(Thursday) Stood up
Just got back from Bodega. Was supposed to be checking out the Rhombus gig with Tahnda. Guess who didn't show up?

Bad karma was cast on the night from the start when I got to the venue and saw that tickets were $25 - which is a hell of a lot for Bodega on a weeknight - especially for a local band. That made me dubious about going in anyway, because I'm not overly familiar with their music, and I've really got other things to spend my pennies on.

But I went in to wait (they hadn't started charging yet). Sat there for the length of a beer. No sign of Tahnda. And I'd got there late anyway. So I came home. I'd been there at least half an hour after we were due to meet, which is all anyone is worth as far as I'm concerned.

Am slightly pissed off. But will get over it.

Meanwhile Janet Frame is being talked about as a possible winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Which makes me smile slightly smugly, seeing as I've just been hyping her work. On the other hand, she's up against De Lillo, Coetze and Atwood...She has offered to renationalise the railways if she wins. Which I don't quite understand, but good on her. She's also promised to take her family to dinner at Valentine's, which is a $25 all-you-can-eat self-service buffet place.

True class. I love Janet Frame. 
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