weekend of song

karaoke seems so long ago now. lots of friends gather in a small room, drinking, singing, laughing. minimum of food, quite a bit of alcohol, there was a camera but no audio recording device which is a very good thing. ha!

a drink at the exford before tramming down smith street to the birmingham for dead river deeps. friend of friend's band. here's a couple of pics courtesy of jamie.




a sunday sleep in before heading to starbucks. can you believe i had to take my own cream cheese? i know. they get the bagel back and then have the gall to run out of cream cheese. lucky for them i was prepared. one thing after another.

tash was performing with the melbourne mass gospel choir at the baptist church on collins in the early arvo. jo jo smith was in attendance and was fabulous. it was a beautiful sunday afternoon.

i went from saving my soul through song to terminator salvation at melb central. it entertained me, that's all i can ask. :) sam worthington did well.

friday on my mind

i had a beautiful day yesterday. it involved not being at work, and a whole lot of sunshine. met some friends at silk road on collins in the evening. the plan was to eventually meander over to manchester lane but we somehow got stuck in the vortex that was silk road. it felt almost like the meat-market i used to inhabit in my earlier clubbing days, but a tad classier. well maybe the facade was classier but underneath it all i suspect there were a lot of "sylvester's" clientelle. :) it was a fun night catching up with friends, though when we finally descended to the dance floor all we had to move to was a slew of will smith tunes. my cue to leave.

un baiser s'il vous plait

the tagline for the film is "true love is a complicated affair". oh i liked this film. i was as seduced by it as the players seemed to be. laughter and longing. and so utterly sexy. yes it's french, yes that means sub-titled, yes you should see it. :)

senility is setting in

yep, it seems it has now become official. i somehow left my phone in the fridge. i'm blaming the chocolate.

friday, saturday, sunday

i LOVE the national gallery of victoria. i'm a member and i get specials like previews of the collections. this year's winter masterpiece is salvador dali liquid desire. tash and i went along for an introduction talk on friday night before a walk around the gallery with only the members in attendance. no general public for me. it was strange and overwhelming and wonderful.


then across the bridge to acmi and a screening of an american werewolf in london with jamie.

saturday was so damn cold... i planned my IKEA attack and managed to get in and out before the crowds. of course the shelves are still in their packages on my bedroom floor. maybe next weekend. if i've got time. ;)

i need sunday photos. jamie has a car. it's silver. and it goes fast. and i got picked up for a sunday drive before heading off to the belgian beer gardens with a few other friends. the fabulous shuffle club were in attendance. great session. very odd being driven around. i could easily get used to it. :)

brrrr...

you know it's cold when i make myself a hot chocolate first thing in the morning.

yesterday i was in the city for a couple of morning meetings and not only was it cold, it was raining. then, as i was waiting for the 96 it started to hail, just small pieces of ice but it was spectacular. i was standing there, rugged up to the teeth, ipod on, under my umbrella, smiling the big smile. maybe even laughing. it was pretty glorious i have to say. and then squished myself into the busiest tram on the line. nothing like a morning rubbing up against strangers. ha!

yes, there could be just a touch of madness about me. but it's winter and you have to love all that comes with it. ah, the opportunties abound.

a monday kind of tuesday

...Raindrops long as knitting needles speared from the sky.
- sonya hartnett - the ghost's child