Dammit. My mate has work on Thursday so he can’t go see the gig as hoped. Major bummer.

So, who’s up for some Thursday night aussie-hip-hop shenanigans?

So I’ve got a bye from uni for today. It’s the second week back for us at QUT (for most of us anyway). The first week back was quite good, except for one class that wasn’t on without any warning. But anyway, I’m over it and my timetable’s starting to look better.

I had a night out with Liam on Saturday. Mum and dad also hosted Entre’e for a rotating dinner, which I helped out with and then went into town. Started at the Vic, which was dead, before crossing the road to a further dead Exchange, before getting jack of the city and going to the Valley. Anyway, we had a good night, and crashed at his place. Deano graciously picked me up on his way to our place so I got a free ride. Score.

There’s a few things going on this week! An evening of Aussie hip-hop at the Empire, which I’ll hopefully catch up with me old mate Shane from Tafe days, as long as he’s not working.

I spent quite an effort fixing a lighter last night. It took bloody ages too, but finally, it’s working awesomely. Very pleased with my efforts.

Oh and I got some new shoes. Since my ankles have been screwed because of my entertaining idiocy, these new shoes are kinda halfway between high and low cut shoes, so they provide quite a bit of support. Very glad to have them. And I got a shoehorn.

Last night, ladies and gentlemen, Tall Tower received it’s first payment. Come, come … let us slaughter a young lamb and feast upon it’s roasted meat to celebrate. There shall be much wine and merriment. Bring your spouses.

Let’s talk briefly of the weekend, before putting it to bed and getting on with the week ahead. Good weekend, if a bit lonely. Let’s see, Friday night watched the Broncos and the cricket. I thought the Broncos played quite well, and shouldn’t be discouraged by their loss, they’ll be a good bet next week, in my opinion. Cricket’s a funny old game, though, isn’t it? With Australia’s first innings, I genuinely thought we were in big trouble. But no. Turns out that was only the first stage in a complete ass-whooping. Silly me.

I was going out with Danielle on the weekend - dinner and a movie - and she was coming to my place and we were leaving from here. I slept in till after midday on Saturday, worked, and then got ready to leave at about 6pm. Parked it in front of the tele, and watched it while I waited. When I could bear it no longer, I called Danielle to find out where she was … and we were going out on Sunday, not Saturday. :doh: so I watched the end of the Lions match, bits and pieces of the poker, the cricket and bits and pieces of the rugby.

Sunday, I slept in like a pro. 2pm or so, I was committed to the task. Didn’t really make it to the work stage, so decided to go to M&D’s and visit. Was lovely - Dad was out, but Mum and Woo were in, and we had afternoon tea. It was most civilized.

Dan and I had dinner at Toscani’s at Southbank. It was ok, but not great. I had the Caesar, she had the Calamari. 10 minutes after we sat, a large group sat next to us with possibly the most annoying children in the world. Oh you can make noise by banging your spoon on the saucer? How adorable. Please, keep doing it. :rolleyes: The movie was Fantastic 4, and it wasn’t as awful as I expected, but still pretty awful. The acting especially. And I’m not convinced that comic strips as a movie translate well - in a comic strip, the characters are one dimensional. Ben Grimm … The Thing. So whiny and self-absorbed. All I could thing of was HOW COOL IS THAT, and he’s all angsty about being so hideous. Puh-lease. Get over it and fight crime already.

Man, I love risotto. I made one last night that was just the epitome of risotto. I’m enjoying it for lunch right now - it’s not as good as last night, but still very good. It had mushrooms, over-roasted baby-capsicums and African-style lamb sausage. Delicious.

This morning I was out installing some old guy’s computer. Now he wants internet, so that’s something else we’ll have to look into. Typically, not everything goes right at these gigs, so I shouldn’t have been suprised when I noticed a missing printer cable. Ended up having to buy one at the local staionery store, but it was pretty cheap and very local, so that was ok I guess.

This weekend, Sunday Lunch Club is on a bye. No SLC this week, people.

Broncos are on tonight, and Lions tomorrow night. And of course, the Ashes have started on SBS. All building up for a great weekend of sport really. Sport watching that is. I think it’s going to be a wet one.

I bought a fax machine today. It was getting ridiculous, the number of faxes I needed to send, and how inconvenient it was to send them. So, got a cheapie that was even cheaper on special, and now the issue’s closed. Oh, I also bought a box of 5 reams of paper, which Leyton will be pissed about. Dude! We need to print!

Ok, I’ve got stuff to do, so I’ll call it quits here and get back to work.

So Thursday night at the Valley was quite a good night. A month ago we were in the valley and met up with Dale and Clare at the Zoo, and while Morg and I were going to get a kebab - becoming somewhat of a tradition - we were talking about how we caught up with them. Anyway, we get back inside the zoo, and they were there, next to us at the bar.

Crazy times. The band of the night was definitely Tonjip, but they’re about to change their name to something they haven’t disclosed or decided.

Friday noon Gary came by to collect me to go on the Cebs Gourmet Camp. What a weekend that was! I had no idea I could eat chillis and chilli dishes like I can. My body can’t believe it either. We had a massive amount of food, and we managed to consume most of it. I brought home 6 burritos, which I’ve since consumed with gusto. Played a fair bit of volleyball while we were there, and I poorly did some rabbit hunting with bow and arrow, but they were wise to me, and took off. Didn’t even get a shot out
Back at uni as of tonight. Had my first lecture from 6-8pm, and it was quite good. They really suck at running the subject though. The lectures will no longer be on Tuesday but Monday, and they’re only supposed to be presented to particular classes at a time, but anyone’s welcome. I’ve made the decision that I’m going to them all, otherwise I don’t do the work.

Alan and Liza’s wedding presented me with what I’ll herein refer to as an “Oh Shit” moment - it was like I could suddenly see me life in the third person, and I could see it so clearly! I mean, don’t worry y’all, I didn’t fall for any of that “love” crap, but I did suddenly see other people’s lives moving forward - new beginnings and so forth - and I saw a hideous caricature of myself standing aside, standing completely still.

It played on my mind a bit, and I haven’t been able to think of much else. Perhaps it’s time for me to grow up, bury my demons, and start fresh. Or maybe I am now, what I always will be, and I should make peace with that?

Sorry to be so serious on a Tuesday morning. I know it’s not what you come here to read.

So, Sunday Lunch Club this week was Linda’s Choice. She chose Wagamama’s in the Valley, near all those trendy shops, I forget the name of the place exactly. It was pretty good, but not at all what I was expecting. I wasn’t expecting Asian food, actually, so I was way off. Afterwards we took a walk around the (mostly shut) shops and settled in for desert at some cafe that’s like the one at Rosalie with the really good deserts, you know the one. I had a muffin and two cups of coffee, the coffee was genius, among the best I’ve had. I’ve actually been off coffee for a while, because I prefer tea over coffee that’s not good. Tea’s predictable, and coffee isn’t. When you order coffee at a place you’ve not been to before, it’s a crapshoot as to what you’re going to get - barely drinkable and burnt, or perfect and mellow.

Leyton’s had some bad luck with his pride and joy, the SSS, but that’s his story to tell, not mine. Godfrey’s in Melbourne next weekend, I wonder if Melbourne girlie will get a look-in? :teehee: I’ve still got a lot to do, and only the slightest of motivation to do it.

THURSDAY SINGAPORE AIRLINES FLIGHT SQ 236 CONFIRMED
08 SEP 05 - DEPART - BRISBANE/BRISBANE INTL 1500 NON-STOP
08 SEP 05 - ARRIVE - SINGAPORE/CHANGI INTL A 2055 07HRS 55MINS

THURSDAY LUFTHANSA FLIGHT LH 777 CONFIRMED
08 SEP 05 - DEPART - SINGAPORE/CHANGI INTL A 2305 NON-STOP
09 SEP 05 - ARRIVE - FRANKFURT/FRANKFURT INT 0525 12HRS 20MINS

FRIDAY LUFTHANSA FLIGHT LH4460 CONFIRMED
09 SEP 05 - DEPART - FRANKFURT/FRANKFURT INT 0740 NON-STOP
09 SEP 05 - ARRIVE - BARCELONA/BARCELONA ARP 0935 01HRS 55MINS

FRIDAY LUFTHANSA FLIGHT LH4453 CONFIRMED
16 SEP 05 - DEPART - BARCELONA/BARCELONA ARP 1530 NON-STOP
16 SEP 05 - ARRIVE - FRANKFURT/FRANKFURT INT 1740 02HRS 10MINS

FRIDAY LUFTHANSA FLIGHT LH 778 CONFIRMED
16 SEP 05 - DEPART - FRANKFURT/FRANKFURT INT 2230 NON-STOP
17 SEP 05 - ARRIVE - BANGKOK/BANGKOK INTL AR 1350 10HRS 20MINS

TUESDAY THAI AIRWAYS INTL FLIGHT TG 983 CONFIRMED
20 SEP 05 - DEPART - BANGKOK/BANGKOK INTL AR 2340 NON-STOP
21 SEP 05 - ARRIVE - BRISBANE/BRISBANE INTL 1140 09HRS 00MINS

I know at least Godfrey and Bek are toying with the idea of free accomodation. Yooooo hooooooo …..

Weekend/Sunday Lunch Club writeup tomorrow.