monday it seems will hopefully be a writing day. i have had a couple of thoughts buzzing around in my skull re my manuscript, and i think it is about time i got them out of there and into my laptop. i came up with a conversation a while ago & finally i know where it'll fit in to the story. i think i'll share it with you. it goes something like this -
"i don't like white boys." the bridge of her nose crumpled as she grimaced, shaking the image of a semi-nude dave out of her mind. "dirt shows up so easy on them."
right. that made sense. "so you realise by that standard, you'd never know just how dirty brown boys are?"
her eyes twinkled. "exactly."

blogger's going a bit crazy, but i'm glad it's back - i'd rather have a slightly loopy blogger than no blogger at all.
yes, we are back from our fiji trip - have been for about two weeks - and i must say it helps to come back home when you have at least one thing to look forward to, ie postgrad. i am a words nerd, and proud of it. i can't wait to get started.
my gig on monday night at the local went fantabulously, the new material i wanted to try out worked like a charm and for the second time ever, i loved myself on stage (not literally though). hence i have been booked for another spot there on august 4, though i might have to come up with some new material by then.
last night was another first for me - i actually asked ged for a gig at the commercial. i have to get better at this self-promotion thing. anyway, i have to call him at some stage today and re-confirm.
i finally heard back from varuna, and i didn't get in to the development forum, though i did get a nice handwritten letter with mesages of genuine encouragement on it. i am quite happy with that, as it fits in with shalini's new outlook on life - mustn't be greedy. i have a lot of things to be thankful for right about now.
the only thing i am not too pleased about is being told by the real estate agent yesterday that the owner would like to move back into our house.
am i doomed to spend the rest of my life moving every six months?
i like the local area, but uni is on the other side of the westgate - together with the vast majority of our family members. all i want is a nice house with a dishwasher and ducted heating... please?

well, it seems fitting that i as i make this new posting, i am quietly sozzled on duty free bombay sapphire, and also that i am now the proud owner of the 'reality bites' dvd. back from fiji, and though it's freezing here, i'm really pleased to be home.
fiji was interesting. though it's a different place to what i remember, nothing's changed. it was interesting being back. i visited the house that we used to live in, and i think that was the objective of my trip. in retrospect, i would have liked to have spent more time there; wandered around with no cares about how long i'd been there, just sitting on the grass out the front, reminiscing, but it's not our house any more, so i couldn't do that.
though i never expected to see the inside of the house, the people that live there now welcomed us in; it was a surreal experience going into the house. though the floor and the walls and the lights were the same, it didn't smell like home. things that i remembered were missing; the outside stove we almost always had something cooking on was gone (where to, i'd like to know? someone just stole the stove? what's up with that?), the herb garden my dad had planted next to the outside tap. it was too weird for words but it still kinda felt like home. it was sad and lonely and exhilarating all at once.
i really miss that place.
other 'here' news - lil and matt welcomed orion william into the world yesterday morning. what a beautiful boy he is, too.
i have a gig booked to the local in st kilda for monday night. today, i received a vhs copy of the raw comedy finals in the mail. je-sus. watching that took me right back. the tape has been re-wound and put aside until some such time as i am in a better frame of mind.
jo's first solo exhibition at the dancing dog in footscray went extremely well - four people who walked in off the street just to check out what the fuss was about ended up buying a painting each. i am so proud! yaay!
i start post grad next month. and i have yet to hear anything from varuna.