disappointed!

i'm not in a good place at the moment. very disappointed, with myself mostly. i was doing my usual sunday morning in the park reading the papers and i come across the announcement (every second page it seemed like it) of a new documentary premiering last night. thanks for listening: the history of australian radio. yep, pipped at the post again. i started researching this doco just over 2 years ago, after the commonwealth games show bit the big one. and no, it's not nice to know that i'm on the right track, at the right time just not having the right corrections. it's crap. and i'm really frustrated with it all. now what?

a saturday in northbridge

what a fantastic day... started off wandering through a little church fete. had i known it was on i would've arrived earlier, before all the lamingtons and scones had been snaffled up.


then just a few short blocks away...


i wandered around the area, waiting for the shows to start and marija & stu to show.

came across a few odds and ends.




this next pic is of the gastropodia, which reminded me of the snail from never ending story but mixed with the wish dragon falkor.




the strange fruit ensemble were just fabulous.





main stage: adam hall and the velvet playboys and the swingit! dancers.




then fliptease on the high trapeze... well parts of it were sort of high. and then other parts... i will just say, contortionist... eek!!










vulgargrad was a lot of fun. "old songs of the russian thieves, punk of the perestroika era and a dose of st. petersburg ska".






i went and got some dinner during vulgargrad and returned not only with a chicken gozmede but this...


strange fruit was up again after the russian gig. these are a melbourne-based group, who are just mesmerising.
















i went home not long after that... i was disappointed with the krumpers - though melis and al said they did improve. :) but i had a super day in all. thanks northbridge.

blah blah stuff

let's see... things have been quiet on the western front, but that's all about to change. i have the key to alphabet city. WHA... i hear you ask?? another year of the artrage festival has just started and by simply entering a competition i won entrance into every. single. event. i see a lack of sleep ahead of me. woohoo!!! so starts the summer.


last night i caught up with the gang (no group pics - sorry) at the hydey for some food and comedy. melis' work social club organised it all and we were lured with the promise of heckling if they were completely useless. but, it was bloody hilarious, 7 comedians in all. melis, myself and another chick at our long table were laughing so hard we were crying. could've been a complete "miss" night but we lucked out. yah to that.

112 sleeps to go. ;)