Well saturday night was a fantastic night. It was the annual OCAU Cakes of the Pan (pancake) Scoff. It was a fantastic night, partying, eating and drinking. I went out with $100 came home with $6 and i remember each and every little bit of it. The night was so much fun. Daniel (navillus) came up from Sydney for just the night so that was great it was as though it was a repeat of the Sydney meet with Me, Flora, Erin and Nav out partying again. But this time i got to party with all of my other friends. We started the night with the “collective” at the casino. I was only expecting a few people for some pre dinner drinks. turned out to be 20 people. Was like sweet this is gonna be a good night. By the time we got to pancakes the numbers were up to 56. Pancakes was great i fed myself stupid with pancakes and it only cost me $8.50. Had some drinks below pancakes at the Knight Bar and then we headed off to Union Jacks for some cheap drinks and good music and dancing.

The podium was danced on by many including me and It was at Union Jacks that i began drinking some more Gin. Now while i was in Sydney i tried Gin for the first time. It tastes damn good with some Tonic water and some lemon. Around midnight we were still at Union Jacks and it was at this point that Yena joined us. Yena is an old friend that I met also online but on a different website. She is a beautiful and intelligent girl who knows how to party and one of her goals in life was to get me drunk. Well after we left union jacks and went to the Exchange she got her wish. I was plastered as I danced away drinking more Gin but this time at Yena’s suggestion with Juice, which is apparently very Gangsta (I googled it when i got home and its from a Snoop Dog song). I had a fantastic night and I enjoyed partying with Yena which I havent done in quite some time and it was good to have a final night out partying and spending $$$. Finished the night out at the casino where we finished off with $3 Daiquris and a touch more dancing.

Now that Saturday is all over its now back to being more serious with my life. I need to start saving for this trip to the states. My goal is $500 per fortnight (i get paid fortnightly) into my ING savings for my trip to the USA. I have $5k owing on this trip (which i have saved at the moment) and i need about another $6k AUD for spending money (equates to roughly $5k USD). That should be enough $$ to keep me going in the USA for a full month. I am also planning to get back into some more exercise and that means once my leg is no longer so bad will be back to Zone 3 every weekend. For the moment (if my right foot doesnt get any worse) it will be steps and plenty of them. I have 18 steps in the front of the house 10 in the back. So i’ll be doing plenty of steps in the house.

In other news I have had some more info on the Doubletrouble front (see previous post). An old friend from high school (who obviously reads this blog) has sent me some links to their myspace. So messages have been sent and we shall see what happens. Stay tuned. 😀

So i was on my way to work this morning sitting at the station when i run into an old teacher of mine from high school (i have forgotten his name but from here on out we will call him Mr B). So we were chatting about stuff and he lets me know that two girls I went to high school with who i was kinda friends with are now working on tv in Malaysia. I was thinking to myself this afternoon about the old high school days and thought, well if they are anything like most australian TV celebs or shows they would have a myspace. WRONG.

Back to the drawing board. So old faithful. Into google their names go and first hit I get is the MTV Asia boards. I’m like wtf MTV. So i look into it more and apparently they are VJ’s on MTV. Reading through find a podcast and listen to the voices and it sounds very familiar and can hear the kinda voices i remember for high school. I looked everywhere for a contact email or something like that and i was dissapointed to find nothing.

So i went to the contact us part and found the public relations side of MTV Asia. I have now sent them an email to see if I can contact them and say high to some old friends from high school with their new celebrity status. So i will keep my friends up to date of what happens. lets see if BigMal can contact the DoubleTrouble.

btw their link

http://www.mtvasia.com/doubletrouble/

So I finished reading the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster the other day and it is definately an interesting read. It makes you think, What if there is something out there that created the universe that is not the so called “God.” Reading through it they made very good points about how the world was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) and that it was created the way that he thinks we should be and manipulates the earth how he sees fit. I am not in anyway poking fun of the beliefs of others (thats not something a Pastafarian does) but I mean you have to admit they have some good points.

For those that don’t know much about the FSM he is a flying monster made of spaghetti (and two meatballs). He looks down from Heaven on us and any time and when we think that we have proven he does not exist he plays with the results to ensure that we will still believe. Heaven is where the Beer Volcano and Stripper Factory are and when we speak about the FSM we should be wearing the clothing of our prophets the Pirate.

I happen to like this “religion” simply for the fact its something different. Theres no real strict laws or anything to follow other than the 8 “We really rather you didn’ts” or that at least once a month I should be eating Spaghetti and on a friday drink my fair share of Grog and chase some booty like the pirate that I should be (although not so sure about the boat thing).

O for the life of a Pirate with my Parrott on my shoulder and my Grog in my hand, My wench beside me off searching the world for my booty (not that sort of booty.. sickos).

Heh i know i know i have been slack. I sware one day soon someone will come up and slap me till i update. Last weekend was definately something to talk about. I went to the Sydney OCAU Pub Crawl. For anyone who doesnt know what OCAU is, it is one of the largest online communities in Australia. It is a community with a common love of computers. Most people on this website love computers and we do our best to be sociable and not act like nerds or anything.

So anyway I flew down to sydney last friday night, missed out on VH-VBP, one of Virgin Blue’s Live2air aircraft (bastards). Stayed at the Vibe Hotel Sydney and was meant to stay in this lovely room with a King Size bed and spa bath but they ended up upgrading me to a Junior Suite (had a queen size bed and no spa, but a seperate living area). It was a pretty nice room. After spending saturday randomly moving about the city waiting for people i was meant to meet to call me but that never happened so I ended up meeting up with Flora, Erin and Kevin at around 6ish (stupid daylight savings down there is so trippy) for what would be the start of the pub crawl. We had dinner and a drink at the Star Bar in central sydney then caught the train to Circular Quay for the official start at a place called Jacksons on George. As we walked into the pub i saw a sign saying “Polestars in training” i was like damn i like this place (turns out later on they also have a cage for girls to dance in as well which i missed out on seeing). Met a heap of the sydney people who i dont really remember the names of most of them now, stupid alcohol.

After several drinks at Jacksons (tried a Gin and Tonic in a can on the flight down to sydney and it wasn’t bad so i got a real one at jacksons and its DAMN nice) we moved onto The Orient further into the Rocks. It was an ok pub but nothing special i guess. From there we took the big stab at the crawl. Everyone was spouting some ratio crap that they wont let guys in without girls (sure doesnt happen up here in brisbane). We headed for the Lowenbrau Keller. OMG this place is awesome. We have nothing like this in brisbane. Its a german beer house, Steins, Leiderhousen and Om Pa Pah music (i hope i spelt that right). After walking to the bar and seeing this massive line then realising i have no clue what to order i saw a random girl with some form of beer menu so i asked her if i could see it, this in turn ended up becoming a random meet for the night and we ended up talking. Eva and (cant remember his name) were both at the Lowenbrau for a good time and we gonna hit some more pubs as well so I invited them to join us. From the lowenbrau, Myself, Erin, Navillus (daniel), Kevin, Flora and the randoms headed for the Lord Nelson. Trudged along this dark street to the middle of no where to a pub that ended up being closed (turns out lord nelson is a micro brewery so i wish it had been open) and from their trudged back towards the Rocks and up this long steep staircase to a pub called the Glenmore. Trudged up this even longer staircase almost dieing but the time i got to the top and saw this specatcular view of the harbour. Got booted off the rooftop of the glenmore met up with another one of the crawlers (GTX) and headed back to the Circular Quay maccas. From their we headed to the Ship Inn (right next to our Sydney Office) and from their i waited half an hour for a taxi to go back to the hotel).

Twas a good night till the next morning when i woke up and found that it hurt like a sunofabitch to move my right leg. I could walk without to much discomfort but lifting the leg and walking up and down steps was painful. So anyway i got myself home and on monday went to the doctors. At some stage on Saturday night i have pulled my Groin muscle. This is similar to a footballers injury but i have no clue how the hell i did it. So it means a return to Zone is out of the question for a couple of weeks while it heals.

Anyway thats it for today. Brother arrives tommorrow *sigh*

I know its been a while since I updated. I was promptly pointed out today at work by Bianca (happy now) that I should update my website so she has something to read after she finishes work. I did happen to reply I’ve been lazy. But really it is definately laziness. Lately I have just come home from work and just started playing 2142 or watched “TV.”

Last week was very different at the Star Night. I got myself thoroughly trashed, tried not to make a fool of myself infront of the girls from Stella (Nat, Andrea if your reading this and i said or did something stupid you have my sincerist apoligies). I really don’t remember how much beer I drank that night (i think it was 6 schooners in 3 hours) but i do remember the two shots. Last friday night I was out at Blair’s poker night and came home with $35 which was awesome. Tommorrow night will be an experience. My dad is getting presented with his Defence Forces Medal (i think thats the right one) from when he was in the CMF (the old reserves). That’s at Parliment House tommorrow, so after work i have to quickly make my way up to the mall to meet mum and dad and walk up from there.

Friday is Australia day. The day of all things Aussie (or if your sam kekovitch.. lamb lamb and more lamb). It also means that I get a day off work to be slack and do nothing, also the Triple J Hottest 100 (which again i was to lazy to vote in) and also apparently a party. Saturday and Sunday are gonna be huge though. its time for MOTHERLAN! Thats right in soviet russia lan attends you. Which means i spend all of saturday & sunday gaming with 170 other people and just plain enjoying myself. Fragging at its greatest.

Ok ill do a better update after motherlan and a mini review. for now i feel like watching Numb3rs.

When i first started my current Job, a joke was made in training that my computer was my girlfriend.  Well the funny thing is that no matter what i can never fault my pc.

After the last rebuild when Fridge died (last pc was named fridge because when switched on one day the Temp display showed -4°C) the newest PC needed a name.  I usually name my pc’s something around a look or even a quality of the pc.  For this one when i was carrying it, she weighed what felt like a tonne and was a massive case as well almost as big as a cow.  So i felt it was appropriate to name my pc what is a common name for a cow.  Bessie.

Now Bessie is a lovely machine.  She looks sexy in her Termaltake Soprano case with her half nakedness showing thanks to her perspex window which shows just enough of her inside goodies to make any technophile feel happy.  She sits resplendant originally with 2 x 17″ Benq LCD’s.  Sitty their nice and shiny.  Now one of the LCD’s one day decided to have a problem.  So i thought id be a good boyfriend and give Bessie a face lift.  She now sits happily after neatening her insides, fixing the power meter so it actually stays still and then added to that 2 x 20″ Dell Widescreen LCD’s.  These are like giving a girl a boob job so she looks sexy.

But the thing is, spending time with dear old Bessie relax’s me and people look at me wierd when i say I have named my pc.  Thing is, its totally common.  People name their cars why can’t I name my pc without looking like a wierdo?  In today’s world where technology runs rampant and the technophile is no longer looked down upon as a wierdo, why can’t people accept that a computer is not just a tool, it is a piece of your life.  How else can you communicate with friends, family or even randoms on the other side of the world.  Would life not be easier to share photos on the internet with your friends than having to send them endless copies of photos in the post which could possibly get lost on the way.

The more I look at the world of today the happier I am.  I feel like I can be myself more than I used to.  Being a technophile is no longer a dirty word it is something to be proud of.  Sadly i wish i had more of the knowledge towards IT and was able to earn the big $$$ that are in Tech at the moment but that will never happen.

If you want to see a photo of Bessie in all her sexiness go here.

The Xmas parties are over… Thank god!

Weekend after weekend of parties kind of gets to you. Saturday and Sunday were my final two parties of the year. Saturday night was the AOT Holidays party (my work). It was a semi formal affair with cocktail attire required and everyone required to attend at a new venue at the new Portside Complex. Gianni’s at Portside was a wonderful venue overlooking the Brisbane River (albeit the port part of the river). The food was ok, I was getting vegetarian meals for some reason. The booze however was a plenty and by midnight when they started to kick us out I was having a hard time of walking in a straight line at times. But was totally coherent. Took a heap of photos which i will link to at the end of the post.

Sunday was a nasty wake up but slowly got my body into moving about and headed down the coast to spend the day at Casey’s place. Now Casey has a special place in my heart as she was one of my best mates while I worked at dreamworld. We ruled the Wild Thornberries together, causing havoc and mayhem where ever we went. So I got to spend the day catching up with Casey and some of her friends and her family and met the lovely Fiona and her teapot craze! I felt so out of place without a teapot to drink out of. It was a fun day of fun, sillyness and pure random acts.

Ah the fun weekend I have had. I slept like a baby Sunday night after two days of tiring activities.

Photos for the weekend

Saturday:

Sunday:

Well its that time of the year again. Its december and that usually means Christmas parties. At present so far this month (mind you its only the 7th) I have already had two and i have 4 possibly 5 more to go. What a year i swear. So far I have been to the OCAU Xmas party where a whole heap of us hit Omalleys for dinner and then we headed to Strike for more drinking (where i piked just before midnight). Then the very next day I had lunch with some friends which was a great way to catch up for xmas and to give out some presents.

Coming up this weekend is the BlairBQ Xmas version which will be a good night of food and plenty of people and booze (not for me i have to play Designated Dave). On Sunday I have my Team Xmas party which will be in Captain Burke Park. One little catch though… it could rain. If it does.. I tell you what i wont be going. I’m sure it will be a good day and all but if it rains i’m not getting wet. Bugger that! I have made a special dessert for the day to. Its an old family recipe handed down to me from my dad but I won’t tell you what it is because the girls at work will read this and find out and its a secret 😛

Next week is a big week. Wednesday and Thursday are the Robbie Williams concerts. Can’t wait. Then on Saturday is the big work Xmas party. This should be good because we are going to a place called Gianni’s at Portside. This is apparently a brand new function space run by the same people who run Gianni’s Restaurant in the city. Apparently its a beautiful restaurant. Should be a good night. Then on the Sunday I have to head down to the Gold Coast to spend the day with Casey at her Xmas bbq. Should be a good day if i don’t write myself off the night before as Casey wants to introduce me to a few of her friends.

The only other party after that is a possible OCAU xmas get together at someones place for a BBQ but thats still not official.

Anyway dinner is calling. l8r