9 August 2004
Blog!
I know I'm a bit slow off the mark, but I just realised that what I have here is actually a blog! All this time I've been doing the hip & happening blog thing without even realising it. And scrolling through the web journal archives I suddenly realised that I've been at this for four years! This was a bit of a shock - suddenly my archive actually has some depth to it & as I read back, it's like rediscovering the past a bit. Maybe I should update more often...
Then again, maybe not. I don't actually have terribly much to say this time. I suddenly decided tonight to have a look at blogger.com seeing as how it gets talked about so much, and from there I wandered off to a couple of blog listing sites (hence my revelation). There are even a whole heap of photo-blogs out there, some with some lovely work.
In terms of news to report, all I can post is that I went to Canberra on Sunday. Yep - our nation's fun-filled capital (can't you just taste the sarcasm?). It was all very spur-of-the-moment. My presence was requested, I bought a ticket and spent 4 hours on a Sunday afternoon on a train, arriving at 4.30pm to find that pretty much every single restaurant in Civic was closed - looks like you're supposed to eat your dinner at midday on a Sunday if you're a visitor. We did finally find food, but I have to say that choice was a little limited...
Four hours on a train sounds a bit dull, but it turned out to be musically fairly profitable - I managed to complete the arrangement of the fourth movement ("The Fourth Egg") from The Four-Egg Omelette for string quartet - albeit in rather wobbly writing - the track was a little bumpy in places!
Anyway, we stayed the night on Sunday then I got to spend Monday morning wandering around playing with the digital camera. Civic actually has a bunch of interesting public art - much better than Sydney in this respect. I particularly liked the very Miró-esque painted steel benches outside the Canberra Theatre Centre - they were almost like a herd of gentle animals grazing on the lawns. I'm not much of a photographer, but here's a few examples, in case you've nothing better to do...
