As seems to be the case far more often than I'd like it to be, I've had good intentions of writing but failed to put those intentions in to practice.
April in Brisbane passed fairly quickly and uneventfully after I worked out how to ring the bell on the bus.
My "silver jubilee" was pleasantly quiet and spent doing grocery shopping, laundry and studying French. Just what I wanted really. A normal day catching up on things that I wouldn't otherwise get done during the week.
I've read far less in the last few weeks than I had when I initially arrived. Big crocheting projects like blankets and jumpers saw me spending much more time in front of the television. I'm still very much in chick flick viewing mode but I am hoping to move into arthouse again some time during the week.
A few weeks ago I was in Melbourne visiting Mum & Dad and it was sooooo good to see them. There was much excitement in the house. I've never seen the dogs run around quite like that when there isn't food involved! It was a short visit as I had to head back to work but I'm glad I went down to see them anyhow.
There's a bit of traveling about coming up next month with hi-jinx in Sydney, and another trip to see my folks before the crazy festival life takes over till mid-August.
I had planned to write more but I'm going to save that for another day when there's more to tell.
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Late Night Packing
I'm leaving for Sydney in less than 5 hours, so I figured it was about time to pack. I keep telling myself on the bright side, I started to consider my packing list at the start of the week...
With nothing left to pack but my laptop I really should just bundle it into the bag and get some shut eye. Instead I'm sitting here tapping away. It's largely because I've actually gotten out of the house a bit in the last couple of days.
A trip with some friends to a rather cool beach for a brisk swim, via a winery with a dog named Bingo, capped off with an evening at Moonlight Cinema yesterday added to what has already been a fairly pleasant start to the year. Couple that with falling asleep before 02:00 yesterday and I'm doing rather better than I expected.
Today was good for other reasons. Another load of laundry done means I'm 70% on the way to a tidy room, with the remaining 30% more to do with finding storage (or even better getting rid of stuff). I've also got a few more days work lined up for early February which is great. Still many emails to write but at least there's something to look forward to!
Anyhow, I really must close my eyes as I'm exhausted. A day of domesticity combined with the Grand Designs marathon have rather taken it out of me...
With nothing left to pack but my laptop I really should just bundle it into the bag and get some shut eye. Instead I'm sitting here tapping away. It's largely because I've actually gotten out of the house a bit in the last couple of days.
A trip with some friends to a rather cool beach for a brisk swim, via a winery with a dog named Bingo, capped off with an evening at Moonlight Cinema yesterday added to what has already been a fairly pleasant start to the year. Couple that with falling asleep before 02:00 yesterday and I'm doing rather better than I expected.
Today was good for other reasons. Another load of laundry done means I'm 70% on the way to a tidy room, with the remaining 30% more to do with finding storage (or even better getting rid of stuff). I've also got a few more days work lined up for early February which is great. Still many emails to write but at least there's something to look forward to!
Anyhow, I really must close my eyes as I'm exhausted. A day of domesticity combined with the Grand Designs marathon have rather taken it out of me...
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Hitting the Town
Last night Gene & I decided to hit the town (the cinemas at Eastland anyway) and see a movie. It's been awhile. Hot Fuzz was the last thing we saw and that was in Geelong. We're slowly moving closer to the CBD in terms of distance...
There really wasn't much on. We could have gone to see Spiderman 3 but it was a Friday night that screamed annoying teens in the cinema so we chose to see The History Boys.
The basis of our decision were the billboards and the big bright signs we'd seen for it in London's West End earlier in the year.
Tickets in hand we entered the cinema to find ourselves the youngest audience members by a clear 40 years.
Still, it was a great show. There were parts which seemed very theatrical and I'm keen to read the play script now. In fact we're both wishing we'd seen it on stage as I can see how it may have worked a little better. It was different watching a show with an audience that's at least a generation older than you. Hearing the different points of laughter (compound adjectives and all) and the similar points.
Being the party animals that we are, we're heading out again tonight to a swing ball to dance the night away. Should be good!
There really wasn't much on. We could have gone to see Spiderman 3 but it was a Friday night that screamed annoying teens in the cinema so we chose to see The History Boys.
The basis of our decision were the billboards and the big bright signs we'd seen for it in London's West End earlier in the year.
Tickets in hand we entered the cinema to find ourselves the youngest audience members by a clear 40 years.
Still, it was a great show. There were parts which seemed very theatrical and I'm keen to read the play script now. In fact we're both wishing we'd seen it on stage as I can see how it may have worked a little better. It was different watching a show with an audience that's at least a generation older than you. Hearing the different points of laughter (compound adjectives and all) and the similar points.
Being the party animals that we are, we're heading out again tonight to a swing ball to dance the night away. Should be good!
Saturday, December 09, 2006
A Scattered Update
Finally made it to the Corniche yesterday. It's only taken me four months! Even managed to find the Old Souqs. Well, okay, I was driven there but that's not the point...
There were some lovely tea houses along the way and it was a pleasant walk (about 3.5km). I must say that they know how to make a good cup of tea here.
Along the Corniche there were some boats that ferried you across the harbour if you didn't want to walk. There was also a pyro and laser light display on Palm Tree Island. They do love their lasers here too :)
I'd also like to clarify that Palm Tree Island has one tree on it. It's more like an elongated sand bank. The tree (from a distance) appears to be dead. It's a little Six Feet Under really. Still very beautiful though.
Back to the Corniche, there was an exhibition set up called The Corniche Experience which had some food stalls and four rooms set up for all the senses except sound. "Taste" was a little lacking in terms of only being able to do it through smoking a shisha pipe. For some reason there was a treadmill at the end of it for you to run 100m and check your time on. Not sure what that had to do with taste. Anyhow, "Scent" was awesome. They had a series of covered pipes with test tubes of scents in them and you had to guess what you were smelling. I think I guessed one, "rose". I failled miserably on "equestrian", "running track" and "parquet". It was a little overwhelming though to have smelled so many frangrances at once so we moved on to "touch". This was pretty awesome too. Lots of things in dark boxes that you had to stick your hand in and work out what was there. I wasn't a fan of the falcon feathers. At the end of the "touch" exhibit they had a whole heap of string hanging down that you had to make your way through. Again I failled and walked straight into the black flats at the end. Yeah, I was a little tired. Sight was pretty with lights and a projection against the city buildings. Still, I think my favourites were touch and scent because they were the most interactive.
Apologies if this post is a bit scattered. I proceeded to follow up my long walk yesterday with returnig home to sit up watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets until 0400. The 1030 bus was a little painful to catch.
So as always I'm vowing for a quiet and somewhat early night tonight. I'm contemplating seeing some sport just for something different but they events that I want to see (kayaking) aren't on until the 11th when I'm fairly sure I'll be frantic again... Something about a show on the 15th?
Oh and wish me luck. I have 23 days to learn how to juggle three balls and I'll have kept all my resolutions for the year... should probably go get myself some juggling balls...
Hope you're all well!
There were some lovely tea houses along the way and it was a pleasant walk (about 3.5km). I must say that they know how to make a good cup of tea here.
Along the Corniche there were some boats that ferried you across the harbour if you didn't want to walk. There was also a pyro and laser light display on Palm Tree Island. They do love their lasers here too :)
I'd also like to clarify that Palm Tree Island has one tree on it. It's more like an elongated sand bank. The tree (from a distance) appears to be dead. It's a little Six Feet Under really. Still very beautiful though.
Back to the Corniche, there was an exhibition set up called The Corniche Experience which had some food stalls and four rooms set up for all the senses except sound. "Taste" was a little lacking in terms of only being able to do it through smoking a shisha pipe. For some reason there was a treadmill at the end of it for you to run 100m and check your time on. Not sure what that had to do with taste. Anyhow, "Scent" was awesome. They had a series of covered pipes with test tubes of scents in them and you had to guess what you were smelling. I think I guessed one, "rose". I failled miserably on "equestrian", "running track" and "parquet". It was a little overwhelming though to have smelled so many frangrances at once so we moved on to "touch". This was pretty awesome too. Lots of things in dark boxes that you had to stick your hand in and work out what was there. I wasn't a fan of the falcon feathers. At the end of the "touch" exhibit they had a whole heap of string hanging down that you had to make your way through. Again I failled and walked straight into the black flats at the end. Yeah, I was a little tired. Sight was pretty with lights and a projection against the city buildings. Still, I think my favourites were touch and scent because they were the most interactive.
Apologies if this post is a bit scattered. I proceeded to follow up my long walk yesterday with returnig home to sit up watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets until 0400. The 1030 bus was a little painful to catch.
So as always I'm vowing for a quiet and somewhat early night tonight. I'm contemplating seeing some sport just for something different but they events that I want to see (kayaking) aren't on until the 11th when I'm fairly sure I'll be frantic again... Something about a show on the 15th?
Oh and wish me luck. I have 23 days to learn how to juggle three balls and I'll have kept all my resolutions for the year... should probably go get myself some juggling balls...
Hope you're all well!
Monday, July 24, 2006
Miscellaneous Blah
Well, the MySpace website is down so there is every possibility that this post won't get mirrored.
(insert long pause as Sarah gets distracted by another un-named blog)
Just discovered this fabulous site which I think all my wonderful procrastination loving friends could benefit from. dearinter.net - consensus life coaching. Check it out. It seems pretty new but I'm fairly sure it'll take off rapidly.
I'm currently less stressed about work as I've turned down two jobs in the last few days. It's nice to know that people remember I'm Melbourne-based. It's just unfortunate that I'm confusing them by being in Brisbane.
Last night we had an early night and decided to do a load of washing. I also decided it was a good time to watch The Talented Mr Ripley. I quite enjoyed the film. I just wasn't expecting it to be anywhere nearspan> as long.
Today I commented on Nick's blog with the quote Life is no fun when you're hunted by the things you feel from the Finn brothers' song I hope I never (which I also thought was called something else). Anyhow, I love that line. It's a definite favourite. In fact I love that song. It's just that I thought the line was Life is no fun when you're haunted by the things you feel. Which I much prefer... I guess I don't feel so much hunted by feelings. More haunted. I find they're less aggresive. My feelings just pop up when I least expect them to, out of nowhere. (I was going to elaborate on my thoughts but I the surrounding music of Beyonce is not conducive to my musings).
Life's tough isn't it?
(insert long pause as Sarah gets distracted by another un-named blog)
Just discovered this fabulous site which I think all my wonderful procrastination loving friends could benefit from. dearinter.net - consensus life coaching. Check it out. It seems pretty new but I'm fairly sure it'll take off rapidly.
I'm currently less stressed about work as I've turned down two jobs in the last few days. It's nice to know that people remember I'm Melbourne-based. It's just unfortunate that I'm confusing them by being in Brisbane.
Last night we had an early night and decided to do a load of washing. I also decided it was a good time to watch The Talented Mr Ripley. I quite enjoyed the film. I just wasn't expecting it to be anywhere nearspan> as long.
Today I commented on Nick's blog with the quote Life is no fun when you're hunted by the things you feel from the Finn brothers' song I hope I never (which I also thought was called something else). Anyhow, I love that line. It's a definite favourite. In fact I love that song. It's just that I thought the line was Life is no fun when you're haunted by the things you feel. Which I much prefer... I guess I don't feel so much hunted by feelings. More haunted. I find they're less aggresive. My feelings just pop up when I least expect them to, out of nowhere. (I was going to elaborate on my thoughts but I the surrounding music of Beyonce is not conducive to my musings).
Life's tough isn't it?
Friday, July 07, 2006
Glow-In-The-Dark Mini Golf - Bad
So we probably should have realised that glow-in-the-dark mini golf was going to be a bit lacking... Call us optimistic!
Wednesday night saw us swing dancing in Glen Waverley. It was funny because we had been talking (and trying to dance our way through) the two moves we knew in tandem Charleston and the class was about tandem Charleston and we worked on those two moves! We also knew the instructor from the Shim Sham workshop we did last year. Now there's a fun dance! Originated from tap dancing I believe, the Shim Sham is a bit of a swing/tap line dance that breaks into a mad frenzy of partner-finding for the last third of the song. Fun for all involved! Anyhow, when we get back from Bris Vegas we're planning to go back to swing dancing and pick up our level 2 classes again to try and master the Lindy Hop. I think I'm going to give leading a shot at our next class too... although I definitely need to keep up the work on following.
Anyhoo, we decided to give glow-in-the-dark mini golf a shot after a bland dinner as a relaxing end to the night. Gene won by one shot so he's one up on the Melbourne Mini-Golf competition between the two of us. It was all in all a bit horrible though. The girl at the counter was, unsurprisingly, not thrilled to be there. When we tried to query the opening hours (the website said from 18:00-22:00 while the sign at the place said 10:00-22:00) she got all condescending and chose to express her displeasure by pointing out the first "tee" three times to us... It was also incredibly hard to see in their (so you couldn't actually see the holes sometimes. It should have been fun but they managed to make it rather lacking. Moral of the story? No glow-in-the-dark mini golf, got it? Okay, as long as that's clear...
Yesterday was a quiet day where we started to try and get ourselves ready for Monday's 09:00 start at Brisbane Festival. So the alarm went off at 08:38 (I like setting it for non-half-hour increments) and we got out of bed at 08:58. The first few hours of the day saw me knitting (I'm almost through Dad's scarf) and then we headed into the city to have lunch with Gene's Mum. We stopped off to buy me a new Palm (PDA) case and it's sooooo pretty! Surprise surprise, it's black! Aluminum with a belt clip. I was mainly after something black with belt clip so it works out well. Only thing I don't like is that there a widget that sticks out when you take it off the belt clip so it doesn't sit flat on a table unless you unscrew the widget and then it's likely to get lost. Poor design but pretty nonetheless. Gram, Gene's car, had a bit of a hissy fit as we were trying to find a park in town which was a bit of a pain, but she got us there and back so it's all good.
For the evening we went on our date to the Red Salmon in Knox and it was quite lovely. The service was a tad interesting (we asked for a dessert menu and instead of giving us a menu she told us that we had to pay at the counter) but not terrible. Food was okay, not the best in the world but pleasant to eat. After that we played a game of pool and a game of Time Crisis 2 at the cinema before heading over to good ol' Time Zone to pass our last half hour before the movie. We played on our old favourite, the rifle game where you shoot targets to make stuff move, and also tried a dodgy bowling game. A few games later and the half hour was gone so we went to the counter to redeem our e-tickets, apparently you don't get to watch the zillions of tickets print at the game anymore, its' all networked. We returned triumphant with a plastic yo-yo, a tub of putty in a toilet, a black bangle and two of those things that throw a ball in the air when you press the trigger and you have to try and catch it in the basket. All worth the $10 no doubt. Pirates was perfectly indulgent. It was all the cheese and humour that I loved about the first one with some nicely placed references. Same ridiculous and fantastic style and well, Johnny Depp. Mmmmm. I liked it. I liked it lots. It was fun and pretty good for a sequel to a film based on a ride. Yay!
Today is cleaning day. Time to re-box our stuff for the month in Brisbane and pack what we need because we're leaving tomorrow! Last minute purchases required include insect repellant, a bike light and some sunscreen. Tommorrow? Well we'll just have to wait and see.
Wednesday night saw us swing dancing in Glen Waverley. It was funny because we had been talking (and trying to dance our way through) the two moves we knew in tandem Charleston and the class was about tandem Charleston and we worked on those two moves! We also knew the instructor from the Shim Sham workshop we did last year. Now there's a fun dance! Originated from tap dancing I believe, the Shim Sham is a bit of a swing/tap line dance that breaks into a mad frenzy of partner-finding for the last third of the song. Fun for all involved! Anyhow, when we get back from Bris Vegas we're planning to go back to swing dancing and pick up our level 2 classes again to try and master the Lindy Hop. I think I'm going to give leading a shot at our next class too... although I definitely need to keep up the work on following.
Anyhoo, we decided to give glow-in-the-dark mini golf a shot after a bland dinner as a relaxing end to the night. Gene won by one shot so he's one up on the Melbourne Mini-Golf competition between the two of us. It was all in all a bit horrible though. The girl at the counter was, unsurprisingly, not thrilled to be there. When we tried to query the opening hours (the website said from 18:00-22:00 while the sign at the place said 10:00-22:00) she got all condescending and chose to express her displeasure by pointing out the first "tee" three times to us... It was also incredibly hard to see in their (so you couldn't actually see the holes sometimes. It should have been fun but they managed to make it rather lacking. Moral of the story? No glow-in-the-dark mini golf, got it? Okay, as long as that's clear...
Yesterday was a quiet day where we started to try and get ourselves ready for Monday's 09:00 start at Brisbane Festival. So the alarm went off at 08:38 (I like setting it for non-half-hour increments) and we got out of bed at 08:58. The first few hours of the day saw me knitting (I'm almost through Dad's scarf) and then we headed into the city to have lunch with Gene's Mum. We stopped off to buy me a new Palm (PDA) case and it's sooooo pretty! Surprise surprise, it's black! Aluminum with a belt clip. I was mainly after something black with belt clip so it works out well. Only thing I don't like is that there a widget that sticks out when you take it off the belt clip so it doesn't sit flat on a table unless you unscrew the widget and then it's likely to get lost. Poor design but pretty nonetheless. Gram, Gene's car, had a bit of a hissy fit as we were trying to find a park in town which was a bit of a pain, but she got us there and back so it's all good.
For the evening we went on our date to the Red Salmon in Knox and it was quite lovely. The service was a tad interesting (we asked for a dessert menu and instead of giving us a menu she told us that we had to pay at the counter) but not terrible. Food was okay, not the best in the world but pleasant to eat. After that we played a game of pool and a game of Time Crisis 2 at the cinema before heading over to good ol' Time Zone to pass our last half hour before the movie. We played on our old favourite, the rifle game where you shoot targets to make stuff move, and also tried a dodgy bowling game. A few games later and the half hour was gone so we went to the counter to redeem our e-tickets, apparently you don't get to watch the zillions of tickets print at the game anymore, its' all networked. We returned triumphant with a plastic yo-yo, a tub of putty in a toilet, a black bangle and two of those things that throw a ball in the air when you press the trigger and you have to try and catch it in the basket. All worth the $10 no doubt. Pirates was perfectly indulgent. It was all the cheese and humour that I loved about the first one with some nicely placed references. Same ridiculous and fantastic style and well, Johnny Depp. Mmmmm. I liked it. I liked it lots. It was fun and pretty good for a sequel to a film based on a ride. Yay!
Today is cleaning day. Time to re-box our stuff for the month in Brisbane and pack what we need because we're leaving tomorrow! Last minute purchases required include insect repellant, a bike light and some sunscreen. Tommorrow? Well we'll just have to wait and see.
Monday, July 03, 2006
Sleep Glorious Sleep
I closed my eyes for a moment and the next thing I know it's dark. Guess a few more moments passed during my nap than expected.
Today's been a bit lacking really. Haven't done nearly as much as I should have - stupidly long nap didn't help.
Hazzar for my new license that should be arriving shortly. My vanity is content in the knowledge that I'll have a photo of me when I'm 19 on it for the next ten years. More so because of the not-too-stupid picture than the age thing.
Aside from that we watched Zatoichi and I had a nap. It's been a bit of a movie watching house lately due to the joy that is Foxtel digital. I love the pausing TV function. Very handy for unplanned snack breaks.
I've been rather remiss with regards to our flight to Brisbane. For some reason I was under the impression that Sunday was the 8th July. Silly me! Not particularly stressed though. Just have to get a move on with the bike box finding so that we can take our bikes up to Brisbane for the month.
Tomorrow should be more exciting with swing dancing classes tomorrow night - I piked on classes tonight - and hopefully more time awake during the day.
Who needs sleep cycles anyway?
Today's been a bit lacking really. Haven't done nearly as much as I should have - stupidly long nap didn't help.
Hazzar for my new license that should be arriving shortly. My vanity is content in the knowledge that I'll have a photo of me when I'm 19 on it for the next ten years. More so because of the not-too-stupid picture than the age thing.
Aside from that we watched Zatoichi and I had a nap. It's been a bit of a movie watching house lately due to the joy that is Foxtel digital. I love the pausing TV function. Very handy for unplanned snack breaks.
I've been rather remiss with regards to our flight to Brisbane. For some reason I was under the impression that Sunday was the 8th July. Silly me! Not particularly stressed though. Just have to get a move on with the bike box finding so that we can take our bikes up to Brisbane for the month.
Tomorrow should be more exciting with swing dancing classes tomorrow night - I piked on classes tonight - and hopefully more time awake during the day.
Who needs sleep cycles anyway?
Sunday, July 02, 2006
A Few of My Favourite Things
A good meal shared with friends is possibly my favourite thing in life.
Last night Gene, Nick & I went to Iku-Izakaya for dinner and it was lovely. We had a bit of fun finding a carpark but once we got there it was lovely. Friendly service and great food. We had the Ozeki Set which was rather filling and overall well timed in terms of the courses. After dinner we decided to take a stroll across the fish-shaped bridge (well it looked like a fish from the restaurant) and discovered that it led to the Blowhole Sculpture in the Docklands. After playing on the air-pressure platforms, climbing all over the slide, jumping on the springy foam ground and swinging on the swings we headed back to Nick's for a lovely cup of tea - or beer for the boys.
After that we watched Napoleon Dynamite which was amusing but weird before retiring to bed to read our respective books.
It was a pretty good day all round really. Good food, good company, a movie, some reading, more knitting and a play in the park. What more could a girl want?
Last night Gene, Nick & I went to Iku-Izakaya for dinner and it was lovely. We had a bit of fun finding a carpark but once we got there it was lovely. Friendly service and great food. We had the Ozeki Set which was rather filling and overall well timed in terms of the courses. After dinner we decided to take a stroll across the fish-shaped bridge (well it looked like a fish from the restaurant) and discovered that it led to the Blowhole Sculpture in the Docklands. After playing on the air-pressure platforms, climbing all over the slide, jumping on the springy foam ground and swinging on the swings we headed back to Nick's for a lovely cup of tea - or beer for the boys.
After that we watched Napoleon Dynamite which was amusing but weird before retiring to bed to read our respective books.
It was a pretty good day all round really. Good food, good company, a movie, some reading, more knitting and a play in the park. What more could a girl want?
Friday, June 30, 2006
A Complete Day
Well now that Superman's returned safe and sound so we can all get ready for the next cheesy installment of Pirates of the Carribean. Mmmm bring on that Captain Jack Sparrows :)
It's been a great day today. A complete movie experience this morning.
The movie was enjoyable and I was excited to discover that I actually knew some of the people in the credits. Think I still have their numbers. Oh yeah... I'm special I know. A couple of the guys I worked with at my last job were stunt guys. Didn't realised that they'd filmed it locally. Just goes to show how in touch with the entertainment industry I'm not. *sigh* I should work on that.
After that we came home and enjoyed some of the many left overs in the fridge for lunch. Dad's been going all out with dinner lately and I'm thinking I need to get some exercise if I want to keep up the eating. Especially with the proscuitto wrapped shrimp we had the other night. Mmmmmmm
I'm doing much better on the crochet front with my top. It kinda looks a little huge though but it's at the correct finished size so it's probably just me. I'm pretty small though and I'm about a couple of inches smaller than the smallest size. Guess it's going to be a slightly loose top on me. I've finally made it past the nightmarishly simple waist section, finshed the bodice and now I'm onto the incredibly repetitive sleeves. I may yet complete the top...
The night was capped off with dinner at one of our regular family dinner restaurants, Straits in Wantirna. Excellent Hainanese Chicken Rice as well as Malaysian cuisine. Highly recommended. There's on in Doncaster as well. Try their Har Mee.
After a good feed we headed to Borders to enjoy the end of financial year sale. I ended up with Hanging Out with the Dream King (not obsessed, just focused), The Eyre Affair and Death: At Death's Door (marvel at my focus!). There is plenty of reading to be done tonight! Happily I can read and crochet. Two favourite activities in one! Just need to work out how to blog and do theatre stuff at the same time as well and my non-social life will be complete!
It's been a great day today. A complete movie experience this morning.
For the price of an adult movie ticket, a complete movie experience includes:
1. Something going wrong at the start of the movie session. eg. subtitles being off screen, movie being out of focus, sound not working or in today's example starting half an hour late with no apparent reason. (When asked the cinema folk apparently replied, oh you're here for the 10:45 session? Hasn't that started?)
2. Junkie snack food with no nutritional value but plenty of chemicals that make you fill "full" - travel style pies. This is an additional cost to the movie ticket and also comes in a combo with drinks that are sized to make you wish there was a fifteen minute interval.
3. Kids. Kids running around the cinema. Kids clambering over the seats. Kids playing with the screen. Kids asking for icecream. Kids refusing to go to the bathroom before the movie starts. Kids going to the bathroom 3-4 times on average through the movie. My favourite though is kids asking "what's happening?" after sitting with their back turned to the screen looking at other people. I love school holidays.(I mean what parent in their right mind would take an eight year old, let alone a group of them, to sit through a 152 minute movie?!)
The movie was enjoyable and I was excited to discover that I actually knew some of the people in the credits. Think I still have their numbers. Oh yeah... I'm special I know. A couple of the guys I worked with at my last job were stunt guys. Didn't realised that they'd filmed it locally. Just goes to show how in touch with the entertainment industry I'm not. *sigh* I should work on that.
After that we came home and enjoyed some of the many left overs in the fridge for lunch. Dad's been going all out with dinner lately and I'm thinking I need to get some exercise if I want to keep up the eating. Especially with the proscuitto wrapped shrimp we had the other night. Mmmmmmm
I'm doing much better on the crochet front with my top. It kinda looks a little huge though but it's at the correct finished size so it's probably just me. I'm pretty small though and I'm about a couple of inches smaller than the smallest size. Guess it's going to be a slightly loose top on me. I've finally made it past the nightmarishly simple waist section, finshed the bodice and now I'm onto the incredibly repetitive sleeves. I may yet complete the top...
The night was capped off with dinner at one of our regular family dinner restaurants, Straits in Wantirna. Excellent Hainanese Chicken Rice as well as Malaysian cuisine. Highly recommended. There's on in Doncaster as well. Try their Har Mee.
After a good feed we headed to Borders to enjoy the end of financial year sale. I ended up with Hanging Out with the Dream King (not obsessed, just focused), The Eyre Affair and Death: At Death's Door (marvel at my focus!). There is plenty of reading to be done tonight! Happily I can read and crochet. Two favourite activities in one! Just need to work out how to blog and do theatre stuff at the same time as well and my non-social life will be complete!
Thursday, March 30, 2006
The Housework Queen
I have a hallway again... and lots of clear floor in the living room and a clear path to the kitchen too.
I'm all out of steam though and happily awaiting Matt's arrival for an evening of Howl's Moving Castle and good company.
Can't wait till Gene gets back from Geelong. He'll have a pleasant surprise. Just three more rooms to clean and all will be good.
Yay for clean floors!
I'm all out of steam though and happily awaiting Matt's arrival for an evening of Howl's Moving Castle and good company.
Can't wait till Gene gets back from Geelong. He'll have a pleasant surprise. Just three more rooms to clean and all will be good.
Yay for clean floors!
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Jubilation
Thumbs up for the mango and peach yoghurt I just finished! Very tasty and hopefully nutritious too. More so than the biltong I'm munching on. My eating desires are a little quirky at present. Despite the small improvements in diet I seem to have lost weight which was not the aim of the game. I guess I've just burnt off more calories in the extended hours than I've managed to injest.
With just five days to the next ceremony things are starting to get busy again. I think it's almost tougher getting ready for closing because everyone's been working the crazy hours for so long now. The end is nigh but I think it makes it almost harder. It's been such a different experience for this ceremony because I've been to even less rehearsals than I had for the Opening. Too many places to be at and not enough Sarahs to get around. I'm currently hoping for a uber cool show role, but I'll keep you posted on that. (Well, I'll note my excitement if it happens and then fill in details post-show)
Gene's back tomorrow night. *doing a dance of jubilation* I pick him up at the airport at 20:00 and happily will not be surfacing at work until 10:00 the next day. Sleep is for the weak I say.
Howl's Moving Castle arrived yesterday in my mail box making me very happy. I was going to post my excitement but chose to pass out on the bed next to the laptop until 05:39 instead. It seems I'm still a tad tired from the last couple of weeks... who'd a thunk it?
Hmm.. it's 22:02 now... I think I might run off and watch my new DVD tonight... or should I read my book... ARGH! Decisions... Any how I only have two hours before bedtime so I'm off to grab another tub of yoghurt and make my decision.
G'night!
With just five days to the next ceremony things are starting to get busy again. I think it's almost tougher getting ready for closing because everyone's been working the crazy hours for so long now. The end is nigh but I think it makes it almost harder. It's been such a different experience for this ceremony because I've been to even less rehearsals than I had for the Opening. Too many places to be at and not enough Sarahs to get around. I'm currently hoping for a uber cool show role, but I'll keep you posted on that. (Well, I'll note my excitement if it happens and then fill in details post-show)
Gene's back tomorrow night. *doing a dance of jubilation* I pick him up at the airport at 20:00 and happily will not be surfacing at work until 10:00 the next day. Sleep is for the weak I say.
Howl's Moving Castle arrived yesterday in my mail box making me very happy. I was going to post my excitement but chose to pass out on the bed next to the laptop until 05:39 instead. It seems I'm still a tad tired from the last couple of weeks... who'd a thunk it?
Hmm.. it's 22:02 now... I think I might run off and watch my new DVD tonight... or should I read my book... ARGH! Decisions... Any how I only have two hours before bedtime so I'm off to grab another tub of yoghurt and make my decision.
G'night!
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Grumpus
Tonight I'm grumpy and feeling rather sorry for myself. Don't say I didn't warn you.
As per my usual excellent timing, mere days before what could be the busiest three-four weeks of my life, I have managed to get sick. Despite having told myself it is nothing but a mere throat infection (the kind that just sees me lose my voice but generally function regardless) I have had to come to terms with the idea that it is perhaps a little more than that. The wheezing sensation in my upper chest combined with the rapidly rising fever (which the panadol has stopped combatting) is leading me to believe that tomorrow may be a swift trip to the doctor. Argh! Why now? I've been looking forward to these few weeks for months now!
Gene's been wonderful today though, he dropped me off at work and then he took me to get some cough mixture (which is surprisingly yummy) and then went to the video store to get some videos to watch. So far we've watched Mr & Mrs Smith which wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. Sure it's not the deepest of plots or most profound characters, but it was kind of cute and well chosen for my brain capacity at present. We're about two thirds of the way through Pleasantville but Gene's been hijacked my Nomes and Lisa to go drinking. I guess we'll finish watching it tomorrow some time.
Aside from getting sick I've been having a great time working hard and I'm still looking forward to the big days ahead. I can't believe it's only a matter of weeks away. I'm really excited and damn it I will be healthy for this experience!
As per my usual excellent timing, mere days before what could be the busiest three-four weeks of my life, I have managed to get sick. Despite having told myself it is nothing but a mere throat infection (the kind that just sees me lose my voice but generally function regardless) I have had to come to terms with the idea that it is perhaps a little more than that. The wheezing sensation in my upper chest combined with the rapidly rising fever (which the panadol has stopped combatting) is leading me to believe that tomorrow may be a swift trip to the doctor. Argh! Why now? I've been looking forward to these few weeks for months now!
Gene's been wonderful today though, he dropped me off at work and then he took me to get some cough mixture (which is surprisingly yummy) and then went to the video store to get some videos to watch. So far we've watched Mr & Mrs Smith which wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. Sure it's not the deepest of plots or most profound characters, but it was kind of cute and well chosen for my brain capacity at present. We're about two thirds of the way through Pleasantville but Gene's been hijacked my Nomes and Lisa to go drinking. I guess we'll finish watching it tomorrow some time.
Aside from getting sick I've been having a great time working hard and I'm still looking forward to the big days ahead. I can't believe it's only a matter of weeks away. I'm really excited and damn it I will be healthy for this experience!
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Study? I think not!
This studying thing is definitely not what I remember. Mainly because I didn't really do that much studying last time I gave this a shot... more procrastinating and drinking and hanging out in ex-toilet offices. As a result I'm madly trying to catch up on my history homework - the different spellings of names and places in Greek myths are driving me nuts. I'm still what feels like a week behind when I'm closer to a week and a half. The readings look deceptively short, however I've discovered that the paper of my textbook is rather thin.
I felt bad about the lack of writing lately although in all honesty I didn't really have much to say over the last few days. The weekend was fairly uneventful. I tackled as much Greek myth as I could fit in my head until it hurt...
Oh hang on! On Sunday I went with Nick (not Naomi's Nick) to see the first piece of theatre that I've gotten to in ages at Red Stitch called Bug by Tracey Letts. It was good! I found the pacing of the play a bit strange though. The first half seemed to be a little slow and then it ended rather quickly. Great story though and great story telling and that's what counts for me. As a side note, Last Minute.com (who I just linked the title of the play to just in case someone wants to get tickets for it) have different prices to what Nick and I paid on Sunday... more expensive by two dollars... so maybe call Red Stitch to book...
Monday was a bit lacking really and it's all my fault. When I chat to Lisa we talk about "girly moments". Times when you know that you're being irrational or picky or simply not reacting to the situation like you usually would (ie. in a calm and sensible manner) but you can feel the hormones raging over and clouding your judgement and making you do things that you actively know at the time will make things worse - or if you're really lucky just make things not get any better at the time. Anyhow Monday was like that. So I wasted the better part of my one day this week with my darling man having a "girly moment". (Note to Naomi: I'm trying your theory on publicly acknowledging the situation that I appear to have unwittingly caused in assuaging guilt... would probably help if Gene saw this though!) In the end we went to the video store and hired eight movies and watched two. We watched King Arthur and Erik the Viking. I didn't hate King Arthur and I found it quite engaging although I would have liked to have seen a little more about where they got their references and all in all found the making of the film rather lacking. The costumes were cool though... and Clive Owen's pretty... Keira Knightly was pretty cool too (although rather under-dressed for the weather I would have thought). Definitely going to have to look into this Sarmation army thing though... Erik the Viking was great and I really enjoyed it. Tim Robbins is funny :)
I'm sensing this post is getting rather long... but I'm going to keep going anyway because I have a gripe to voice.
Yesterday was a beautiful day so Gene suggested we go for a bike ride. Just a short one. He was on his way home on the tram in a wonderfully good mood. By the time he got home though, he wasn't in such a good mood. He'd just had a ticket inspector call him a liar. The ticket machine didn't print on the back of his daily ticket (as I've recently noticed happening) and when the ticket inspector re-validated the ticket it printed "expired" on the back. As a result said inspector made a report (which is fine) but then refused to give Gene a replacement day pass for travel (as they are meant to do when you have a ticket confiscated for evidence) but only gave him two hours saying that Gene was using an expired ticket so why should he get a daily? What happened to the innocent until proven otherwise?! I've noticed on a few of my 2hr x 10 tickets that the machines skip lines or more annoyingly within the two hours that you've got before it is supposed to use another ticket it uses another ticket anyway. So all in all the fare evasion campaign that they have is currently pissing me off because their ticketing system is ridiculously unreliable - I've been told by a Metlink person at a premium train station that tickets supplied at newsagencies aren't that reliable so they weren't willing to give me the replacement tickets and that I'd have to pay out the old faulty metcard. Give me a decent ticketing system and tram inspectors who don't just give tickets but can answer questions - I couldn't even get an answer about concession cards from one of them. They didn't stop. They just hopped off the tram. Oh and Gene's infringement notice says "none-valid ticket" so it's good to know their spelling is up to scratch.
We're getting our bikes serviced tomorrow so hopefully we won't have to worry about stupid tickets for a while. It's part of our "get fit" plan as well.
Oooh.. now what I really wanted to achieve in today's post (aside from the rant) is to share my excitement of having my first shifts as a venue operations officer this week! Yay for having work! I'm working tonight and Friday night and tomorrow during the day. I'm actually really excited about tomorrow because it's the police brass band and they were awesome last time I saw them -which was admittedly when I was twelve but I'm sure they can only have gotten better!
So on that much brighter note, I'm going back to my study of Greek gods and their origins.
I felt bad about the lack of writing lately although in all honesty I didn't really have much to say over the last few days. The weekend was fairly uneventful. I tackled as much Greek myth as I could fit in my head until it hurt...
Oh hang on! On Sunday I went with Nick (not Naomi's Nick) to see the first piece of theatre that I've gotten to in ages at Red Stitch called Bug by Tracey Letts. It was good! I found the pacing of the play a bit strange though. The first half seemed to be a little slow and then it ended rather quickly. Great story though and great story telling and that's what counts for me. As a side note, Last Minute.com (who I just linked the title of the play to just in case someone wants to get tickets for it) have different prices to what Nick and I paid on Sunday... more expensive by two dollars... so maybe call Red Stitch to book...
Monday was a bit lacking really and it's all my fault. When I chat to Lisa we talk about "girly moments". Times when you know that you're being irrational or picky or simply not reacting to the situation like you usually would (ie. in a calm and sensible manner) but you can feel the hormones raging over and clouding your judgement and making you do things that you actively know at the time will make things worse - or if you're really lucky just make things not get any better at the time. Anyhow Monday was like that. So I wasted the better part of my one day this week with my darling man having a "girly moment". (Note to Naomi: I'm trying your theory on publicly acknowledging the situation that I appear to have unwittingly caused in assuaging guilt... would probably help if Gene saw this though!) In the end we went to the video store and hired eight movies and watched two. We watched King Arthur and Erik the Viking. I didn't hate King Arthur and I found it quite engaging although I would have liked to have seen a little more about where they got their references and all in all found the making of the film rather lacking. The costumes were cool though... and Clive Owen's pretty... Keira Knightly was pretty cool too (although rather under-dressed for the weather I would have thought). Definitely going to have to look into this Sarmation army thing though... Erik the Viking was great and I really enjoyed it. Tim Robbins is funny :)
I'm sensing this post is getting rather long... but I'm going to keep going anyway because I have a gripe to voice.
Yesterday was a beautiful day so Gene suggested we go for a bike ride. Just a short one. He was on his way home on the tram in a wonderfully good mood. By the time he got home though, he wasn't in such a good mood. He'd just had a ticket inspector call him a liar. The ticket machine didn't print on the back of his daily ticket (as I've recently noticed happening) and when the ticket inspector re-validated the ticket it printed "expired" on the back. As a result said inspector made a report (which is fine) but then refused to give Gene a replacement day pass for travel (as they are meant to do when you have a ticket confiscated for evidence) but only gave him two hours saying that Gene was using an expired ticket so why should he get a daily? What happened to the innocent until proven otherwise?! I've noticed on a few of my 2hr x 10 tickets that the machines skip lines or more annoyingly within the two hours that you've got before it is supposed to use another ticket it uses another ticket anyway. So all in all the fare evasion campaign that they have is currently pissing me off because their ticketing system is ridiculously unreliable - I've been told by a Metlink person at a premium train station that tickets supplied at newsagencies aren't that reliable so they weren't willing to give me the replacement tickets and that I'd have to pay out the old faulty metcard. Give me a decent ticketing system and tram inspectors who don't just give tickets but can answer questions - I couldn't even get an answer about concession cards from one of them. They didn't stop. They just hopped off the tram. Oh and Gene's infringement notice says "none-valid ticket" so it's good to know their spelling is up to scratch.
We're getting our bikes serviced tomorrow so hopefully we won't have to worry about stupid tickets for a while. It's part of our "get fit" plan as well.
Oooh.. now what I really wanted to achieve in today's post (aside from the rant) is to share my excitement of having my first shifts as a venue operations officer this week! Yay for having work! I'm working tonight and Friday night and tomorrow during the day. I'm actually really excited about tomorrow because it's the police brass band and they were awesome last time I saw them -which was admittedly when I was twelve but I'm sure they can only have gotten better!
So on that much brighter note, I'm going back to my study of Greek gods and their origins.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Reaching for the Stars
I have decided to take a proactive approach to digging myself out of this rut of gloom. I am fully aware that given my current state of apathy this may be a little ambitious, but you've gotta reach for the stars right?
Firstly fitness, or lack thereof. I will join the Carlton Baths as soon as I get paid out from Salesforce. In the interim I'm going to give one of those pilates DVDs a shot. There's something that I don't like about them, I'm not sure what, but I figured I needed to start while I'm still keen.
Today is not a good day for cycling. I discovered this as I rode to the shops to get some notebooks for uni and the aforementioned DVD. It was rather windy and I was getting blown across the road a little. Perhaps if I get fit I can gain some weight and not be so easily swayed by the wind.
I also returned the DVDs that I'd hired last week and got some new ones that I'm looking forward to watching. I bought Closer from our video store for a bargain $19.95 and it's barely scratched! Love the language of that film. Some really great lines. Damn I'm glad I bought that!
Anyway... due to a miscalculation in funds transfers I've got to wait till tomorrow to buy my textbook and despite my fast reading skills I'm concerned that I'll be behind in my first week of studying Myth in the Ancient world. I've actually got readings to do for that subject. Two chapters. I'm hoping they're short... I've tried searching the libraries in Victoria but no one seems to have it.
I'm expecting a plumber to show up at any moment now. Would you believe that our hot water has died again?
On the bright side I've discovered that I can go to the Melbourne City Baths and have a swim, spa, sauna and a shower for just under $15.
Time for some food and cleaning. I can barely see the desk at the moment and studying in the kitchen is bad for me. Too much food!
Firstly fitness, or lack thereof. I will join the Carlton Baths as soon as I get paid out from Salesforce. In the interim I'm going to give one of those pilates DVDs a shot. There's something that I don't like about them, I'm not sure what, but I figured I needed to start while I'm still keen.
Today is not a good day for cycling. I discovered this as I rode to the shops to get some notebooks for uni and the aforementioned DVD. It was rather windy and I was getting blown across the road a little. Perhaps if I get fit I can gain some weight and not be so easily swayed by the wind.
I also returned the DVDs that I'd hired last week and got some new ones that I'm looking forward to watching. I bought Closer from our video store for a bargain $19.95 and it's barely scratched! Love the language of that film. Some really great lines. Damn I'm glad I bought that!
Anyway... due to a miscalculation in funds transfers I've got to wait till tomorrow to buy my textbook and despite my fast reading skills I'm concerned that I'll be behind in my first week of studying Myth in the Ancient world. I've actually got readings to do for that subject. Two chapters. I'm hoping they're short... I've tried searching the libraries in Victoria but no one seems to have it.
I'm expecting a plumber to show up at any moment now. Would you believe that our hot water has died again?
On the bright side I've discovered that I can go to the Melbourne City Baths and have a swim, spa, sauna and a shower for just under $15.
Time for some food and cleaning. I can barely see the desk at the moment and studying in the kitchen is bad for me. Too much food!
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Stuff
I have succumbed to the wonder that is the eBook/eReader on my Palm. I started reading The Time Machine on my palm, just because it was there really and then before I knew it I was searching for other eBooks and now have The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (everyone should read this one), The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (which I have already read in the traditional book format), Full-Blooded Fantasy (a collection of short fantasy stories I think) and The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley on there as well.
Yesterday I was incredibly awake... I woke up at 5:30am with Gene and couldn't sleep till 1am this morning. Today however I woke Gene up at 5:30am (well, the Palm woke us both) and after he left I fell back asleep (a first in weeks) and proceeded to sleep unhindered until 1pm. Apparently I'm not good with compromise on my sleeping habits. So while I achieved several things yesterday, today's to-do list will have to carry over to tomorrow.
I ended up hiring some DVDs yesterday figuring that I should occupy myself with something while I crocheted. In the end I got Closer which I watched yesterday and loved, Gosford Park, Angels in America (which I've only seen the last part of on tele) and Intimate Strangers. I tried watching Gosford Park last night too but I was a little too tired to follow the characters, plus I was distracted my an overwhelming urge to cook dinner. So I think I'll finish watching the movie now.
Yesterday I was incredibly awake... I woke up at 5:30am with Gene and couldn't sleep till 1am this morning. Today however I woke Gene up at 5:30am (well, the Palm woke us both) and after he left I fell back asleep (a first in weeks) and proceeded to sleep unhindered until 1pm. Apparently I'm not good with compromise on my sleeping habits. So while I achieved several things yesterday, today's to-do list will have to carry over to tomorrow.
I ended up hiring some DVDs yesterday figuring that I should occupy myself with something while I crocheted. In the end I got Closer which I watched yesterday and loved, Gosford Park, Angels in America (which I've only seen the last part of on tele) and Intimate Strangers. I tried watching Gosford Park last night too but I was a little too tired to follow the characters, plus I was distracted my an overwhelming urge to cook dinner. So I think I'll finish watching the movie now.
RSI
Stupid RSI. I'm in the mood to write today however my enthusiasm to finish crocheting my rug/blanket has rendered me in pain (my wrist/forearm is playing up again). Now if I was sensible I'd see the doctor (last time this happened he said I did good by coming and getting it treated because if left untreated, the inflamed tissue could scar causing permanent damage) however I'm lazy and between walking to the video store and the doctor... Well let's just say I'm looking forward to watching Gosford Park!
I went shopping today to buy actual food to cook (as opposed the the usual junk Gene & I buy). Speaking of junk food, Gene's decided he's not allowed to eat chicken munchies any more because they make him sick. I'm glad he's finally seen the link. These chicken munchies secreted juices that stained our nice white baking dish permanently. I doubt they can be good for you!
Having bought some actual food I've done some cooking. This is an achievement for me. Aside from the sore arm which makes it a little harder, I have a tendency to not cook/eat if there's only myself at home (just can't be bothered usually). Today I made a large (4L) stock pot of soup, minestrone-esque in style and caramel date pudding. The smell of the pudding is permeating the house and I'm trying very hard to save it until Gene comes home to cut it... trying being the operative!
Loving the Palm still. Enjoying writing lots of notes and lists and appointments (like try and help Naomi move house on the 11th September). Discovered I can even keep notes on conversations with people in a history folder... Solitare is good too. Okay. Arm hurts and ibuprofen hasn't kicked in yet. Ouch. I go.
I went shopping today to buy actual food to cook (as opposed the the usual junk Gene & I buy). Speaking of junk food, Gene's decided he's not allowed to eat chicken munchies any more because they make him sick. I'm glad he's finally seen the link. These chicken munchies secreted juices that stained our nice white baking dish permanently. I doubt they can be good for you!
Having bought some actual food I've done some cooking. This is an achievement for me. Aside from the sore arm which makes it a little harder, I have a tendency to not cook/eat if there's only myself at home (just can't be bothered usually). Today I made a large (4L) stock pot of soup, minestrone-esque in style and caramel date pudding. The smell of the pudding is permeating the house and I'm trying very hard to save it until Gene comes home to cut it... trying being the operative!
Loving the Palm still. Enjoying writing lots of notes and lists and appointments (like try and help Naomi move house on the 11th September). Discovered I can even keep notes on conversations with people in a history folder... Solitare is good too. Okay. Arm hurts and ibuprofen hasn't kicked in yet. Ouch. I go.
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