I miss...

I just thought you know maybe I could do an I miss series, since I did wish Colin a Happy Birthday the other day and say I missed him, there are other people who I do miss and who I apparently have not mentioned on the blog. So in order to correct this egregious error..I miss you Nigel..we were flatmates on Moray street and I remember when I first moved in you'd always share your beer with me! Then we became best friends when I told you that'd you'd be my best friend if you downloaded the Powderfinger CD for me and bless your heart you looked for it for weeks and finally were able to download it for me. Then there was the totally broke period of time when me, you and Wazza had no money to our names and spent nearly every weekend splitting a bag of goon and watching TV. Finally the financial situation perked up slightly and we were able to start splitting a whole carton of beer..imagine that! I miss the times spent just sitting in your living room or on your balcony chillin', whineging, drinking beer, watching TV or eating a kebab. I also miss the Friday night trips to the Vic and the State of Origin parties..and of course thanks for coming on the Citycat pub crawl..which of course only ended up having 2 stops since we ended up staying at the Mertyr Bowls Club (pictured above). You know perhaps one day we will buy that caravan, live off the dole and drive around Australia..it's never too late!

Gay Friday, Blackout Saturday, and Oscar Sunday

This weekend was very eventful! I didn't really have plans for Friday night but Joey and I ended up going shopping and then headed over to the martini bar in the Metreon for a drink. Turns out that Friday must be the night all the straight women go out with their male gay best friends because just about everyone in there was a gay man and a girl, having a martini and gossiping and most people had shopping bags, so I guess Joey and I were just the cliche girl and gay out for our Friday gossipfest/martini. I was so tired Friday though, we didn't stay out long, I was in bed by about 10:30pm.
Saturday there was a beer bust, which is always trouble. Basically it's $10 all you can drink beer from 3-7pm. We ended up having a pretty good size group with some new friends of friends added into the mix. At one point when we ordered a whole bunch of jello shots, this girl made the toast and said, here's to blackout Saturdays!! Apparently when some of them were in school together at Tufts, blackout Saturdays were a regular occasion. Anyways due to the practically free beer and cheap jello shots it did indeed end up being blackout Saturday, luckily we only went to one bar after the beer bust and I did manage to get home sometime around 11pm (so I'm told).
Then there was Oscar Sunday which was fun, I enjoyed watching the red carpet show and Joey had lots of good nibbles and Sangria for his party, I ate way too much food but it was fun, even though the show seemed to drag on forever. Now it's Monday and I'm back and work..bleh, but I feel like I crammed lots into the weekend so can't really complain!

Relaxed tropical ambience...

An acquaintance of mine is headed to Australia shortly and asked for some suggestions on the best ways to see the Great Barrier Reef. While I was suggesting places to go I thought I'd include a couple of websites so he could further investigate, find hotels, etc. One such website had a mention of Airlie Beach which is the launching off point for some sailing tours of the reef. Anyhow I found the description of Airlie to be somewhat misleading.
The description is as follows:
Airlie Beach is the gateway to the Whitsundays, a colourful, cosmopolitan and inviting holiday town lying on the shores of a palm fringed beach and overlooking the calm waters of Pioneer Bay dotted with yachts.
As you drive into Airlie Beach through the neighbouring community of Cannonvale the road climbs above Abel Point Marina, providing expansive views of the indented coastline, the aquamarine sea and the shapes of distant islands on the horizon. You can't avoid the holiday feeling that scene evokes, nor the relaxed tropical ambiance as you wander around the village streets and down to the vast lagoon. (From Whitsundays Tourism website)

Now the part in red is the part that I take issue with, yes Airlie Beach is located in an idyllic setting, yes the water and lagoon is beautiful and yes the weather is always warm and yes it's right next to the reef, however this does not make for a "relaxed tropical ambiance" as you wander through the village streets. Unless by relaxed tropical ambiance you mean men running through the streets (in the early afternoon mind you) with blow up dolls, seeing girls throwing up outside restaurants, the recruiters for wet t-shirt contests wandering the streets, or at 9am lots and lots of drunk yachties and other sailboat workers sitting at the outside bars causing a ruckus(I mean granted they are only on shore like 1-2 days a week so they need to get their drinking in). Also I'm sure I myself even detracted from the relaxed tropical ambiance a time or two and I'm not saying I didn't have a blast in Airlie Beach, I'm merely saying that if you are up for a relaxing vacation spot with no hassles and peace and quiet, Airlie Beach ain't it! In fact it rather reminds me of the island of Tortuga in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, although instead of pirates running amok, it's backpackers.

Weekend Antics

It was a 3-day weekend so plenty of time to do plenty of stuff. The weather was so beautiful this weekend so outdoor activities were abound. Saturday we went to the beer garden at Zeitgeist and played some Uno and drank some beer, always a fun activity. Then my aunt came into town so we went and hung out at the Palace of Fine Arts for a bit then grabbed some dinner. Sunday we made a little movie, which is silly and after my aunt edits it will hopefully be up on YouTube, will keep everyone posted on that! Also I went and saw Children of Men which was a really good movie, somewhat depressing but definitely worth a look and I do love Clive Owen, who was great in the film. Yesterday was kind of a relaxing day, just went shopping most of the day and then had a chill evening, I needed to decompress. Can't wait until this weekend, beer bust on Sat. and then Oscar party on Sunday..good times to be had by all!!!

Happy 21st Birthday Colin!

Just a shout out to my good Aussie buddy Colin who turned 21 this past weekend. I'm sorry that I missed the party, looked like a big night out. Looked like fun since everyone dressed up as cops and Indians :)

Sometimes..

you see a piece of weave lying on the sidewalk and wonder where it came from, did it simply fall out of someone's head or was there a fight and it got ripped out or did the glue just stop working? Who can say really, anyways Silvio now has a blog dedicated to the random weaves spotted on the sidewalks or in the streets, I added the link to my blog, check it out.
http://randomweaves.blogspot.com/index.html

And also, lest I forget..

Myspace Comments

What might have been..

So I was thinking the other day, you know how people always ask you where do you think you'll be in 10 years? Which I do think is an annoying question, right up there with why don't you have a boyfriend? and when are you going to give up on this job of yours and settle down close to home? (Both of which are frequently asked questions by certain members of my family who shall remain nameless!)
Anyhow if you'd have asked me where I wanted to be in 10 years at 18..I certainly wouldn't have guessed I'd be where I am now, or where I'd been or all the things I've done in the past 10 years, I suppose overall I'm happy with how things have gone, but you know me always wanting something other than what I've got..so here's to the next 10 years of totally unexpected experiences!

Lazy Days

So yep I'm lazy, here it is Wednesday and I'm barely getting around to blogging about my weekend in Houston. There were extenuating circumstances though, my stepmom's family has been in town and staying at the house and my little sister has had the flu so it's been chaotic. Anyways enough excuses and onto the weekend update!
All in all the weekend was a good time, I wasn't too hungover on the plane ride home, although I was covered in cat hair since Rudy has 3 cats in her house. It was ironic that I looked like a cat lady on the plane, being that I hate cats.
Friday night we went out in Rice Village and went out for dinner and grabbed a few drinks. Sautrday during the day we didn't do too much, aside from a trip to Sonic and then to the grocery store to pick up some Luzianne iced tea to bring back to Joey. It was the oddest thing though, they had a one man band playing in the supermarket, he was all set up with his keyboard at the front singing Frank Sinatra songs. Bridget suggested we just drink at the store it being a festive atmosphere and all. Then Saturday night we went out downtown which was a good time. We enjoyed Dean's Credit Clothing with it's smelly vintage clothes that you could try on while getting drunk and also had a good time at Live which was fairly deserted, but the MC Boss was trying to mix it up, plus you can't beat out of control Asian break dancers. Then Sunday we kept it low key, a run to Whataburger, where they got the order totally wrong and then we just chilled at Rudy's place until it was time to head to the airport. Oh and also we were watching this movie on TV called Night Train to Venice, which is the weirdest, make no sense movie I've ever seen, we were so confused the whole time. I promised I was gonna try to look it up on the internet and figure out what the plot was because one thing is for sure you can't tell by watching the movie! Click on the link for the supposed plot summary, which still to me makes no sense.