Friday, May 12, 2017

A long intermission


My goodness, it's been almost a year since I last blogged. That's astounding to me given I have kept this blog up to date pretty regularly across the years. I guess the main reason for my big wide stall pertains to a general level of happiness with the status quo, and no nagging requirement to share my musings with the cyber community or as cathartic exercise - and probably more to the point - that in a career of public relations - it involves a lot of reading and writing. So it's not uncommon to run out of puff at the end of a work day and then pursue extra-curricular writing - such as personal blog maintenance.

But here I am - posting again, just to acknowledge and say - that I haven't disappeared. I'm still here...and there will be more. Still where, one wonders? The child of the universe has a lot of land she can traverse. Well, right now, Hollywood, Los Angeles. Yes, isn't that special? Special indeed for an Aussie girl who grew up on Hollywood film.

So that's enough for now - even though I could tell you that I visited Marilyn Monroe's grave the other week and happened upon other famous people buried there too, such as Truman Capote, Dean Martin, Billy Wilder, and Farah Fawcett...and that to broaden my community here in LA and make some new friends - I have enrolled in a comedy improv eight-week class organised by the well-known to industry peeps, Upright Citizen's Brigade. 

And that one of my favourite things to do when I'm feeling down, bored or blue, is to youtube "crocodiles in Africa" and stumble on the majestic mash of those fabulous dinosaur reptiles battling it out in nature's cycle of life (visit this one for true awe-inspiring wonder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM) or that reading this article a friend posted on her facebook feed made me remember my own experience of losing my mum and it made me cry: http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/brian-nankervis-pays-tribute-to-his-mum-20170509-gw0s46

Yes, there's lots of that sort of stuff that I could share - the daily LIFE stuff - that makes up the day-to-day and keeps you feeling human and joy.

It's near summer here in LA. The sun is out and it's warm. And I've recently discovered a cool coffee place around the corner from me where I can drink an almond latte and listen to people talk about screenplays and directing films, as well was recommended, and since been to a delicious deli-restaurant & fine wine shop/institution (Greenblatts on Sunset Boulevard) where the servers treated me well and were nice to me.

Those things make me smile.