Tall guys don't dig soul / Kamehameha!!!

Soul night at TONE!!

Brilliant venue, great vibe to the place. good music, movie nights and good pizza.

what do we notice?

there are a lot of short guys here

at least they seem to be our age group

And the bartender is really cute

So this scene tells us that tall guys don't like soul music, tall guys can't dance.

They kinda go together.

The few tall(ish) guys there - good on em for giving it a go - but lets face it they can't move as good as the shorter guys. Don't know why - just one of those things i guess, lower centre of gravity or something?!

So as for courtship - well the best offer I got was the guy I bumpd into on the way to the bathroom. I bumped into him agian on the way out and he told me how gorgeous I was and tht he wanted to dance. So I went to the dancefloor and never saw him again. 

Cardigan boy tried to get our attention - but never really had a chance. I'm sorry are you an american prep school boy from the 80's? Boys - dont ever tie your cardy or jumper around your shoulders. gay or straight it kinda screams "i have no fashion sense"

Biggest regret was leaving the really cool guy dancing with us. He had moves and he was having fun!! Sorry dude, but our time had come.

Other than this - I worked through the horrible rain, wind and cold that Sydney had all week with a headcold. (boohoo to me) So I am having a great, well deserved weekend in to myself. catching up on movies and still procrastinating about other stuff I need to do.

I have been needing brainless movies lately.

This Week

BAD TEACHER - brainless and fun. Justin Timberlake may have an acting career ahead of him yet?

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS - Jack Black and mindless entertainment - Tick

THE INVENTION OF LYING - Ricky Gervais does Ricky Gervais. Not great but an interesting concept and a few laughs.

DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION - A live action remake of a japanese classic story and a morning kiddie cartoon?! I used to watch this with my nephew religiously so I got a real kick out of watching real people do it. The acting is incredibly average and the american college setting ridiculous. Love the stunt action and effects! oh and James Marsters (Spike from Buffy the vampire slayer) plays Piccolo.

Kamehameha!!!!

Foodie Week

Zen - 20 Perouse Rd (the spot), Randwick

Japanese fusion restaurant. I used to love this place and i have friends that RAVE about it but now I'm not so sure.

I went there this week with my cuz, a fellow foodie.

it was ok. the teriyaki beef yum, the udon & Ramen good. I was in a hurry last week and my udon came out in minutes. So very impressed at the speed but the soup was a litttle luke warm, but the tempura was hot ( i think). The tempura is Very GOOD!

Gyoza just doesnt taste the same since i learnt how to make it (Thank you Godfather of Gyoza).  Zen's gyoza were kinda long & thin - this requires double dipping coz the whole dumpling won't fit in the sauce pot! and it's more than 1 mouthful. 

I like my Japanese food bitesized! Sushi - cute little nori rolls that fit easily into your dipping sauce and mouth. YES. now we have fusion and everyone trying to put MORE into everything. In Vancouver, in the land of all you can eat sushi - the rolls were THAT BIG that we ended up daring each other to shove the whole thing in our mouths - it was a quiet moment coz all our mouths were so full we could barely chew, let alone talk.

If you want good Japanese food - here's some of my favourites in Sydney. Otherwise go Vancouver for all you can eat sushi!!

Wasabi Bistro on Stanley St. We spent $70 (tea, no alcohol) for 2 of us and stuffed ourselves silly. it was all delicious even tho a touch pricy.

Sushi Fusion - 7 Belmore Rd, randwick

Ten - 80 Belmore Rd, Randwick.

Sushi-Goi - 230 Coogee Bay Rd, Coogee

ALSO this week - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST at The Exchange Hotel in Balmain. What a great venue! it's a bar, it's a bistro and it's a theatre space!!! I shared a beer battered fish n chips and the salt n pepper squid - YUM! the squid was amazingly soft, don't know what they did to it but it was great.

THE NEPALESE KITCHEN - 481 Crown St Surry Hills.

a very reasonably priced banquet meal. Momo(chicken dumplings), battered prawns, potato fritter things, beef, beans, curry...i don't remember the names or exactly what we had but it's definitely worth a go. I walked away rubbing my bellyful of yummy goodness.

The CLOCK hotel - 470 Crown St

busy, happening, good crowd, weak drinks and the lights go on at midnight.

The COLUMBIAN - Cnr of Crown & Oxford

upstairs, dj's, dancing and a couple a shots. It was an interesting group last night - we had gay, straight, married, single and mum's. A big up to the Columbian for ignoring all these labels. It was just a room full of people having fun!!!!

how do you like your tea?

I was having a cup of tea with a friend. (Moroccan mint & spices) I declined her offer of honey and said "I like my tea straight." She giggled and said, "like your men!"
I couldn't deny it.


I have my Irish breakfast tea strong, not too milky, with one sugar. - Strong, tanned and sweet but not too sweet.
Couldn't deny that one either.


She went onto describe how my car also reflected my taste in men. Its an old skool Suzuki vitara - A little rough and rugged, practical and fun.


that's 3 for 3.


think about it! 
;-)

Sunday 10th July 2011

Another busy week for this little munky. The usual catching up with friends here and there in between my rare 9-5 work week, coffee catch ups, lunches,  industry networking, ice skating at the beach, a delayed hangover, lack of sleep and a few quiet nights in. ;-)

I have been to a couple of industry networking do's lately and what I got out of it was that I've done a lot in my career, and I am very happy to be working at the moment. Unfortunately, a large number of participants are wanna be filmmakers not quite working in the industry. I had people ask me what a DOP and and AD do. Now, I don't expect everyone to know this, but if you claim to be in the industry you should really should know some basics. Besides all that it was a great catchup with industry friends who do know what  an AD does.

That was Thursday night - I got home at 2am, my alarm went off at 8 and I was in the office by 9. A can of V and numerous cups of tea saw me through the day and after a good serve of dumplings and  another can of V I headed to Bondi Beach to go ice skating with my girls. Yes - Ice skating on Bondi Beach!! That was pretty cool. I think I was spoilt as a kid skating at the ice rink in my school holidays. I thought the skates were ridiculously blunt and the ice was so carved up it was snow!  No Zamboni!!! Anyhoo, a couple of drinks and home by midnight.

The human body amazes me. 

I woke up on Saturday to what felt like the hangover I should have had on Friday morning. Mind over matter....hmmm? My Body knew I had to get through a day in the office and a night of ice skating on Friday so I delayed the entire hangover by a day. 

It's like when you've been really busy and when you finally get a break, you get sick. On set I CANNOT get sick. I was surrounded by flu and cold germs and even a stomach bug, working in the outdoors in all conditions - day, night, sun, rain, wind. Miraculously, I escaped unharmed. Now, I'm not going to get too cocky here coz I still have another 4 weeks shoot left.

Is it just me or does this happen to everyone?

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Running a little short on time today and will have to get into it later tonight.

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3/7/2011


I rang my mother at 10am this morning, she said, "what are you doing up so early?". How did she know I was out late last night? Mum's, they're amazing!!


What have I been doing this week?  Let's see - 2 movies, a dinner out, strata meeting, location recces,  speed networking, screenings of 2 different shows i have done this past year, dinner at a friend's house, birthday dinner at Thai Potong in Newtown. Busy much?


Seriously - my life is not always like this!! This blog is making it look like it's all I do but remember after sleeping in on Sunday mornings I am at home writing this up on my laptop. 


So last night saw me split my time between my bestie's birthday dinner & drinks in Newtown and the cast & crew screening of HOUSOS. I sandwiched the dinner & drinks with the screening. Thai Potong banquet!!! Belly rubbing goodness all round. It was lovely to see my bestie surrounded by lots of loving friends (old and new and just as kinda split as mine was - but that is the downfall of large groups on long tables. Go the chinese restaurant round table - so much more social!) 
It's the first time in 4 years of pre-shoot drinks, wrap parties and screenings where I couldn't be there and I didn't have to work it. It felt weird to have to sneak away but I went back to catch up with the stayers, and so glad i did.


I also realised just how public an outlet this really is. 
Someone asked me "is it really that hard to meet people these days?". He had read my blog. I was a little surprised coz he isn't quite the target market but hey - if i'm going to post it here then I'm asking for it to be read, right?
I started this after about 6 months of a friend pestering me to start a blog coz I was forever spouting off random comments to her about anything, everything and nothing. So why not share the love and post it all in a blog. I have written for myself for years, never quite sure where it would take me and it seems I now have the arrogance to think what I have to say needs to be heard/read/posted online. 


My aim is to post something weekly. It started after an interesting Saturday night out but it won't always be like that. I do tend to ponder questions about human interaction and relationships but you may get the occasional rant about movies and/or restaurants. Y'know, it's the kind of ramblings you have after a bottle or 2 of red wine and you get all deep and philosophical.