Blog lapse
hmm.. time to break the dreaded blog dry spell. There has been a whole bunch I have been to right about but haven't so here goes. the last time I wrote was on the 21st of February... roughly two weeks ago. The last two weeks have been quite different, a lot has been going on, some of it has been like working through mud, other moments have been fantastic.
1. Backgammon - a new game, a lot of fun
2. Coffee/tea with Ceyda and Ilker
3. Tropfest - rained out, lightning and all
4. Infusion and Hexstatic @ Home nightclub - crazy night with strange visuals... first/last time I will ever hear Ren and Stimpy's 'Happy Happy Joy Joy' played in a club
5. Goonies - a great movie night in with my mates... too funny
6. Gym - slowly creeping back to the pre Christmas levels... have pretty much been out of it for two months.
7. IPMs - caused chaos for internal communications
8. Arabic - have started work on my Arabic lessons/tapes.. it is slow going because I keep forgetting what I learnt and cant apply it
9. Beach - have managed to get to the beach three weeks in a row. Loving it. Weather is still good.
10. Palm Beach - last weekend went walking around the northern headland of Sydney, the limits... it is 40km north of my house and would be considered by some as still 'next to my suburb'
11. Johnny Cash - Right now I am into the Man in Black in a big way... loving Ring of Fire and Boy Named Sue. The guitars are pure rythme, they don't mess around. The lyrics are dark and sharp.
12. Drinking - last week saw one of the most relaxing 12 hour benders i have been on in a while. Starting in the afternoon and working through until the security recommends I start drinking water. Hope everyone enjoyed the messages and phone calls.
13. Guitar - ever since my laptop was stolen (and I lost Reason) I have taken up the guitar again. The current song of victory is BLACKBIRD by the beatles - white album. Clever little song, simple but techincal, I love it when something is just that extra
bit challenging. Second up is Ring of Fire: Johnny Cash.
14. Sleeping - another recent highlight of my life... trying to get to sleep before midnight... managing to wake up at 7am.
15. St Jerome's Laneway festival - imagine your top 10 hot indie bands decending on a laneway in the middle of the city. Awesome stuff, I saw Gersy, Wolf and Cub, the Drones, Les Savy Fav, Darren Hanlon, Broken Social Scene and The Hold Steady. An unorthodox but awesome concept.
16. Reading - currently reading The House of bush, The House of Saud - looking at Saudi/US relations leading up to September 11.
17. Ipod - Broken Social Scene - Fire Eye'd Boy is the song of the moment... followed by Johnny Cash - Man In Black
18. EURO XPROS!!! woot. I have been selected to represent Qatar (and I believe Bahrain as well) at Euro Xpros next week. The news came through on Saturday and... well... Im stoked. I haven't really seen that much of international AIESEC so I am really looking forward to it. this is a short turnaround... I leave in 6 sleeps! I am counting sleeps like it is christmas.
So these are the things I have been meaning to write about but never did... the blog lapse has been broken.
1. Backgammon - a new game, a lot of fun
2. Coffee/tea with Ceyda and Ilker
3. Tropfest - rained out, lightning and all
4. Infusion and Hexstatic @ Home nightclub - crazy night with strange visuals... first/last time I will ever hear Ren and Stimpy's 'Happy Happy Joy Joy' played in a club
5. Goonies - a great movie night in with my mates... too funny
6. Gym - slowly creeping back to the pre Christmas levels... have pretty much been out of it for two months.
7. IPMs - caused chaos for internal communications
8. Arabic - have started work on my Arabic lessons/tapes.. it is slow going because I keep forgetting what I learnt and cant apply it
9. Beach - have managed to get to the beach three weeks in a row. Loving it. Weather is still good.
10. Palm Beach - last weekend went walking around the northern headland of Sydney, the limits... it is 40km north of my house and would be considered by some as still 'next to my suburb'
11. Johnny Cash - Right now I am into the Man in Black in a big way... loving Ring of Fire and Boy Named Sue. The guitars are pure rythme, they don't mess around. The lyrics are dark and sharp.
12. Drinking - last week saw one of the most relaxing 12 hour benders i have been on in a while. Starting in the afternoon and working through until the security recommends I start drinking water. Hope everyone enjoyed the messages and phone calls.
13. Guitar - ever since my laptop was stolen (and I lost Reason) I have taken up the guitar again. The current song of victory is BLACKBIRD by the beatles - white album. Clever little song, simple but techincal, I love it when something is just that extra
bit challenging. Second up is Ring of Fire: Johnny Cash.
14. Sleeping - another recent highlight of my life... trying to get to sleep before midnight... managing to wake up at 7am.
15. St Jerome's Laneway festival - imagine your top 10 hot indie bands decending on a laneway in the middle of the city. Awesome stuff, I saw Gersy, Wolf and Cub, the Drones, Les Savy Fav, Darren Hanlon, Broken Social Scene and The Hold Steady. An unorthodox but awesome concept.
16. Reading - currently reading The House of bush, The House of Saud - looking at Saudi/US relations leading up to September 11.
17. Ipod - Broken Social Scene - Fire Eye'd Boy is the song of the moment... followed by Johnny Cash - Man In Black
18. EURO XPROS!!! woot. I have been selected to represent Qatar (and I believe Bahrain as well) at Euro Xpros next week. The news came through on Saturday and... well... Im stoked. I haven't really seen that much of international AIESEC so I am really looking forward to it. this is a short turnaround... I leave in 6 sleeps! I am counting sleeps like it is christmas.
So these are the things I have been meaning to write about but never did... the blog lapse has been broken.
posted by Westy at 11:43 PM
3 Comments:
ooh, hon, this is the time of year I miss Sydney and Australia.
The festivals, tropfest, fringe and WOMAD (adel) everything!
Congrats on Euroexpros... way jealous.
Man, BTW I need more of your music education! I don't even recognise the names you say any more.
And thanks for remembering Ilker to me. He's such a big cuddly man, say hello next time you see him.
Beijos,
Lucy
Westy - what Luce said is too true. All the things you miss being away and then coming back and being too poor to take the tram anywhere.
Love to read your ramblings, keep it up. Have fun at EuroExpros!
Missing you and all in the office,
Mishie
hey luce,
ha ha music education?? most of these guys are what I would call 'big in Japan'. The democratic musical revolution of MP3s has done wonders for self promotion on the net. Bands that have zero airplay, no media and almost no album can now do solid tours to a rabid fan base... a true turn around... in other news: U2 cancelled their Australian tour... no one cares.
w
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