Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Feeling introspective

Today we had the first rains. They were the first signs of a change of seasons. I just loved the sultry afternoon as the sky brooded and then burst forth with a blast of wind and heaving rain. The change was such a long time coming - I needed this so much.

The skies were still full of light, but the rain came down strong. It was only a fleeting moment of 5 maybe 10 minutes, but in that time it felt as if I was in the middle of a rainbow. I was on the bus in traffic, yet for that moment it was as if I was in a kaleidescope of colours. It was the perfect soundtrack for some drifting Boards of Canada music. Once the bus turned towards the river and the freeway at the Bell Tower, the moment had passed. That was the moment that Autumn, and a new season for me had begun.

I have had so much bad news lately, I wasn't up to saying in my last entry that my other rat, Cupcake, died last Thursday. I'll miss her, Cupcake and Hermione were such a team of energetic little pranksters, it is hard to imagine they are no longer with us. But Jess still has Gerti, I'm sure that she will get a lot of attention, more than ever now that she is on her own.

Cupcake was my little terror, I've never seen such a small animal run so fast. I feel sad and yet happy when I think of all the times she surprised me, especially when she always used to jump onto me as I was unsuspectingly watching tv. Sigh, life is so quick for a rat. Adios Cuppycakes!


Monday, March 20, 2006


With my oldest friend Colin at his wedding yesterday. It's great to see the old boy happy at last! Pity about the bad framing of the photo, you should never let someone else use your camera! Hehe, it was a great wedding, they are on their way to Bali now for their honeymoon.

Monday, March 13, 2006

Today was a good day.


This is the political comic in the Perth paper 'the West Australian'. Costello is the Deputy Prime Minister, and he just recently made an announcement about integration in Australia. This comic is just fantastic, it's drawn by a guy called Dean Alston and the faces he draws and the vibe of his pics always hit the exact spot of what is happening in the news.
He is practically a legend in newspaper circles around the country as the best political cartoonist. I hope this blog entry doesn't end up with Australian products getting boycotted..

Other news, um, I went to Colin's Bucks party. Hehe now that was a pretty wild night but that would be telling if I went into too much detail. I'll talk about the Jess thing later when I'm feeling less tender about it but hey, she had been building up for this for weeks, so when she left me I could already tell she had moved on from me. So it's hard to feel too sad when I know that she isn't feeling like I am. Obviously I'm on a daily cycle of the angry/sad/remorseful/relieved and a few other feelings at the moment, but anywayss.. I threw away her toothbrush today and put away all my photos of her on display, woo hoo the first steps of getting my life back!

I saw 'History of Violence', the new David Cronenberg movie on Saturday, and it's classic Cronenberg. I thought it was awesome! And it had less gooey stuff than many of his earlier films. It still wasn't the cult classics like 'Scanners' or 'Videodrome' but I think it's up there with his best stuff!

I've been looking through my old travel diary, and I've been looking up all my old Baltic adventures. I will soon write about my travels in this part of the world, now that a friend has kicked my butt to get started on it again! Jeepers, I've got so much more time now that I'm not running around after Jess' dramas! I think I can feel a bit of the ol' Grant returning, getting a bit of my sass back. Come to think of it, I was miserable for ages once Jess started getting sick. I feel like I am waking up. Maybe NOW is the time for my long deserved holiday..

Thursday, March 09, 2006

End of the line

This week marks a low point in my life. On Tuesday Jessica broke it off with me after over three years together. It doesn't really inspire me to write too much, although I have to say my friends have been great and right there for me. Life will go on I suppose, but it's more than just heartbreak and pain, it's the loss of a friendship, lifestyle and the closest bond I have ever had with anyone that really cuts me up inside, and I know that I now have to adjust to this.
..I thought 2006 was going to be a good year :'[
Maybe this is a sign that better times are yet to come.. I hope.

As Ned once said in 'Simple Men', the greatest Hal Hartley film of all time:

"There's nothing but trouble and desire".

Sunday, March 05, 2006

I was strolling past a construction site this week and whilst I stumbled past the entrance through the rubble, I noticed some writing on a pillar. I looked a little closer, and realised I was looking at the original writing from a shopfront from when the building was first built. The shop is located opposite His Majesty's Theatre on the corner of King Street.



On the wall next to this, there was a menu offering cool drinks and snacks for 6d (six pence). Here in front of me was an uncovered piece of history, and in true keeping with Perth's ethos of being a modern city that smashes down any history, I imagine that by the next time I walk down Hay Street this little old shop will be some glistening boutique.

It'd be cool if they could incorporate the old milk bar signs into the new shop.

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