TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Friday, March 31, 2006

11:24 PM
Posted by jodi rose

wild wallpaper

having a rock'n'roll moment watching the strokes light up new york on rage. one of the things I love about being back in sydney, also trashy sunday papers and cafe ella. very reassuring to have the familiar local family vibe envelope me in it's warm ambience - all the staff whooped and made animal noises the first day I walked back in there, and continued for about five minutes. hysterical.
I thought of something witty to write yesterday, but it's long forgotten now. oh well. completed the transition to semi-settled with a new temporary studio up the rd in my favourite ex-chocolate factory - warehouse, where alex happened to be walking in just as I arrived and helped lug stuff up the stairs. now that's a good art-friend!
so, camping on friend's lounge rooms continues in another country tomorrow - actually it's the multiple cousins rose family abodes - then brief residency as the inaugural anzac pacific bridge memorial fellow at nps new pacific studio in mt bruce. I love that there is a mountain called bruce. also a wildlife sanctuary - am wishing I could stay there for a year now, what was I thinking coming back so soon? oh yeah, that's right, all those other projects I have to fulfil. Someone - alex in fact - asked me the other day, are you ever going to get a real job? the usual reply - this IS my real job - which is getting more and more sustainable, fingers crossed. had an interesting week dealing with nitty gritty contract clauses and having to evaluate what I'm worth in a professional sense - quite a bit, it appears, these days. excellent. can maybe keep this show on the rd.
and on the road it is, afternoon sorting through stuff and packing while watching 'human traffic'. I love that film, it's a modern classic for the post x generation. and such a sweet love story. john simm mmmmm. shouldn't be so sexy but he is.
and yes, another friday night at home in front of the tv. so many feisty girl bands around, it's great.
what else? nothing really, regularly horrified by the newspaper, miss my slovakia bubble were I only heard news through word-of-mouth, so had a bizarre sense of the world. can't wait to go back in summer.
visits to vineyards, lakes and island festivals await.
now it's off to another island for birds, bridges and a wedding. one day your prince will come. so they say.