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Thanks to mum I saw Quidam

May 31, 2005 by Jen at Semantically driven

Big thanks to mum who bought all the family tickets to see Quidam – Cirque du Soleil. It’s something I would not have done myself as the tickets were quite expensive. JJ didn’t come with us and I’m glad for a couple of reasons. One, he saw the poster hanging up and said that it was scary. Also throughout the performance there was thunder and lightening and that would have freaked him out a bit I think. I could have been completely wrong and he might have loved it but I didn’t want to have to remove him from the tent if he didn’t like it.

Quidam I saw the first Cirque du Soleil that came to Adelaide called Saltimbanco in about 2000 which I actually enjoyed more. Maybe it was because I had never seen anything like this before and that’s part of it. I remember there was more emphasis on the music and especially the vocals in Saltimbanco as the singer was dressed up and you actually saw her perform whereas in Quidam we didn’t see a singer until the end.

Quidam, even though dark in parts, was very funny in parts. The audience participation thing was hilarious with the guy who pulled out the gorgeous blonde from the audience to take her for a drive. And the other guy who got a few people out of the audience to shoot a movie. The director he chose played his part down to a tee. He had to show the shoot number with his fingers and he stuffed it up the first time. The second time he gave the director the V sign for the 2nd shot which got a laugh from the audience and a pat on the back from the director.

I also liked the four girls with the diabolo’s. They were very clever, only dropped one diabolo, and juggling and doing acrobatics with the diabolo’s in time to the music.

My one gripe about events like this is the prohibitive cost of food and drinks (I won’t even mention merchandise costs) in the venue. My sister bought a small packet of crisps and was charged $4. Thrifty me ate before I went and took my own water, even though I didn’t pay for my ticket I’d rather spend my money on other things than expensive crisps and drinks.

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Why I bother to watch Big Brother

May 25, 2005 by Jen at Semantically driven

I quite often can’t fathom why I watch Big Brother but I do look forward to it every year and watch the daily episodes and most other shows apart from uplate as I don’t stay uplate and if I do I’m out. I guess I find Big Brother fascinating in the watching how people interact with each other and thank god that it’s not me in that house. I would go crazy I’m sure but I still put myself in the housemates place sometimes when they do something I don’t think they should do. For example, Gianna going on about why she’s been nominated. It won’t help her case and I think it will just make the voting public vote her out because she’s annoying.

Last night there was a classic moment for me in the Big Brother watching experience. Christie was persauded to play a practical joke on Tim. She executed the joke – putting milk powder in Tim’s bed – but when Tim realised the milk powder was in his bed he then moved to Christie’s bed and she had nowhere to sleep so she went out onto the lounge. Tim soon went out there and had a talk to her about being a pawn. Of course Christie didn’t know what a pawn was and the whole talk Tim gave to her about being a pawn went completely over her head and when he left she sat there with a very blank expression on her face. As regular watchers of Big Brother will know now it’s a classic Christie ‘empty package‘ moment.

Some links from the last couple of days:

  • Angela fights back – Entertainment news
  • Gianna – little liar? – Entertainment news
    Lies? I’ve noticed
    – Runner-up state bowling champion
    – Asked to be face of champagne
    – State champion in weight lifting
  • Angela’s webchat – BBA
  • He he, Gianna’s nominated anyway – BBA
  • Gianna’s reaction to her nomination – BBA
  • Constance’s BIG announcement (whoopeee) – BBA
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Sad news this morning

May 25, 2005 by Jen at Semantically driven

I heard on the radio this morning that Graham Kennedy died. I was a bit young for his heyday on television but do remember various television shows he did and he was a scream. Him and Bert Newton together on television are moments I’ll always remember and treasure.

Rest in peace Graham!

Some more information about him:

  • Graham Kennedy profile – Milesago
  • An interview with Graeme Blundell about Graham Kennedy – ABC tv transcript
  • Review of ‘The King’, Graeme Blundell’s biography of Graham Kennedy – Shaun Micallef’s website
  • Read more about Graham Kennedy in his biography ‘The King’ by Graeme Blundell
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Things I love about him (6)

May 25, 2005 by Jen at Semantically driven

When he occasionally comes into bed with me in the morning and sings me completely original songs like ‘Icecream Naughty Sheep’.

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Busy weekend last weekend but I won’t bore you with too many details

May 24, 2005 by Jen at Semantically driven

I had an excellent weekend last weekend. I didn’t have any major late nights so my days were productive also. Can fit more in this way. Still didn’t get to wash the car but that can wait.

On Sunday afternoon JJ and I went to the Wheatsheaf Hotel, one of the few left in Adelaide that DOES NOT have poker machines and that’s gotta be a good thing.

They also have bands and to top it off for us parents it’s kid-friendly which is why I took JJ. I also took him because it was a good friend’s birthday and JJ and her get along pretty well.

My good friend, R, not only celebrated her birthday that day but sang publicly with the band who she’s friends with. She covered ‘Old Fashioned Morphine’ by Jolie Holland. Great song and good interpretation. Considering she was very nervous and considering she hadn’t had a sound check and considering she’d only had one practise with the band she did a great job. Good on you R.

While she was up on stage JJ was running amok in the pub with his possy of girls. There were three girls from childcare there. The parents of two of these girls are good friends of mine and the other parents are acquaintances as I see them at the Wheatsheaf whenever I go there on a Sunday.

I tried to get JJ to stop for a second to watch R sing, but that didn’t happen. I just made him scream at me for daring to try and stop him running around with his girlfriends. Excuse me!

I do love the Sunday afternoon session and while I was standing at the bar getting a drink I reminisced about having a fairly regular Sunday afternoon sesh at the Exeter Hotel in the city. It’s quite different now. For a start I’ve got a kid and obviously if I take him to a pub I’ve got to be seen to be a responsible parent, and of course I am. When I’ve got JJ out I tend to drive so there goes the idea of lots of drinks. I’ve also got to leave early to get JJ to bed and give him some dinner.

No doubt I’ll look back on these years one day when I’m back at the pub with my mates having a drink on a Sunday afternoon and we’ll sit around talking about how nice it is that our kids are all grown up and we can go out without having to run around after them.

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First ‘official’ eviction

May 23, 2005 by Jen at Semantically driven

Ok, so Angela got evicted last night. Big Brother evictions are so predictable in that it’s fairly obvious who will be evicted. It will be the controversial one and Angela was a bit controversial with the other housemates in saying what she thought of them. Shoulda kept her in and voted that insipid Dean out.

If I voted maybe my 55c would have helped keep Angela in but I just don’t care that much. Yes, I enjoy the show but not enough to spend money on it.

Have included some other non-eviction stuff here too.

  • Friday night live – bowling  BBA
  • Angela evicted – Ausculture
  • Big Brother website take on Angela’s eviction – BBA
  • More Angela eviction stuff – Entertainment news
  • Christie the empty package? – BBA
  • UK Big Brother – nowhere to hide – The Independent (Will they do this here next year?)
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Bit of stuff about JJ

May 23, 2005 by Jen at Semantically driven

JJ and I were in the bathroom the other day. I’d just finished getting ready and we were about to clean our teeth. He’s full of all sorts of stories these days and sometimes I listen and other times I just switch off. This time I was listening.

He was talking about having a sister, no I’m not pregnant and it’s unlikely he will ever have a sibling from my womb (he has a half brother and half sister that I know about but he’s never met them), and how girls are different from boys. He then went on to say that I’m different from him because I’ve got some fluff. I chuckled inwardly and said, ‘where’s my fluff?’ He came over to me and pointed and said, ‘down there’.

‘Yes, mummy has got some fluff down there and when you’re older you’ll get some fluff too.’ He didn’t quite get that but he’ll find out in time to come.

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I took JJ to the doctor the other day because he’s been doing ‘nasty coffess’ (coughs) for over a month now and it’s dragged on far too long so I thought I’d better get it checked out. We sat down in the doctor’s surgery and I proceeded to tell the doctor that JJ has had a nasty cough for a few weeks now and I wanted to get him checked out. I said that JJ hasn’t been sick other than the nasty coffess and his phlegm is clear.

The doctor checked out JJ’s ears and his chest then sat down the other side of his desk. He said I could either give him a puffer or some cough medicine. I must have been sitting there with my mouth open at the mention of a puffer. He’s only got a nasty cough for christ’s sake, not bloody asthma. I didn’t say this because I was just incredulous that the doctor would even think of prescribing him a puffer without some more investigating and talk. I must have continued to sit there with my mouth open and a funny look on my face as the doctor then decided to prescribe him some $18 cough medicine.

I was thrown for a bit of a six with the puffer suggestion and how easily such a thing can be offered. I wasn’t going to take antibiotics because if JJ had an infection he would be noticably sick and have nice green phlegm but I was not prepared for the puffer thing.

I’m going to do a bit of research about this and see what I can find out so I’m prepared for the next suggestion as I feel there might be one.

JJ reminds me to give him his medicine. He loves taking it. Wonder how he would feel about a puffer?

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