Judy, Greg, Cotton and I went to see an amateur production of the musical “Chess”, performed by the Eastwood Uniting Church Musical Society at West Ryde this afternoon. As far as amateur productions go, it was pretty good, with the musical direction being absolutely terrific. Greg said the guitar solo at the end of “Pity The Child” was the best he’s ever heard… and apparently, he knows about these things. The singing and acting were…
It’s Monday night on my first day back at work and I’m exhausted. It’s almost like that feeling when you’ve finish high school or university and you get your first full-time job in the “real workforce” – as opposed to short-term summer work – and you come totally exhausted. I’ve had a great couple of weeks getting out of bed late, doing lunch, having afternoon naps, socialising and then being totally irresponsible about when I…
It’s Friday afternoon and I’ve just been sitting in the nearby park enjoying the sunshine. What a nice way to spend the afternoon, watching the people with dogs in a park that doesn’t allow dogs, watching the retired people go for their afternoon walks, watching the “disco boy” with an iPod bopping along as he walked. The weather for my birthday was also spectacular. I had lunch with Colin at the Bellevue Hotel at Paddington…
It’s Tuesday night and I’ve just been to the launch of the new Richard Glover book, Desperate Husbands, at Shearers Bookstore in Leichhardt. Oddly enough, I’ve just discovered today there’s two h’s in Leichhardt, which has come as quite a revelation. The last few days have been reasonably uneventful as I’ve slept in, watched television and haven’t done very much at all. I love holidays! An example of my general malaise is that it was…
Another one of those online tests… This Is My Life, Rated Life: 5.6 Mind: 6.9 Body: 5.7 Spirit: 6.3 Friends/Family: 3.9 Love: 2.1 Finance: 5.6 Take the Rate My Life Quiz What’s it all mean? Life: Your life rating is a score of the sum total of your life, and accounts for how satisfied, successful, balanced, capable, valuable, and happy you are. The quiz attempts to put a number on the summation of all of…
This was the first time I’ve ever seen David Campbell perform in cabaret before. The only other time I’ve seen him live was in the musical, “Only Heaven Knows” about 10 or so years ago at the Sydney Opera House. And so I was both excited and curious about going to the show at what I think is Sydney’s best cabaret venue, Bar Me. I’ve always felt a bit of a connection to David Campbell,…