Singular Scene

So Singular in Each Particular

Lots of News – Lookout Deeleea’s back in fine form

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One I did not discover the meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything today, the temperature was hot but by no means 42degrees C. Bah – Some little weather troll probably stroked their beard and mused aloud that it could get as high as 42 and someone took it as gospel!!! From the info I can find on the web the temperature didn’t break 40 – maybe 38-39. This is a happy thing.. it means it was pleasant to come home in my non airconditioned car… and my flat is getting a sea breeze that was not to be expected! There you go! All is well.
[Update: Only reached 35deg…]

Two Further to the home front I may have found another flatmate for when the Count moves out (planning ahead… hooray). I happened to be in a conversation with a bunch of my workmates today and Adder who is a part timer in the office was there. He practically had himself moved in by the time the conversation had ended. This is ok… he is very housetrained guy and while he is definitely NOT gay he is the sort of guy who would make a great girlfriend… You know what I mean right? The kind of bloke who is at ease with chicks and knows how to live with them.

Not like the Count. Oh God… he is arriving in 4 days…

Three I nearly got killed in my car today… A completely stupid person pulled from a side street out in front of me causing me no small amount of consternation (isn’t that a great word?) and a short sharp blast on the horn. Wish it had been a train horn… he would have soiled himself then… It took half an hour for my pulse rate to return to normal and after a coffee I was able to thank the ‘hood angels’ for sticking their feet out in front of them once again and protecting my car and me.

Four Finally, I took delivery of my wireless adaptor card today – it’s a beautiful thing… Ostensibly (‘nother great word) I bought it to use at Coldie’s place where they have a wireless network. Otherwise I can’t connect to their internet connection and I am at an immediate disadvantage when I go over to hang out and play geeks with her… So, now that they have an unlimited download limit on their broadband connection I can go over there and the two of us can surf till our hearts are contented!! The spin off is that I can use the lap top wirelessly at work as we have a wireless network there and the less cables on my desk the happier I am right?? Finally I will also be able to take it to wireless cafes and drink coffe and surf too… this could prove useful in the future…

I can see that my next purchase will be a wireless router for home and a broadband connection… so much for a $36.00 purchase… I foresee it costing a whole lot more than that before long…

Enough Said

ABC easy as 123

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I spent the whole day on the sofa – I mean it… I got up long enough to get some takeaway food from the local thai… and to hang out the washing. A whole weekend where idleness and sleep was the order of the day. Sorry to be blogging about such tedious behaviour, I swear there really is nothing else going on…

Actually, more precisely I spent the day watching the ABC (Public Television like the BBC or PBS).

It was largely because the other 4 channels were dominated by sport and as I consider cricket and golf 2 of the most tedious spectator sports I felt it to be the best of a bad lot… It was brilliant actually…

I watched Songs of Praise and was blessed by wonderful old songs and carols from Godmanchester, and then from Wells cathedral…

Then I increased my knowledge of the goings on of rural Australia by watching Landline… Got inspired and amused by Gardening Australia, the presenter is a trip… Then Message Stick where I learned how to cook with indigenous foods, watched the Young (classical) performers awards and then went to the opera to see the tragic story ‘The Stepdaughter’… By that time I was ready for some fun and hauled out Singing in the Rain from my small video collection.

It is such a good thing to have public television, not the least because it has no advertising but above all because it provides quality programming that broadens one’s horizons rather than narrows them. I hope public opinion continues to stand behind the ABC and continues to encourage government to support it with cash. Though I am the first to admit I don’t often choose to go to it first. Yet I am always glad when I do…

If I hadn’t been watching today I would never have realised that I get to watch a series about King Henry the 8th and his wives over the next couple of weeks… An admirable substitue for CSI don’t you think???

And So It Begins

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I was dining with Miss Lisa last night and she told me off soundly for being slack at posting … So I am posting so I don’t get into further hot water!!!!

There has been very little happening lately, and I have been really tired so haven’t had much to report … However… this morning on arrival at work I decided to start charting the 8 week chapter about the Count… So Buckle up it’s going to be an interesting ride…

The Count has started moving a little bit of stuff into the flat… I have wanted to be generous in helping make the moving process as smooth as possible so haven’t minded that stuff is arriving before official moving in date. I think this is acceptable, however due to the intense nature of this guy I get a bit pressured to be deciding 24 hours in advance if I am going to be home so he can drop stuff off etc… You have to understand that I’m not the sort of girl who plans that far in advance… 24 mins is probably my limit… Actually the worst thing about it is his expectation that I will arrange my life to suit… As a consequence I am more likely to dig my heels in and make it a little less easy … (So call me a cow… You know you want to…)

This morning is indicitive once again of his attitude… He advised he hadn’t brought stuff to drop off tonight. He may bring stuff on Saturday instead… Of course I said, I may not be available on Saturday. I think it was the fact he didn’t ask if I was going to be home and instead assumed that I would be… That’s the kicker…

So, he said “When am I going to get a key?”

I replied, “When you start paying rent. *rolling her eyes across the desk at Shoe*

Silence

“You can start paying rent now if you like, then I can give you a key…”

End of discussion.

Please don’t tell me I am making a huge mistake inviting the Count to move in, you gotta know he is bascially just an ok guy with no clues about dealing with people… tell you what, he is going to be on a steep learning curve with me… And *deep breath* it’s only for 8 weeks.

She signs off to go and draw up a tenancy contract…

Listening to Idol Reports

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Well … this is a brief story as I am writing at the office while the boss is away…

On Sunday 20 members of our worship team joined a choir of school students from the other side of Sydney to sing in the Grand Final of Australian Idol.

Now, you have to understand, in our household it was Bliss who was the Idol fan, I could watch it with her but did not go out of my way to see what was going on!!! But, in case you hadn’t heard (therefore are living somewhere other than Australia) the two finalists were Anthony Callea (21) and Casey Donovan a 16 year old high school student…

Erana Clark, a member of our church, is the vocal coach for Idol and is the means by which we were invited to be a part of the event. So, in spite of my non committal attitude to the whole show I decided that it was an experience not to be missed.

We rehearsed on Thursday evening, took home cd copies of the song we were singing and practised at home and then met up with the other choir on Sunday afternoon for rehearsal and camera rehearsals with Casey and Anthony and a full dress rehearsal with the other final 12 Idol finalists.

As with any of these events the kudos of being involved is often better than the experience, it was impossible to hear the proceedings as the sound system was projecting to the audience and the choir had no foldback. This is normal, and not a criticism, but it was tricky when the kids next to me were bitching because their seats weren’t good enough, they werent going to get caught on camera and they couldn’t see… Too teenage… so insensible of the thrill of being a part of it that the minutae of such details ruined it for them!!!

Some of the other (younger) members of our team went off autograph and photo hunting, took the opportunity to walk up the red carpet in front of the thousands of spectators on the Opera House steps and revelled in the whispered comments “who’s that? Do you recognize them???” etc … too funny …

The final outcome was that Casey was crowned Australian Idol, much to the surprise of the nation. There is little doubt that Anthony is the better singer but Casey seems to have caught the imagination of the public. I only hope it turns into a good thing for her, being so young and cutting her studies short for this which could be such a fleeting thing may not serve her well. Still, I wasn’t thinking about that when I voted for her… I really didn’t think she could win against Anthony… guess the rest of Australia thought the same!

So, there you have it… a brief (!) inside look… It was a great night… and one I would do again… To think, I thought my first look at the Opera House would be at Harry Connick next year… now I have not only been inside, I have been backstage and have actually performed there… Life is good. Sydney is full of these opportunities… will let you know if there are more!

Enough Said