04:00 +1200

Thank you for the support

: ) Six

Sistar Six

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:03:15 +1200

Thank you.

Am humbled by comments.

X Six

BenWilson

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:19:59 +1300

Great post, Six.

Joe Wylie

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:55:29 +1300

Or are we (as unlikely as it seems) talking about different people? He couldn't walk, yes?

From memory he seemed to get along with some difficulty on those crutches-cum-canes that fit around the forearm.

Russell:
__On reflection, "flower guy" is more appropriate. I remember him being youngish, but let's not…

Russell Brown

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:42:05 +1300

I’d forgotten about the flower guy. I never thought of him as a boy, perhaps because I was so young the last time I saw him. He always seemed old to me. Or are we (as unlikely as it seems) talking about different people? He couldn’t walk, yes?

On reflection,…

Morgan Nichol

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:14:01 +1300

I'd forgotten about the flower guy. I never thought of him as a boy, perhaps because I was so young the last time I saw him. He always seemed old to me. Or are we (as unlikely as it seems) talking about different people? He couldn't walk, yes?

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 08:15:57 +1300

To Generation Rentier: thanks a bloody million
Speaking of Rentiers – this talk is on tonight in Chchch
hopefully it's not too late to register
Rentier Capitalism and the coming Precariat Revolt: Professor Guy Standing
You are warmly invited to this event which will be held at **6:00pm on Wednesday…

Kumara Republic

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 01:59:31 +1300

According to the Lifewise and Auckland City Mission report on homelessness 2015, almost 400 people are sleeping rough within a five 5km radius of Sky City. A higher density of doorway dwellers than New York or London.

The reality for many low and no income earners is a room the…

Simon Wood

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:00:18 +1300

Nice writing; not nice, the life on the street- thanks for sharing your wisdom Six :-)

James Littlewood*

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:37:30 +1300

Thanks Six. This is just a really, really bloody good read. Likewise Tranzspotting.

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:16:50 +1300

and it had some properly hilarious lolz in it.

I'm pleased some people have picked up on this. It totally does.

JacksonP

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:10:34 +1300

This is so beautifully written, and allows us an insight into a world few would have any clue about.

Thank you Six.

I just wish our mainstream media had the guts to publish truth like this.

Tautoko and wishing you all the best.

Robyn Gallagher

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:09:17 +1300

I really enjoyed reading this. It was so insightful and interesting and it had some properly hilarious lolz in it.

Joe Wylie

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:02:48 +1300

But he also read up at the Globe Tavern’s Tuesday poetry night – movingly, I was told.

Thanks for the reminder, I'd quite forgotten. I understand that he was given a certain amount of constructive encouragement, though my source for that is long since scattered to the winds. Only sorry…

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:02:45 +1300

When tapped on the shoulder he instantly spun around and let rip with his trademark line at max volume. The poor guy nearly jumped out of his pants.

To be fair, flower boy was fucking loud.

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:01:12 +1300

Thanks for signing up to say so, Brett.

Joe Wylie

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:00:42 +1300

preserved as a line in this:

That'd be him :)
Late one night on a mid-Queen Street bus stop I was waiting behind a clean-cut couple who were wondering aloud when their bus might appear. "I'll just ask this lady", said hubby. Admittedly the flower boy, seated nearby, did resemble…

Brett Holak

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:00:12 +1300

I know Six does not use Twitter -so I will just repeat my tweet if I may
"May be the most interesting & honest piece I have read this year .
Ty Six & Ty Russell ."
I never get past the second sentence in most blogs ,Public Address being maybe the…

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:58:47 +1300

In the early to mid-80s the nearest thing I recall to a regular “street person” in central Auckland was the “flower boy”, who sold modest bouquets from a bench on the Smith & Caughey block. He’d often startle passers-by with his foghorn-volume “YOU WANNA BUY A FLOWAH?”

Here’s the thing. People…

Sacha

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:47:56 +1300

"YOU WANNA BUY A FLOWAH?"

preserved as a line in this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD5i_yIZkO4

Joe Wylie

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:32:10 +1300

Memory is fallible, so I wonder if other PA readers have the same impression as I have, from 20+ years living in central Auckland (other cities are available!).

In the early to mid-80s the nearest thing I recall to a regular "street person" in central Auckland was the "flower boy",…

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:18:21 +1300

Well. This has been quite an afternoon. Twitter has gone justifiably nuts over this post and I’m really pleased about that.

This part:

“No, not this morning Six. I just called by to return your portfolio. I’m sorry, Six. I really went to bat for you but the reality is…

simon g

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:02:28 +1300

Thanks for that.

Memory is fallible, so I wonder if other PA readers have the same impression as I have, from 20+ years living in central Auckland (other cities are available!).

Conservatively, I'd say the number of visible "street people" (for want of a better term) has gone up x3…

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:18:37 +1300

It sounds like a very practical idea after reading your story Six.

Ha!

You know who's doing that project? Six.

We'd planned that as her next post.

EE

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:00:19 +1300

When I was at Merge Cafe last week there was a poster outside about making key-lockable lockers available for homeless people to store possessions. It sounds like a very practical idea after reading your story Six.

Jackie Clark

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:32:37 +1300

Salutations Sistar Six.
Thanks for sharing that with us. I've been for a squizzy at your blog, and enjoying reading your words. Taking them onboard. Listening.
I'm sorry people keep misgendering you.

Lilith __

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:25:25 +1300

Wow...that is the sound of my preconceptions shattering.
Thank you, Six, and good luck.

Jacquie Walters

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:52:09 +1300

Thank you Six for that magnificent piece of writing.

Lisa Black

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:52:08 +1300

You're such an engaging writer.

Thanks, Russell, for giving us the opportunity to read her work.

John Palethorpe

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:17:59 +1300

Hard to know where to begin, or even if there's somewhere to begin with this. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, I thought it was brilliantly written and I will be checking here and on your blog for further updates.

And donating $20 a month to the City Mission.

Myrlock

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:05:52 +1300

Brilliant post, the stereotype of a homeless person who cannot string a few sentences together flies out the window here. I wish Six the best of luck for the future.

Public Address

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:05:52 +1300

Discussion from blog post.