I’ve been writing SheGoes for 15 years.
If my blog was a teenage girl, she would be vaping, TikToking and talking back.
But thankfully, this place is just for us. The middle-aged women.
Mid-life can be heavy sometimes. People take us seriously now! Sometimes we even take ourselves seriously! I’m here to remind you that life is good.
It’s also weird, sad, funny and full of awesome stuff that will blow your mind and your heart right open.
Thanks for being here with me.
This week in watching/reading/listening
Did you know that I have a film review segment on Radio Hunter Valley? It’s on Friday mornings and it’s a hoot!
I’m putting that screenwriting HECS debt to good use by reviewing stuff for zero moneys. And guess what? I’m going to review films, TV shows and books for you too!
Movies
Here’s what I watched on the weekend:
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1
Sweet Jesus, this movie is awful. It started out with a promising scenario involving rogue AI overriding a submarine missile system but then it slides spectacularly off the rails. But who really cares? Tom Cruise’s ageing face is puzzling to look at, Hayley Atwell, who plays Grace, is a brilliant actor (ie keeping a straight face through countless improbable scenes) and hey, you go on a whirlwind ride through Venice, Austria and the Empty Quarter of Yemen (technically shot in Abu Dhabi but yay, funsies).
Who to watch it with: Your partner, friends or teenaged kids. It’s not especially splatty but there’s some scary stuff in it for littlies.
Space Cadet
If Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion had a ditzy low budget baby with Armageddon, it would be this movie. Gal pal flick meets NASA rescue mission. By Sunday night, I’m an airhead with a penchant for shiny things (heck, by TUESDAY I’m already heading in this direction). This movie is ideal for when you want to switch off those brain cells and enjoy some quirky costume design.
Who to watch it with: Your drunk friends or your medium-aged kids. There’s a bit of drinking and smooching but nothing too intense.
Listening
Kid Laroi - Girls
Loving this.
Reading
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
This gothic fantasy has overtones of Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood with a dash of Edward Scissorhands. The writing is excellent but the word count is exhausting. Could have been much shorter but still, I didn’t hate it. There's a tortured will they/won’t they love story and there’s some solid Kentucky swamp atmosphere. Buy it here.
I got scammed
I tried to buy an antique bed but all I bought was a hole in my bank account - read more here.
Places to go
Is winter making you want to flee north? Are you eyeing off Jetstar flights to Cairns? If so, read this first.
Please note: Australian Government WiFi firewalls hate my blog because of 15 years of swears so please access it using the dark web or wherever you buy your bitcoin and weed gummies.
Stuff I love this week
Australis eyeshadow - Making Waves (picture above) and Hazy Daze, its warm coloured counterpart. Cheap, cheerful and unsuitably sparkly if you’re a beige/neutral/Quarter Hogbristle kinda gal. I am not that kinda gal. I love it. Inspired by my friend Kerrin who rocks it.
Giveaway
This month’s giveaway is a bunch of deliciously moisturise-y skin products! If you’re like me, winter has left you with the skin and temperament of an elderly reptile.
All you have to do to go in the draw to win is subscribe to this incredibly rad newsletter! Winner will be drawn at random and notified at the end of August. The only condition of entry is that you need to live in Australia because postage gets hectic for other countries.
I watched that movie a month ago. I do it because I don't like slow moving boring stuff. But, yeah. It's getting into Fast and Furious territory.