This is my 301st post on this here little blog of mine - which, given its rather lucklustre beginnings, is quite an achievement!
Rather than recapping on how and why I started blogging, let me quickly recap on the last few days instead.
Friday I was supposed to go and see the opening of a new show at The Malthouse, but I was pretty knackered, so stayed home and watched a couple of DVD's instead: the gay film Defying Gravity, which I'd been wanting to see for ages (about a closeted gay frat boy - not great to be honest, and rather dated now, but still capable of moving me to tears) and Dreams in the Witch House, based on the short story by H. P. Lovecraft, and part of the US Masters of Horror series. I bought it on Amazon a few weeks ago, and then of course got a media release this week announcing that the whole series is about to be released locally...
Saturday I started reading a pile of grant applications for Arts Victoria (I'm a peer assessor on the New Work: Presentation panel) before heading off to the innaugural gay grogblogging get-together at the Prince of Wales, organised by DUP. Not a huge turn out, but a lovely afternoon spent in the company of Adrian, Aaron, and R*yan talking about everything queer under the sun. Next I headed out to Yarraville, to the home of poet Paul Mitchell, for a delightful evening of continued drunken shenannigans. A couple of years ago myself, Paul and two other writers, Andy Jackson and David Prater were teamed up as part of a poetry slam; last night we (without Davey but with the added company of Ryan Payne, the new editor of Voiceworks) had a get-together, which involved an excellent meal, several bottles of wine, absinthe at Aqua et Vino, and bad karaoke at the Commercial Hotel. Great fun. I ended the night by heading into the city for a 'hucks night' - a combined hens and bucks night party for a couple of friends I met through Q + A, before I literally staggered home...
Sunday: Worked, procrastinated, blogged, drank, fretted about my finances, etc. Grant applications are really starting to shit me, I have to say; I think this might be my last round on the panel.
But, here's a few things that have cheered me up today.
The G-man has blogged about the Emperor Norton, who's birthday it was today. Hurrah!
Then I watched the regular trailer and the uncensored trailer for John Cameron Mitchell's new film Shortbus, which I'm seeing soon at a media preview, and cannot wait to see.
Now I'm tired, and I'm going to bed, so I can get up at 6.30am and write my bloody 'Art of the City' column for Beat magazine before heading into the MCV office....
2 comments:
hey buddy..great blog! all the good bloggers are in Melbourne! no one writes in Sydney!
Thanks, mate - much appreciated!
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