'tis the eve

and another year is at the very end of it's tether... the years keep passing by faster, and i'm managing to fill them with more and more adventures. i wonder what 2010 will bring us all? great big wonderful things. happy new year y'all.

highlights of 2009

franz ferdinand
all tomorrow's parties (way too amazing)
the saints
throwing muses
the 39 steps
leonard cohen (best ever)
woyzeck
primal scream
complexions
robyn hitchcock
the who
comedy festival
the magic flute
de la soul (strange freaky crowd)
perth
kangaroo island
sydney writer's festival
emerging writer's festival
optimism
datarock
dali
melbourne international film festival (i was a glutton)
the flaming lips
rockwiz @ the espy
fringe festival and frassy's show
melb international arts festival
the trocks
lloyd cole
perth (yes, again)
meow meow
one man's star wars
hillevi
a day at the polo
jarvis cocker (awesome)

plus the usual movies, local bands, dinners, parties, friends, dancing, driving, adventures, frappacinos, exhibitions, trivia. i guess i can't really complain about having nothing to do this year. it's been incredibly full. wow!!

summer holidays

today's heat reminds me of 1978. when over the summer i'd lounge on my nanna's couch with a glass of sparkling cola, watching gentle ben and the beachcombers.


met ed at crown for avatar 3D. i really enjoyed it - i was swept along with the story and the visual effects. the banana choc top was pretty good too. :)

i love

25 dec 2009

a quiet christmas this year. by choice. there was still presents to unwrap, a chicken to roast, movies to watch, naps to be had. all in all, a good day.


part of the parcel of gifts from my mum....


pre-requisite chocolate almonds. i get these every year in memory of my dad.


and face painting. what's a celebration without it?

merry christmas.

bonbon silliness

ms natcam kept me entertained texting a multitude of cracker jokes, so here they are:

what does the word minimum mean? a very small mother
what's the most popular garden magazine? weeder's digest
what do you get if you cross a skeleton with a famous detective? sherlock bones

but wait, there's more...

what do they sing at a snowman's birthday? freeze a jolly good fellow
what kind of sweet goes swinging through the jungle? tarzi pan
what school subject are snakes best at? hiss-tory

i know... what's christmas without the bonbon jokes. :)

aussie christmas colours

happy xmas eve

dancing up a storm in these magical boots? maybe... ;)

it's official

we've been leased. there's this sign out front of the house proclaiming "For Lease". not to be mistaken with, "for leis" which would be me, which would be nice, but not so.

plans & adventures

yes, i am absolutely looking forward to having 10.5 days (i am including weekends) off. when i say off, i mean not having to go into the office. i will be loading my days up with other things, mostly writing and sewing. i seem to have lost time during this year so i'm going to try and make up for it now. i know, all the best laid plans etc...

so in the thinking stage i wandered around the net to collect a few sites i've previously missed - this being one...

and what with the move in the next few weeks i figure i'll have to get back into the swing of sewing and op shopping because i'll be poor. well, not really but it's something i've really missed this year. i'll just have to try and balance things a little better in 2010. learn how to juggle with two hands perhaps?

the postie

today i wondered if the mail would be delivered and then considered whether the mail i sent the day before would reach their targets before christmas and then i realised that i still haven't posted the only gift i really should have posted by now. yes, my mom's. i'll mail two parts of it today... honest... and hope that there'll be a christmas miracle and it arrives tomorrow. or the next day. at least prior to xmas. i'm not holding my breath and i didn't exactly forget, i just lost track of the days. christmas came upon us stealthily this year. one moment i was happily attending a writer's festival in may and then WHAM! it's december. i'll remember that for next year and perhaps set traps.

(p.s. sorry mom - i'll make it up to you)

a very natty xmas

dinner in northcote with nat and a sharing of gifts.

started watching the first series of spaced after work. a uk show from a decade ago (eek!) written and starring simon pegg.

ahhhhh!

i know that everyone thinks they're evil but i can have one damn vice can't i? i don't really drink coffee, so my usual is a venti mocha frappacino with no cream. i don't even need to ask for it anymore. i walk into the starbucks on the corner of bourke and swanston and it's "morning lisa, (yes, i've realised i've spelt my own name wrong, but these guys say it like this because they don't know there's that added e) the usual?" it's nice, them knowing my preferred beverage with a side of bagel. mmm... then i tramp upstairs to a couch and sit for a while, reading the paper before attempting to write. it doesn't always happen, that writing thing, but i give it a try each and every time. things might have to change in the new year, but there will always be a frapp in my future.

coming to an end...

and starting anew in some other form.

night on the tiles under the stars...

a mini rooftop pub crawl. mini because we only ended up at two. madame brussels where we sipped on pimms and lemonade, my favourite summertime drink from now until eternity. then moved onto the supper club. the group varied in size but was forever jovial. a lot of fun was had. thanks to mark for introducing the sports visor and it's various uses to the world.

view from the supper club.

the week so far...

monday was dancing and baking for the last lindy at brunswick for the year. took along custard powder cookies, just like mom used to make. mmm... tuesday was a walk into the city for trivia with jamie and jenn (the two jc's). then we headed up six flights of stairs to the rooftop cinema for chinatown with mark, eloise and andrea. i hadn't seen the film before and i had expected something just a little more from it. beautifully shot and set but it was just a little slow and kind of so what? and i didn't really empathise with any of the characters. it was nice seeing parts of l.a. though. echo park lake in the early 70s was lovely. when i was living in the nearby suburb of silverlake, not so much. ;)... wednesday i went on my first home inspection in richmond. let's just say NO to that one. then picked up trish on the way to elsternwick to watch george clooney's latest, up in the air. it was so so. company was super though... moving onto thursday. a three hour work lunch. then fighting through traffic mayhem. yes it was raining and with only 8 sleeps til christmas, people were a tad feral. had a look through another apartment, really nice but on the second floor and the living area needs to be a larger to fit my table and chairs. i'm not giving those up. a quick dinner at raffles with dave and clare before dave and i schmoozed at the offices of a whole group of producers/ directors/ writers. so i didn't network that much, but i showed up and smiled a bit. give me a break. i'll get there.

children's television workshop

not to be mistaken for sesame street - though that would be quite alright. attended a workshop run by robert greenberg through aftrs. 10am til 6pm - and it really could've been a full weekend. met some interesting people, found some useful contacts and picked up a thing or two. a long day. mind melted by the end.

the view from the aftrs balcony. overlooking the forum and fed square. so very lovely.


will be submitting the concept doc to filmvic by the end of january. this is my promise to you!

jarvis and jamie

at the forum. had the best time listening to jarvis cocker. now racing out to buy his latest creation, further complications.

and then there was flood...

late afternoon it felt as though someone was trying to drown us melbournites. honestly - the rain was coming down in big fat plops, heavy and fast. amazing. had i not evening plans it would've been perfect walking without umbrella weather. ;)

as it was i met cheng at the deco bar in north fitzroy (p.s. this is the suburb i want to live in). i could easily see the deco being a regular haunt. cheng mentioned a few other cool places to try - i'm keen. hand is up, take me, take me.

i love you!

whoever you are.

we have a christmas tree

real trees smell amazing. and it was so much fun decorating with sophie and listening to xmas music. best of all, she cooked me a fabulous dinner. roast chicken, potatoes... oh yeah. pretty much heaven.




then the pretty lights are in my bedroom window.

tally ho!

got all gussied up in my new frock this morning and took the 96 tram down to albert park. time for brunch before heading to the polo field. yes, it is that time of year again. can you believe it?

even watched the first game in full - understood most it even. no one caught the $1000 ball though. and things got a little more raucous between the games, the stomping of divots, capturing of the corks and a whole lot more drinking of champagne. yes, i was drinking champagne. it was a wonderfully fun afternoon.

but... silly enough i forgot to screen myself from the sun and by the end of the day, yep, i was red in colour. even my ears got burnt. lesson learned.

another new month

and i have myself a new dress. it's pretty and has blue roses and i'm very happy.