I went for a drink afterwards (non-alcoholic thanks to the Ross River Fever) and stopped by the Festival Bar on the way home. I ran into Ross Noble outside and we ended up chatting about motorbikes for half an hour. We were comparing photos of our babies on our phones. We looked like those annoying parents that have every second of their child's life documented on their phones. Ross is doing a ride day at Eastern Creek this weekend coming and invited me along. I'll have to see how the wrists and ankles are going but I'd love to do a day out at the Creek. I've just spent a stack on my Big Girl (my bike) so she's in good shape at the moment.
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We weren't sure if the Sunday show was going to go ahead because the ticket sales were slow in the week but they came home strong in the arvo. The show was small but I really enjoyed myself. I was explaining to the audience that since I'd become single again I'd come back off the bench with vigour. And the ages are getting lower… I started with a 44 and in the last few months I've managed 38… 35… 32… 26…23 (on my 33rd birthday… Happy Birthday ME…), I mentioned to the audience that I was currently auditioning the role of the 20 year old. I notice that the four guys in the front row were quite young so I asked them exactly how old they were… SIXTEEN!! Holy shit I could go to jail for just LOOKING at them the wrong way! Sixteen. Sitting in my front row. I thought it was awesome that these kids had forked out $17 to see me. At sixteen that's a fair effort. A mates Mum and Dad were in the audience too, I had warned them that I was quite the potty mouth on stage; the Mum replied 'I've been watching Underbelly to get myself ready'. To those of you overseas, it's a show on telly here about Aussie Gangsters and it drops more f and c bombs than any TV show we've ever had. I don't think the preparation was enough though!!
The 16 year olds bought a CD. It makes me happy to think that it will be passed around their high school. The recording is from Manly Boatshed a few months ago and it's a pretty good set. I pissed myself having a chat to them after the show; one of the kids is an exchange student from France. He's been in Australia exactly one day. Welcome to Australia Frenchy… this is what Australian women are like.
Farkin funny.
So my CRACKER this year had TV spots, luncheons, cancelled shows, Ross River Fever, successful auditions for dodgy commercials, a show with more blokes in the audience that I'd nailed than not, bike talk with Ross Noble, four sixteen year olds (including a French Exchange student) and my first go at selling Merchandise. It all went off quite well. My favourite bit though was teaching every member of my audience how to say 'cunt' in sign language.
I love my job.
Jules
www.juliawilson.com.au
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