Hey, Its been a while since I wrote anything. I have been luxuriating it up in Fortress Juttner in the Adelaide Hills. Christmas day was great....sleep...prizes....sleep....food....sleep...food....sleep. I also read a fair bit in between food and sleep. I have been a very good little son and have not ventured away from the family nest other than to see other relo's. This means I have not been in trouble once despite my usual laziness around the house!
Went for a ride yesterday with Uncle Tony as a bit of a trial run for the Kangaroo Island trip. All is looking good. We have decided to spend 4 days, rather than 3 there to make it more manageable and less rushed.
I went to Blackwood yesterday and it was miserable. I grew up there and had memories of it as this beautiful place. It seems to be a regional centre now and is lots of ugly buildings with crappy signage. What were the town planners thinking. Anyway, for old times sake I visited the French restaurant that holds everything dear to me about blackwood. My love, Annamarie worked there when I was a kid. We broke in there when we were kids and stole yumbos, apple pies and ice cream cake. So, I went there and had a 'moment'. I saw all these punk-ass kids sitting around stoned etc and realised that I had wasted my teenage life being a toolkit. Imagine how different my life might have been if there was no French Restaurant in Blackwood. Probably not different at all! However, its always been easier to blame the French than take responsibility for your own problems....
My sister found this photo taken down the coorong when we were kids. Anyone who knows me would have heard me harp on about how beautiful the coorong was. This photo gives some ideas. The kids in the photo are: me - star jump, Kate (sister) - pin drop, Adam (Bomb) Ross - somersault.
Or is that water off a ducks bridge?
Look at Maerz-ji.
Here she is when she briefly got up from her deathbed and they made her stand in front of the whiteboard of doom.
As we all know, the big S is only a matter of time for all City of Melbourne employees...
Crikeys, I did not handle the acting lemur action too well. I thought I could solve all my perceived problems with work in one week. In reality I alienated a lot of people, got very stressed and grumpy and have probably affected my chances of getting promoted. Ahhhh there must be a lesson there somewhere.....Could it be that I am obsessive about work? could it be that I am not good with people? Could it be that I am a little nuts? Nah! Its everyone else thats wrong.......(if only) Watch this space. I haven't updated my blog for a while but am writing this nerevously coz I think I may have gotten myself into some serious trouble with my outspoken ways....
Last week was madness with doing lemur stuff, saving the world (or trying to) and being an angry antelope generally. I went xmas shopping on friday after work and just ended up getting things for myself. I also met my wife in Myer but we ran out of conversation after 2 minutes. Saturday my car got a flat and I waited til it cooled down before I changed it. I went to Hawthorn and got an external hard drive for my beloved mac. Now I have enough room to edit film properly. Went to see Prugo on Saturday night by the cool mordialloc seaside. It was ideal. Sunday I caught up with Ingrid and we talked films. Hopefully will start making some again soon. Sunday arvo I had a cake and eat it moment which was delectable and sweaty. Sunday night I chilled at home and tried to author dvds. I am kinda excited coz I nearly have a full editing suite together. yeah its not finalcut but its all pretty exciting for someone just realising the potential of their geekiness.
Bunny was very hot on the weekend. See the photo below where she is strategically placed between a bag of ice and frozen bottle of water
Wow, what a week. I am acting team lemur at work and lovin' it! I have been marching around acting all seniority-ish and getting really angsty. Just what I always dreamed of. I had to send an email to my manager, director and Group Manager today apologising for the tone of one of my emails on Friday.
In my team lemur duties I have discovered some classic fuckups at work and its a spot fire cleanup deal. All my work hass been put aside for now.
I went to two political demonstrations this past week. The rally at the G for the IR reforms and the 'Long Walk' for aborigines. I'm sooooooo political! It was pretty good fun and I got sunburnt on sunday.
I also managed to sleep a lot on the weekend which is always nice.
In other news....I gave up reading the life of pi coz it was boring. I have renamed it 'the boring life of pi'. It now sits on my shelf next to Bord of the Rings. Man that book is so boring. I can never get through it. I do like Schmeagle though.
Im now reading 'Post Office' by Charles Bukowski which is really good. I saw a doco on him a few months back and he writes well. Am thinking he could be worth reading more of. I think he wrote heaps of poetry.
I have finalised the dates for my cycling trip with Uncle Tony so I need to get organised. Have to sort out freight to get Whitlam over there. Accommodation on the island and supplies and spares.
thats enough for now
