some days

like today for example. i wish i were working outside again. not because it's a particularly gorgeous day out, just that it's not especially fun in. now i'm not wishing to do what i used too - never in a million years, but sometimes a little variation would be a grand thing.

a quote by john cage:
it is not irritating to be where one is. it is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.

yeah okay, fine.

what's been going on?

a few days ago i borrowed alex's husband chris, and we went along to the taping of a new sbs show, adbc. it's a comedy history quiz. the studio felt as though it was in someone's backyard in st kilda - not quite what i've seen before but it was really interesting. a half hour slot that goes to air sometime in august which i will have to look out for. i need to see how they condensed the hour and half, down to 30 minutes and also make it interesting without all the rude asides. the comedians were tony martin and angus sampson (who happens to be just a bit cute in person), along with a couple of inane historians who tried overly hard to be funny and an insipid host made up the panel.


skipped socialising and hibernated on friday and saturday. a trip down south to the mornington peninsula with jamie, simon and a contingent of european cars on sunday. i know, i'm almost as shocked as you are. but it was a glorious day for a drive, the company excellent even though i got growled at for almost dropping my mocha frapp in the car. oops.

Lat den ratte komma in

i was recommended this film by alex. a swedish vampire film... i know. a little odd. and yes, it was a bit strange. a young boy falls for a young girl, who just happens to be a vampire. the movement of the camera lulls you before something sharp and graphic. now whilst i didn't see it really as a horror there are some startling images. but the more i consider the film, the more i realise i enjoyed it. for it's differences. something that the film subject teaches.

tv writing

it's going well. first time in a long time, it's going well. just the tiniest bit happy about that. ;)

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. :)