Tuesday, April 17, 2012

An ocean of violets in bloom



Despite the best efforts of bulk-buying scalpers and Ticketek Australia's unusually finicky postal address fields, yesterday I managed to successfully buy a ticket to see Prince in Melbourne on my birthday this year.

One ticket only, sadly, so I would have to go by myself, which is a little discouraging. Still... Prince!

The other issue is of course getting there without bankrupting myself, so I may end up just selling the ticket on.
But let's see how that goes. It would be a nice trip. I hear Melbourne's lovely.

In a fit of Prince-thusiasm, I created an account on prince.org, as I think the forums there might prove useful.
To do so, of course, I needed to choose a username, and I am quite pleased with mine. It has to be said, though, how does any online Prince-based community go for more than a year without the name "Curious Poses" already being taken?


Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Potrebbe essere stato un errore


It may have been a mistake to let slip that I can read Italian. Now I am getting all sorts of things sent to me from the Beijing office where [large Italian automotive company] have sent them emails and press release edits in Italian that no one can read.

On the other hand, this is the best workout of my Italian ability since I left primary school (where lessons were laid on courtesy of the Italian embassy, for reasons that I was never entirely clear on).