it has definitely felt like fall/autumn this wknd and i’m not thrilled. i think the weather this week is supposed to be in the 60s (the HIGH this wk). i did have a ‘i love melbourne’ moment on friday (yes, i do have those occasionally). i left yoga (my first yoga class in years & i managed not to fall over or die half way thru class) and it was dreary, slightly cold and looked like rain – that smell & feel of the first fall moment – so i put on wilco’s ‘california stars’ and just repeated it over and over as i got a nice warm starbucks & rode the tram home.
saturday was art day since there were several things i wanted to check out as part of the next wave festival. the coolest one was called ‘new ruins‘ and was held in an abandoned building which used to be part of the prison (apparently holding cells). the pieces were a combination of audio, video, and light. several of them were inside the cells (which were bigger than my dorm room which was odd). i didn’t take any pix but will see if i can find anything online.
it was also grand prix wknd here which means i can hear the cars whip around the track from my apartment. even though i’m sure there were tons of tourists here, it felt like nothing after all the tourists who were here for the commonwealth games.
speaking of the games, saw a post to an article written by graffiti ‘star’ banksy about the cleanup here before the games and warning london of the same before the 2012 olympics. there was cleanup here but i am surprised it wasn’t worse. right near one of the big tourist spots is a popular graffiti place and that was left untouched. another big spot along the train line by st kilda wasn’t touched either. i saw cleanup (done in boring grey paint!) on the walls along the train lines though.