the gift that keeps on giving

Damir Dokic, the all-in-one package of nutjobbery. Dear gods, he's totally barking.

Damir Dokic says he is seeking to kidnap his estranged daughter Jelena, and has threatened to kill an Australian as revenge for her returning to the country.

In a sensational rant to a Serbian newspaper, Damir Dokic has vowed revenge against Australia for conspiring to return the 2000 Wimbledon semi-finallist to the country.

Damir, renowned for his erratic behaviour, says he wants to drop a nuclear bomb on Australia and accuses Croatia and the Vatican of influencing her decision to quit Serbia and return to Australia.

Under her father's guidance, Jelena Dokic quit Australia for Serbia in 2001, and has only just returned to the Australian fold after becoming estranged from Damir.

"Australia with the help of Croatia and the Vatican have brainwashed my daughter," Damir told Serbian daily Kurir.

"I have thought about dropping a nuclear bomb on Sydney since Jelena lost in the first round this week, for which Australia is to blame.

"I have even thought about killing an Australian in revenge, but I wouldn't gain anything from it."

Damir has sought help from Serbian politicians, including an accused war criminal, in kidnapping Jelena.

"Only two were ready to help," Damir said.

"One of them however, Vojislav Seselj, is waiting to be tried at the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague."

Damir said it was Australia, rather than him, that was mentally suspect.

"Australia is a spoiled nation," Damir said.

"They can expect my revenge.

"I'm not crazy when I say this, they are the crazy ones who give you hot sausages before the match when it's 40 degrees celsius outside."

artists say the darndest things

Went along to Midsumma's Liquid Aesthetics show with fizit and carlowe tonight. While some of the pieces were not bad at all (I liked "The Big Doll House", which re-purposed a whole lot of Women In Prison fear-of-lesbianism footage for artistic purposes) I couldn't help but read the artists' blurbs alongside each piece.

This is particularly for the various writer people I know, such as vastneonwolf, lokicarbis, artbroken and mordwen.

I'm pretty sure that neither "indexical" nor "intersubjectivity" are actually english words. Both were used in a description of a piece that consisted of 4 minutes of video footage of the feet of a doll lying in some long grass. And that was it. Nothing else actually happened. I considererd copying down the entire artist blurb, as it was a classic example of art-wank-speak. Or as a very sweet Irish lesbian girlie who was standing next to me while I read it put it, "bollocks".

So what's the verdict? Word or not-word?