Lots of fun things have been happening recently. I've seen Richard E Grant talking about his life in Swaziland, England and America. Elissa had her birthday, and I was able to unveil the Kermit The Frog I've been working on recently, and the prototype model, which isn't quite as pretty. George had his birthday and we ate a huge amount of food, and I took a photo of my posterior on Sam's camera, just for the hell of it. We played mini-golf and I got a hole in one. In fact, all three of us got holes in one at one stage. I watched England go from a 22-22 draw at 60 minutes to a 55-22 loss, versus South Africa. And tonight I've got the book club's first book-related meeting (we read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, it's a great book, I thoroughly recommend it. I've been very lucky to be involved in a lot of these things - the food at George's birthday was amazing, and the Richard E Grant thing was surprisingly entertaining - I have a lot more respect for the man now, and I had plenty to start with.
But none of it has felt like it's worth blogging about, cause it all feels like stuff I could do in London. Well, no, not Elissa or George's birthday, nor shows at the Opera House, but the show could have been at the Barbican and the birthdays could have been other birthdays, in themselves... what I'm trying to say is that none of it feels uniquely Australian. Maybe what I'm trying to say is that none of it has involved the beach.
This Saturday (I think it's Saturday) I'm going for a walk with Elissa's family along the coast just north of the harbour. It'll involve sunshine, the Pacific Ocean and the beach. I'll take photos, because my Flickr account is feeling neglected. It should be nice and Australian. Even more than last night's creamy bacon and kangaroo bolognese.
I'll probably post some of the things people said about the book tomorrow too - and anyone whose read it, I'd love to hear what you think.
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Have you seen Wah-Wah? You probably know the story now, having heard Richard E Grant talking about his upbringing.
The 'curious incident' is well written, I liked it although I didn't feel there was an ending. But, given the writing style I'm sure that was the intention... after all, just because the book ends doesn't mean the story does.
No, I haven't seen it, and I've only heard bad reviews... But it does sound like a fascinating story. I enjoyed the book, but everyone else in the reading group hated it. I'm looking to see how the next book works. If I hate it and everyone else loves it, I'll give the third one a miss, I think.
(That's really ambiguous.... I meant I haven't seen Wah Wah but it sounds fascinating. And the book is not The Wah Wah Diaries but Curious Incident.)
Yeah, I got that :-)
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