Swing it baby!

Third class in our intro to swing dancing course last night, last class next Monday. Hmmm! What fun... but between B and I we have no 'natural talent', so everything we're doing is quite measured. We take a while for things to click but we're determined to persevere! Shane and Ruth are entertaining instructors, making the whole effort worthwhile, as do the lollies, free badge pins and lovely fellow learners.

12 films in 12 weeks...

Thanks to RB on Twitter for link to this nifty project. US based collaborative project between 4 core guys who act/direct/produce/everything else along with a collection of other talented... talent.

From the website comes their goals:
• to promote creativity and adaptability by imposing a strict once-a-week deadline
• to explore the short-film format from a variety of angles – thematic, stylistic, and logistical
• to meet and collaborate with a large number of actors, artists, and technicians
• to create quality work that represents our interests and abilities, as individuals and as a group
• to work our butts off
• to have barrels of fun

Very inspiring! First movie looks great (although quite sad).

Date night

Had a very 'American' date Sunday night with B - a burger at the only place open (and close to the local cinema) at 9.30pm on a Sunday night, then caught 'Star Trek: 11' - we had the WHOLE cinema to ourselves! Had to run out and find staff to remind them to turn the lights off and pull the curtains open. Ahh, the laughs... anyway, not a bad movie! The extent of our Star Trek knowledge topped out at "Beam me up Scotty" and "Energise" but it didn't matter. Entertaining and interesting. Sylar (I mean Zachary Quinto) made a great Spock and Karl Urban was perfect as Bones (last time I saw him was in 'Doom' and as Eomer in 'Lord of the Rings').

Bike nerd

Check it out... free running for bikes!

coin keys phone markers notebook

Finally got around to trialling a bit of lino-equivalent block printing... stuff (substrate?). Might need to refine my technique a bit!

Retro WAFL Tea Towels

Wow. What a find! Found these very cool tea towels with the old WAFL teams colours. Where? At the Aladdin's cave of newsagency stores - the one near The Imp on Albany Hwy. This place is amazing! I always drop by to see what they have hidden away. Only $1 each!

Shadow Letters

Spelling with shadow letters...

Stuff from Melbourne weekend

Spent the long weekend (WA) in Victoria with B and the lovely J (another third of mayk). We drove along the Great Ocean Road, up to the Grampians then back to Melbourne for a day or two. Here's a few highlights...

Zine Festival @ Fed Square ~ Saturday 30th May
www.shelbyville.com.au/
www.gracialouise.com/zines.html
Just my luck - seriously. What a lovely coincidence! Dropped by the zine stands at Fed Square - paradise! Bought a couple of zines from Gracia and Louise & 'Laundromatic' courtesy of Shelbyville. I was spoilt for choice. Saw "MoTHER [has words...]" for sale too! Go Perth.

Breakfast in Peh-raaaan ~ Monday 1st June
www.threethousand.com.au/eat-drink/borsch-vodka-and-tears/
Great coffee, lovely service and fantastic setting! Food was spot on.

Shoppin' in the city ~ Monday 1st June
www.metropolisbookshop.com.au/
I. Love. Bookstores. Especially arty, design specific ones with a quality selection and latest titles. Ahhhh.