Thursday, July 9, 2009
Last Post
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Sunshine
The sun came out today and I got mobile. I'm so predictable!
Vacuumed, cleaned the house, did some laundry, went out and unrugged the horses, went downtown and bought paper and ink and printed out the latest "Quandary" script, walked he dogs, went to Brian's and watched Michael Jackson stuff on Foxtel, checked out his poker set (still no idea how to play, but LOVE the feel of the chips), did some writing...
Sun's well and truly gone now and it's freezing. But - I hope - the sun'll come out tomorrow, betcha bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun...
I've been housesitting at Mum and Dad's house for a few weeks now and I'm thinking when I get home to my little house I'm gonna do some rearranging - my computer needs to be in my lounge room where the heater is. It is TOO COLD out the back. My mission for the last two weeks of holidays is to get very, very organised for Semester Two because there is no semester break next term. It's gonna be head down, tail up, and buckle down for sixteen weeks (during which "Quandary" will be performed, too). And then - somehow - it's LA or BUST!!!
Vacuumed, cleaned the house, did some laundry, went out and unrugged the horses, went downtown and bought paper and ink and printed out the latest "Quandary" script, walked he dogs, went to Brian's and watched Michael Jackson stuff on Foxtel, checked out his poker set (still no idea how to play, but LOVE the feel of the chips), did some writing...
Sun's well and truly gone now and it's freezing. But - I hope - the sun'll come out tomorrow, betcha bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun...
I've been housesitting at Mum and Dad's house for a few weeks now and I'm thinking when I get home to my little house I'm gonna do some rearranging - my computer needs to be in my lounge room where the heater is. It is TOO COLD out the back. My mission for the last two weeks of holidays is to get very, very organised for Semester Two because there is no semester break next term. It's gonna be head down, tail up, and buckle down for sixteen weeks (during which "Quandary" will be performed, too). And then - somehow - it's LA or BUST!!!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Disappointed
Can you believe it??? I got the date wrong for returning to uni - I thought we had this huge break, but there's only two weeks left, not three. I am not impressed by my own inaccuracy!
I just finished watching all "The L Word" dvds I could get my hands on and I had to know what happened after that - so I read all the episode summaries on the show's website - which I must say is a very time effective way of covering the show's last three seasons, although not as enjoyable. I am SO relieved that at the end of the final season Bette and Tina are still together and Tina has not run off with that man from season three and taken baby Angelica with her. Just as well!
The weather is no better today, as you can probably tell... I went with some uni friends to the cinema this afternon to see "Ice Age 3" but there were, like, hundreds of children there so we decided to give it a miss and get a dvd instead. We chose "Death Race". Yes. Well.
I just finished watching all "The L Word" dvds I could get my hands on and I had to know what happened after that - so I read all the episode summaries on the show's website - which I must say is a very time effective way of covering the show's last three seasons, although not as enjoyable. I am SO relieved that at the end of the final season Bette and Tina are still together and Tina has not run off with that man from season three and taken baby Angelica with her. Just as well!
The weather is no better today, as you can probably tell... I went with some uni friends to the cinema this afternon to see "Ice Age 3" but there were, like, hundreds of children there so we decided to give it a miss and get a dvd instead. We chose "Death Race". Yes. Well.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Shiver
I'm gonna say it again - it is so cool to be on holiday right now - it's just icy outside and I get to stay indoors, relax, blog, write, and watch hours and hours of TV series on DVD. I LOVED the first season of "30 Rock" - I knew I would, Tina Fey is a legend!
I had my Drama classes tonight. Last night I spent ages online finding monologues for kids, and I found quite a few - from "Finding Nemo" and "101 Dalmations" and "Alice in Wonderland" (amongst others) and I gave them to the younger group to do - and... (trumpets sound)... THEY DID IT!!! They focussed and read over them and then got up and read them in front of the group. I'm pretty chuffed!
Blazie and I braved the cold first thing this morning (actually Blazie LOVES the cold - must be that fur coat) and went out to give Sakie some extra feed. I brought her in and put my hands up under her rugs (she's wearing three) - it's toasty under there - thankfully!
I'm ready for a new commitment - I started the Celebrityslim diet four days ago - I didn't admit it till now because I've tried to start about four times in the last month and chucked it in after a day! This time, though, it's sticking. I didn't weigh myself before I started because it's too cold to get naked on the scale before breakfast but I will set a goal to reach by the opening night of Quandary - and I will set that goal as soon as I know when opening night is! So I'll keep you informed on my progress.
Speaking of Quandary, tonight I asked my theatre daughter Ann to teach me to play poker. We've decided to make every Tuesday night Poker Night. I'm so excited! She and Gosh are gonna teach me Texas Hold 'Em. This can be our mother/daughter bonding time - maybe we can work it into the play.
I'm gonna go watch "The L Word" Season Three. Bette and Tina just had their baby! Aww!
I had my Drama classes tonight. Last night I spent ages online finding monologues for kids, and I found quite a few - from "Finding Nemo" and "101 Dalmations" and "Alice in Wonderland" (amongst others) and I gave them to the younger group to do - and... (trumpets sound)... THEY DID IT!!! They focussed and read over them and then got up and read them in front of the group. I'm pretty chuffed!
Blazie and I braved the cold first thing this morning (actually Blazie LOVES the cold - must be that fur coat) and went out to give Sakie some extra feed. I brought her in and put my hands up under her rugs (she's wearing three) - it's toasty under there - thankfully!
I'm ready for a new commitment - I started the Celebrityslim diet four days ago - I didn't admit it till now because I've tried to start about four times in the last month and chucked it in after a day! This time, though, it's sticking. I didn't weigh myself before I started because it's too cold to get naked on the scale before breakfast but I will set a goal to reach by the opening night of Quandary - and I will set that goal as soon as I know when opening night is! So I'll keep you informed on my progress.
Speaking of Quandary, tonight I asked my theatre daughter Ann to teach me to play poker. We've decided to make every Tuesday night Poker Night. I'm so excited! She and Gosh are gonna teach me Texas Hold 'Em. This can be our mother/daughter bonding time - maybe we can work it into the play.
I'm gonna go watch "The L Word" Season Three. Bette and Tina just had their baby! Aww!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Cool Change
I heard on the news tonight that a "cool change" is on the way. A "COOL CHANGE"??? Thanks for the warning...
Leaving the house is like an extreme sport at present, and yet again I have my animals to thank for the fact that I even opened the front door today. When I finally did this horrid woman in black was cycling by screeching "I'll get you Dorothy - and your little dog, too"... but she took off in a hurry when she actually saw Blaze.
So I look forward to this "cool change". I guess there'll be glaciers and stuff.
But I'm not complaining. I watched my TV series on dvd and found some monologues for my students and even did a little tiny bit of writing on Storytimed.
There's no place like home.
Leaving the house is like an extreme sport at present, and yet again I have my animals to thank for the fact that I even opened the front door today. When I finally did this horrid woman in black was cycling by screeching "I'll get you Dorothy - and your little dog, too"... but she took off in a hurry when she actually saw Blaze.
So I look forward to this "cool change". I guess there'll be glaciers and stuff.
But I'm not complaining. I watched my TV series on dvd and found some monologues for my students and even did a little tiny bit of writing on Storytimed.
There's no place like home.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Out of the Doldrums
OK, don't know what happened there... just couldn't face the world. I did my interview in Canberra with the Department of Education on Monday and then went into complete and utter shutdown mode! I am forever grateful for my dog and my horse - because of them I have no option but to get up everyday, get dressed, go outside, do stuff...
But these two days have not been wasted. Nope. I have hired out and watched some TV series I wanted to see (I can never follow a TV series for long because 1. I forget to watch, and 2. Half the time I'm rehearsing something, somewhere.) So in the last two days I've watched two seasons of "The L Word", half a season of "30 Rock" and before too long I will start on "The Sarah Connor Chronicles". Last night I did the ultimate decadent thing - stayed up till 1am watching those horrible "Let's give some poor woman lots of free surgery to make her look better" shows. Guilty pleasures. Addictive.
Aside from all this lazing about I have a new motivator - my friend Mark (not young Mark, grown up ice-skater Mark) is going to LA and New York at the end of the year and I think I'm gonna go too, for a couple of weeks. Somehow.
But these two days have not been wasted. Nope. I have hired out and watched some TV series I wanted to see (I can never follow a TV series for long because 1. I forget to watch, and 2. Half the time I'm rehearsing something, somewhere.) So in the last two days I've watched two seasons of "The L Word", half a season of "30 Rock" and before too long I will start on "The Sarah Connor Chronicles". Last night I did the ultimate decadent thing - stayed up till 1am watching those horrible "Let's give some poor woman lots of free surgery to make her look better" shows. Guilty pleasures. Addictive.
Aside from all this lazing about I have a new motivator - my friend Mark (not young Mark, grown up ice-skater Mark) is going to LA and New York at the end of the year and I think I'm gonna go too, for a couple of weeks. Somehow.
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