Dags do Birthdays

Today is my 32nd birthday. I woke up to discover my very dear friend from the UK has written a song about my current adventure. I don't think anyone has ever written a song for me before and it's spiggin' awesome, very funny and shamefully accurate. Have a listen to it for yourself in the player below.

nb. for context, I'm a freelance Art Department person who makes television sets look pretty for a living so please do bear this in mind when you listen.

Fiona's Birthday Song, written and performed by the fabulous Liz Day

A few days ago a mysterious Amazon parcel arrived for me. Knowing I hadn't ordered anything and that my boyfriend only buys presents from that website, I decided to be good and wait until today before I opened it. Inside a very spangly green bag (it turns out Amazon are quite good at gift wrapping) there was a book made up of essays about contemporary Australian television (published in 2016) and yes, there is an essay about the 30 years of Neighbours in there as well as some other really interesting topics. I'll write a little review once I've finished.

Small Screens: Essays on Contemporary Australian Television

In the meantime I'm off to the beach in Frankston for the day because the weather is blummin' gorgeous and I'm taking my book with me. Hopefully I'll run into some Cannings while I'm there.