Bored

Why is nobody turning up for their appointments at the moment? I am bored out of my mind at work.

Mind you that's being made up for by after work. Not only am I doing the short film, I've now been asked to do the sound for one of the local theatre groups. That would be ok but they seem to think it's ok to hand all the discs to me at the dress rehearsal. Are these people idiots? Actually I know they are because Joy has told me a bit about the whole rehearsal period. No one better ever tell me that the GRC is disorganized and unfriendly EVER AGAIN.

At least it is just this week. It's a pity that the plays are all pretty full on. All raping, shouting and killing. Not my idea of a good night out but there is no accounting for taste I suppose.

And the Dramafest judges love that kind of thing.

Outdoor Dunny

I'm outside supervising a cat, can you believe that? I decided he needs to go outside occasionally and my backyard is (almost) cat escape proof, but all the cat books say they need supervision so I am currently watching Loki enjoy digging in the dirt and peeing. What an exotic life I lead.

As you may remember he is a bit of a Psychokitty, what with all the running around and unprovoked attacks on me (mainly) and Beck. So I thought I'd consult the experts and get some books from the library to see what to do. Funnily enough he wasn't so keen:

So apologies to Stirling Libraries for the tooth marks in the Psycho Kitty book. Yes, that is it's actual title. I have to say the advice is a bit crap anyway, it seems to be that the solution to everything is "play with kitty and give him lots to do, but ignore him when he's naughty". So far this does not work. I've got the scars to prove it.

I also noticed the other day that he is the same colour as the carpet, grey and stripy, which gives him a significant advantage in the pouncing stakes. Just brought him back inside and now there is total craziness. I hope to god he grows out of all this. Still there's always lethal injection I suppose.

I joke...or do I?

Anyway what else is happening. Well the pre-production for the short film is in progress. I have no idea if I mentioned it here but we're making a short film with the Council's money. It's great but when Adam and I were doing the proposal (mostly Adam) we divvied up the jobs, with me as producer. NEVER DO THIS. I've since discovered that my name is on all the legal documents, the money is my responsibility, all the contracts are in my name and I have to do most of the organising for permissions. It's a bit of a nightmare. On the other hand I do now have the rights and control handed to me after Will and Adam both signed their agreements. The power seems infinite. Pity we'll never make any money from it otherwise it would be great (I get 40% and the writer/director get 30% each). We did have a bit of a Hollywood moment today, signing contracts in a coffee shop. OK not very Hollywood but cool in it's own small way. I've also had to write to four different councils for permissions to film as "Perth" isn't really "Perth" at all: It's the City of Perth and Town of Vincent and City of Stirling and Town of Cottesloe and Town of Cambridge. Too many councils in one place. And not one of them has an easily navigable website.

I've also finally managed to modify the hideous fireplace that was in this place when I moved in. From this:

To This:

With the help of some MDF, a laser cutting company, some paint and a lantern from the Swedish mothership. I think it looks better even if it is much more flammable. But who's likely to have an open fire in this day and age anyway?

Hopefully not the next people who live here or they're in for a shock.