Lear

Wow. Last night I had the privilege of attending the opening night of Monash University Shakespeare company's performance of King Lear...it was amazing! Not only was the performance space set up in the way of a "catwalk" but it featured a large mask of which the mouth became the entrance and exit of the characters. The lighting design was fantastic, the music made it intriguing and the special effects had me squirming in my seat (blood, vomit, gunshots!). It was also performed in a commedia del'arte style which only made it even greater. I must commend each and every performer and crew member for their fantastic work, I couldn't keep my eyes off the stage. I must of course, continuing on from my previous blog entry, mention my uber talented boyfriend, Nick. I've been able to see how his mind works (reading lines, finding costumes etc.) in each production and then seeing it all come together on stage, it blows me away every time. The character Edmund does not have a huge part in the script but Nick managed to create such a strong prescence on stage he was unmissable. I was also very impressed, as funny as it seems, at his ending scene where he was shot, to quote my mother, "He looked like he was actually dying! It was scary!" . Congratualtions to everyone involved. If you have read this and live in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne I definitely reccomend you see this performance, and every performance by Monash Univeristy, they are just superb! I can't wait to see it again next week! Now off to book a seat to see Koonung's rendition of The Threepenny Opera!

Photography by Christopher Bryant (also the director and music composer of King Lear)

Talent

I would like to take this opportunity to share with you how amazingly proud I am of the talented people I know. Last week I was asked to "guest judge" my old high school's junior talent quest competition (totally scored a box of choocies oh yeah!) and I was astounded. Although I wasn't much of a special guest for them as many fo them did not know who I was (feel so old) it was fun and I was proud. MY darling friend Alexandra sang 'Love Song' and did it perfectly! Did not miss a note! I'm very proud of her efforts and feel honoured to have performed with her and know her. Elly and Aaron did a fantastic rendition of 'Save Tonight' which won them the competition! There were young girls who could practically bend themselves in half (gymnasts), girls who could do some sweet shufflin' and beautiful pianists and vocalists. I was alo impressed at the evening concert wehn I had the chance to see the senior winners. Alan and Matt did the coolest medley of well-known and original songs and another group had me in stitches (laughing) with their performance to 'Fat Bottom Girls'. It really makes me miss high school very much.

I'd also like to show you some headshot photos my fantastically talented friend Gemma. She is a photographer/journalist/singer/actrss/dancer/comedian/model/miranda-kerr-look-a-like. Mostly she writes of fashion. CHECK OUT HER BLOG! http://thegirl-and-thesea.blogspot.com/

I had walked past this rendered wall on the way to uni the other day so we setup there and everything was perfect! The lighting, the colours, the shades...but it was windy which made it extra fun...not. But for once it wasn't raining! HOORAY! Anyway here are the photos. Ciao!

Cardboard

I'M ON LOOKBOOK SO HYPE ME! [Elly.P] That is a photo of my beautiful new skirt...SURPRISE! They're actually pants! I love them already especially since we're reaching the colder months and the temperature has dropped rapidly.

So after trying to explain what foam core was to my boyfriend I stumbled accross www.cardboardsafari.com and I must own something from it soon! It got me thinking about the large blank wall I have in my room and how I just cannot think of something to put on it. Now I have a new interior project! I think that I will stick with my theme in that section of the room being black, white and red (any shade). I'd been searching for cool wallpapers and found a few that I like on a Brisbane wallpaper shop website but they're so expensive and the wall is so big! I might have to just go with painted stripes or something along those lines. Anyway, just brainstorming for now so here are some images of the possiblities for my blank wall.

[I would love to find Space wallpaper!]

Sea

I thought I might share with you a short story I wrote at uni. It's a funny little thing. We had to write a 200 words story reflecting our research findings so it's not very serious. My research is on the effects of a book cover on the purchase of a book. I also wrote this after I had just read The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. Anyway, here it is.


The Wise Sea Kings

Down in the ocean, far below the waves, in the depths of the deep dark blue, there were two sea princes. They were brothers and their names were Triton and Poseidon. Triton enjoyed to read, mostly novel. He read of giants, fairies and goblins that lived in a land above. He also read of ancient sea tales and romantic encounters. The entire sea kingdom thought Triton was the wisest brother for he did not swim anywhere without a bok in his hand. Poseidon grew jelous of his brother, so he decided to buy some books to read of his own.
Poseidon was overwhelmed by the incredible amount of information and colour inside the book store. As he floated down the last isle he saw his brother swim into the store. He watched his brother swim straight u to the fantasy section, pick up a book, purchase it, and swim back out again. This made Poseidon stressed and furious! Poseidon's fishtail glowed red with anger. A saled assistant comforted him to calm him down.
"There is no need to be stressed," said the Sales Assistant, "What type of book are you after?"
"One that will make me wise and clever like my brother." replied Poseidon.
"In that case, you may wish to look in the cooking section where the book covers have images of food, or in the history section where there are book covers with historian's names in big bold letters. Or, if you are too stressed in the store, just download a book on your iPhone." suggested the Sales assistant.
"How much will a book cost here?" asked Poseidon.
"It depends. You can find cheap books if you do not care much for the cover detail. But our store is in fact closing down so most of our books are discounted anayway."
"Thank you," said Poseidon, "I think I'll buy a book on my iPhone for now and come back to buy a paper book tomorrow.
The waves above grew smaller and the sea became calm as the prince returned home.
The book store closed down but Poseidon and Triton continued to read on their iPhones. They eventually became the wise kings of the sea and ruled the ocean together.

J

LIFE UPDATE: So since buying my galaxy leggings I've had this weird liking to anything to do with space. Too much Big Bang Theory? I've also been quite interested in Jessie J. Another crazy singer who is bold enough to do anything, including her ourfit at this years logie awards. Risky? NAH! She was crazy enough to pull off the cat suit. You may have also noticed that I'm on LookBook now! WOO! (coloumn on the left). My friend recently named me "the queen of leggings" after my latest purchase of christmas sweater-like leggings. Sadly ended a fantastic job at a chocolate shop only to begin a new job at another chocolate shop! Anyway here are some photographs of things that interest me at the moment.

WATCH THIS SPACE! I have a couple of fun uni projects I'm finishing up at the moment before I'm on holidays so look forward to posters for Dracula screenings using lots of type and my finialised Hansel and Gretel photos!