tree at melbourne central

a huge ferrero tree just for you mom. :)

had a day off on friday so wandered around the city. it was nice just hanging out with nothing to do. will report back on mlx happenings shortly. of course there are no pictures yet. sorry.

one year swinging...

oh yeah. it was a tuesday back in 2007 when i got over-eager and went to the mount lawley class a week before level 1 actually started, but i returned the following week. and here i am, one whole year later. now in melbourne and dancing a few nights a week. lindy, balboa, blues. it's all so so good. you gotta try it people.

oh and the melbourne lindy exchange has started so beginning tonight there'll be dancing galore. i promised my feet a pedicure if they get me through. :)

tonight i was told

i'm a WRITER.... oh yeah. i think i skipped half the way home (the half when i was not riding the tram). i'm a writer. i like the sound of that. i can sleep now. :)

what do you get...

if you cross a mad hatter, cocktails and flaming flesh? a birthday bbq at lol and chris's place in the boondocks. a fun night even with the wild weather. and best of all, i won pass the parcel - oh yeah. these blow-up boxing glove things, i'm thinking good presents to get for the nephews for xmas. not mine of course. and then there was sing-star. karaoke always goes well with alcohol, have you noticed?

late to bed, early to rise. i don't get that. it wasn't by choice, it just happened. caught up with inga, who was in melbourne for a conference, for a starbucks brunch. great to see that girl. from there it was onto the jam factory for burn after reading with friends (a very good chance that this film will be revisited on dvd when it comes out). japanese on chapel for a late lunch/ early dinner.

a few dances later on in the evening before retiring. oh, why is monday's work always around sunday's corner?

i want a garden of pinwheels

be more exciting!!

yes, you heard right... i've been told to be more exciting. i'm not sure if i'm getting a direct quote from alan via melis, or she's para-phrasing. nonetheless i'm a little hurt. yeah, not really. but i hear what you're trying to say - perk the blog up. make sure your actual real life doesn't get in the way of you blogging about it. hmm....

anyway, so here are a few pics from the past couple of weeks. taken on the phone (again, i will try and do better). these first two photos are from the rooftop cinema. yes, we got rained on but we will return.



spiegeltent action with the shuffle club in attendance. very hard dancing around those who have no floor etiquette. maybe i'm becoming a dance snob. hmm... bears thinking about for all of 20 seconds. over it now. :)



then a sunday in the city. i accidentally fell over some storm troopers returning from the first xmas parade of 2008. ridiculous.

la la la... i can't hear you...

yes i know... it's been a month of inactivity on the blog. a whole month. and it's not as if i haven't been doing things, it's been 4 weeks (and a bit) of non-stop fun. dinners & movies with friends, a day trip to wangaratta in the tarago of jazz (many many stories from that day alone), big band dancing, low blues grooves, still writing for tv classes. i've tickets booked for franz ferdinand, nick cave at ATP and leonard cohen in january, the who in march. a quarter of my 2009 is already booked out. i caught dandy warhols a couple of weeks ago, sat at the rooftop cinema to watch the ghostbusters under umbrellas and blankets, danced at the spiegeltent, painted toenails with new gal pals and sang-along to mamma mia. it was a full month and the next looks to be more jam-packed than ever. the lindy exchange madness starts next wednesday. i probably should be stocking up on sleep. hmmm... nuh, too many things i want to do.

i'll try to get back sooner rather than later, with pics. i promise to try. :)