Let them eat cake... and sew.

It was morning tea day today at work (once a month for birthdays). I ate cake and then felt sick. I also stuffed up my supposed diet. Ho hum. The challenge of cake.

I have been a bit quiet lately - no going out. No fun. And therefore no funky shows/movies to write about!

The reason for this is that I have been doing a fair bit of work. So I do have stuff to advertise! I have been making a gown for one of Cleopatra's handmaidens for NIDA's upcoming production of Anthony and Cleopatra. I am also making 7 slinky slipdresses for NIDA's 3rd year show Sweet Charity. My dresses are probably not a very interesting part of the production but Nicko is doing the sound design which is a big job as there will be an orchestra to deal with and lots of radio mikes. So I don't get to see him very often at the moment either. There are also some great actors who I have worked with in years previous performing in it. My mate Jess who played Ophelia in Hamlet last year is performing the role of Charity. The nice thing about them doing a musical is that a few people who don't always get a look in on big parts are getting a chance to show what they can do. I like that!

Work is getting busy too. I worked on Barber of Seville earlier in the year which is about to open in Sydney next week, and coming up are Tales of Hoffmann and Streetcar Named Desire which both should be amazing shows which lucky me I got to buy for. So if you feel like a night at the opera, these three shows look good at least!

So there you go. Thats why I haven't had much to post about! No social life to speak of!

I am escaping my dressmakers dummy for tonight though to pop out to meet the Mingers for TRIVIA - yay! I am going to attempt to be good so as not to feel bad tomorrow... watch this space!

Friday afternoon procrastination and reminiscence of mighty glory...

I didn't get to boast about our latest glory - "When Minger met Minger" hammered them at the Gladstone Trivia this week. I am getting used to not paying for drinks there! We were a team with its full contingent this week -
Minger Justin - strengths: current and obscure sport, Australiana including pub rock
Minger Gidget - strengths: literature and pulp fiction, history, odd musicals, general oddities, classical music and the 80s
Nicko - strengths: Trains, engines, odd music, crap music, contraptions, also general oddities
Jimmy - strengths: books, movies, musicals, faces, history, crap music and trash mag gossip
Tony - strengths: anything you may want to debate about, history, wierd geography and pretty much anything political.

As you can see we almost cover all possibilities! Thats why we keep winning! We beat the closest competition by 10 points or so this week and we also won 2 spot questions! $80 all up. Hooray!

what not to do and when not to do it...

Yes. I was celebrating last night - our third consecutive win at Gladstone Park trivia! Hooray! Mrs Minger confiscated all the prize money though. It didn't help - there was celebrating to be done, school night be damned!

I am feeling less enthusiastic about our win today as I am suffering for it. mmm.

I have learned a new thing - that when you post on blogger inebriated, there tends to be more woofing. No surprise there really.