I’ve really got to stop turning up on time to gigs when I’m by myself. I’m late to absolutely everything else that goes on in my life, but whenever I’m seeing a band by myself I always seem to wander in just as the doors open and…oh dear, I’m the only person here that isn’t [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Folkstar
Posted in Music, comedy, tagged the bedroom philosopher on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Echidna Rescue
Posted in animal rescue, tagged echidna love, take that bindi irwin! on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I saved an echidna from an untimely squashing yesterday!
I was driving my way to work and only got around the corner from my place when I came across an echidna ambling around in the the middle of the road. After swearing loudly and doing some hasty swerving manoeuvres, I pulled over. The echidna was still standing in [...]
The Spirit of Giving
Posted in birthday on October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am now officially 23! Whee! Must admit I had been freaking out a little bit in the weeks leading up to my birthday, all a-thinkin’ oh dear 23 is a bit ridiculously old, is there an act I should be getting together by now? But now that it’s actually here I feel surprising good about [...]
South of the Border
Posted in cityscape, tagged melbourne musing on October 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve always been a north of the river kind of girl.
If you live in Melbourne you’ll know exactly what that statement refers to. The river is the Yarra, and the city has always been divided along it’s slow, snaking path.
The north of the river is a sprawl of Melbourne’s own strangely-upbeat brand of bohemia. There’s [...]
