A couple of day of gratitude...

my new blanket ...



Christmas day ....



Giraffe pandora charm...

Thursday i am grateful for ...

... The blues brothers... and the sunset ...

Wednesday, i am grateful for...

... laughing at the Queensland stores...

Tuesday, i am grateful for ...

... Thai green curry... so yummy :)

Monday, i am grateful for ...

... cards and christmas BBQ ...

Sunday, i am grateful for ...

... having a lazy day ...

Saturday, i am grateful for ...

... a friend looking out for me ...

Friday, i am grateful for ...

... dinner at Ying Wah ... best food ever :)

wednesday and thursday ...

i have been slack, i cannot remember what i did beside from work open, went to the shops to buy christmas cards, getting my mum's christmas present and some fun wool...
so i am grateful for all those things :)

Tuesday, i am grateful for ...

thongs :) my army ...

Monday, i am grateful for ...

... being able to take my little sister to the movies and spending time with her :)

Sunday, i am grateful for ...

... the markets at Wahroonga... good fun :)

Saturday, i am grateful for ...

... live music and great friends at Homebake :)

Friday, i am grateful for ...

... the corny christmas party... lots of jelly shots :)

Thursday i am grateful for ...

... Tony and giving me season seven on scrubs... awesome!

Wednesday, i am grateful for ...

... dinner with the girls ...

Tuesday, im grateful for ...

... pepperoni pizza... was awesome :)

Monday, im grateful for ...

... Christmas festivities beginning in such a pretty fashion with good friends ...

Sunday, i am grateful for ...

... good music and good times ...

Saturday, i am grateful for ...

... getting my act together and getting the Cervical Cancer vaccine ...

Friday, i am grateful for ...

... seeing my Nanna and 2 Nanna ...

Thursday, i am grateful for ...

... coffee...

Wednesday, i am grateful for,,,

...sweating it out at personal training...

Tuesday, im grateful for ...

... going to the play, "the age im in" it was brilliant ...

Review:

To make this new work, Kate Champion gathered a troupe of disparate Australians: young, old, agile, not so agile, dancers, not so dancers, able, not so able, actors and not so actorly and put them in a room until she and they discovered their stories, hopes, dreams and nightmares. The recorded messages from inner space that were the result of this process were then spliced with music, sound, video technology, laughter, wit, imagination and truckloads of humanity to make one of the more glorious events of this festival.

The Age I'm In is grouped in the About an Hour dance series but it has equal elements of theatre, hi-tech and low jokes and crosses so many boundaries it probably ought to have a passport. As well as the laughs there are moments of poignancy and sorrow as well as startling home truths and great beauty.

The use of handheld video screens is innovative and integrated, adding an unexpected and occasionally shocking dimension. For instance, how better to depict the effects of a fragmenting mental state than to see that person literally split apart in separate screens. At the same time, disembodied pre-recorded everyday interviews with "real" people are brought to life through mimed performance in a human version of the ABC TV clay-mation series Creature Comforts. And just as happens on telly, the disjunction between the utterances and the mouthpieces somehow permits a wide and often outrageous spectrum of mundane (or profound) viewpoints.

The Age I'm In is an ensemble piece where the choreographer is the off-stage 10th member of the troupe whose witty work lifts her performers to another level - sometimes quite literally - and depicts their characters and emotions in startling ways (men as women, women as men, partings, greetings, happiness and sorrow all evoked through movement that is separate from but integral to the spoken elements). Is this really contemporary dance? Is it really theatre? Does it matter? It's Kate Champion's Force Majeure and it's brilliant.

Monday, i am grateful for...

... finishing exams for the year :)

Sunday, i am grateful for ...

... the pretty purple flowers on the walk to the gym... and then seeing them again on the way home ... next times, ill take my camera ...

Saturday, i am grateful for ...

... going and trying yoga, i have been wanting to for some time ... i liked it... i will be going again ...

Friday, i am grateful for ...

... good friends ...

Thursday, i am grateful for...

... life taking a step in my direction rather than away ...

Wednesday, i am grateful for ...

... Dom driving me home in the very very wet weather ...

Tuesday, im grateful for ...

... knowing that i have supportive friends that will listen ...

Monday, i am grateful for ...

... spending the night playing cards with good friends ...,

gee today was such a crappy day, i could barely think of something to be grateful for ... which is hard and annoying... bah ...

Sunday, i am grateful for...

... keeping my cool in a difficult situation ...

Saturday, i am grateful for ...

... cocktails ... they're so good :)

Friday, i am grateful for ...

... watching "Horton hears a Who" ... very funny and great ...

Thursday, i am grateful for ...

... believe it or not, personal training ... working towards my goal ALWAYS makes me feel good :)

Wednesday, i am grateful for ...

being able to walk around book shops ...

Tuesday, im grateful for ...

finishing my damn business law and ethics exam ... whether it's a pass or not is not known ... but it's OVER ...

check out this tabbing ... i am the queen of procrastination :)

First day, Mondy, i am grateful for ...

The photos that my Mum sent me in the mail of my baby sister and baby cousin Josh ... both cute and nice to see them ...

What it means ...

Seize the day, seize the night, to the stars ...