TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

12:42 PM
Posted by jodi rose

congratulations to sole and ben, welcome to the world harpo!! xx

cafe ella how I love you. comfy lounge chair, living room space I want to move into forever, and unexpected bonus free wifi by the window. rockn.

strange week of acclimatisation to the familiar. constant rain tinging everything with a soothing torrential melancholy.

flight home from brisbane in some kind of altered state, the night lights along eastern seaboard blinking messages from other worlds, educational radio program with author of how to series 'how to make people like you in 90 seconds or less'; 'how to connect in business in 90 seconds or less'; and my personal favourite 'how to make someone love you forever in 90 minutes or less'. there you go can't wait to read them. apparently wisdom culled from many different sources, not just his experience. persuasion, trust, making sense and moving people seemed to be key. hey, might as well use those propaganda techniques for good. not evil. or is that what people always imagine they're doing nicholasboothman.com must check it out. enthusiasm, curiosity and empathy all sound fine to me, and can attest to their effectiveness.

intrigued by carmen electra's offering to the world on a friday night stroll through kmart with lisa (yes it's a high glamour lifestyle here)
carmen has made a DVD 'fit to strip' with a series of dance, chair and pole routines. Hmmm, just going to keep working on building creative muscle and brain elasticity, I think. Walking more and thinking about yoga now and then. research has shown that visualising yourself doing exercise has the same muscular effect as actually doing it, so am testing that theory. Think it was university of southern california, and you know how reputable they are, always coming up with studies showing that coffee makes you smarter and chocolate is good for you.

Did have a fabulously glamorous night out for lisa's film premiere last week, Last Train to Freo, 'a taut psychological thriller' (quote in the movie listing) which really captured that sense of being trapped in a train with a maniac - excruciating and compelling, with a twist. see it.

Tomorrow night my lovely cousin Kimmy is taking me to the Underland premiere, Sydney Dance Co. music by Nick Cave, costumes by some flash designer - the Akira ones last time were gorgeous. Looking forward to a night out, after week of very quiet evenings in, looking at my view of centrepoint, watching the rain and whatever trash is on tv or dvd. Cooking again which is grounding, and back in my old room but the familiarity is comforting and horrifying at the same time.