by Cellobella on Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Plenty if you’re looking for a sexy ballroom/latin sparkly gown/dress which will make my bottom look small and my legs look thin. Lets face it – it ain’t going to happen. I would settle for looking… curvy.
In fact at the moment I would settle for anything vaguely sparkly.
I’ve searched the web. Nada in Perth.
I’ve searched ebay. Lots of fetish outfits and little girl’s communion dresses but nothing remotely useful.
How hard can it be? Isn’t the whole of Australia mad on dancing at the moment? There must be thousands of dresses all PERFECT for me languishing in the back of closets crying out for some attention.
C’mon Sara-Marie - what about one of your frocks!
Ah well on the bright side my inner geek has priced the painting of a miniature for my dungeons and dragons games… at least she’ll be dressed!
PS Thank you to my friends who have offered classy skirts from their wardrobes I will let you know but they might not be tacky enough… 
by Cellobella on Monday, February 21, 2005
I need to get frocked. The costume for Mr Cha Cha is – as far as I can make out – eighties/ballroom glamour. The more outrageous the better. So I am putting the call out. Would you have a dress that is maybe suitable? Preferably not strapless – I don’t want to show my fabulous breasts to everyone – and not floor length so I can move.
Please let me know if you do!
Boys just have to wear a white shirt with black trousers and jacket and a black bowtie.
Enough said.
by Cellobella on Sunday, February 20, 2005
It’s late on Sunday… dead tired. Had a great rehearsal for Mr Cha Cha’s Ballroom – loads of fun if a bit sweaty! If you want to go along make sure you get to Forrest Place early on March 6 and sit tight for our five minutes of fame.
It’s Mambo!
by Cellobella on Saturday, February 19, 2005
Just been for a walk along the Cott Beach foreshore and saw the start of the Cottesloe to Rottnest Swim. There were thousands of people. Spectators, swimmers, paddlers, a flotilla of boats, lifesavers, officials, it was very impressive. Didn’t see anyone I knew.
It’s Saturday.
I’ve added a new blog to my faves list – Zinnia – she is a funeral celebrant and her blog is an interesting read…
by Cellobella on Friday, February 18, 2005
I ate a whole pizza last night. By myself. It was delicious. Chelsea Pizza’s Sausage Pizza is my favourite.
I drank three biggish glasses of red last night. By myself. They were ALL delicious.
I cannot work out why my website does not look like it’s supposed to. There is supposed to be a 100px wide banner down the left hand side in green which ties it all together. It is the background image of the body of the site and was working yesterday. Then yesterday afternoon it stopped working. I’m so frustrated.
I went back to Archetrek today to the Friday morning group. Katie has refined the model further and I think improved it. She had toyed with six areas on the map at one point and I hated that – I think at the time I mentioned that I found it confusing and it was but it is gone so I can let it go. I didn’t want to go today and resented having to “share” at the start of it and did so begrudgingly. Then another participant (I judged) did the same thing and boy did I react to that! I am sure this person is in the group to be a key reflector for me.
I think I will just have to dive in!
Maybe when I do the background image on this website will suddenly work! Could my computer be a reflection of my life?
Child is the on button, Heart is the internet connection, Body is the hardware, Mind is the software and Soul is the helpdesk! Okay lets analyse this. It is a problem between the software and the internet connection that is causing my background image not to appear… Heart and Mind. Too much thinking and not enough being? Maybe my background image works for you on your computer?
I need to have a walk!
OMG – I just tried fixing it again – and it works! Bloody hell. I guess that’s a pretty emphatic message from the universe!
by Cellobella on Thursday, February 17, 2005
It’s American but I still didn’t want to score high…
I am 15% White Trash.
I, my friend, have class. I am so not white trash. . I am more than likely Democrat, and my place is neat, and there is a good chance I may never drink wine from a box.
by Cellobella on Thursday, February 17, 2005
What is the point of a blog if you can’t promote your own family’s stuff?
Mike is having an exhibition at the Freight Gallery in Fremantle (21 Beach Street).
The exhibition runs from 25 Feb – 13 March. His new works include portraits (possibly even the one he did of me but he isn’t saying yet whether”I’ve” made the cut) and landscapes as well as his more familiar abstracts.
The story behind the title of his exhibition – Shaky Vision – is quite an interesting one. Last year he started working with people who have disabilities and also with artists with mental health problems. He found that they approached their art quite differently. For example just expressing themselves rather than expecting a certain effect or look. We do tend to get bound by society’s and our own beliefs and through teaching these people, Michael reckons he learned to let go of some of that stuff.
One guy told Michael about his first experience of Schizophrenia describing it feeling like his head was on fire which inspired a piece called Walking on Air.
Mike has also managed to get sponsorship from Forrest Hill Vineyard which I will be looking out next time I go to the bottle shop!
Time for lunch I think – this life of leisure sure has its pressures…
by Cellobella on Thursday, February 17, 2005
Perhaps it was the mention of Kermit the Frog on Spicks and Specks this evening as I was playing with banners or perhaps I’m truly getting in touch with my heart chakra… yeah whatever… as you can see SultanaBlog has changed yet again.
It could have been the delicious lunch R and I had at the newly discovered Grand Palace Restaurant on The Esplanade in that old building opposite the Weld Club. I remember going to the building years ago with an old boyfriend who was a member of a church youth club… The lunch was superb. R started with Crispy Whitebait Soup (an immediate blast of lemon grass was quickly followed up with a delicate whitebait in a crunchy tempura batter and finished with shaved oyster mushrooms and a hint of chilli) while I had the Sung Choi Bao which is that lettucy thing with prawns, chopped up chicken and veges (delicious – the ingredients so fresh). Then we had sizzling lamb with cumin which had hints of Indian cuisine and szechwan chicken – which again was outstanding. We wanted to lick our plates but we are of course too couth for that!
It’s beautifully appointed, the service great, and the prices not too bad. Absolutely recommend this one. By the way if you go and there’s just two of you – the small main courses are all you need – quite reasonable servings. Our food total was $41.70.
We went to see seeking TRANSCENDENCE at the Art Gallery today. Brilliant. I especially liked Wolfgang Laib’s works although the pollen got up Rs nose. The Marble Milk piece especially tickled me.
Started Salley Vickers “Instances of the Number 3″ today and am already hooked. Interesting tale (so far) of a wife and a mistress meeting after the party in common dies in a car crash. With Salley’s novels though, you know there is going to be a twist!
by Cellobella on Tuesday, February 15, 2005
It is so HOT! 34.6 degrees and it’s after 8pm. As Rory’s Counterstrike buddies would say – WTF.
Rory and I are sitting at the computers in our underpants drinking white wine. And that will be as far as it goes people – it’s too damn hot! Sorry Rory.
42 degrees at 4.31pm – 42.6 degrees in Swanbourne. That’s 109 degrees in the old money. HOT.
Reminds me of a song or two…
by Cellobella on Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Today I was MC at the Salley Vickers Literary Lunch, Part of PIAF’s Words and Ideas program. I have to say I approached the event with some trepidation. I haven’t “done” a literary lunch before either as a participant or MC, so I wasn’t sure what was expected. Rosemary at work asked me to do it. Yes I’m supposed to be on leave but they were keen for me to do it and she was very excited by the author although she hadn’t read any of her books.
So I received Mr Golightly’s Holiday and Miss Garnet’s Angel and started to read them – you’ve maybe read my thoughts on earlier blogs. I loved the books and had the luxury of time to absorb them and think about what I might say.
Then this morning Salley rings me and we have a lovely chat about her books and what she likes to talk about and I ran my “first question” past her which she said “hadn’t been asked before” – if you ever need to compliment a journalist say “Noone’s ever asked me that before” – such a buzz… anyway she sounded very nice and I was looking forward – in that butterfly kind of way – to the lunch.
Well it seemed to go off very well. Salley is delightful and such a generous author. She really gave fulsome answers to people’s questions and offered great insight into the way she writes and how her novels came about. My opening comments were well received – what a relief – and I was quite inspired to do more ‘festival’ things.
I am terrible – every year I look at the program and think how fantastic it looks but do I ever go to anything… At least we are doing Mr Cha Cha’s Ballroom! I was talking to one of the festival folk at the lunch and she recommended the Barking Gecko performance of Crabbing at High Tide which I think I’ll take the kids too… and I’ve been intrigued with Zastrossi which looks interesting. Of course the centrepiece seeking TRANSCENDENCE looks amazing and a must see.
Apart from that there is a free writers festival this weekend which has my name on it – in between kiddie commitments and cha cha rehearsals – and I must read Craig Silvey’s Rhubarb - the One Book of the festival.
I have though since returning home on this stupidly hot day started “Instances of the Number 3″ – the one Salley Vickers novel I haven’t read – and am already hooked!
