And the reasoning behind this is this:

”When you walk through a forest that has not been tamed and interfered with by man, you will see not only abundant life all around you, but you will also encounter fallen trees and decaying trunks, rotting leaves and decomposing matter at every step.  Wherever you look, you will find death as well as life.

Upon closer scrutiny, however, you will discover that the decomposing tree trunk and rotting leaves not only give birth to new life, but are full of life themselves.  Microorganisms are at work.  Molecules are rearranging themselves.  So death isn’t to be found anywhere.  There is only the metamorphosis of life forms.  What can you learn from this?”

I know this should be a picture of a leafy forest. But this seams right at the moment.

Thanks to the brains trust at Triple J we’ve put together the wickedest, all Australian surf film soundtrack ever, trevor. It’s madness. It took a while, and Clare and I listened to a lot of uuurrr not-so-amazingness, but we put our head down and soon came across some gems.  Bands we included from the website are Major Chord, Tom Richardson, Big Scary, Justin Carter, The Smoke, The Melodics, SolarStares and the amazing Tim and Jean. The soundtrack also features Triple J faves – Seth Sentry, MPhazes, The Beautiful Girls, Dardanelles and Goons of Doom along pop-queens Dash and Will, Nick Batterham, Matt Walters and new comers Kiri O’Connor and Liz Cogger.  If you want to listen to the soundtrack – you’ll have to come to the film. As we’re not sure if we’ll be able to release it on CD. It’s screening at The Australian Centre for Moving Image, Fed Square, Melbourne next Tuesday the 27th of April at 7.30pm. You can get tickets here but DO IT NOW. Cos they will sell out. Or you can check out the full song list here. Yet again, Triple J achieves their goal – promoting and exposing young Australian artists.

It’s the insight that makes it work – and it’s what a lot of films lack these days. The simplicity of how it just is paints a picture about so much more than the story. Sofia Coppola just nails girls. In all her films, from the Virgin Suicides to her Miss Dior Cherie spot. Can’t wait to see what she does with Somewhere.

I’m a little distressed.  My horoscope isn’t up yet. What’s happened? Are you ok? I hope you haven’t done yourself an injury – because I’ve been checking every half hour to see what the stars have in store for me for this Feb – and it’s still not there. I know I’m in Australia and we’re a bit ahead, so I purposefully waited and gave you some more time. But still, no love.

I’m worried about you. I can’t live without you.  2010 is going to be my year Susan – but I need a little heads up. So pretty please with sugarlumps on top can you put my horoscope up?

I went back in time and got Van Gogh to paint these astrological flowers especially for you. I hope they help you feel better (if you are even feeling bad – otherwise I hope they convince you to get predicting).

Hugs and kisses, Lady Chameleon.