Night Noodle Markets and blah, blah, blah

Super slow internet for the rest of the month means I can't post as much as I'd like, and only really have access here at work... so if this post seems (more) disjointed (than usual) it's because I'm pretending to work too...

Last night I went to the Night Noodle Markets in Hyde Park that are on for Good Food Month. It was so much fun! If you live in Sydney you should go. They're only on this week and next - which doesn't really make sense as they were PACKED last night and it would be great if they extended the run for a month to encourage more people to come spread out over the month, with less time waiting in lines. The lines, were crazy, after about 7pm there was a 1/2 hour wait in most queues - so my advice is, get there early, eat and then spend the rest of the time checking out the entertainment - they had Chinese dragons, noodle making performances, drummers, and a movie playing - not all at once, because that would have been annoying... and I felt soooo sorry for the person who had to be the back half of the Chinese dragons - no fun... walking around hunched over holding onto the waist of the person who's holding the head - and getting all the glory... poor things.

After the noodle markets we went for a walk around town, and this morning my feet are killing me - thats what walking all over Sydney in high heels will do to you... I feel like someone has hit my ankles with blocks of wood the way Kathy Bates did in that Stephen King movie when she hobbled the author she loved so that they couldn't escape (what the hell is the name of that movie??!!!)

Speaking of movies, saw Step Brothers the other night - hilarious!!! the Judd/Aptow powerhouse continues to steam on... Will Ferrel co-wrote it as well as acted in it, and he is so funny. It's a little annoying at the beginning, just because its so over the top, but once you accept that its just pure silliness, you will laugh your butt off - funniest movie I've seen in ages. Not a funny movie: In Bruges... it had great reviews and it wasn't baaaaddddd, but it was a case of all the good parts being put in the trailer. So I felt a little ripped off. But still, worth seeing (on DVD). Looking forward to seeing Burn After Reading - I missed the last Cohen Bro's flick No Country for Old Men - everyone told me it was too gruesome, and I'd just had a horrific experience watching Wolf Creek so thought it was best if I gave that one a miss.

Tonight is Frenchie's birthday, and for some god forsaken reason she's having her party 40 minutes out of the city at this little Korean restaurant (which is supposably amazing, so I'm looking forward to eating there). This is kind of convenient for her because she lives out of the city - but only 20 mins, but for the rest of us its going to mean one expensive taxi ride home. I told her I was going to take my car as I didn't want to pay $60 for a taxi and she was not impressed - I think she wants to have a BIG night... so maybe I'll train/bus/bus it - ugh, even the thought of that makes me tired - I'll share a cab with someone... Now, some of the people coming to Frenchie's birthday are not exactly on my xmas card list. There is Two. Who is visiting with Frenchie and her hubby, and apparently he's not my biggest fan either - hey, can't like all the people, all the time. He's from Miami, and is taking a break before starting Grad School in the state next year, and his background is in IT. Oh, and yeah, he knows EVERYTHING. About anything you ever needed to know/had an opinion on. And his opinion is a lot more important than yours. Then there is Jodie and her boyfriend Joe - Jodie is 41 and Joe is 31, Jodie makes oodles of money and flys around the world being super fabulous and Joe is unemployed... its a funny situation. But Jodie is convinced that Veronica and I are after Joe. It differs, sometimes I'm after him, and sometimes its Veronica. I usually try and stay away from places when I know she's going as I hate seeing them fight - and just to clarify, he's not interested in either one of us, he loves Jodie... then there's Murray, who is very intense and can only communicate when in the middle of a D & M. Last party, he cornered me and held me captive for 20 minutes while he talked about how I just need to visualise my goals and believe in myself and I could do anything. He also writes erotic fiction, has a 19 year old daughter he smokes weed with - so they can get on the same level and communicate apparently - and has just started an art class where the goal is to make a cast of a naked woman and paint it to express your feelings or something. Nice guy, just very intense.

Now that I think about Frenchie's friends, they all have such extreme personalities. And her personality is insanely big too. I think thats why I dread these parties a bit - everyone fighting for attention... but they're always interesting and usually end with someone doing some kind of weird dance/falling over... ahhh, Frenchie... I do dread the parties, but I love them too...