So on Monday night the Today Tonight segment I was in went to air! Mr Nerd and I sat down to watch it, him happily, me with great trepidation. I was all jittery and twitchy. But I only screamed out loud a couple of times during the watching, once when I first saw myself at the beginning (you don't understand, our new TV is REALLY big, and my face was REALLY large) and once at the end, when I said “exciting” in a weird way.
As soon as the show ended, my phone went OFF with calls, texts, emails, Facebook messages. This continued the next two days. I couldn’t believe it really. It felt like all these good feelings were high-beamed at me all at once. Like when we got engaged. Or when we got married. Or when we had our potato party and I carried around the potato cake pops.
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Who WOULDN'T love me? Potato naaaaah
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Probably thinking of something intelligent to say.
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Probably saying something intelligent.
You can check out the clip below or on the Today Tonight YouTube channel here.
Honestly I don’t think I have ever felt quite so popular or received so many text messages, emails and Facebook messages in one hit.
Except when Mr Nerd and I got engaged. And when I put up this photo of Nala on Facebook, which I am pretty sure has gotten more likes than any other status update on my Facebook, ever. And it’s not a Facebook status about ME, it’s about THE DOG. (And it’s not even like she’s doing anything outstanding! Ok rant over).
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Mr Nerd said that he will forevermore laugh at my “faux home office scene” in the segment where I pretend to flick through a tome and try to look wise. Which is understandable, because I look suicidal in those bits. I don't know why.
He was disappointed that my giant pimple didn’t make much of an appearance on his giant new big screen TV. But that is because I was wearing the blue top when I had the giant pimple, and they only used one of those clips and it was only a couple of seconds long.
Anyway, it was very nice to get so much nice attention from my people. Even if they included texts like:
“OMG! You look great!! No pimple in sight and I’ve been up close to the screen looking.”
Thank you Rach...
And from my frenemy...
“Hahaha!! I will admit, it didn’t really look like you… or sound like you… I liked your serious work face though! You opened that architecture book up with such purpose and…. ANGER!!! Bad book.”
Erm, thank you, Carly.
After the show ended, Mr Nerd and I decided to go to see How to Train Your Dragon and there was like that vain 8-year-old part of me that was thinking loftily, “I wonder if anyone at the cinema will recognise me”……. no-one did.
We had a very nice night at the movies anyway.
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ABOVE: Channel 7 reporter Chantelle Toohey and Etica Studio director Carla Karsakis, whose house was featured. Remember I wrote about her amazing 'Recycled House' once? You should watch the clip because it features some extra glimpses into her beautiful home. One of my faves.
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ABOVE: A peek of Carla's home.
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Jamie Kyrwood's amazing beach house in Cottesloe also got featured.
Thank you Channel 7 reporter legend Chantelle Toohey for featuring me in your segment! It was a very exciting start to the week! Maya x