Freinds and the festival

"A backwards poet writes inverse."

I had a gorgeous day on Saturday! I got to see Clara, my best friend and the most beautiful girl in the world. (And those are all one person!) Leigh came over which never fails to make it a good day. Cla and I caught up with Dave, then ran into Rhys and the three of us hung out and had a super time! There was a stunning rainbow. And as if that wasn't enough, we then ran into Sam and I met her friend Emma and saw Bus. Sam seems to get more and more beautiful and complex every time I look at her. I don't think I'll ever understand her, but I know I'll always want to. After that, Clara, Dave and I threw spinning leaves off the tower (an exciting activity from the forthcoming Hitchhiker's Guide to Bunbury by Dave and Kate!) and talked about wind camels and camel tunnels (the new name for wind tunnels). Then we ran into Dave B and Sofie. It was such an awesomely fun and beautiful day.

Today was the Perth Speech and Drama Festival. It was quite a nice day. Rhys came with me, which I really appreciated. I performed reasonably well. Not as well as I did at Gala the previous night! That felt brilliant. I felt like I had the audience right there with me. You could cut the tension. It was an excellent night of entertainment, especially the Sultans of Jazz! They were so spectacular.

I think we need a revival of words like splendid. We can't let them die! We need to keep as many 'good' words as we can in this cruel world as it becomes crueler. Splendid, super, swell, superb, sublime, stupendous (wow, there are a lot that start with 's'), ace, dandy, delightful, neat, tremendous , grand, glorious, etcetera!