Gasp...sigh....flutter, flutter.
"North and South" is coming to the ABC. That's right - it's the BBC's latest 4-part dramatic costume adaptation! Hoorah!
This is my favourite, FAVOURITE book ever. It's by Elizabeth Gaskell. Published in the 1850s, it's a romance (buildingsroman), but with an Industrial Revolution edge. And it's just WONDERFUL.
Essentially, I am in love with both the hero and heroine - the delectable, passionate and so-broody-he-rivals-Mr-Darcy John Thornton and the spirited, regal and socially aware Margaret Hale.
The only thing about it is that after first reading the book during one of my uni literature courses, I decided I should adapt it into a BBC drama. After buying a copy in London last year, I reaffirmed my desire to adapt it, but thought - you know, the BBC are probably going to do it one day. And they have! So while I'm happy it's coming soon to a TV near me, I am disappointed I couldn't make my name and fortune by doing my own version.
I've checked out the BBC's website - and there seems to be a lot of good reviews about it. Richard Armitage (ex of Cold Feet) is playing Mr Thornton and he looks nice and broody. So much controlled exterior that hints of the burning passion underneath! Sigh.
It's funny because I usually and truly do hate "romancy"things. For example, I found "Love Actually" EXTRAORDINARILY cheesy and deliberately pulling-on-the-heartstrings schmaltzy. I don't like overtly public displays of affection and the idea of going round shouting love, love, love from the rooftops leaves me cold. But I think that's why I like things like "Pride and Prejudice" etc - because the passion is fiery, but restrained. Very British, you might say. ;)
Anyway, look how much I've crapped on yet again after promising to myself I'd be brief. Cripes it's after 3am. These late night shifts are really screwing with my Circadian rhythms.
Have a good week all, Natalie.
P.S. I've decided I HATE the good ship Live Journal, and all the posters (posers?) who sail on her. ;)
Apr 14, 2005
Oops, she got knocked up again.
So it's confirmed - Britney Spears is pregnant.
Now that's just plain CRAZY talk. She's freakin' 23 years olf. That's a year younger than me. My current stance on parenthood? It should be outlawed.
There's something weird about a teeny-bop pop sensation younger than you having a kid. I mean Britney doesn't really win the prize for maturity and well-reasoned thinking, at least not in my book. I thought it was great when she threw off the 17-year-old finger-sucking virgin act and started acting like a real chick in her early 20s - smoking, drinking, clubbing etc.
Everyone at that stage talked about her as becoming a bad role model for girls. I wonder what they'll now say about her? To me, a whirlwind marriage to a guy who left his previous girlfriend while she was pregnant with his second child, and a baby within a year, is a far WORSE role model for teenage girls than a bit of drinking and promiscuity.
Anyhoo, there's not much I can do about that. There's still some residual weirdness too because one of my best friends Jacqui in England is pregnant. She's just turned 25. It's bizarre for me because she's the first close friend I have who's having a baby. I haven't known that many people who've had kids, and certainly not so close. It's kind of like the end to my childhood - I still regard my friends and I as kids and when THEY start having kids...it just seems surreal.
My friend Alisha is the opposite. She seems to work with or know HEAPS of women who have just had a baby, are trying to have a baby, or a having a baby while she's talking to them on the phone. ;) She's much more accustomed to the condition.
In other less figure-destroying news (although that is debatable) I am officially now full-time at 4BC. Hooray! I am on an odd roster though. I think it will take a while to sort out. I seem to be on most of what I will politely call the "odd hours" shifts - I think because there's no one else available to do them. For example, I am currently on my "weekend". I finish this week's roster on Sunday, after working Friday and Saturday. But then the roster changes, and I have to then work Monday to Friday next week before I get the weekend off. So I will have worked eight days in a row when I get my next weekend. So I don't know if this will be often, but it seems if it does continue I will end up with four weekends for every five weeks worked or something like that. Which is all very well and good, but not something I want to do forever. It's certainly a challenge, though, and I look forward to it. I just wish there was a bit more cash involved. ;)
And I haven't mentioned anything yet about the Pope's death.
Briefly - I thought John Paul the Second was a fun figure for the Church and for comedy in general. His visible presence on the world stage made him a great punchline. Not to insult anyone with that but hey, make 'em laugh and they will listen. ;)
Seriously, I admire the obvious faith that he maintained without question. But I do think his position was almost medieval, and while he inspired faith and hope in many, he turned me off. A Church which places all its interpretive power into the hands of solely men and relegates women to wives and mothers is not realistic. Life is not that simple. Even if I wanted to, I probably couldn't just stay at home and pump out kids. And while I am in a monogamous long-term relationship, I have the right to have sex with whomever I want, use birth control while doing it, and to have an abortion if I feel it is the best possible option for me. I feel there is no place for me in a Church that cannot even meet me even halfway on those issues.
I should make a note: I was actually brought up a Catholic so I can say all this shit with experience. ;)
Final note: I love churches themselves to bits. Greg and I had the best time in Rome just wandering about the city admiring all the Churches we past. Say what you will about the Catholics, they certainly knew the best architects and artists!
Dinner now....see ya! Natalie.
Now that's just plain CRAZY talk. She's freakin' 23 years olf. That's a year younger than me. My current stance on parenthood? It should be outlawed.
There's something weird about a teeny-bop pop sensation younger than you having a kid. I mean Britney doesn't really win the prize for maturity and well-reasoned thinking, at least not in my book. I thought it was great when she threw off the 17-year-old finger-sucking virgin act and started acting like a real chick in her early 20s - smoking, drinking, clubbing etc.
Everyone at that stage talked about her as becoming a bad role model for girls. I wonder what they'll now say about her? To me, a whirlwind marriage to a guy who left his previous girlfriend while she was pregnant with his second child, and a baby within a year, is a far WORSE role model for teenage girls than a bit of drinking and promiscuity.
Anyhoo, there's not much I can do about that. There's still some residual weirdness too because one of my best friends Jacqui in England is pregnant. She's just turned 25. It's bizarre for me because she's the first close friend I have who's having a baby. I haven't known that many people who've had kids, and certainly not so close. It's kind of like the end to my childhood - I still regard my friends and I as kids and when THEY start having kids...it just seems surreal.
My friend Alisha is the opposite. She seems to work with or know HEAPS of women who have just had a baby, are trying to have a baby, or a having a baby while she's talking to them on the phone. ;) She's much more accustomed to the condition.
In other less figure-destroying news (although that is debatable) I am officially now full-time at 4BC. Hooray! I am on an odd roster though. I think it will take a while to sort out. I seem to be on most of what I will politely call the "odd hours" shifts - I think because there's no one else available to do them. For example, I am currently on my "weekend". I finish this week's roster on Sunday, after working Friday and Saturday. But then the roster changes, and I have to then work Monday to Friday next week before I get the weekend off. So I will have worked eight days in a row when I get my next weekend. So I don't know if this will be often, but it seems if it does continue I will end up with four weekends for every five weeks worked or something like that. Which is all very well and good, but not something I want to do forever. It's certainly a challenge, though, and I look forward to it. I just wish there was a bit more cash involved. ;)
And I haven't mentioned anything yet about the Pope's death.
Briefly - I thought John Paul the Second was a fun figure for the Church and for comedy in general. His visible presence on the world stage made him a great punchline. Not to insult anyone with that but hey, make 'em laugh and they will listen. ;)
Seriously, I admire the obvious faith that he maintained without question. But I do think his position was almost medieval, and while he inspired faith and hope in many, he turned me off. A Church which places all its interpretive power into the hands of solely men and relegates women to wives and mothers is not realistic. Life is not that simple. Even if I wanted to, I probably couldn't just stay at home and pump out kids. And while I am in a monogamous long-term relationship, I have the right to have sex with whomever I want, use birth control while doing it, and to have an abortion if I feel it is the best possible option for me. I feel there is no place for me in a Church that cannot even meet me even halfway on those issues.
I should make a note: I was actually brought up a Catholic so I can say all this shit with experience. ;)
Final note: I love churches themselves to bits. Greg and I had the best time in Rome just wandering about the city admiring all the Churches we past. Say what you will about the Catholics, they certainly knew the best architects and artists!
Dinner now....see ya! Natalie.
Apr 6, 2005
Clouds and stuff
Yay! There are clouds outside and it was raining this morning. Plus the forecast says there's going to be rain until Friday. I love rain, and we haven't had enough of it this summer. Not even any big storms like we usually get in Briz Vegas-town.
Hmmmm...what to say, what to say. I have a contract for my new job that I have to sign and hand in, etc etc. I haven't had a chance to properly read through all the fine print, so I will complete that today. The most important thing to note is the phenomenally SMALL amount of money I will be getting paid. It's because the position is for a grade 2 journalist. I consider myself a grade 3, but I can't do much about it - except look elsewhere for work, or ask for a performance review after 6 months or something.
Note to self: don't become a journalist. The hours are shit and the pay is shit. ;)
Hmmm.
The only bright side is because it's an award rate (as opposed to Austereo which was contract), I will get extras here and there for early starts/late finishes/travel etc. As I look like doing a fair few of those type of shifts that will hopefully boost my wage a bit. Which is nice.
I'm finding it a bit hard to re-adjust to the full time working life. Of course, it's made harder by the fact that my week is not Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. That would be amazing. In fact, a meal break would be amazing. ;)
Currently my roster is Monday and Tuesday nights, Wednesday and Thursday off, Friday day, Saturday and Sunday breakfasts. So there's a real variation in shifts, which is good experience wise, but it does make it harder to get into a routine. Especially since in a couple of weeks that roster will change and I'll be doing something else.
Anyway, I shouldn't be whinging - I'm happy to have my job as it will be good experience and a good stepping stone. But it's really all I could write about as it's all I've been doing. ;)
I wrote a whole lot more but have replaced it...because I sound boring. I'll have to do something much more interesting to write about.
Anyway, cheers for now, Natalie.
Hmmmm...what to say, what to say. I have a contract for my new job that I have to sign and hand in, etc etc. I haven't had a chance to properly read through all the fine print, so I will complete that today. The most important thing to note is the phenomenally SMALL amount of money I will be getting paid. It's because the position is for a grade 2 journalist. I consider myself a grade 3, but I can't do much about it - except look elsewhere for work, or ask for a performance review after 6 months or something.
Note to self: don't become a journalist. The hours are shit and the pay is shit. ;)
Hmmm.
The only bright side is because it's an award rate (as opposed to Austereo which was contract), I will get extras here and there for early starts/late finishes/travel etc. As I look like doing a fair few of those type of shifts that will hopefully boost my wage a bit. Which is nice.
I'm finding it a bit hard to re-adjust to the full time working life. Of course, it's made harder by the fact that my week is not Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. That would be amazing. In fact, a meal break would be amazing. ;)
Currently my roster is Monday and Tuesday nights, Wednesday and Thursday off, Friday day, Saturday and Sunday breakfasts. So there's a real variation in shifts, which is good experience wise, but it does make it harder to get into a routine. Especially since in a couple of weeks that roster will change and I'll be doing something else.
Anyway, I shouldn't be whinging - I'm happy to have my job as it will be good experience and a good stepping stone. But it's really all I could write about as it's all I've been doing. ;)
I wrote a whole lot more but have replaced it...because I sound boring. I'll have to do something much more interesting to write about.
Anyway, cheers for now, Natalie.
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