Bolton Gray Census for June

I plan to do this regularly... just for fun. This is my end-of-financial-year statement.



Reading: Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue. I borrowed it off Lindsay. I was finding it interesting until he started talking about the Australian vernacular and now I'm not sure how well researched it is. Still, it's good to know that "fuck" was once less offensive than "cad", and has been around for five centuries at least.
Watching: Family Guy. I may have just purchased three entire seasons. Honestly, don't go shopping with Beverly, she will not stop you spending at all.
Listening: Still on the MC Lars bandwagon. Love his stuff soooo much.
Downloading: Dirty pictures, as ever. lol.
Website du jour: I'm reading a lot of blogs at the moment. Blogs are the new black. (see list at side).
Café: Exomod in Mt Lawley has taken over from Soto and Cino as the place to be.
Pub: The Flying Scotsman has replaced all others as my prefered drinking spot. Again, Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley.
Club: Hmm... well I went to Connections last weekend, so I guess there. I'm on a Geisha siesta (how multi-cultural!).
Eating: Dad's cooking. Moving back home was pure genius. Dad is a very enthusiastic cook.
Drinking: Have just discovered the Boost Juice counter at Garden City - my new haunt. I never thought I'd be a southern suburbs mall rat. Cest la vie. Such are the highlights of working in Myaree.
Wearing: My fantastic new "Gazelle" Adidas sneakers. I bought them purely because they say Gazelle, as in Thompson's C**t Gazelle. Now I feel I have Emma Gant with me whereever I go.
Last show: Dusty, The Original Pop Diva (my review at http://ontheworldstage.blogspot.com/)
Next show: I'm going to see The Carnivores at The Playhouse, by Black Swan on Tuesday, methinks.
Can’t wait ‘til: Daniel returns from Sydney for three weeks for his holidays and his 21st. I have no idea what to get him yet, but rest-assured he will be spoilt. I also have a week's holiday in there, so we'll get to hang. God, I miss him SOOO much.
Lately I have been: Moving stuff into my Dad's place and cleaning my old flat so it can be rented-out.
Most recent scoop: No scoops of note, but great interviews: MC Lars; Irina Baronova; Ben Folds.
Most recent purchase: A cute brown, cream and green striped jumper. Regrettably it's from Cotton On, which means I can't really wear it to anywhere gays are likely to be. Someone once told me Cotton On was the worst thing ever to happen to the way gay men in Perth dress. I'm inclined to agree.
Want but can’t afford: To take myself, Daniel, Lindsay and all the crew to Mauritius for two weeks of sun, mohitos and cabana boys.
Need but can’t afford: To fix my car. I have panel-beating to do and I need to fix a puncture and replace the aerial (which some bastard decided to snap off for me... so now I have a clothes hangar accessorising my vehicle).
Last nice act: I cooked dinner the other night for Dad, Lindsay and myself.
Last bad act: Spending money I don't have on things I don't need (though I blame Beverly for that).
Bad news: Alun Jones, CNG training manager, self-confessed grammar Nazi and all-round nice (if pedantic) guy died after a short battle with some kind of tumour. We will see (with eyes?) his funeral conducted (with a baton?) on Thursday arvo. (Just some inside jokes for the CNG crew there).
Good news: MC Lars' Download this song is belting up the charts... Nova is playing as I type these very words.
Goal: To get to the UK before the end of the year, having made a fantastic and authoritarian documentary.
How to achieve it: Work hard and focus.
Yesterday I: Went shopping with Beverly. Ran into Stuey Mac and Lisa C.
Right now I should be: Unpacking and sorting more of the stuff I have dumped here in Dad's house.
Later today I’m: Doing what I should be doing right now. And hopefully seeing Lindsay for coffee to find out how it is she didn't make it home last night. (She called at like 7am to see if I wanted coffee, otherwise she was going to bed. LOL).
Tomorrow I’m: Going to work to polish-off my page two lead and start writing the early stuff for next week's paper.
General mood: Generally very much ecstatically happy. It's sunny and the birds are singing and the music is good and I have every reason to be over-joyed.
It would be better if: That were true. LOL.