Saturday, March 7th, 2009
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8:44 am - Next weekend
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Saturday, December 27th, 2008
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4:14 pm - 2008
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
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9:11 pm - hmm
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Worst fibromyalgia pain I've had in about three years, flared up the same day I sent off my RMIT Interpreting application.
Is it a warning? Maybe I should just get over it and move on from the Auslan stuff. Who knows.
I'm not particularly annoyed about it, it just is. Acupuncture helped a lot. It's a weird thing to be used to pain, for the pain to be the status quo. To not feel upset by it, just tired and craving some quiet.
I hate not going out every night. I'm fearful of slowing down in case I can't rev up again. I could by lying down right now but I'm stubbornly putting it off. This week I haven't been able to ride my bike or play my beautiful new guitar. But I will wait and it will come back.
Met with the CERES event manager today about some stuff they're doing, I love that place. His office is in an old train carriage.
I interviewed Kate Miller-Heidke this morning and she was absolutely lovely, writing extremely complimentary things about my interviewing style in my guestbook. I get the feeling she's been doing the publicity circuit with commercial radio DJs who don't have a clue where she's come from or have even listened to any of her music. Where the hell did respect go? If an artist is going to take the time to come in and be interviewed the very least media practitioners can do is be well-read, researched and ready to go when they arrive.
OH and a few weeks ago I got to interview the lady who plays Max on the L Word (Daniela Sea). She was very sweet and it was like I was hanging out with Max after the first few minutes. I was going to slip her my number to pass on to Alice, then I remembered I was thinking about fictional characters and that I should probably get back to the real world. What is the real world?
My working day on Tuesday was setting up an outside broadcast at RMIT, I delegated to past students to produce on the day, panel operation and engineering. It went swimmingly, perfect weather, good radio. I have much to be proud of.
Whenever I feel stressed and bogged down I try and stop and look at how I'm spending my time, taking a second to be grateful for being constantly challenged, stimulated and amused. This is a charmed life.
current mood:  sore
current music: Ladyhawke - Dusk Till Dawn (The Shoes remix)
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
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12:22 pm - funny few weeks
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In the past few weeks I have:
- Produced and MC'd a full house event at Darebin Music Feast
- Heard the unmastered recording of a song written for me in a loungeroom full of friends after cooking eggplant without the usual eggplant cooking fear
- Won a poker tournament and approx $1,200 for the charity of my choice after playing poker for the first time and not having much of a clue what was going on, but wearing sunglasses at night and a slouch hat and basically hamming it up.
- Got a new guitar called The Chocolate Man
- Fell in love but decided not to act on it as I value the friendship too much. Made the right choice.
- Interviewed Sandy Jeffs, a woman living with schizophrenia who was on Andrew Denton's program recently. Had a bit of a meltdown afterwards due to intensity but very proud of end result.
- Found the Wheel Of Fortune board game at an op shop with Baby John Burgess and Ariana Xenedis on the cover. Eight bucks, bargain.
- Applied for Triple J in online cattlecall. Wish me luck.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
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10:09 am - hello
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I wonder if a year will go by in which I don't apply for some form of study?
Two courses this time around, RMIT Interpreting to finish off my qualification - 1 year part time. AFTRS for further radio study - 2 years part time. Both in Melbourne.
I couldn't do both. I'll see what happens. I'd like to have both in my life, radio seems to be the staple and I'm very comfortable where I am. My job is lovely and varied and satisfying and flexible. I'm assistant music director now. I am constantly surprised that I know what I'm talking about when people ask me stuff.
But still the auslan heartbeat hums away in the background. It's always there, like a love affair I never got over.
I have two distance ed things I mean to work on in my spare time, my desk stays cluttered, scary and unused. I'm at the kitchen table right now. I'm so fortunate to have such plentiful options.
It's all communication I guess, that's what I'm passionate about. Communication and access to information.
current mood: planny
current music: More autotune than Cher on the radio
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
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11:46 pm - sup yo
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Tell me something true.
current mood: not a meme
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
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9:08 pm - yo
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I'm doing a graveyard tonight on da radio from 1 am til 7 am, send in an sms if ya tune in and I'll say gday!
Our radiothon began today and will go for 10 days so we have someone on air 24 hours a day for the duration. I just prepared 11 hours of music for my 6 hour shift. Oops. I tried to nap but couldn't. Oops.
Caffeine maybe? they say apples are better than coffee.
joy.org.au to listen outside metropolitan melbourne
94.9 on your fm dial
Cheers
xox
current mood: pumped and also sleepy
current music: happy stuff with lots of gay
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
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8:05 pm
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I have rage radiating from my fingertips but I'm not entirely sure how to articulate any of it.
So I shall quote from You and Me and Everyone We Know, the film by Miranda July.
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOU
FUCK ME
FUCK CHILDREN
FUCK PEACE
FUCK EVERYONE
FUCK!
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
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9:46 am - party on Wayne
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Had the funniest day yesterday, did outside broadcast at Carnival, worked there all day, went back to studio to do another show then Adam dragged me to some party.
I now have a large contingent of new best friends, made a speech for new gay boyfriend Rick's 30th and had about a hundred photos taken of me. For some reason I'm also known as "the boob lady".
All this done in my dorky tropical theme outfit from work and a Joy tshirt.
Sometimes life feels like I'm part of a sitcom, it's hilarious.
I'm 27 tomorrow. Scary, I feel like I'm 14.
current mood: young at heart
current music: Angus and Julia Stone - Wasted
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
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8:10 am - my phone went for a swim
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Hey dudes,
Jenny mobile went swimming in a storm the other day, and all numbers gone!
Comments screened, please respond with your contact details if you have a moment :)
Also feel free to send dirty text messages, all the old ones are gone.
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
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10:41 am - 2007
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I have been very slack with reading livejournal over the past few months, life got in the way (and facebook).
Here is my 2007 summary thing.
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
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8:21 am - making a list and checking it once
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I'm going to Meredith music fest on the weekend. woohoo! I've made a list of the things I need to remember, is there anything I've forgotten that's blindingly obvious? Suggestions appreciated.
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current mood: organised
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
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4:44 pm
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Yo all,
Hope you're faring well and getting amongs the Darebin Music Feast, there's plenty o grouse to be had out there at low low prices!
Tonight is Ladies Night on Local and Vocal, tune in to hear Eva Popov, Sal Kimber, Monique Brumby, Don't Mess With The Pony, The Waifs, Kate Pettitt, and oodles more.
Also gig guide and probably a Farnsey track, even though it's ladies night (but he had pretty girly hair in the 80's, let's face it).
JOY 94.9 on your fm dial
http://www.joy.org.au
7 pm tonight
Peace out
xox
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12:32 am - strange
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What an odd feeling it is when something you've been working on, fretting on and living and breathing for several months finally happens.
I think it went smashingly well. My God there was a lot of love in that room, that gorgeous performance space.
Many last minute things popped up - the MC let us know she had the flu and wouldn't be coming 20 minutes before curtain, one of the interpreters also rang 3 days ago and had to cancel because of illness, but it all got smoothed out in the end.
This has been a dream of mine for a few years now, and it came to fruition in the most marvellous way.
I just feel weird now. Really weird. It was the last time I'll be working with the band in a managerial capacity, I've decided to leave that role and focus on the radio stuff a bit more. It's the right time for them to sign on with someone new, they're about to take off and go places, and I have my finger in too many pies to dedicate those kinds of hours to them anymore. It's their baby, and I'm looking forward to focusing a bit more on my own.
And siting in shafts of sunlight with my dog and not having my mind tick over so much.
I think I'm pretty exhausted. Just needed to debrief a little before I could take myself off to bed.
current mood:  weird
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
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4:45 pm - Sunday!
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Check out today's Hit liftout in the Herald Sun, page two, item 3. Oh yeah, that's my Don't Mess With The Pony girls right there :D
I hope to see you, yes you! On Sunday night at the Northcote Town Hall, Studio One, for Girl, Interpreted. We are starting proceedings at 8:30 sharp, and have four independent lady acts for your viewing and listening pleasure. Sal Kimber, Eva Popov, Monique Brumby and Don't Mess With The Pony.
As if that wasn't enough excitement the whole thing is going to be Auslan interpreted. If you've never seen music done with a sign language accompaniment it's pretty freaking amazing.
Come on down! Yay!
Here's the poster if you missed it first time round:
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
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2:22 pm - want a pug dog?
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http://www.pugrescuevic.com.au/index.html
This is a great website!
I have made friends with three pugs this weekend, Oh god I really really want one.
PUG PUG PUG PUG PUG!
And I could call it Piggsy, go to with my other pooch Monkey Magic. If the name suited the dog after we met anyway.
Pug!
current mood:  pug!
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
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10:56 am - holy crap
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I'm interviewing Katie Noonan tonight!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhappy!
Gawd it's going to be challenging not to be a squealing fan girl. It's a phone interview so no in person hug action. I will probably be less likely to lose the ability to speak this way, so much better.
current mood: excited
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10:16 am - Darebin Music Feast event thing
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Hope to see you there! This poster is fantastic, really love the design done by Kirrily Anderson.
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
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10:43 pm - eek
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Just catching up on ye olde f'list..
It seems like lots of you are having a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day.
Big hugs to you all!
I have a big scary job interview tomorrow for the greatest job ever in the world times ten, huge good luck vibes in the arvo please (I know I've requested this a few times, but it definitely makes a difference!).
Also I have a lovely ladyfriend. We are good at dates and hugs and such. I feel kinda bad going into details with all the sad going on so I'll leave it at that for now.
Things will get better, I promise!
xox
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
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11:25 am - check it out yo
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