Stepping out: 'We can be hero's' currently screening on the ABC on Wednesday nights is the current 'must watch situation' down here in Aussie. Its a mockumentary about five Australians all vying for the title of 'Australian of the year' i wont go into details, go to http://www.abc.net.au/tv/heroes/ to get the full rundown, however the character that has caught my eye, and how apt as she has a chronic stigmatism, is 'Pat Mullins'. I will say no more, other thn the fact that Pat was born with aforementioned stigmatism, and one leg massively shorter than the other.

To work around her disability Pat taught herself at a very young age to roll everywhere, at incredible speeds. I love how Pat has adjusted her fashion to work with her disability, my favorite Pat pret a' porter moment is to come this week, when she dons a pair of 'pewter' heels .. one greatley extended (see below pic). I will leave you with this quote from Pat 'I may be disabled .. but i can roll'

Visitors: This past weekend i've had Phillip from Melbourne visiting us, he stayed a few days which was fantastic, but it was a tough call for him to end up staying in Wollongong mere days after finishing a three month world trip. We had an absolute laugh trekking around and visiting a few old haunts, To give you a 'slight' insight into the man simply known as 'Phillip' on Sunday morning i woke up early-ish and was creeping around doing the washing up, the phone in the lounge rang and i raced to answer it before it woke Phillip up, i picked up the phone to find it was Phillip calling me from the next room, he informed me that he was awake, sitting up in bed, ready for breakfast and prepared to recieve visitors.
When i stay at Phillips place he makes me sleeep on a hissing, blurting, deflating air goiter. The pics below are an 'art' shot of Phillip i took in the side mirror of the car, the other pic is of Phillip, Adam and myself having breakfast at north Wollongong beach this past weekend.

Sonic: A friend just sent me this amazing photo of the space shuttle breaking throught the sound barrier, awesome.

Seasons of change: Some would call it a quirk, some would call it strange, others i'm sure have different names for it, but old Tamala dosnt like change .. well, not when it comes to her personal cleansing products. In the last few months two of my lathersome staples have been pulled from the shelves and 'discontinued' .. oh how i shudder at the finality of that word. First it was my Colgate pump pack tooth paste that got the rissole, then last week when shopping for my favorite 'Sunflower and honey' scented soap i saw the dreaded slip of paper on the shelve 'Discontinued'.

With racing heart i scooped up the remaining few bars and hoofed it to the check out chick, who seeing the panic in my eyes made no attempt at idle chatter. When i got home i called the customer service number on the back wrapper of the soap, they clued me up to where i could score the last few remaining cakes in Wollongong.
I didnt dare wait till next day opening, i swished into town with my pathetic calico 'greeny' bags and swooped down upon the store that had the booty, i ran into a girlfriend from work who was also shopping, i was relieved to find out that she wasnt there to challenge me for the covetted cakes, but rather to pick up some eye liner. Knowing me as long as she has, she just gave me a gentle smile when she copped sight of my bags of lather goods.

I'm sad to say that the last of my toothpaste has now gone, i have moved on, but it will never be the same as the golden days of the pump pack, as some sort of solice the soap is stretching out quite nicely, i predict i should make it till at least December, before i have to make that all important decision as to what new soap i'll be moving on to.

Shimmy: Currently being spun on Tammys electrolla 'Three in one' is this fab platter of aural delights.

Nooooo Yawk is where i'd rah-der stay: In preparation for our visit to New York, i have started to trial a few outfits and moves for my time there, below is a pic of me on our Balcony in Wollongong, practicing swishing out onto our Park Avenue balcony in New York, i would like to thank Tyson for the loan of his dog, and Beryl for the hire of her wig 'Dahhhh-link i luv ya, but gimme Park Aven-oo'

The things we do for our 15 minutes of fame: Not many people know, but Australia was the first country outside of their native Sweden to really break ABBA, ABBAMANIA was huge down here, still is .. especially after the movie 'Pricilla - Queen of the desert', recently i found these pics of ABBA from an early promotional visit to Aussie, i had no recollection of the band appearing on so many of our local (for want of a better word) 'variety' shows, i'm at once joyed, AND dismayed to see that ABBA made appearences on 'Bandstand with Daryl Sommers' 'The Done Lane show' and most disturbingly of all 'Jimmy Hannan's celebrity squares', i suppose if the Beatles can get their start in a fruit cellar, then ABBA can cavort with Jimmy Hannan on their rise to fame and music world dominance.

Plastic 2: While i'm on a roll .. nothing much to be said about this next pic really.