random though # 1

I hate it when the audience sings along to the slow, quiet, heartfelt songs.

Oui, jet'aime!

If Rob dances like a rapping lizard, then Jarvis dances like a rapping chicken.

I'd forgotten how good he was on stage. Such a presence, and he actually talked to the crowd. Some guy behind us was yelling at him to shut up, but I thought it was nice. Seeing as most of the crowd was there to see him, not necessarily his music, he should have been allowed to talk as much as he wanted, even if it was inane babble.

The highlight of the night beyond a doubt though, was Phoenix. They absolutely rocked the house, and the pants off most of the female audience members.

Sexy French music boys.

Mmmm mmm! I wasn't that into their music before the show, but they did it so well live. An amazing sound, the mixing was so much better than Jarvis, and just their whole vibe on stage was awesome.

The whole night got me back into a music frame of mind, so I followed it up last night with The Drones at The Corner. Again, great show. These guys really can't go wrong, although my night was very close to ruined by a certain shot of cheap tequila.

So, two sleeps 'till I'm off to Byron. I was looking at The Apollo Bay Music Festival line up, it looks quite entertaining........... but then I had to remind myself that after Easter I'm on festival detox. We'll probably have to add a few more things to the detox list after that too.

Lord Of Magic Dance

He does love to Dance, but this is nothing on the rapping lizard.

Goodbye summer

I got another email today saying how great I was. When work is shit and you really don't want to be there, that makes all the difference.

Only 2 weeks now 'till I'm off to Byron. Then I guess I'll have to stay in cold old Melbourne. Today was the first day it's actually been wet, and vaguely cool. Still sticky and humid, but a chance to get into the new season fashions. Bearably wearing long sleeves is quite a change to being uncomfortable wearing any clothes at all.

Music fan found dead at festival

Paul Anderson
Herald Sun, Melbourne
March 13, 2007 12:00am


A YOUNG medical student has died at a country music festival after an apparent booze binge at the Golden Plains Festival in Meredith.The student, 21, of Prahran, was found dead in his tent at about 8am yesterday.
He died in his sleep as a friend slept beside him.
Police were awaiting autopsy results yesterday, but sources said the young man may have choked on his own vomit as he slept.
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Paramedics at the inaugural long weekend music festival worked for half an hour to try to save the man, who had a cardiac arrest, said Rural Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen.
The man was a medical student who was doing rounds at Melbourne hospitals as an intern.
News of the death spread through the scores of groups preparing to pack up as the festival wound up about noon yesterday.
Police are preparing a brief for the coroner.
A day earlier, five people were treated in hospital after a car crash near the festival.
One woman, 32, was flown to the Alfred hospital with spinal injuries.
Other patients with neck, head and leg injuries were taken to Ballarat and Geelong hospitals.
Unconfirmed reports suggested one of the
cars had been driven from the festival just before the collision.
Other music festivals experienced troubles at the weekend.
Police at the four-day Port Fairy Folk Festival broke up a scuffle between several young men as a large crowd urged them to fight.
Two men, both 21, were in hospital after they were stabbed during a brawl at the Future Music Festival at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Sunday night.
One had surgery for seven stab wounds, but police said the injuries were not life threatening.
A Broadmeadows man, 21, was helping police with their inquiries.
The stabbings followed the arrest of 36 festival-goers on suspected drug offences.
Event organiser Future Entertainment said in a statement: "We are shocked and saddened that a needless violent incident like this could occur at one of our events.
"Our primary concern is for the wellbeing of the young men injured, and our thoughts go out to them and their families.
"We work very closely with Victoria Police and fully support their PAD (drug dog) operation, which resulted in arrests outside the venue.
"We are still working with police, medical staff and security to ascertain all the facts surrounding this (stabbing) incident."

Festy

Off to another festival tomorrow.

Oh when will it end?!?!?!?

Easter.

Definitely Easter. Then I'm on festival detox 'till Meredith.

What's an ipod?

Is that when you punch a jellyfish in the face?
-Matcham Skipper 2007

Good Luck

This morning I decided not to wear a hat on my daily morning walk.


Normally I stick a cap over my frizzy hair, and to disguise the fact I'm still nearly asleep. But this morning I thought I didn't need it.

Turned out I was wrong.

Just over half way I felt a drop on the top of my head...

That was just water.....

It's got to be water......

Right....

Turns out I was wrong.

I don't know why they had to change blogger. I was perfectly happy with the old one, and now it's all large fonts and unfamiliar windows.

Only 9 days to Golden Plains! Woo hoo! Very excited. Obviously not as excited as Meredith. But hoping for just as good a time.

If anyone needs Golden Plains tix, I have people.

No Jokes!

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The level of service compared to my other appointments so far has been second to none. This made such a big impression on me as it was such a special day for me.

I have a year until my wedding but am already in love with one of your dresses and will be sure to be back, and be sure to recommend your shop.

Thanks again,
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It's funny where life takes you sometimes. Yesterday I spent the aftenoon talking to Zac Protopapas, at Ruebar, for Lochie Ashelford's going way drinks. I haven't seen either of those people since hgh school and I wasn't loking forward to it, but I actually had a good time. I did spend quite a lot of time talking about weddings though, not something I ever thought woud be my small talk area of expertise.

I have to admit it...... I hooked up a myspace. I know I will never live it down. Now I have been burned. Evil, Evil, Evil.

Watch out for the killer palm trees!

St Kilda Festival rally sucked this year. It was blowing a gale, and 'cos it's so dry dust, dirt and grass was constantly flying in your face at a million miles an hour. This did make for some funny times watching people scamper out of the way as huge chunks of palm tree came flying down at them.

We took our solace and solitude from the good old RSL. Well, not so much solitude, as it was packed when we walked in there. But we still managed to get ourselves a neat litle patch of ground on whch to park our be-hinds.

We only emerged to see 'the mighty crane' put on their rock show. I loved it! Singin' along and all.

Awesome to see Daisy too,




and hang out wiht my sister drinking vodka red bull.

No matter how many times you climb Mt Oberon to watch the sunset it remans unbearably beautiful. Last Friday nigh especially.

We set off early so as to set an easy pace, so even when we got to the top it was still warm with a mild breeze floating across fom the ocean. Cardies were needed after the sun went down but as soon as we satred off back down the hill it was singlet and shorts again.

When I woke up yesterday morning at The Prom I did not expect to finish the day drinking absinthe at a burlesque show.

As usual it was really hot for the pack up of the site with just Rob and I trying to figure out what to do with all the bits and pieces left over from two weeks at the beach, peaking with 30 people for dinner on my mum's birthday.

Then driving home with a trailer which sent my car down at the back on a 45 degree angle and no lights. Fun, fun, fun!



Then, just for something completely different I went to a burlesque night at the Spanish club. Unfortunately it was a little disappointing. It felt like I was at some dirty high school talent show.

Excepting of course the lovely Amelia Wood. Although I have seen her in her underwear before, part and parcel of a costume job, it was very odd to see someone you know stripping all sexy up on stage. My old 'new best friend' Marawa was there too, doing he hula thang. She is one foxy lady.

It's good to be back home, at least until I go back to work, can't say I'm looking forward to that one.

The weather's looking up! So it looks like I'll be at the Prom till at least Saturday!

Snake on a Bush

This is what I woke up to on Wednesday of last week. A liitle blury I know, but a big fat tiger snake, just outside my bedroom window. My bedroom window which I had left open all night in the hope that the blistering heat would subside. Unfortunately the temp outside didn't drop below 28, so I risked my life through snake bite for nothing.

This sighting made me paranoid for about a day- keeping my doors and windows shut, wearing shoes whenever outside and making plenty of noise, looking around whenever I heard a rustle in the leaves around anywhere.

Over it now though, but I am still thinking about a flywire screen for that window.

Since Christmas I've been reading a book, The Kite Runner and been totally enveloped by it's story and the world it is set in.

I had to stop reading on the train on the way home this morning 'cos I kept crying. It is a seriously good book, and I'm not just a wussy girl.

Turns out they just finished a film version of it in America. If they can pull it off it should be amazing!