MARCH 2003
Monday 31 March 2003  ** Missus Elizabeth's BIRTHDAY **

Saturday 29 March 2003 (back to top)
What an astonishing thing happened tonight.  Went to Pawl EJ's to do some production work with a tape of one of my shows - and during the evening the two humans decided it was time to venture out and gather supplies.  Off we went, and suddenly we were all singing WARD "C"s 'Bowling Club Sluts' song......which was amazing because.......

...at the nearest service station - I can barely believe this - I spotted MATRON X from WARD "C"!!!!  Keep in mind, we are in Sydney, SHE lives with the rest of the Sanatorians in Newcastle.
She was just there, standing in the service station - I leapt out of the car and yelled "MATRON!!"  She of course yelled "STREAMER!!"  (by the way, if this is meaning nothing to you, you might need to read more of this diary for background information!)

Mistress H and Pawl EJ joined us and while we were all expressing great delight and surprise at the situation, Matron X said, "The Wise Ones, The Wise Ones arranged this!" 
What is more bizarre to ponder is that had Mistress Hellen and I not met Matron X a month ago - I would never have spotted her in the crowd.  We would all have been there - and not known how close we passed!!!  Oooooo!!!!

The amazingness of the situation kept us amused for the rest of the night!

Friday 28 March 2003
Finally split the latest diary page.  Visited 2RRR and did Music Library Stuff.

Monday 24 March 2003
Eeek!  This diary page too long!!!  Just haven't had the time to split it. 

Now that tap dancing lessons in school hall, I can go along with Mistress Hellen and just watch contentedly.  (she says it's good because I get to see the new steps and it makes it easier for us to practice our dancing together)  Everyone is so friendly "awww, you brought your Beagle" and that sort of stuff.  That's not the point of THIS entry though. 

Tonight, after we'd recovered from the flat tyre (long story, won't record it here), we were heading home when we saw two youngish bods (teenagers, I suppose) walking quickly along the side of the road...this is a main road (VERY main) I'm talking about here.  Nothing unusual about that really - two bods, one male, one female, appeared to be talking animatedly as they travelled along. . . except that the male was *completely* naked. 

Mistress H pointed out that he MIGHT have been wearing a G string, since THAT area of his body was covered by a sensibly placed hand.  True, True.  I thought it was a tad cold for a human to be out and about in such an undressed state.

Sunday 23 March 2003 (back to top)
Oh!  New PC is more labour intensive than I realised.  Pestered Mistress Hellen to get it all finalised and was promptly offered the opportunity to do all her tech homework, go to work and do her shift and hang the washing on the line....figured it was easier to stay quiet.

I spend a lot of today cataloging the thousands of CDs that arrived at 2RRR last week.  (small comment from Mistress H "I've told you a million times not to exaggerate"...ho ho ho)  Well OK - only about 35 - but that's a lot of listening and beagle typing!

ALMOST went to see Parker and Ray Beadle but Mistress H doesn't get off work until the time they were going to be on stage.  (ouch, just got clonked on the head with a CD and told to stop talking about her - that if she wanted her life exposed to the world, she'd write her OWN diary)

Saturday 22 March 2003 ** Neeve's BIRTHDAY ** and ** NEW PC Day **
Happy Birthday to Neeve!!! and to our NEW PC!!!!!!!

TekkieMark delivered the new PC in the morning.  Much excitement, tail wagging, barking, snuffling and squeaky noises from ME.  Mistress Hellen offers me a T-shirt so I can pull it up over my head and run in circles making chook noises.  She really has the most bizarre sense of humour at times.

MORE boxes and packaging to snuffle around the loungeroom floor.  The PC has been built so we can do all the installing and stuff ourselves - a nice project.  Spent some of the afternoon watching the operating system installing itself....a bit like watching grass grow.

Friday 21 March 2003 (back to top)
We had planned to travel to Newcastle tomorrow to see WARD "C" again but Doctor Apollo informed us that the event was postponed because one of the Sanatorians had to return unexpectedly back to the home planet (Sanatorius) for an important Family Matter.

Tuesday 18 March 2003 - ** Pawl EJ's BIRTHDAY **

Sunday 16 March 2003
How Astonishing!!!!  Mistress H returns triumphant from the Computer Bits Buying Expedition...EVERYTHING on the list - and MORE!!!

She has bought me a copy of Paint Shop Pro - version 7 - I'm so excited.  Spend a joyous half hour nose nuzzling all the packages around the loungeroom floor.  I'm looking forward to this project - setting up our new PC from the very very beginning.

Neeve comes over and we listen to heaps of music, including the new arrivals due for airing this week on the show.  Particularly enjoy Bernie Hayes Quartet material!

Saturday 15 March 2003 (back to top)
Mistress Hellen sent out today to purchase things required for the new computer, which will be arriving soon.  In true Mistress H form (recall how long it took us to acquire sticky tape) she returns home with . . . Guinea Pig Food . . . and not even a HINT of anything computerish.

Figure it's safer to not comment - it's probably her sleep deprived state (from us being out and about last night) blocking her ability to read the shopping list.

Pawl EJ rings - we're getting another band lined up for interviewing and recording.  Oooo!  How exciting!!!!

Neeve will be visiting tomorrow!!!

Wednesday 12 March 2003 BoyNicholas' Birthday!!!
Overheard Mistress Hellen and Missus Elizabeth reminiscing about the Birth Day and the days following all those years ago.

Late last night, early this morning...Pawl EJ's show was GREAT.....The Mean Spiral Special went to air and was a fabulous.  On the way to the station we were listening in the car and heard me singing!!  oh! Pawlie didn't edit it out......if I'd realised he was going to leave it in - I would have kept quieter during the interview.

I also had a GREAT show.  Atmosphere at 2RRR was festive, with Pawl EJ, myself and Mistress Hellen reliving the great moments of Saturday.  Eliot (from Mean Spiral) rang and expressed his pleasure at the show being aired.

BIG Hello and Nose Nuzzles to all the Friends of Mean Spiral who sat up to listen in to Pawl's show.

Tuesday 11 March 2003
Great excitement regarding the Mean Spiral special that Pawl EJ will be airing tonight.  Can't figure what it was but Saturday/Sunday just seemed magic!

Saturday 8 March 2003 (back to top)

Thursday 6 March 2003
Worked on some planned improvements to the website, fiddled with the music library listing, watched the world from Command and Observation Post Two.

Listened to the recording Pawl EJ made of my WARD "C" special.  Hmmm, I'm hoping to receive some more material from Doctor Apollo, older material, so I can do more history.

News of Cario the Kitten: Michael reports he's growing well, enjoying his new toy - a scratch pole with a ball hanging from it - and....the ball rattles!!!  Michael reports that this new toy is also good for the furniture!

Wednesday 5 March 2003 (back to top)
Eliot from Mean Spiral rang during the show - GREAT EXCITEMENT!!!! 
It's being arranged that Pawl EJ and I will be interviewing some members of Mean Spiral (I suppose that means a few sharp curves really) - on Saturday.  Eliot and Pawl EJ seem convinced that I should do a special for them like the one I did about WARD "C".  Sounds fair enough to me!

Very strange, but recently, on the way home from 2RRR after the show, we've seen a person gardening.  Nothing unusual about this normally, but we're talking 3:30am, that's AM, MORNING.  He's out the front of the house, in the footpath area, edging, or sweeping and this morning it looked like he was weeding.  Gardening by the phases of the moon, I suppose.

Saturday 1 March 2003 (back to top)
Very busy day.  Travelled to Newcastle for three (and not two as previously reported) different social events. . . but the absolute HIGHLIGHT of our Newcastle Adventure was attending the first Autumn Research Semen-ahhh of WARD “C”.

If you are not familiar with WARD "C", some of this diary entry may not make any sense.  If this is the case - I suggest you IMMEDIATELY visit WARD "C"s website and see what I'm writing about.

Entered the Semen-ahhh venue in time for the final minutes of on-stage preparation.  Nose nuzzled Nurse Nasty (at that stage the most conveniently located Sanatorian) so s/he could transmit to the others that we had arrived safely.

The Seminar Begins . . . . Oooo!  My first close up look at the members of WARD “C”, especially my favourite Doctor!!!  I’m so proud to be their Favourite Space Beagle.

Was (and still am) totally overawed and consumed by the research results (presented in the form of Musical and Dramatic Performances).  I could see that other members of the audience were similarly taken and were giving themselves over the absolute pleasure of the occasion.

During the seminar I was honoured to be called to the stage to receive not one, but TWO ‘High Dicstinction’ Awards.  (yes that IS the way the Award is spelt!)  One for my WARD “C” support last year and one for this year.  I wanted to display it right here in the diary but haven't had an opportunity to fiddle so that it's small enough to live here and still look good.

The seminar finished with ‘If I had a sackful of cats I’d see you in San Francisco”  This is my * absolutely * favourite WARD “C” song and I was beside myself with joy when Doctor Apollo looked over my way and said “This is for you, Streamer”.

When I first indicated Mistress Hellen and I would be coming to see WARD “C” we received an Honourable Invitation to the Post-Semen-ahhh Bash.  Doctor Apollo seemed most concerned that we arrive safely at the Celebrations and not be waylaid.  To this end, he assigned a MINDER to us - The Beautiful Cindy, um Cindi? Cyndi? Woops, should have asked.

The Post-Semen-ahhh Bash was astonishing.  Traditional Sanatorian refreshments were offered, Traditional Sanatorian Leisure rituals were observed.  I enjoyed the company of some exceptional people and Sanatorians.

Because this first WARD “C” Autumn Research Semen-ahhh was such a Grand Occasion, The Wise Ones had arranged for the Matriarch of Doctor Apollo’s extended pod to be present.  Her Sanatorian official title translates to something like Honourable Woman Who Has Also Created Genius Researcher, but she seemed very content to be called Sue.

Oh, I could write forever about this experience <sigh>. Mistress Hellen suggested that others may not share the enthusiasm but I think that anyone who experiences WARD “C” will be thirsty to talk and read about them.

The Beagle Diary
A fascinating (perhaps) insight into Streamer's life with and without Mistress Hellen.  The diary is updated frequently.