I am new to this blogging business so be nice!
I am a marketing professional and am currently working in the legal profession which, lets just say, isn't the most savvy profession when it comes to blogging, tweeting, facebooking etc. I am also just about to start a new marketing job in a new profession - accounting - and I suspect they also haven't fully embraced the world of social media.
I am a daily Facebooker and have a very under-utilised twitter account (that's the next project, after I remember my password!), but I have never really dabbled in or explored the world of blogging. So, in an attempt to self-teach and keep pace with the rapidly changing technologies, I have created this blog.
As a single thirty-something, I honestly think Melbourne is the greatest city in the world (albeit a bit cold). There is so much to see and do (and eat) here and I am always on the look out for interesting new places to go and things to do. My friends know me as an eternal planner and thank me for organising 'stuff'.. but what I don't think they realise is that they are doing me a favour by coming along for the ride as I explore Melbourne and all it has to offer.
So, I hope that I can share some of the ride with you out there in blogging world also, and I will attempt to entertain you with some insights into what I love about living in Melbourne...
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Solo Cinema
I know people who wouldn't dream of going to the movies on their own.. or more likely, wouldn't think of doing so. But after seven years of relative singledom, I've become quite good at it.
I remember seeing an elderly gentleman at my local cinema several years ago - he was on his own and I later noticed him dining solo in the adjacent cafe. Rather than feeling sad or concerned about this 'lonely old man', I admired him for getting out and enjoying the fine things in life, company or no company. I always keep him in mind when I sneak into the cinema sans company these days.
Perhaps I'm a little set in my ways, but I relish the opportunity to peruse the cinema listing and choose any movie I like, at any cinema I like, at any time that suits me. I sneak in early, preferably with a glass of wine, and snag the best seat in the house, and afterwards sneak out quickly to beat the bathroom queue. I never have to see a movie I don't want to see and if a movie turns out to be not quite as good as expected, I don't get the guilts for dragging someone else along for the disappointment.
I've never been one to stay at home alone with a DVD, and I would rather sit in a cafe with a book or newspaper than hang around home on a lazy day. A solo trip to the cinema offers me an outing with purpose, without the need to be particularly social.
It does mean though, that I have never been to Gold Class - although I think that is more a result of the type of movies I like ie: mostly art house and foreign films. I am also not sure I need to pay $35 for a reclining chair and a waiter roaming around the cinema mid-movie. Give me a bag of chips and a pinot noir and I'm happy!
Yes, I love sneaking out on a Sunday afternoon, usually to Palace Como, The George or Brighton Bay. I turn off my phone and relax into whatever world the movie creates for me. Just don't ask if you can join me!
I remember seeing an elderly gentleman at my local cinema several years ago - he was on his own and I later noticed him dining solo in the adjacent cafe. Rather than feeling sad or concerned about this 'lonely old man', I admired him for getting out and enjoying the fine things in life, company or no company. I always keep him in mind when I sneak into the cinema sans company these days.
Perhaps I'm a little set in my ways, but I relish the opportunity to peruse the cinema listing and choose any movie I like, at any cinema I like, at any time that suits me. I sneak in early, preferably with a glass of wine, and snag the best seat in the house, and afterwards sneak out quickly to beat the bathroom queue. I never have to see a movie I don't want to see and if a movie turns out to be not quite as good as expected, I don't get the guilts for dragging someone else along for the disappointment.
I've never been one to stay at home alone with a DVD, and I would rather sit in a cafe with a book or newspaper than hang around home on a lazy day. A solo trip to the cinema offers me an outing with purpose, without the need to be particularly social.
It does mean though, that I have never been to Gold Class - although I think that is more a result of the type of movies I like ie: mostly art house and foreign films. I am also not sure I need to pay $35 for a reclining chair and a waiter roaming around the cinema mid-movie. Give me a bag of chips and a pinot noir and I'm happy!
Yes, I love sneaking out on a Sunday afternoon, usually to Palace Como, The George or Brighton Bay. I turn off my phone and relax into whatever world the movie creates for me. Just don't ask if you can join me!
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