Today, I am sick. I started getting a bit of a fever yesterday at work. And this morning, decided that I should stay home.
Today, I received a rejection letter from Borders for a recent position I went for as Marketing Coordinator. It seems that, although I was a marketing coordinator for more than three years at FMR, I am not even worthy of an interview with the big bookstore up the road. Part of me is secretly hoping that they just deleted my application without even reading it, cause I would be more upset if it was because they felt I wasn't qualified.
Today, in an ironic twist, I also 'won' the new Renee Geyer album, 'Tenderland', thanks to Music Max. I have always said that I thought Renee had an amazing voice (I'm sure my US friend Artdaddy would agree!), and, whilst recently cruising their site, submitted for the online competition. It was a pleasant surprise in the mail today and genuinely put a smile on my face, and for a brief second, made me feel like my horrid luck lately was about to change... until I opened the Borders letter and the reality came back again.
Birthdays... happy birthday to my nephew Samuel, who had a birthday earlier in the week. Happy birthday to Cameron Wenn (he'll kill me for linking that review from the past but it does give him a very good wrap), who had a birthday recently. Happy birthday also to Kieran, who celebrated last weekend. Happy birthday to David Rogers-Smith... (ok, the link isn't him but it's fun)... still possibly one of the loudest voices I know, who is celebrating his birthday early next week... and last, but most certainly far from least as far as i'm concerned, many happy returns to my dear friend Michael Sakellaris, who's friendship has meant so much to me over the past 18 months that I can't even remember what my life was like without him. He is a one of a kind, genuine and real friend, and I thank you again for being a truly remarkably person who constantly inspires me! Worst of all, I think everyone suspects you're going to get better with age...
And there are more freakin' birthdays next week... I mean, don't you just HATE nine months on from Christmas...
And lastly, a shout out and best wishes to Gerling, who play The Metro in Sydney tonight and who are having the show filmed. I SO wish I was there, cause Gerling are definitely one of those bands who remind me WHY I love live music so much. I'll be thinking of you tonight, and hope the show rocks as much as you do. For those curious, they have a new album out called 'BadBlood!!!', which you can purchase now, and find out heaps more about the band on their official page.
