23 May 2010

Stuff I did

It may surprise you to hear I've been out walking with Tess on several occasions of late.

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And drinking a lot of this tea - it's been getting me through the endless amounts of 100 word long descriptions of bar/restaurants/art shows/books I've been writing.

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Went skating yesterday, to a couple of parks and then the call was made to check out a pool.

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Always so exciting and eerie approaching these derelict scenes

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There it is!

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Doug and Marcelle bailed out the little puddle of water, while I took photos of them.

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Bail shot

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It was a rather 'photoshop' moment.

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Then we got to skating. It was easily the best pool I've ever skated!

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Tim edging the coping. We all got grinds of varying descriptions eventually, which felt incredible.

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Look at how Dougie's wheels are making the coping move - so sketchy!

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I like this one because it reminds me of how it feels to ride the wall. You have to compress and approach it differently to as regular quarter pipe. I couldn't figure it out frontside at all.

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Unlike Dougie and Alex. This frontside rock impressed me a great deal.

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We left in high spirits.

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And today, Rosie and I had to leave the house early, unusual for a Sunday. Tess was unimpressed.

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We came here! I've always wondered if I'd ever get inside here.

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I was there to talk on radio about my work for ThreeThousand with Alan Brough, he of Spicks and Specks fame! It was a good time. Rosie took a few furtive photographs and was busted by the producer woman.

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18 May 2010

assorted happenings

I haven't updated for a while, I know. It's a bit hard to update, because I spend so much time watching television, particularly the hit cooking show 'master chef'. Speaking of master chef, here's Joey.

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He created a creme brulee on his finger! The horrific thing has now been fixed, using skin from his wrist.

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A gang of us gathered to go to see the Blueprint video premiere.

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Esprit de corps: Hillier and Morgan

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If these few tables at gourmet burger joint 'Grill'd' (no e) was blown up by a terrorist, the skateboarding knowledge base of Melbourne would drop significantly.

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The video was good. My pick: Danny Brady, who brought a lump to my throat with his raggedy cockney stylings and the employment of a new version of one of my favourite songs, 'Wave of Mutilation'.

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Guess who won a free board in the after video raffle?

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None other than Jordan Bloomer.

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Moved out of the stooge. Been there for years.

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New stooge. Similar vibe!

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Conor and Amanda stopped by, but they seemed a bit preoccupied.

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By their little human creation!

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Princess Bonnie Bee

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Conor, entranced.

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Me, entranced.

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Speaking of Tess, we had a weekend away up in the hills overlooking Wilson's Prom, next door to an Alpaca farm.

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Our hosts Anna and Ben cooked up amazing food all weekend, really top shelf stuff.

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Here we have Ben's sublime self-saucing chocolate pudding. Voila!

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Queen of Articulate, Rosie. Tess, pretty out of it after a hard day's Alpaca watching.

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Anna dressed as a celebrity the next day.

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Alpaca, tracking our every move.

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Ah, how nice. Hang on, what's Tess up to over there?

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Playing crazy chase with the Alpaca, that's what!!!! I have footage, seriously a contender for funniest home videos.

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Down time.

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Plotting her next move.

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Quite a view! Lovely place, it is.

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