second week of the month-long party than to spend it stretched out, on
an oversized haemorrhoid ring, in a marquue surrounded by palm trees,
holding many daiquiris, excellent food, spending the time with good
friends, hundreds of fruit-bats wheeling overhead, and being entranced
by the Spanish Harlem Orchestra for 2 hours. What a night it was :) -
MANY Thanks to Gary (who doesn't have an LJ, but what the hey...) who
buys additions and gadgets to make the 'marquee' bigger and better each
year (Hey! Nikki! I remember when we all started doing this? we used to
BUILD the marquee ;)), to Heidi (Sinclair, yes I deleted #46, now I just
have to find another one to take it's place), to Nikki (obviously for
said daiquiris and making this a tradition), to Eric (for being such a
good shot with a grape), David, Ruth and Ada (especially for providing
some excellent dancing and photo opportunities). I Twittered it earlier
- but even though the Salsa beat and the Orchestra was DAMNED fine! I
always (now) have that niggling in the back of my head whenever I hear
Salsa or Mambo music... (Senor B-u-u-urns!)
Over the past week I have filled up on MY yearly tradition of spending
as much time as I could at Bondi, watching some of the best short films
on the planet at Flickerfest, and this year was no exception. I never go
to the Awards at the end (Yes 'Gasp!' 'Shock!' I hear you say, not going
to an Awards show? Sacreligious!) to be honest - I like the short films,
but the Awards for Flickerfest are for the filmmakers - and they deserve
them every year. It's just not my thing on a Sunday night, y'know?
Anyway... the films this year were great and I recommend it to anyone
who likes film for next year :) Now I am looking forward to Tropfest
later in February. Who's coming to that with me?
Then of course there was the craziness of dashing home, getting changed,
and dashing back into the city to Die Maschine, which had the sidewalk
packed - and still a number of people inside. A night which seemed to
hearken back to the 'olden' days of DM, where there was the van out the
front, Amy on top of the van (go figure), MANY people in attendance, and
the sets were damned good too :). Thence to the Spa with Piggy,
Michelle, Barbara, Gill, and others in tow :) 'was a good morning - even
though I needed to crash for a couple of hours later in the day.
Now back to work and the Golden Globes get announced in a non-televised
(here) Press Conference at 4pm AEST - so there will be no Golden Globes
Champagne Soiree this year. Sorry. Can't celebrate what they don't
televise. However, there WILL be a SAG Awards and a BAFTA Awards
Soiree... just not so sure about the Oscars, yet (again because of the
ongoing Writer's Strike. That will be announced, soon, by the Academy.
So tonight is nothing, a night off, OMG! However, this week is very
heavy on the Festival shows with 'Au Revoir Paraplui' tomorrow night at
the Sydney Theatre, 'La Clique' at The fabulous Spiegeltent on Thursday,
'Ilotope: Water Fools' followed by 'Hellfire' on Friday night, and the
annual decadence which is Symphony Under The Stars (at The Domain) on
Saturday/night. A very busy week.
Right! now... off to do more work-stuff...
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