small things
Sep. 3rd, 2004 06:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmGot paid today. Am one paycheck behind.
Am seeing Vanity Fair at 9:15.
Have started on the Halloween madness, although current crackpot idea is somewhat dependent on the assistance of my father (of all things), so we'll see. I'm working on cooking up a plan B. I am such a costume whore. And like Vanity Fair is going to help?
Got good news at work about my vacation days, alleviating a certain degree of financial stress about Sydney. And now there's a Sydney Craigslist too, which should help on the finding a place front.
Have a mosquito bite in my navel. Hate mosquitos. Muchly.
Some idiot on the street told me I better eat more if I want him to eat me. Okay, number one, don't talk to women you don't know about their pussies. Number two, don't talk to women you don't know about their eating habits. Number three, just don't talk to me, at all, okay? Okay.
NYC feels so much better now that the RNC is over. People, and the city, are breathing again.
Feel like I should go to a local playground and make myself climb on the jungle gym to get used to the fact that on Tuesday I once again have to face the reality that Sham is tall.
Doing two days of background at some live event next week, which is good mainly because it's after work hours, so I'll pick up a bit of extra money, although one day I'll be coming right from the stables and that's sort of gross.
Finally starting to see some definition in my arms.
Overall, I'm pretty happy. I'm doing work, I'm getting work, I'm challenging myself and this is a pretty good life to have signed up for.
I _have_ to put in a headshot reorder on Monday, I didn't realize how low I was getting. Eek.
Am seeing Vanity Fair at 9:15.
Have started on the Halloween madness, although current crackpot idea is somewhat dependent on the assistance of my father (of all things), so we'll see. I'm working on cooking up a plan B. I am such a costume whore. And like Vanity Fair is going to help?
Got good news at work about my vacation days, alleviating a certain degree of financial stress about Sydney. And now there's a Sydney Craigslist too, which should help on the finding a place front.
Have a mosquito bite in my navel. Hate mosquitos. Muchly.
Some idiot on the street told me I better eat more if I want him to eat me. Okay, number one, don't talk to women you don't know about their pussies. Number two, don't talk to women you don't know about their eating habits. Number three, just don't talk to me, at all, okay? Okay.
NYC feels so much better now that the RNC is over. People, and the city, are breathing again.
Feel like I should go to a local playground and make myself climb on the jungle gym to get used to the fact that on Tuesday I once again have to face the reality that Sham is tall.
Doing two days of background at some live event next week, which is good mainly because it's after work hours, so I'll pick up a bit of extra money, although one day I'll be coming right from the stables and that's sort of gross.
Finally starting to see some definition in my arms.
Overall, I'm pretty happy. I'm doing work, I'm getting work, I'm challenging myself and this is a pretty good life to have signed up for.
I _have_ to put in a headshot reorder on Monday, I didn't realize how low I was getting. Eek.
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Date: 2004-09-03 03:57 pm (UTC)I could recommend particular regions of the city, but I forget why you're going there exactly (which will influence where you want to stay).
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Date: 2004-09-03 03:59 pm (UTC)Somewhere hip/not touristy would be good. And I don't totally grok the situation with the beach in relationship to everything else yet, but I'm really into swimming, so somewhere near or where public transit can get me to the water too is good.
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Date: 2004-09-03 04:24 pm (UTC)This means that you probably shouldn't stay in Manly, which I otherwise would have suggested, or anywhere else in North Sydney, across the fjord. The southern beaches, Bondi and Tamarama (sic?) and Coogee, are about 3-4km (aka 30-40 minutes' walk) east of UNSW. They too are not well (actually, at all) served by CityRail.
You might plausibly stay in or around Coogee proper, walking distance from the beach, and then take a bus to UNSW (according to this (http://www.sta.nsw.gov.au/commonpdfs/sta/bus/map/UNSW-Kensington-feb03map.pdf) (can you tell I'm procrastinating?), there's a direct bus.)
You could also stay around Bondi Junction with all the Kiwis; then you'd be a short bus ride to the beaches, a short bus ride to NSW, and on a spur of the CityRail. I'd probably go with this option.
Sydney's pretty sprawling, so be careful. Location is important.
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Date: 2004-09-03 04:29 pm (UTC)Why do all the Kiwis stay in Bondi Junction?
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Date: 2004-09-04 03:29 am (UTC)I think it's just one of those things.
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Date: 2004-09-04 09:38 am (UTC)I just wanted to comment on your pics before but got caught up in this very busy life. I think they are beautiful. Excellent photographer too.