I still can't beleive these guys are real
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Having taken some time off work to take some photos, I thought I'd better get off my arse and go take some. Therefore I headed into the zoo for a bit of a run around, grabbed a few shots, had a bit of fun looking at the animals, and came home :)
p.s.: The Mandarin Duck, how freaky is that? :)
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Managed to catch up with some of the old crew, saw Ali's new place in fitzroy, complete with a very cool wall painted by Vlad. Caught up a bit with Paul M, Paul C, Ali and Vlad.
tweaked!
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On Friday we went along to Honkytonks to help our friend Nadine celebrate her birthday and have a bit of a dance. Nadine may be better know to you as DJ Elektra and I think we've become friends not just because she's a fantastic Dj but also because she's always up to some crazy party shenanigans, which is a good thing.
It was also a chance to catch up with Fifi who has been away from the party scene for a while to try and focus on some other things and also to confirm she could live without the club scene. Now that she's proven to herself that she doesn't need it, she's back out and about again and it was bloody good to see her again :)
The Bedroom Philosopher
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If you haven't been to a show by The Bedroom Philosopher, then you're just weird. there. I said it.
Kate and I actually kinda saw him last year at The Comedy Festival by accident, in that we wanted to see someone else and they were all booked up and so we went to see him and it was extremely funny. So this year we went to see him on purpose as part of his "I'm so postmodern" tour. He was supported by a few other acts, including a very good gypsy jazz band called "Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra". These guys were very good, although a little dishevelled, but you get that sometimes :)
Justin Heazlewood himself was, as previously discovered, piss funny, and the incandescent Kate was of course, delightful as always (I have to suck up, she reads this you know) (although it's true) (not more sucking up, I promise)
Anyhoo, it was lots of fun and a barrel of laffs and a good time was had by all, including me.
From Web to Wall
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Well the time has come, the exhibition opens tomorrow at 69 Smith St (Click the picture for more details). The last two days have been spent in preparation, hanging the work and sorting out all the little problems that arise. Most of the hanging was completed yesterday in a very long day of bending and reaching and carrying and measuring and thinking (the hardest part) and cleaning and generally doing whatever it took to get the stuff up on the wall in a presentable fashion. Today was left for a few remaining touch ups, final cleaning of the glass and last straightening.
Also today Marcus (DJ Mudgutz) and I were interviewed on RRR Radio in their Arts show.
Anyway, it's all up and ready to go, so I think you should all come along and see it, maybe even come to the Opening party on Saturday and have some free drinks and see some great photos :)
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Did some drive by shooting on Thursday night. Haven't done any in ages because it was not as easy to get the right effects with the SLR, and it's also heavier, harder to handle, more expensive (no hanging it out the window) but I had some driving to do and thought it was worth giving it a shot.
Got some nice stuff and I think it worked well, now I just need someone to drive me around on the freeways so I don't have to do it the dangerous and illegal way :)
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Went for another few night walks this week to get some shots done and get back into the habit. The Flickreens were going on a flickrwalk on Thursday night but I wasn't able to attend so I did my own one on Wednesday night.
I did some tripod stuff Tuesday night but for Wednesday I went handheld and managed to get some good stuff too. I like the tripod but I tend to do really long exposures with the 'pod now and I like the freedom of movement when handheld. :)
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For Mother's day this year I once again made the pilgrimage down to Rosebud to have a family dinner. Mum cooked up a good feed as usual, although I think we may have finally convinced her to let us sort out dinner next year :)
Dad told his usual jokes, I did a few updates on her computer, Cam, Cindy and Courtney were there as well, all in all a fairly pleasant evening was had by all.
I don't know why but I never seem to get the camera out when I'm with my family, it just seems to be part of a separate world, so as a consequence I don't have any shots of mum for mother's day, just this shot of the moon I took on the way home.
looks like someone squealed to the pigs!
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Saturday we attended a party to celebrate the birthday of one of my favourite people at the moment, Elli.
The party for Elli's 31st was in The Lucky Coq (formerly the Duke of Windsor) and was a bit of fun. Joe and I went around to Kerryn's first to help her drink some of the vodka she had lying around, since we were both a bit poverty stricken, so we got a bit hammered first on Absolut Vanilla vodka with lime and lemonade and it was pretty nice.
After we'd gotten sufficiently drunk waiting for the party to start, we jumped in a cab over to Chapel st.
Elli chose to celebrate her birthday by dressing up as a cop, a very hot cop, in fact she was an extremely hot cop, and we were all pretty happy with her decision. In part I was happy that she had chosen something fun, and in part because she was hot (probably still is, let's face it) :)
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I was starting to get a bit upset with myself for not going out and taking more photos so I decided to do something about it and do a few photo walks this week. This one is from the MCG. It's not even clear what these things are when you're standing in front of them. They're just these huge oval shapes in the middle of the pedestrian walkway. I suspect that they're there to provide some break in the crowd, to stop people being able to crowd to the edge of the area, but I don't really know. They look cool though :)
Barry finally gets in trouble for his Gangsta ways
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Another Flickrmeet, this time at the Great Britain hotel in Richmond. Met some more flickr people, added some more contacts, and caught up with the usual suspects :)
Barry was there of course, although his latest incarnation as a Gangsta managed to catch the eye of the police, and his chicks had to sweet talk them out of arresting him. ;)
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It was a pretty big weekend this time around, Two big parties in a row, Technoir on Friday night and aLive on Saturday, with a few bits and pieces in between. Technoir is looking like a pretty regular thing, especially given the quality of music they lay down, and the effort they put into the party decor. aLive was, as always, a great and dangerous messiness wedged into an afternoon and evening. Many shenanigans ensued, Becy played again this time and she absolutely rocked. Vanessa and Kathryn joined us this time and got involved in the various silliness. Spent Sunday morning on the couch watching movies with Vanessa and generally joking around. Such a great chick.
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Went for a walk in the park near Kathryn's place to take a few photos. Quite an interesting park for such a small place, and Kathry's company is always worthwhile.
Happy Birthday Kate
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Went around to Kate's place to help celebrate her 30th Birthday. The theme was that of a children's party, with games like musical chairs and pass the parcel, and cupcakes and fairy bread.
It was a great party, lots of interesting people, all the usual suspects in Kate's crew, plus some new faces I hadn't met before. Sh definitely has a very high calibre of friend, which is to be expected for such a great person :)
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Went on a bit of a photo walk with Joe and Clayton down along the Yarra for some night shots. Got some good stuff I think, and had a look at the newly renovated Sandridge bridge.
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Anzac Eve we went to The Lounge as it was the last day Luke McD was playing there. It was a pretty good night, had some dinner, saw Funkee Monkee and Grania, hung out with Vanessa, Kathryn and Ryan. I have to say, I have yet to have a bad time hanging out with Vanessa and Kathryn :)
From Web to Wall
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for those of you who don't already know, a bunch of us melbourne flickrnauts are having an exhibition of our work out in 'meat space' :)
The exhibition runs from 24 May to 11 June, Wednesdays to Saturdays, with the official opening from 3-6pm on Saturday 27 May.
If you're able to, please come along and have a squiz at everyone's work, it's shaping up to be a pretty good exhibition, with lots of very interesting works on display. Especially mine :)
Happy Birthday Vanessa
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Saturday was the occasion of Vanessa's birthday, and she held a fancy dress party. She came as Wonder Woman, I went as Dick Dastardly (although I also doubled as the guy from the monopoly box), Joe came as one of The Sopranos, Kim went as Dr Livingstone, there was also a Hunter S Thompson, , 3 Guinness cans (guinNESS for vaNESSa)Cat Woman, Fu Manchu, and Iron Chef (with Iron). It was a pretty good party, lots of decent people and cheap food and drinks, since it was held in a pub, and even though it started early (7pm) didn't finish up until 4am when they finally threw us out, 4 hours after the pub officially closed. :) They are a pretty good bunch of people, which is to be expected given how cool Vanessa is :)
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Friday night was all about catching up with the Canberra crew :)
Joe and I met up with Dean, Felicite, Mick and Steph at Transport, where we had a few rounds of drinks in the crowded conditions, and then headed off to dinner. Joe has recently become obsessed with the Shanghai Dumpling House in Tattersalls Lane, so that's where we all headed for dinner. It's weird having a proper dinner on Friday night, as it's normally just some sort of nasty junk food snack at the end of an evening of drinking :) It's funny to head home at the end of the night and not need to stop in to KFC or McDs for a junk food top-up :)
After dinner we headed into the Lounge for a few choice tunes and then headed home. It's funny because I have been to Lounge heaps of times but never actually went to the bar/cafe part downstairs. It's pretty cool :)
next stop please driver
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Instead of going to the movies this thursday I went to a flickrmeet and photowalk instead. The weather was pretty crappy so I only got a few shots, and I actually find I don't work well in a crowd, I find it hard knowing that everyone else is hanging around looking for the perfect shot. :)
It was good though to meet some new flickrnauts :)
After the meetup Kerryn and I went up to RMIT to join Helen Jamieson and some friends to be members of the studio audience for Chartbusting 80's, a locally made video show featuring 80's music videos, trivia, and live bands playing 80's tracks. It's a pretty funny show, with a very over the top hostess named Josie who you can't help laughing with. Anyway, as cheesy as it is, I had a pretty good time :)
