It started on the Friday before the show when the lady we dog walk for agreed to do my hair at her salon. I haven't gone to a salon since late 2009 and have cut my own hair since then. I haven't used box hair dye in I am not sure how long. So I got the TREATMENT! :) She died it dark red at the roots and then dark throughout to give it the most natural look possible and she cut all my split ends off which ended up being a lot more of my length that I expected. I feel so refreshed! The only problem with going to the salon is that I haven't used any synthetic chemicals and especially no plastic that are found in alarming amounts in tarditional shampoo and conditioner. I use a lye bar shampoo with only oils added in and when I need to I do a vinegar/water rinse for pH balance. Granted my hair felt sooooo soft after getting it done, but that is the plastic coating of conditioner :) Either way. It was a good experience, my hair turned out great and the lady who did it, is HILARIOUS!
The day of the event started as any other on&off Australian rainy day. Brian went to go walk Nomsa and I walked the beagles. We then decided to eat early incase it rained again. Brian and I are getting really good at skywatching for breaks in the rain! We just walked down the street and got chinese food! Our first chinese food in Australia ;) I got a cold about 4-5 day previously and was still sick so I really couldn't taste much of my veggie stirfry in garlic black bean sauce, but Brian assured me it was delicious! :D I ate to much so I was really happy I had time to digest and then look pretty. After relaxing a bit and watching Arrested Development (One of our absolute favorite shows) Brian showered and I began to straighten my hair for the first time in Australia! Its either way to hot or to humid to have my hair down and I get all sweaty and its just not a good time. I did the works for makeup instead of just eyeliner and mascara like normal. It was really nice to get all dolled up and go to a show! We are usually too broke or buy grownup logical things to do anything this special to us! Once we were looking all nice, we walked down the street to the bus and took it down to the train station. I GOT TO RIDE THE TRAIN AGAIN!! :) I love it, I feel like such a dork, but I really do love the train! based on the approximate timeline online we thught the doors would open around 7pm so we got to the city at 6pm. The venue is rightly named because it was literally right on the Swan River and right next to the train station. So an hour early was overkill, but we just enjoyed each others company and explored the city trying to dodge the rain sprinkles. We made it back to the venue close to 7 only to realize the doors were not opening and did not open until 7:40. We instead bought some hard apple ciders and got in line to purchase Sir David's book Birds of Paradise. To our suprise the book was signed by Sir David!!! :) AHHHHH I literally almost peed my pantyhose with excitement!! We also ended up buying the DVD set of Africa. We have seen a few episodes and its truely an epic series. We found one of the last remaining benches and eagerly waited for the doors to open.
I WILL SAY THIS RIGHT NOW: If you do not know who this man is, please look him up or better yet read the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough
On to the show! The show was amazing! It was Sir David and a host (i think Australia's ABC producer). He asked Sir David questions about how he got started in the business of film and documentaries and turned it into a 6 decade career. Sir David originally applied to be a radio talker, but didn't even get an interview. A little bit later he got a letter asking him to help get the BBC into television. He said most people did not even own nor did they know what a TV was and there was only two channels. In between questions Sir David would share funny stories and clips. Sir David originally started out helping produce an animal show where the london zoo would bring in an animal, put it on a table and explain about it. Sir David said that was stupid and you can't learn about animals without seeing the habitat it comes from and how it behaves. He said it was not enough just to say this is an armadillo and it normally acts like this! haha And from there BBC sent Sir David to around Indonesia to film a Komodo Dragon which was purely legendary and an animal Sir David had read about as a kid and was always intrigued. When him and his camera guy (ONE CAMERA GUY) got to one of the islands the pilot landed on a small grass airstrip. He said it was too mushy and the wet season was there and he would not fly back for 4 months. So Sir David said OK, see you in 4 months and found a guy to take them to the small island of Komodo by boat. The Best part of this story was that his wife had no idea if he had landed or when he was coming home. Overall, Sir David was HILARIOUS!! The whole crowd was laughing the whole night!! The clips they showed were phenomenal and it was awesome to watch the progress of film. After a few years of traveling and making record series for the BBC, the BBC made Sir David a producer of his own channel. He was responsible for the whole channel and every show that went on it. However, the only way he said he would take the desk job was if he would get an anual leave to travel. On those vacation he still filmed. He only lasted in this position for 2 years or so and went back to traveling. Another fascinating question was if Sir David had pets at home. He brought home two monkeys (I forgot the breed, how aweul of a vet student am I) and they had their own room because they had a habit in the wild to pee in their hands and proceed to touch everythnig to claim it as theirs. Apparently the two were so happy at Sir Davids house that they had babies. :) Eventually he turned them all into the London Zoo. He also bought home a bunch of interesting creatures as you can imagine from all the places he has been. After just over an hour there was an intermission, where Brian and I made it to the bathrooms before the crowd - success and we refreshed our drinks and made it back before the show started again! The second half started with a few clips and then questions from the audience. They had people write in questions in the beginning and they picked 4 people to come to a mic and personally ask their question. Brian Cox, a world reknown particle physicist that works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland & also a presenter on COUNTLESS BBC productions, videod a question in: Does Sir David Attenborough have hope for humanity? His answer was exactly how I have always felt, but I am not going to get into that topic on here. :D
The show ended with a few more clips and Sir David admitting that he is scheduled to go on yet another trip filming next year! A pacemaker will not limit this man! :) SO many funnies stories!! The show even ran over time by a minimum of 30mins. We rode the second to last trains of the night. We got rained on while waiting for the bus. Rode one of the last few busses and our walk home past the park was just slightly sprinkled and Brian made to keep our precious book covered with his coat the entire time! And he didn't even want to bring the coat! I know better! :) When we got home, we were too jazzed about the concert to sleep so I steamed some broccoli and cauliflower! So good and a great end to the night! We got home well after midnight and fell asleep super fast!
It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see Sir David Attenborough and I still can't believe it is real! SO UNREAL!!! :)
Selfies! Brian looking awesome in his Australian tie from Sherri! <3
SO EXCITED TO GO TO THE SHOW!!!
My hair was a lot straighter before we left than at the end of the night! It was a good try though
some lights outside of The Riverside Theatre at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Center (PCEC)
A courtyard by the PCEC and the walk ay at the back is part of the bus station and a walkway between some of the skyscrapper buildings.
A painted wall by the bus station exit
Sitting inside the PCEC. Ballrooms upstairs. Bathroom to the left of me taking the photo. The Theatre is behind that orange wall and there was two mini bars as well around that corner.
Just a view of the city from my bench inside the PCEC waiting for the doors to open!
Some building after the show that I saw on the way back to the train station that kept changing colors. My camera is retarded when flash is taken away so sorry the pictures are fuzzy!
My hair was a lot straighter before we left than at the end of the night! It was a good try though
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