The definition of bizarre is...

Overhearing one Best and Less shop-guy explaining to another Best and Less shop-guy what Donnie Darko is about in extreme detail as they stack babies singlets onto a display.

A selfish little note

I know this blog is about Ari, but every now and then I get to note something about my life.
Tomorrow is my last day as a journalist at the Herald Sun. From next week, I will enter the scary, unknown world of PR.
We are also house hunting like crazy at the moment. It feels like a momentous time.
And here I was only a couple of months ago complaining to Rob that not much really happened this year!

Baby fever

Nearly three years ago, Rob and I joined the parent club. Now, we finally feel like some of the people we know and love are following suit.
In the space of a few short months, two close friends have had their first children and another couple is expecting.
While we love our little boy, the past few years have been a lonely existence in many ways. For me, especially, being home with Ari so much. But also because virtually none of our friends have had children at the same time and I didn't have the joys of mother's group that so many women have.
Bring on the babies! Not least because it will be nice to have someone to share the experience with.

Ari's high rotation

Ari has 5 distinct favourite songs at the moment. Poor me, I'm the one who has to listen to them over and over and over and over and over and over again.
Mind you, they're a lot better than bloody Hot Potato and Fruit Salad (which he will occasionally listen to):
1. Wake Up - Arcade Fire, pictured above, (off Funeral). He prefers the live version with David Bowie on You Tube, but will sing along with the CD version.
2. Neon Bible, Arcade Fire (off Neon Bible). He sings "ne-on bi-ful". It's very cute.
3. I Don't Want To Grow Up, Tom Waits (off Bone Machine). There must be something about the jauntiness of this tune. It's a great song. Certainly one of my favourite Tom tracks.
4. Goin Out West, Tom Waits (off Bone Machine). He says "man with guitar, man with guitar" about this song. Not quite sure what he's thinking, because almost EVERY song has a man with a guitar on it.
5. Highroyds, Kaiser Chiefs (off Yours Truly, Angry Mob). Again, a really jaunty track. I think it's just okay. Not the biggest Kaisers fan, but the boy likes them.