An Angry Irishman

Last night I went here:














...to see the rather delightful yet angry Dylan Moran. Despite slight issues with the sound, which was too trebley IMHO and thus made his diatribes somewhat tougher to listen to, it was a very good show, with Dylan truly showing the full brunt of his rage. However I can't help but feel that although the Opera House is an unarguably fantastic venue, the sort of crowd it attracts isn't necessarily his target demographic. Case in point being when he got very angry at some posh hooligan taking a flash photo of him (understandably so) mid flow he launched into a tirade against the offending party. Now most audiences would respect the performers wishes at this point and stop bothering him with needless flashes (I say needless because the majority of morons exhibiting this behaviour seem convinced their flash will make a difference from some 100+ feet away - morons reading this: it doesn't). However, the number of morons probably increased after this point, whether they were trying to try and attract his attention in order to have some "witty repartee" with him, or just annoy the "performing unintelligible monkey" I will leave as a thought excercise for the reader.

I should also point out at this stage, that I wasn't alone at the theatre, but with two very good friends Rich and Lucy (who have been begging me for another blog mention), who provided both excellent company, and a half time gin, which is always gratefully received. They are only in Sydney for the rest of the week however I think they will be glad to see the back of my "date-crashing" by the time Friday rolls around :D I was out with them the previous night, and tonight for curry night (Roogan Josh for those suitably curious).

As with any move, the hardest thing to get used to missing is the small things, whether its your local pub, or greasy spoon, or some online service that isn't available in your new place of residence. Trans-continental moves I guess are much more pronounced in that respect I guess and I'm currently looking for equivalents for many regularly used sites such as ebuyer, and toptable. However occasionally you find a gem which wouldn't be possible in your old home for one reason or another. Though my usual daily browsing, I've just discovered rewine which I look forward to trying out as soon as I have a permanent residence sorted. I'm also contemplating using a service such as smartypig to save for a decent camera for taking photos of the beautiful cityscapes Sydney has to offer. Rather than relying on the grainy snaps which only a camera-phone can accomplish.