December Boys

So yesterday I had my recital and my last scheduled event dealing with school. All in all it went pretty well. As we were walking home from the ferry I received a call with a last minute gig this morning(the day after my recital) for some film score thingy. I said yeah sure because it paid 150 bucks. The title was 'December Boys' and sounded to me like some local yokel wannabe film director with a video camera who wanted to make a movie. It turns out that this is a fairly sizable movie(I don't know if it technically is classified as a 'Major Motion Picture' but it would sound better if I did) based on a book by an Australian author. It comes out in December all over the world, including the US! It has Daniel Radcliff (Harry Potter) amongst other lesser well know actors. If you go see it, which you should, don't expect any big bassoon moments-there are none-but that shouldn't stop you! I doubt I'll be in the credits.

Another amusing event today was the Melbourne Cup, held every first tuesday of November. While Americans go to the polls on, Australians go the to horse races because they already voted on saturday (Also, voting is mandatory here-wouldn't that be nice in the States!). At the library, one of our co-workers got all excited and set up a pool for us to chip in a dollar a horse to bet. I'm proud to say that on my first experience betting on the ponies, I picked the winner and won $12 bucks. My future plans are to bet all my life's savings on the next horse race that comes around. If your lucky, I'll share in the winnings!!!

~Mike