I was off to do many things - and weirdly enough it became only one
thing - which blended into 2 things - which blended into 3 things... but
still the rain kept me away from the others things. (Will you STOP being
so cryptic!) OK.
So, I went off to Hellfire with Barbara and was meeting up with a few
people there - though they all didn't materialise. One person turned up
late after we left - but then decided to join Barbara and I in the spa
at home (at about 3am). This wasn't so bad at all, spending 5 hours with
Heather and Barbara talking about life the universe and everything. Of
course staying awake and then having the heavens open up, meant that in
my mind there was to be no Symphony at the Domain... and in reality it
was almost cancelled. I called the Sydney Festival and asked twice...
once when they said they would make an announcement within the hour but
it looked like it would be cancelled... and the second call was them
saying that it would go ahead. It was raining too much where I was at
that time so I made an executive decision and decided to wait until it
stopped raining.... it didn't.
I snoozed... and in doing so, I missed Craig Donarski's Birthday
drinks...dammit... Mr Craig, I have a present for you at home.
So, also, no Symphony At The Domain this year, to be honest the amount
of wet wasn't appealing to me (and while I think of it, congratulations
for Jon Kok for his pyro work on Ilotrope: Water Fools). Symphony I
always go to - but this year I think I supplemented it with Jazz... I
will also be going to see La Boheme in the Domain in a week or so.
Sunday was a day of nothing except that I DID get Events In Sydney
rolling again, for the new year and just in time for the Mardi Gras
Festival. Anyway, after the weekend, I simply went back to work...
Well, there was work and Projects and roll-outs happening, then there
were some which went horribly pear-shaped because of one of the PMs
seriously dropping several balls and then disappearing. So much so that
I had to hire another staff-member on the fly... but I'll let them
(they're on LJ) make the announcement as opposed to me. Suffice to say
that it's Staff=Deep-End.
That was the weekend and that has been my week so far... it's been...
er... real.
On the flip-side - The Razzie nominations have come out - AND the
Academy Award nominations are out today (I'll put the lists for those up
real soon). This also means that Sydney Screening will be having its
Pre-Oscars Screenings (for the third year, now) which will be posted
over at that group ASAP. Hot on the heels of that, comes the distressing
(for the Australian Film Industry) news of the passing of Heath Ledger.
The reasons for his death are speculation because no-one appears to have
been with him at the time and (as far as we know) there has been no note
left. Suffice to say that at 28, his talent left too soon...
Tomorrow is a half-day because tomorrow night I go to see The Police in
concert with Michelle (and I still have 2 tickets available in Section
405, folks, c'mon), followed by Big Day Out on Friday (I am hoping that
one of the people who are coming with us is able to solve a problem with
taking a half-day off Friday = working a full-day Saturday [WTF is with
THAT?]) otherwise she may not be able to come at all.
...and that's my lot right now.
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