Gigs coming up next Sunday (Sep 4th) and the following (Sep 11th), at the Cakeshop on Cuba Street, 7.30pm, koha entry. They have an alternating Sunday programme, so the first is going to be on a 'noise' evening and the second on an 'acoustic' evening.
As for this Sunday, it was housework day - vacuuming, mopping, dishes, hanging out washing, planting herbs. Enjoying not having to get up early, having gone to a party in Hataitai last night. Ryan Prebble from Ascension Band was there, having just played a gig at Happy - his instrument was a bowed saw, which sounded kind of like a theremin.
I got a part time job at the Rongotai electorate office, getting the polling stations sorted out for the election. It's actually quite a relief to be working again; since coming back from Melbourne I was concentrating on the Bomb the Space and Word Festivals, and putting my book together (see previous entry). My regular 'artistic' periods do take their toll psychologically after a while, so working for a wage feels almost like a holiday in comparison. I'm now waiting for the next idea to present itself, no point rushing and forcing it. Please just don't let me be presiding over the election of a National Party government...
I've also got a week and a bit's paid journalist work at the Kapiti Observer in September - still trying to figure out if moving to Kapiti for the summer would be worth doing. It'd give me some space, and time outdoors, but would isolation be any use to me?
The other thing I haven't had enough of since getting back from Melbourne is exercise. I was in good shape there from the office relocation work, but now I seem to be getting a bit flabby. It's obvious how to correct that though...
Postscript: Monday
Aargh! Shorthand tests are just as horrible as last year. Only six more weeks to go and I'm still not getting there. Have to bite the bullet and practice outside class.
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*another line from a Fall song ('this was going to be called Crap Rap 14 but it's now Stop Mithering') - the neighbour's lawnmower was indeed a loud one this weekend.
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