Snails move faster...

This day has been ridiculously slow.  RIDICULOUSLY SLOW.


Really.


It's my second day back at Melbourne HQ of the biz of show, after three weeks in Radelaide, visiting my family and "working" on A Chorus Line.  I use inverted commas on the word "working", since I doubt very much that turning up for 1.5 to 2 hours and handing out a maximum of 3 tickets per show qualifies as actual work.  Still, it beats taking three weeks of annual leave.


There are no major musicals on in Melbourne at the moment.  A grave oversight by the producers of Australia in my opinion.  Melbourne is always packed full of interstate and overseas tennis fans in January and they're used to having their choice of shows to see when they want a night off from the tennis.  To come to Melbourne and discover there is nothing on in the way of musicals is incomprehensible to most of them.


Epic fail, Frosty, Rigby and co.  Epic fail.


So here I sit, contemplating my navel whilst I tell the rare person who does wander in that there are no shows they can see in the next few weeks.


It's very boring, but it has inspired me to do a little CV updating and job hunting.  Or at least figuring out what I'd like to do for a job.  Sure as hell can't stay in ticketing another year - it's doing my head in.


Stay tuned peeps.


In other news, I am about to embark upon a French Regional Cooking course with my friend Jerry.  Five weeks, including one week of "Cooking with Wine" and one week of "Cooking with Cheese".  If that's not reason enough to enrol, I don't know what is.  Can't wait.


I'm also investigating art courses.  As in, how to draw.  I'm the world's worst, even at stick figures (although I did do rather well in high school when we did cubism) and I have an idea for a story which would include illustrations (no - not a children's book), but I'd rather like to be able to draw them myself.  Any suggestions on good short courses, Melbourne people?


I'll leave you today with an article from the New Yorker, written by one of my favourite writers/actresses, Mindy Kaling.  I think she's hilariously awesome.  If we knew each other, I'm sure we'd get along swimmingly.


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