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Today went a little something like this...

Images via izrock.com & polkadot.it & ... google.com ?

Mundayyyy

I'm venturing onto my fourth Vanilla Latte for the day & I'm feeling really good about this addiction. They certainly didn't keep me awake as I fell asleep for about 2 hours this afternoon until I woke up in a manic sweat - definitely not attractive.

I'm almost finished my xmas shopping & I must say that I'm pretty happy with my purchases. I'm not sure of what the people will think who I'm giving them to, but if they don't want them I won't hesitate in keeping them for myself.

Sooo it seems as though I'm also slightly addicted to a little game on the iPhone called Smurf's Village. I'm in an unofficial competition with a couple a friends - they're unaware of this, though I have absolutely no chance of catching up - that measly possibility has me working pretty hard at it... excuse me, I have Blackberries to harvest...

CURRENT SMURF'S VILLAGE STATUS: Level 12 - 22%

Saga Of The Happy Wanderers

Sand fortress.

Babe

This is just a little dedication to my dog Babe who today sadly passed away. 12 years BOYZZZZ!! I'll miss her heaps!

I've had her since she was just a tiny little puppy - so small that she couldn't even jump over a PVC pipe - right up until her senior citizen days...

19th September, 1998 - 7th December, 2010

Good Lovin'

The boyzz worked very hard yesterday at making a nice big ditch for me to bury them in & it worked extremely well...

Episode 2

In the Drunken Shredding Series.

Meet Me In The Garden

Today I made a little discovery while I was playing some records...

I had gotten my hands on Wolfmother 'Cosmic Egg' quite some time ago but had never listened to it because I wasn't much of a fan after the line-up change, but the cover looked pretty (so, so shallow)...

But after seeing them last week, they were pretty marvelous & I decided to give it a spin today. I was waiting for 'New Moon Rising' to play & it just never happened. Played side B, still not there. It should have been the second song on side A... It nearly drove me insane for 30 minutes until I gave up & had some lunch.

I came back to it later & put the other vinyl in, went through side C & found it!! FINALLY!

So that was pretty exciting that none of the songs are in order to that on the sleeve.

I got reeeeally bored for like 10 minutes today & came across these 2 sites...

jello time

paper toilet

I need to get myself a pair of these...

I'm not even sure why I'm putting these on here. At first glance I reckon they look pretty believable...

Fings Wot I Like III

Hairiest knuckles I've seen.

Delishhh.

Might sound strange but I think this looks wonderful.

My first official tea towel whip move I was shown - "The Kangaroo Tail"

Very cool.

This reminds me of 'Into The Wild'.

A little knit for your wine, mmhhmmm.

Wherever the hell this is, I need to be there one day.

Images via frankie.com.au & theselby.com

Heavy F*cking Metal

Benjamin.

Gregory.

This video is a couple of months old & extremely lo-fi - SHREDDING! & this was whilst he was drunk, just imagine the sober possibilities...

Shredding from Rhiaan on Vimeo.

Banshee

We were walking behind this character somewhere in the city in Brisbane - Dred alert - Ben took a sly shot.

We found this dude at the Uni Bar last Friday & Ben took another sly shot.

Fishies that we saw at Reef HQ.

Feast.

Dominoes by Brad from Rhiaan on Vimeo.

Dominoes by Brad at the Museum of Tropical Queensland.

Brisbane Trip

Last week the Boyzz & I headed to Brisbane to see Tame Impala.

It began on Wednesday - we had to be at the airport by 10:30 & I was the last to arrive, all along I thought Sarm would be late - sorry Sarm.

So we went & checked in & we were delighted to be served by Mr Harry. No documentation required, here are your boarding passes, seeya later boyzzzzz...

Ben was expecting to run into a couple that he knew, sure enough he ran into them whilst boarding the plane, then out of all the seats they happened to be sitting across the aisle from him. Sarm was right next to them. Metal heads. Excellent.

I was seated beside a lady who was excellent friends with a lady that I work pretty close with. Then we ran into her whilst shopping one day in the city & she wasn't even staying in the city, what are the odds of that.

We took off trying to pop our ears furiously, looking retarded I'm sure. Then we whipped out our gameboyzzz. I definitely told Sarm to bring his, but he'll say otherwise.

Not one blink of the eye later & we were touching down in Brisbane.

We collected our bags & made it to the train, had a short walk to the apartment, checked in, & went down to purchase some wine. We bought the cheapest - about $16 for 4 litres.

We then went for a little wander... decided we felt like some vanilla cigars. We found some lovely looking little cigars at Woolworths so we grabbed them & went straight to try them. In short, they were horrendous - They definitely smelt delicious but I can only describe the taste as having ear wax covering your tongue, awfully bitter. We were disappointed. Now as Sarm had rolled his big toe under his foot just days before the trip, his walk was not the best, so he decided not to join Ben & myself on the search for cigars.

After heading straight to the only tobacconist we knew & finding it was closed, we chose to hit every grocery store we could find - still no luck. At this point the sun had gone down & we still had no cigars. We even tried looking in tattoo shops & were about to buy shisha tobacco & put it in cigar rollies, but we knew it wouldn't be the same. We were disappointed & admitted defeat until the following day.

We continued to wander & came across a downstairs/underground Irish pub & settled on a pint. Ben did not have to show any I.D, but as I did not (& still do not) have a beard I had to show mine. The place was scrumptiously cozy & we found ourselves a little booth in a corner down the back. We sipped away quite happily & it went straight to our heads - I'll admit I was quite pleased with this. We weren't planning on moving & Sarm was ringing -"Heeeeeyy." "Where the hell are you guys, you've been gone forever??" "Yeah yeah we're still looking for cigars. We're not having much success. Shouldn't be long. Wish us luck."

So the pint went down far too well & we decided for another. We were completely settled at this point & decided we best call Sarm to tell him we weren't coming back & if he was lonely he better hobble to the pub. He decided on the latter. Excellent!

Ben had to use the men's room & asked a lady where he would find them, she politely gave him directions & off he went. While I waited, the same lady came over & collected my empty glass - I said "Ta".

Then a guy sitting at a table nearby got my attention & said, "You know she doesn't work here." I was a little surprised & wondered what the hell she was up to then. He said she had been drinking since 12:00 & probably had no idea who she was anymore.

Ben returned & so did this guys friend. We began talking & they joined our booth. They're names were Blake & Captain Red Shirt. Blake seemed alright, Captain Red Shirt was a dick.

Anyway Sarm arrived & the night went on. Blake shouted pints all night then whipped out this concoction that had to be served in 2 glasses as the alcohol content in the 1 glass was illegal. It was lemony in 1 glass & clear in the other. I was told to drink some of the lemony one first then top it up with the clear stuff. Then I was told to drink it quick, done. Captain Red Shirt proclaimed his love to me & I couldn't get away - trying to hold my hand while Sarm pulled me away etc. It was not good, especially the state I was in.

Well needless to say by the end of the night I was undoubtedly the most drunk I have ever been & I'm not proud & it was only about 9:30 as I remember wanting to get home in time to have a swim - the pool closed at 10:00. Many excellent things happened that night & Sarm played laser tag with some people in suits he had just met.

The following day I was nursing quite a decent hangover & had no idea why because I only remember drinking 2 pints & the lemony thing. I was later advised I drank more like 6-7 pints & the lemony thing - very quickly.

We had a big fatty breakfast & we hit the shops. Ahhhh I bought so many fantastic records - here is my list...

7-inch

Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

Prince - Raspberry Beret

INXS - Faith In Each Other (Live) flexi-vinyl

12-inch

Led Zeppelin - Earls Court Bootleg recording (May 24th 1975)

Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd - Ummagumma

Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers

Best Coast - Crazy For You

Free - Alright Now (single)

Fairport Convention - Nine

T-Rex - Bolan Boogie

T-Rex - Zinc Alloy & The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Dallas Taylor & Greg Reeves - Deja vu

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Then each day we had big fatty breakfasts, one of which Ben & I had champagne. We scoped out an amazing toy shop with collectors figures...

Dimebag.

That day we went back to the tobacconist & found some vanilla cigars alongside some chocolate cigars - they had 3 of each left so we bought them all.

That night we tried the cigars - they were pretty nasty also - not as bad as the others, but bad enough. We also got some chocolate pies! Yum. & in the end we left 3 in the fridge. Damn.

I'm pretty certain we played cards that night that we got from the 7/11, just plain cards as we left it too late to get Uno cards.

The next day we did more & more shopping & a bit of sky-diving. We went to the pub again that night too.

"Take it to the sky boyzzzz"

NOW terrible news - the Wednesday night when we first went to the pub, Ben was wearing his big crim jacket that he got from overseas, the next morning he no longer had the jacket. We searched EVERYWHERE for it & there was no sign. We tried re-tracing our steps from that night, we were extremely drunk & had a lot of trouble walking home, but at no point can we remember what happened to the jacket. A sad departure that was...

So while we at the pub the second time we thought it would be a good idea to check their lost & found. I went over to the bar & said a friend had lost a jacket - they said they had a jacket fitting that description so they went & showed me - the guy behind the bar told me to take whatever they gave me - the jacket they showed me definitely was not Ben's jacket. I went back to the boyzz & gave the bad news. We figured we may as well take the jacket, even the guy behind the bar said to. So Sarm & I went back to the bar & I said, "Heeeeey, just wanting another look at that jacket, this is the friend who lost it." Sarm had a feel & said, "Yesss, I've been looking for this for ages, thank-you so much." & Ben had himself a new/used Ripcurl jacket - not half as good as his other though.

I think it must have been the Thursday night, Ben received a call from Brad advising he had a extra Metallica ticket - Ben accepted the offer & would be staying until Wednesday. We were meant to be leaving Sunday & I had an extra day off work... So I decided to leave on the Monday instead, Sarm joined me. We spent close to an entire day feeding coins to a computer in a shopping centre for the internet. We couldn't get a refund on our current flights, ended up paying more than double for new flights, re-booked Ben's flight for Wednesday & booked another nights accommodation, though we would have to change rooms.

Eventually we were done.

It worked out well though because otherwise we would have been getting up at 6 to catch the plane at 8:35 the morning after Tame Impala - so I was happy.

Also along one of our wanders, Ben & I found a shop called "The Den", I couldn't believe this find so we had to scope it out... It was a sex shop. Now this may be seen as inappropriate to some but we just HAD to buy something from there, seeing as though it was called "The Den" & all. So we bought Sarm a gift - it made him mega peeved at us - definitely worth it!

The night of Tame Impala we went & got some tasty pasta from a little place in Brunswick St mall, very tasty. The boyzz shouted me everything that night - CHEERS BOYZZZZ!!

We headed off to the Tivoli - which we learnt from Kevin Parker says "I love it" backwards - minus the 'e'.

Well we got lost AND we were reading a map. So we had to ask a bouncer for directions. His hands were so gigantic that 1 finger took up the whole screen of my phone, he was alright, we found our way in the end.

We got right up the front, in the centre. All the bands were fantastic!! We saw Felicity Groom,The John Steel Singers, & of course Tame Impala.

We headed home - it was freeeezing. We stopped for a beer - Sarm disappeared back to the apartment. Ben got us a pint of 1664 - $9 something each. Outrageous.

MGMT were playing on the telly & I found I had a small hole in my tights. We ended up ripping them to shreds & we have some video footage that I think looks kinda neat.

Sunday was full of fun. I can't remember specific details but we did a lot of shopping, ate a lot, drank a lot, had a nice beer at another cool Irish pub & decided that we had to get to the Pancake Manor before we left. We left the pub & began our trek for pancakes. We walked & walked & asked for directions & walked some more, looked at the map aswell... finally we found the Pancake Manor - I might add that if we had have crossed the road when we left the Irish pub we would have been there in like 3 minutes, but instead we did a round house trip. Earlier that day Ben & I had decided it would be best if we purchased some glow in the dark silly string & coloured hair spray. Also we all decided to buy apples to attempt to make jack-o-lanterns as the pumpkins were way too expensive & big. The apples lanterns turned out swimmingly. We also got some coconut oil to do some Tai Chi & work out sesh's.

This is a mischievous little tale...

Anyway the days flew, the last day we tried our luck on 1 last pack of vanilla cigars - the guy said they were the best - last night we actually tried them & nope, they were terrible aswell. We will find a good one eventually.

We parted ways at the train station & Sarm & I made it with 1 minute to spare. We made it to the airport with about 1 & half hour til departure. Man, we had some great noodles, though Sarm had to modify my chopsticks because I'm shit & he made them into tongs with my hairtie- very handy.

We sat & spoke for way too long & were almost late for the plane, actually we thought we missed it as we were still sitting waiting when we were meant to be in the air. Thank goodness (in the nicest possible way) a lady smashed her head on the plane door handle in our plane that just arrived in Brisbane, the ambulance had to come etc & we left 30 minutes later.

It was an amazing trip. There are several details missing but this would have been an extreme blog if I had added them.

Over & out.

The Beach.

I was just at the beach.

I had fun at the beach.

I had a super shake at the beach.

I got some sun at the beach.

I got sand in my pockets at the beach.

I caught some waves, in my face, at the beach.

I like the beach.

5 a.m

Sunday

I have a chest infection & it's infuriating me. I've had it for almost a week now. My cough is now one of those deep lung barks - I hate those. I'm going back to doctor tomorrow because I've finished my antibiotics & I'm feeling worse than when I started them.

& because of this I missed the first Friday night in a long time, extremely disappointed as I missed FLOYD.

I saw Jet & Powderfinger last night. It completely changed my view of Jet - I thought they were try hard, show off pricks, but last night they showed themselves to be quite the opposite. Powderfinger were alright, 2 encores was a bit much & I couldn't wait until it was over at that point to be honest - they were recording last nights show, so I may be seen in it, second row from the front, standing there at some stage (towards the end) with my arms crossed & coughing my guts up - that would be a disgrace! But yes, Jet were surprisingly good.

TAME IMPALA IN 10 DAYS BOYZZZZ!!!!

I sure hope this chest thing is completely gone by then, should be, it better be! But I have a habit for keeping the remnants of a cough for weeks, it just lingers. I'm doing my best to shake this one though, as quick as I possibly can - drugs, gargles, fruit, juice, vapors, lozenges, herbs, everything!

A lot of whinging has gone on in this entry & that's just too bad!!

The Idea Of Something

Here are some of the lowest-of-lo-fi photos...

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The below video isn't much, but man can this guy surf. I wish I could surf, I'm quite jealous...

On The Turning Away...

I just made a quick dash into the mall to find that the record shop door was cracked only half open - I really wanted to buy something, so I pushed my way inside. Luckily there was another man pilfering through the CD's, so I was not alone in my bombardment into the semi-closed shop.

I found myself a copy of Pink Floyd 'A Momentary Lapse Of Reason' & Fleetwood Mac 'Rumours' on vinyl. I'm quite excited.

I'm at work right now, but I'm bursting at the seams to get home & play 'Go Your Own Way' . It reminds me of when I saw Angus & Julia Stone & they covered it with everyone who contributed to that gig - it was amazing.

& AHHHH, I think that's about it!

Freedom of '76

I got this fantastic looking coffee mug the other day - it looks just like a cardboard mug except it's not & it's good for the environment, as I will not longer be plowing through cardboard mugs & using trees...

I have also finally caved into the hype & I have now got an iPhone 4. Yes, I am a little ashamed of this but it is very great. It was a necessity that I got a new phone as mine was close to 3 years old & I had to charge it for the hours when I slept & it would have no power by the time I finished work, my alarm no longer worked which I found out the hard way & woke up 30 minutes before I had to leave one morning & my phone also would each week delete all my fresh messages & bring back 82 very old, permanently deleted ones from 2 years ago.

Everett.

Dream Pop.

* The above pictures are from a shisha sesh. Not drugs - just flavoured tobacco.

NOT ILLEGAL.