Lost

I've recently come to the realisation the my house may in fact be the Bermuda Triangle. Somehow, (don't ask me how) in our little ten by six unit, things are just going missing. Never to be seen again.

'What things?' I hear you say - well to be quite frank, every bloody thing I seem to need. Is. Currently. Missing. Somewhere in the ten by six.
Things I've lost lately:

• an SD card
• an SD card reader (possibly with the above mentioned SD card still in it)
• my heat bag (from I'mgettingold.com - hahaha yeah shutup!)
• pens - where the hell are all my bloody pens!
• apparently everything of my external hard drive (you've got to be kidding me!! Ok maybe this is not the fault of the ten by six but right now I need to blame someone...thing.)
• possibly my mind.

Seriously, if you're missing something, it's probably at my house. But before you come dashing over, permission let you down gently. All hope is lost, it's now been sucked up in a ten by six vortex. 

 

Or maybe David Thorne has moved on from messing with people's graphics and taken on ten by six projects?

This week's pearls

This week's pearls brought to you from my brand new laptop! After almost 6 weeks without one, it is a welcome experience to read on a 13 inch screen instead of that of my iPhone.

1. This beautiful coffee coconut body scrub made for me by a lovely friend. I'm yet to try it but cannot wait!



2. A meeting with some wonderful writer friends (and some decadent pastries... not pictured).

3. There are few things in this world that cannot be solved by Dim Sum. Seriously, world leaders, take note - eat Dim Sum!

 

4. Beautiful flowers I just couldn't resist buying - love love love them!

 

 

5. This striking tea cup and saucer gifted to me by a fabulous friend (what am I saying, all my friends are fabulous and so are tea cups!).

 



 

6. Quirky coasters (a very well chosen gift from my Mum).

This week's pearls (the birthday edition)

1. Beautiful yellow tulips. Yellow flowers are just absolutely my favourite! 

2. Taking my favourite 7 & 9 year olds to see How To Train Your Dragon 2 - forgot how much fun kids movies are! 

3. A dainty bracelet brought by beau for my birthday.

4. Friday night surrounded by beautiful friends - felt so spoilt & so blessed.

5. Poached eggs with a sweet potato, ricotta & pinenut crepe & rocket salad topped with sweet potato chips. Sayers - I love you!

6. Impromptu trip to the Leederville Farmer's Market reaps handsome rewards of the vegetable variety.

7. A support crew of the marsupial kind brightening my work day.

This week's pearls

1. Catching up with some of my favourite Perth playwrights and a very exciting endeavor in the works for Fringe World 2015!
2. This animal print ceiling that I saw a cow's face in. Can you see it too?
3. Get Your Shorts On at Revelation Film Festival - great short films by very talented local film makers. Love seeing what Perth creatives are thinking up. It was fabulous!
4. My current favourite footwear.
5. Lifting 45kg in a squat - this made me feel pretty proud of myself, even if I did want to die a little bit afterwards.
6. This Friday night scene.
7. The absolutely amazing projections over some of Perth's beautiful old buildings on Friday night.

This week's pearls

1. The sunrise last Tuesday morning - did anyone else see it? I didn't get a picture so can't even show you but letting my pup outside on Tuesday morning there was a beautiful orange-pink sky painting the world in pink and orange hues.

2. Orange painted finger nails & toe nails (new favourite colour to brighten many a wintery day).

3. Visiting all of my family in general, and this little cherub in particular.

4. A few days of sunshine amidst a stormy winter. 

5. Those silly jokes with family members that have you splitting at the seems with uncontrollable laughter. 

6. New earrings from my favourite market Mindl Beach - arguably the best market in Australia.

Fifteen minutes with Phil

A few weeks ago my life took a dramatic turn. I interviewed someone famous. That someone famous gave me 15 minutes of their time. And not just anyone famous, Aussie indi-rocker Phil Jamieson, front man of Grinspoon, who's music was the soundtrack to my adolescent years.

 

I remember when this film clip came out.  I was maybe 10.

My sister and I used to dance around the lounge room watching it on Rage.

Oh the pressure I felt forming any kind of questions to ask him about his upcoming shows, the relief that it was a phone interview - God knows I would have stumbled over more than just my words if it had been in person for the sheer excitement at even having this opportunity. How did I get here? 

The interview was all about his solo shows in the wild West (-ern Australia) something he told me he really had no choice but to get out and do; such is a rock star's life - can't just go out and get a normal job like the rest of us less musically talented plebs, ofcourse. 

Last night MR and I headed off to his show at The Saint - Oh so much fun, even for my Scottish-born, Middle-Eastern-expat-bred boyfriend, who didn't know many of the songs before last night. (I consider this an essential step in his Australian rock history education and in our relationship.)

Highlights included the early years favourites: More Than You Are, Just Ace and more recent tracks like Better Off Alone, Minute By Minute and I absolutely loved the reworking he did of Comeback. We were hoping for Chemical Heart but you can hardly complain with the set list - it was ace. Just ace ;). 

We had a few giggles at 'Jamo does Lana Del Ray and Katy Perry' with covers of Play With Magic and Blue Jeans - interesting reditions to say the least.   

 

So, this isn't from last night but from a few months ago 

- loved this version last night though!

There's still a few shows around the West over the next week so for all the deets, head on over to my Weekend Notes page.

It was a real pleasure to have those 15 minutes a few weeks ago to talk to one of my music idols. I was surprised by the exuberance in his voice - something we're not necessarily too used to from old PJ and he'd commented that having so much time off after Grinspoon's 'hiatus' had changed his perspective a bit. We laughed over the awkward moments he now finds himself in as a parent (like being the 37 year old man in flannelette, shopping at Best and Less for underwear for his daughters dance class) and talked about the old and new music. To say I was thrilled is an understatement. And so I'll leave you with this little piece of wisdom from my chat with Phil Jamieson, that probably sums up life for most of us as we grow up.

"I find life, as I get older fills up with other stuff and my priorities somewhat change. My approach is less woe is me and teen angst and how angry I was at everything. It's more about celebrating life and celebrating just being here and this time we've got. I'm a little more joyful than I probably was when I was 18." Phil Jamieson