Citizens of The Cat Empire

The first to reply was Will. “We’d love to come!” he said, “some real food on tour would be awesome!” I then exchanged emails with the band’s manager, and closer to the date she called to finalise a day and a time.

The Cat Empire were coming to dinner on my birthday! Of course, by this time everybody else was talking madly about the band because they had just heard the single “Hello” on the radio. Naturally, i had some sceptics: “Yeah. Sure they’re coming to your place. Why would they do that?” As if people with songs on the radio didn’t have real lives…

But they did come. All except Felix, who was visiting a friend. It was great. I made caesar salad, pasta and apple pie - all my favourites. After dinner they all signed a poster for me wishing me “Happy Birthday”. That poster is now framed, of course, and sitting on my mantle piece.

The next morning I sat my final exam for the year, and that evening headed for Fremantle for the concert. It was awesome, needless to say. I even got to hang out with the boys for a bit after the show.

I suppose things just moved on from there. One day if this site has a gallery, I might put up the pictures from my birthday dinner.