I love music! I love my MAC!

Well been a week since I mailed! I'm sitting in the San Francisco Delta
Airlines Airport Terminal, waiting for my cheap flight to Salt Lake City! I
have no idea why I am going there except that is sort of the way home to New
York - well sort of - oh and the ticket via Salt Lake was cheap! even with a
night stay over! - OH NOW I REMEMBER WHY! "it the MORMAN" capital of the
USA!! LOL (oh yeah LOL = Laughing Out Loud - in internet chat speak) I hate
to say this but the City San Fran is DEAD as a DOORNAIL! you would not think
at all that it was 23 YES twenty three days till Christmas day! - There is
no one in this terminal - (and I know cause I left my mobile in the taxi and
then flagged a bus down to chase him!!!! TALK ABOUT A.B.C. (A.B.C. = Always
Be in Control)- I have never been so determined to make some one do
something in my life - well almost) and I got my little Erickson World
phone! - and then had to walk back from terminal 4 to Terminal 1 where I
was.............. And it all the terminals are DEAD! like its not even a
weekend! and it 10.30am in the morning Friday! - The city San Fran was so
beautiful! I had a great time! Had the most Glorious dinner where a close
mate took me to - was - well YUMMO! I could have had and entire platter of
that Potato Gnocchi!!! ("MUM - how do you spell that?") - I took it easy! It
was very very hard to get out of bed this morning at 7am when the wake up
call came ........... Had a shower and was talked into sharing a cab with a
lady to the airport - I was waiting for the airport bus (as the cab fair is
$38US = $80AU) She was interesting "HEARD ALL ABOUT HER" jesus!! she did ask
what I did - but never go to answer as she rattled onto another subject!!! (
I tell ya brought back memories of Hans (ex DUTCH Boyfriend of 4 years)
where he would speak dutch or german to mates on da phone and id wait for my
Name to be mentioned!!!!) Lost Mobile, Hijacked Bus, Chased taxi well you
heard that!! I saw a musical last nite in San Fran called "The Dead" Irish!!
was very good - slow - gut good! - BUT - well let me tell you about Las
Vegas! F___ en H___! I have never seen any thing like it!!! Ever!! So many
Poker Machines - In the Poker Machines in the Bar table tops, Poker
Machines in the reception - Poker Machines in the bathroom! You name it any
corner and they were there! But WOW - what a amazing concept!!! $$$$$$ every
where! (although slow as well) I went there to see the permanent Cirus De
Soueil production called "O" and well OHHHHHHHHHH - was the most amazing
feast my eyes have ever seen! - the entire production and stage is a
girgantic pool! - something like 40 Million Gallons of water - revols -
numerous stages - the height of the stage was at least 6 floors! - was out
of this world........ Diving under water ---- acrobatics --- singing ----
was just well I cant explain! the entire show is permanent at the Bellagio
Hotel (where I stayed) Cost them $40 million US dollars to concive and get
up and running!!!! was JUST AMAZING! The hotels are all themes - "Paris" -
Everything French - "MGM Grand" - All about Hollywood and movies -
"Caesar's Place" Everything Roman and B.C. - "Treasure Island" fighting
Pirates - "Flamingos" - Wildlife - "The Venetian" - Venice Canals and all
Europe! - I stayed in the Bellagio! The newest hotel there! - It had 3000
rooms - yep Three Thousand! The hallways were like Runways! - Everything
electronic - even the Mini Bar! - You touched a coke or scotch you paid for
it! - all the hotels are designed so that you can not get from A to Z with
out walking through all the Gambling - like from you room to reception is
like walking across a football field! - & if you want to get to the gym then
you walk from Balmain to Double Bay! and on the way you are meant to be
tempted by all the tables! I did not spend a dime or a nickel! (sorry Kelly
- not even on Black) not tempted at all - does nothing for me - so I Guess
Vegas is like one gigantic Disney land for adults - each hotel is another
concept......... They say that if you combined just four and only four of
the major hotels the room accom total would exceed all the rooms in San
Francisco!!! The 2nd night I had to see the white lions and tigers - so I
went and saw "Seigfeld and Roy" - 22 big white pussy cats ( well for those
who know - 22 humungous "Spikes" (spike is my white Chinchilla at home) -
Interesting show! - they (Guy Duo) have been performing in Vegas for 30
years! - they show felt it tooooo . .......... ROFL - (oh yeah ROFL =
Rolling On the Floor Laughing - in internet chat speak) ......... It was
ok..... Just! - was really just a giant simple 20 min magic act filled out
with Stuff-------- Smoke ---- More smoke ---- Dancing Girls and BOYS ----
smoke ----- lights ---- bad music ------ oh did I say smoke!!!! ----- they
tried to do some stupid story line but I think it got fucked up in the
translation from German to English to American! ....... Ay least I got 2
Southerns and Coke included in the Ticket price - ( I think they watered
down the Southern -- :-( so then it was OUT OF THERE ---- I have to say
the Bellagio hotel was perhaps the Best Hotel I have ever stayed in! I
reason they had staff hiding out side your room so when you rang for
something they would knock on the door the moment yo hung up the phone. I
waited for Zip, Zero, Nothing.... Was an extraordinary experience
considering that they have 3000 rooms! And I tell ya I am so lucky some one
told me to stay there......... All the other hotels were ............. Well
...... Mmmmm......... FOUL!! ("MUM - how do you spell that?") .......... In
San Fran I tell you If I have Dollar for every Beggar on the Streets my trip
would have come out at a profit! - they are absolutely every where! on every
corner! - I spent my life one day in a HUGE electronics store ......
Mmmmmmmm Bliss! I love electronics!!! found some funky stuff ...... And yeah
well most of it I have or the stuff I wanted would not work in Australia any
ways! But came with some funky ideas for our offices and internet site! -
After that I went a saw "Harry Potter" - what fun - was well ---- mmmm
GREAT! - not sure if it is in Australia yet, but I loved it! I like I always
do have great intentions in Reading, I bought all four of the books - never
got past page 4 of the "Sourcers stone" so I had nothing to compare it to!
Broke all box office records here in the USA previous movie grossed
$165millon in the first weekend and "Harry" raked in $205millon in the first
weekend! - Cost about $120 mill to make - and JK (author) only got
$20million for the movie rights for the first 3 books! - well she signed
with AOL Time Warner a couple of years ago ......... but hey when you went
from unemployed at home to the "Richest" woman in the UK in like 5 years I
guess you don't need much more! - Im on the Plane now! and apparently it is
Snowing in Salt Lake City!!! That will be fun!! Yipee!! Mormans and Snow!! -
Hope my $50 hotel has heating!! as I like don't have much warm clothing may
be Law and Order on TV for me 2 night!! LOL (see above) Congratulations to
the entire Sales Team and all Staff in Sydney! YOU BROKE THE COMPANY
HISTORY! BEST MONTH EVER! WELL DONE! .......... Well this was a wordy mail
so hope you kept up ( I think my attention span would have stoped on the
second line) hope all is well, Cheers Tim

a polyp or 2

well its been a while since my last up date!!! I must say I have never really been on a holiday this long before! its almost 4 weeks! the longest holiday I think I have ever had in my career. The longest one has been 2 weeks! and after the initial winding down I am SERIOUSLY enjoying my time off! I have a million ideas.......... and the more time off I have the more I see other things that would be great to do in Sydney........ so we will see some of these filtering through in 2002 I think! Today is Thanksgiving....... TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY ......... every thing is closed ..... and I mean EVERY THING..... I decided to do some washing ... like jeans and stuff before NY city closed down.... I went to the Laundromat and sat and watched the front loader go round and round while me, my apple imac and headphones watched the DVD of "THE SOPRANOS" 2nd season.......... well with all the domestics all done I took off to see the musical "URINETOWN" yes that's the title and the New York times said ...... "Urinetown,'' the marvellously self-conscious satire of the musical theatre's social conscience. The show, which remains a zesty and full-bodied original, began life in fact as a participant in the New York Fringe Festival, and given its toilet-centric plot, it was a reasonable level of entry. It became a surprise Off Broadway hit last spring. What is, in fact, most striking here is how well everything fits together in the collaborative creation of something that feels entirely original. And did I mention that ''Urinetown'' is hilarious? A huge ovation that followed shortly thereafter, the audience agreed." and it was very very good! Weird but incredible performances and very good.................. I went for a very very long walk around central park ...... I just love those little squirrels! bouncing around the park looking for dinner! The west side......... that's where I stay - some call it "Hells Kitchen" changes every year I come back....... this year it honestly seems to be getting more "gay" which I think is good. People tell me that the village and so forth is so expensive that people cant afford to live there any more....... so they are moving more further away from downtown ........ and since the world trade centre thing more and more people seem to be moving away from the financial district......... well Tuesday night was the nite of nites...... I got to see "The Producers" ................ here is some back ground on one of the most expensive musical tickets I have ever purchased.......... "Out scalping the Scalpers If theatregoers had to decide whether scalpers or producers should reap the profits for selling hard-to-get theatre tickets at outrageous prices, most would opt for the producers. At least they might use the money to put on another show. So the announcement that the musical ''The Producers'' had jacked up the price on prime tickets to $480US or ($920AUS) stirred more interest than outrage on Broadway. However, when the producers of ''The Producers'' describe their decision as a ''war'' on scalpers, their battle cry has to be taken with a grain of salt." ............. well I paid almost that ..........but the worry i had was that " Nathan Lane "The Star" had canceled last weeks performances in The Producers to treat polyp on vocal cord and severely strained voice" ......... so i tell you I was worried that i would get a polyp or 2 if i did not get to see him in the show ....................... and why all this stuff about this show? welllll.........'Producers' Shatters Tony Award Record With 12 Prizes ....... it is the most awarded musical in Tony Award History! so all this stuff is wanting people to get to see it............"The hit Mel Brooks show about producers who put on a Nazi musical won every prize it possibly could at Radio City Music Hall, breaking the Broadway record with 12 Tony Awards, the most any musical has won since ''Hello, Dolly!'' took 10 in 1964." It won:
Best Musical: ''The Producers''
Book of a Musical: ''The Producers''
Original Score: ''The Producers''
Actor in a Musical: Nathan Lane, ''The Producers''
Featured Actor in a Musical: Gary Beach, ''The Producers''
Featured Actress in a Musical: Cady Huffman, ''The Producers''
Scenery: Robin Wagner, ''The Producers''
Costumes: William Ivey Long, ''The Producers''
Lighting: Peter Kaczorowski, ''The Producers''
Choreography: Susan Stroman, ''The Producers''
Direction of a Musical: Susan Stroman, ''The Producers''
Orchestration: Doug Besterman, ''The Producers''

''I want to thank Hitler,'' Mr. Brooks said, ''for being such a funny guy on stage.''
Accepting the award for best musical on behalf of the multiple producers standing onstage with him, Mr. Brooks said, ''Behind me you see a phalanx -- an avalanche -- of Jews who have come with their talent, their money, but most of all their spirit and their love for the theater.''.................... and yes it was worth it! I was worried all the hipe would be a let down! but it was great! Very very funny! and a great show..................... I have been doing a large amount of work online de bugging our new website that will be launched in january! The team in sydney are doing a great job over all....... I fly to Las Vegas on sunday to see a couple of shows there (as the deal is unreal) ........ travel here is so cheep at the moment......... it has never been like this....... People here just dont want to fly ....... and after the Airbus thing people are even more paronoid.......... here are some of the deals that you can get.

NEW YORK TO LONDON RETURN ON MOST AIRLINES $305US return
NEW YORK TO PARIS RETURN ON MOST AIRLINES $315US return
NEW YORK TO AMSTERDAM RETURN ON MOST AIRLINES $350US return
NEW YORK TO SINGAPORE RETURN ON MOST AIRLINES $305US return

so travel is the go! Hotels too are soooo cheap! you can get a 4 star hotel in New York for $120 a nite at the moment!!

Hope all is well .......... Email or call (global roaming) if you need me!

cheers tim xo

Mumma Mia

Well its been a bit of a whirlwind of a trip! I have been to LA, Detroit
(with Ralph) Chicago and now in new York! It is interesting to be here,
there are many areas that were and are affected by September 11, the theatre
and most of all people who lost others as well as units that they life in
downtown! I spoke to one person that saw all the things unfold on top of the
NYU building! Scary stuff - the smell in the air downtown is apparently un
bare able! They say it will take years maybe even 5 years to get the subway
back to they way it was! The local fire station around the corner from where
I live in "Hells Kitchen" has posters and flowers and every thing all around
it. I looked quickly and saw 15 men that were lost! Really hard to think
what it would be like to go off to work and be trapped .......... I have
been doing the normal things here ...... sleeping in and recharging ,
watching a Broadway show each night, there are not many shows on at the
moment. Highlights were the revival of 42nd Street - great orchestrations,
fantastic direction and costumes...... and well the tapping was kewl as
well! I saw Mumma Mia again this evening - ( I can proudly say I have seen
this show where ever it is on earth at the moment - Melbourne, London, New
York) I have got a million ideas that will drive every one crazy! most from
the NAR conference, and some from Chicago , Ralph , and NYC. I went down to
Symms on Madison Avenue and spent a life time searching for nice shirts, I
got so many I was crazy but they were all so god damn cheap I had to! Even
converted a POLO shirt is one third the price in Sydney!! So you will all
get to see some new colours! I bought some new stuff for the web site and
our PC network that was super cheap! I love having my world phone! I was
smack bang in the middle of virgin records on times square and the mobile
rang...... a lady from Balmain ringing about "Patrick Schwan" saying he was
lost and was at 392 Darling Street ..... :-) good to see that I can even
get a call for one of my kitty cats that went wondering!!! - Its kewl Kelly
saved the day and went and got him!!! ( I know you were worried :(
its 1.15am here in the morning! I am a little pissed (drunk - not angry -
LOL ) oh (LOL = Laugh Out Loud) Marilyn and I had a great Dinner, saw Mumma
Mia (Aussie Cast the best so far) and then came home - I been listening to
my music on my PC Hard drive and drinking a Southern!!! YUM YUM! Hey "THEY
CHANGED THE BOTTLE DESIGN" it looks kewl as!! I guess it will take Years to
get to Sydney like most things!! I miss may Cats and Work colleagues a awful
lot - my cats make me smile..... Patrick to greet me when I arrive, Rexxy
wanting a cuddle and Spritz asking "Dad can I have the rat" and Spike
waiting till its all dark and every one has gone and its just me & him and
the TV and then he will come over and want to cuddle ......... funny hey!!
Always love my mates, my cats. I am off to look for a data thing for a idea
I came up with! Ill see a show 2 morrow - buy another million CD's of shows
- maybe have lunch at Ollies on Time Square. I hope you are well, not
working too hard and remember Xmas is around the corner. Love Tim xox (back
before you can wink) ;-)

Qantas were unreal!

Well........ mmmmmmm what a trip!!!!! I have never seen so much security and
american flags in my life!! The Security was unreal at the qantas terminal!!
Despite the x-ray machines at all the security all people that were heading
to the USA had to have all their person la bags had searched!! so I waited
for 45 mins 30 mins after my flight QF8 was meant to leave I was still in
the line waiting to be "HAND" searched - most people were stressed as
thinking (and rightly so) that they would miss the flight! But no one did!
Qantas were unreal! they waited and waited and waited - any way had a good
flight! - and then I arrived to LA - and well another 60mins before getting
onto a flight to Ralph Roberts home in Detroit (Ralph is one of the number
one real estate agents in the USA) So i got onto the flight and had a great
3 hour flight to Deroit! Well Jesus! boy do the have a house! 4 levels! 7
bedrooms! Spa, Steam Room, Massage room, Huge TV Audio room, I have my own
room and en suite, Cleaner each day! well WOW! I have not had to pay for any
thing at all!!! I still have issue dollars in my Wallet! so heaven help me
if I have to pay for any thing! - Tonight they organized a massage for me!!!
which was sooooo nice of them!!!!!! and it was great toooooo!!!!!! well
between me typing this message Ralph and Kath have gone to bed!!!! I am
watching NBC "Jay Leno" down stairs where my room is! ......... such fun!!!!
I know you all are working hard soooooo HARD as it is November! I fly to
the conference 2 morrow I think! I have learnt a huge amount from ralph in
what to do and what NOT to do!!! His reporting I shot to balzes!!!! Unlike
ours! we ar so lucky to have our internal system in 4D " spike" that gives
us real time reporting!! Detroit and I have to say the USA has a million US
Flags ever where!!!!!! every where u can think that there should be a flag
positioned their should be!!! I had a great lunch at a Italian rest in
Detroit!!!! I must say lunch ....... mmmmmm well it felt like dinner as the
lights were so dimmed!!!! any way well we don't have the
sun here like we do in Australia! ....... getting online has been so much
better than last year!!! and guess what well some of u may have already
gathered my mobile works!!!!!! well its is now mid night and in well we
truly fucked! off to bed!!! hope all is well and every thing is fine!!!
catchya see ya TIM xoxox