Also - gay marriage was legalised in New York today. Pretty cool. I was watching the hoopla surrounding it on the news over the last few days and really got some steam up. I know I'm totally naive, especially when it comes to America, but I'm sure there was some distinction between church and state locked down in the Constitution or something. It just seems so totally heinous that the narrow-minded religious views of a a few (million billion) should have such influence. It's a small victory on the grand scale but I'm pretty chuffed about it.
Timon is out in Brooklyn tonight, partaking in some smoky, dimly lit jazz with Sarah Lorens and her friends. You know I'm out when the gig doesn't start until 11pm and there's no shirtless Donnie Wahlberg. So instead I, rather foolishly, took the opportunity of an empty house to watch the DVD of my nana's funeral. I think the kittens were mildly alarmed at the hysterical sobbing coming from the bedroom, but it was good to get it out. It is very tough being away from your family for so long, especially when they experience a crisis. And it's hard to watch them from some weird god-like perspective as they stand united, without you, on a very sad day. I think I'm glad I watched it, I'm definitely glad I looked at the accompanying photo montage that reminded me how totally rad my nana was (and how much I look like her - on the right).
My parents have finally arrived back in Ballarat after what felt like eons in Europe. I'm glad they're home because I worry like an old mum when they're gallivanting around the world on planes and trains and the like. I wonder if it will be their last trip to the Northern Hemisphere this year.........*hint * hint
Happy Birthday to me. Good news is that my back hasn't gone- which I thought is what happens when you hit old timer 30.
ReplyDeletePhil and Robyn went to Europe and not the States? Harsh.