Election Called

It's been a couple of days since I last blogged. I saw a play 'Riflemind' on Friday night which I totally loathed - perhaps the worst piece of theatre I've seen in the last 10 years - a complete waste of $70. The play had no structure, was lethargic, the actors had nothing to work with despite being an A Grade cast. What made it a special event was attending the Sydney Theatre Company's launch - I got to speak to John Doyle (AKA Roy Slaven), Jonathan Biggins, David Berthold & Jackie Weaver - all really nice actors. I think I spotted Eddie Perfect in the crowd, too - he's an artist I've recently become interested in especially with his cabaret - I must buy the 'Angry Eddie" CD one of these days - it's supposed to be quite good.

Yesterday I went to John Miller's Gallery and had a look at Kerrie Cole's work which surprised me as she doesn't usually work in oils - I've only really seen her pastel and watercolour works before. These new works were interesting - scenes of Newcastle Beach from surrounding buildings. In several of her pieces I appreciated her composition and thought overall her works were a success.

I also had a look at the new JB Hi-Fi store at Westfield Kotara where I expected to pick up Six Feet Under: S5 on DVD, only to find it wasn't on special (the special only applied to S1 & S2). Hopefully next week I'll have more time to look around the store - I'm after some foreign movies at the moment 'Eyes Without A Face', 'And Your Mother Too' etc.

Today Prime Minister John Winston Howard called a Federal Election for 24 November. It's good the phoney election campaign is now over and the respective parties can advertise their election policies to the Australian voters. I think people have become annoyed with all the political ads on television from both sides of politics (I know I have) and hopefully during the six week period we might see some solid policies emerge hopefully from both sides.

Tonight I am going to see Susie Porter in 'The Caterpillar Wish'. I hope I enjoy the movie.