Nice Day, Shame About the Job

What a beautiful looking day.

As I left the house this morning, and proceeded to walk up my street, I was overcome by how fantastic it all looked.
What a shame I'm now on the bus, heading to work.
Saturday was lovely, too.



Lilly and I ended up having lunch at a lovely little cafe overlooking the beach. I ordered an oven baked gnocchi, and Lilly a garlic prawn, fetta, and sun-dried tomato pizza.



We then went to the beach, saw some whales (both actual and figurative), went for a swim and a walk, bought a smoothie, and then took the scenic route home (by this stage I was getting sleepy, so I also had a nap in the car...).
It was all so beautiful that we decided to move up there in the next year.
Nice.
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Ekka Holiday Breakfast

Ekka Holiday Breakfast
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Queensland is awesome; they give you the day off to attend Ekka (in Sydney we call it the much more long-winded Royal Easter Show). Of course, Lilly and I aren't going to attend.
We are starting with a lazy day breakfast of mock crab, and will soon go do our laundry, stop by the music shop to grab some banjo strings, and maybe go over to Toby's to grab an old guitar he's giving us.
Ekka rules.
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PS it was delicious.

Himalayan Goat Curry

Himalayan Goat Curry
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.

Last night Lilly and I went out for Himalayan. It was so god damn tasty, but - like any curry - it was so god damn filling, too.
Pictured above is the hot goat curry. We also ordered a cottage cheese and spinach curry (below). And a mixed entree. So it's really no suprise we were so full.
We'll definately be going back.
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Chilli & Cheese

Chilli & Cheese
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This is the best chilli jam I've ever had, and it goes so god damn well with the King Island Double Brie we bought on sale last week.
Holy cow. I'm in heaven.
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Breakfast

Breakfast
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Oh holy smokes. Toby suggested we go out for breakfast this morning. Wanting to try something new, we walked around the Mall until we found this behemoth for $6.80. You may not be able to see, but there are 2 eggs underneath those chips. Sweet Jesus, I'm full.
Oh, and that's a juice next to the plate (also include in the price. They give choice of coffee or tea, too, but I felt like juice).
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Thai Food

Thai Food
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Lilly and I went to Boon Chu (not sure about the spelling...) Thai on Wednesday night. Holy cow it's tasty.
Unfortunately, I forgot to take another photo when the Drunken Noodle arrived (thanks to Tristan for getting me on to that dish). In the photo you can see the Duck Red Curry (with Lychee and pineapple) and the Banana Leaf Chicken. And a nice bottle of Oyster Bay Merlot.
We have officially found our Thai restaurant of choice.
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WEEN! LIVE!

Ok. I'm not sure how to start this. I can't think of a good way to begin the post except with a standard and uninspired "Holy fucking shit." So here we go.
Holy fucking shit.
I cannot express just how fucking mind blowing, how fucking ball busting, how fucking ROCKING the Ween concerts were. In fact, I won't just now - rather, I will start by filling you in on the events surrounding the concerts.
When the tickets went on sale, Lilly and I weren't quite sure where we would be for the concert, so we bought tickets for both Sydney and Brisbane, and figured that we could either sell the ticket for the other venue (ha) or make our way to it and see them twice. We (thankfully) ended up going to both.
Brisbane (also thankfully) was on last Friday night at The Tivoli. Ween didn't have any support acts this tour (who needs 'em when the main act plays for over 2 hours), so we got in there at about 7:30pm, for an 8:15pm start. They played through till about 11pm. Hell fucking yeah.
It was awesome. I bought a TShirt, silk flag, and button for my bag. Because of that, I couldn't afford any drinks, but that wasn't a real problem anyway, as I don't really enjoy drinking at concerts.
Here is the setlist:

BRISBANE SET LIST

Buckingham Green
Spinal Meningitis
Bananas and blow
Piss up a rope
Voodoo Lady
Your Party
Don't get 2 close (2 my fantasy)
Take Me Away
Transdermal Celebration
Even If You Don't
Object
Exactly Where I'm At
Mutilated Lips
Roses Are Free
Learnin' 2 Live
My Own Bare Hands
Wavin' My Dick In The Wind
Johnny on the Spot
Mr Would You Please Help My Pony?
Mr Richard Smoker
Fat Lenny
Pandy Fackler
The Mollusk
Ocean Man
Stroker Ace
Touch My Tooter
Dr Rock
Shamemaker
Fiesta
LMLYP

So I was pretty stoked. Both Lilly and I really wanted to hear King Billy (so many fond memories), but, alas, they played it at neither of the shows. But I was super stoked to hear Don't get 2 close, Dr Rock and Mutilated Lips. Oh, and Voodoo Lady (I would have been bitterly disappointed if they didn't play that). It was crazy cool. Deaner takes every opportunity to bust out a rockin' solo. Gene looked high as fuck. He was floating around the stage, moving like a reggae master; smiling to himself, laughing to himself, pointing at the crowd and laughing at little jokes only he understood. I think at one stage someone threw some drugs on stage for them, too. Awesome.
The Tivoli is a nice venue! It's an art deco style, and there are TVs above the bar and merchandise stall showing the concert that is going on (which I think is a nice touch). It has a mezzanine level, and is small enough so that you can't get too far away from the stage (not as small as The Anandale though). I'm gonna go see Air there at the end of this month, which I look forward to.
Oh, and I saw Amie after the gig, too.

But Lilly and I couldn't go too hard Friday night, as we had to catch our flight to Sydney the next morning, which meant being ready for the cab at 4am. Yesch.
But we did it, which meant us arriving in Sydney at around 8am (curse you, Daylight savings!).
We met Mumma at the airport, and went and had a (shit) breakfast with her, Alex and Hannah. We then had to get dropped at Carlingford in order to spend the day packing the last of our stuff into Lilly's Dad's car and his trailer. This was so that Allan (Lilly's Dad) could drive her and I back up to Brisbane on Sunday (and he could drive back to Sydney on Monday - bless him). We got almost all of our stuff (books are really all that's left in Sydney) - including the fridge, the bed, the dining table and all the other bits and pieces of life. I'll just quickly say here that it's great to have a bed again, and the semblance of a house (we're still unpacking).
So having finished packing and getting ready, we ended up in Newtown just past 7pm. We met Ross, Boggle, Linden, Boom and Carlie at an African food store, and had a small bite to eat there, too. It was good.
Fearful of crashing after a day of packing after a night of only 4 hours sleep after a rockin concert, Alex nicked 5 tablets of Mum's Dex to help Lilly and I through. So Lilly and I took our 2.5 tablets with dinner (as prescribed, haha), and were both surprised at how quickly we felt the buzz. By the time we felt this buzz, we had finished our dinner and were walking to the theatre. It was on this walk that Boom and Carlie pulled Lilly and I down the side street for a joint. Shit yeah. I wanted - and was quoted as saying - to go into orbit for this concert. I did. It was awesome. I can say with all confidence that the Sydney show blew the ass out of the Brisbane concert. To quote Dean Ween "I would have to rank this gig up there with some of my favorites of all time." You fucken heard it. In fact, he's gone on to say "Overall I would have to rank this as one of my favorite ween tours ever." So I'm thinking they could come back here again in the not-too-distant future. Fuck yeah.
Here is the setlist, it speaks for itself:

SYDNEY SETLIST
Fiesta
Take Me Away
Transdermal Celebration
Waving My Dick In The Wind
Mr Richard Smoker
Learning To Love
Voodoo Lady
Your Party
Spinal Meningitis
Buckingham Green
Happy Colored Marbles
Back To Basom
My Own Bare Hands
Touch My Tooter
Gabrielle
Zoloft
I'll Be Your Jonny On The Spot
Object
Bananas And Blow
Piss Up A Rope
Frank
The Final Alarm
Booze Me Up And Get me High
The Mollusk
Ocean Man
Mister Would You Please Help My Pony?
Tick
You Fucked Up
ENCORE:
Nan
Stroker Ace
The HIV Song
Fluffy
SECOND ENCORE:
Buenas Tardes Amigo

Oh shit yes. Holy balls. How awesome is that list? Still, notable lack of King Billy and Push Th' Lil Daisies (they played Daisies in Adelaide though, which makes me want to follow them around the country next time they come out - especially as Adelaide was such a tiny venue).
But wow. What a show.
Before they started, someone in the crowd was inflating and distributing blue balloons, which I thought was a nice touch. Also, a giant white volley ball appeared and bounced around for a while, and then during the show a blow up doll made it's way onto the stage. Cool things. All more interesting than the Brisbane concert.
During Zoloft, Boom and I sparked up another J, and it was perfect. They were playing this huge guitar solo as an outro to it, and it was amazing. When it ended, I was screaming my delight, absolutely blown away by the magic of the moment, when they started the solo again. They knew I wanted more, and they delivered - I never wanted that moment to end. When that second solo ended, I was in ecstasy, writhing with bliss, exultations of supreme joy leaving my body. Then they went back into the solo for a third time. They sealed it. Best fucking band ever. It was magic. It was Earth moving. It was a defining concert of my life. The sheer diversity of the styles they played is a testament to their awesome. Man. I cannot say enough how fucking awesome that show was. Fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking awesome. Fucking one of the very fucking best concerts I've ever fucking been to. Fucking wow. Fucking fuck. Wow. Fuck. Fuck wow. You get the picture.
Actually, during the show, it appeared that Claude (the drummer) was telling the others of a sore hand. It also seemed that they changed the setlist because of that. Actually, between shows you could see the band talking and deciding what song to play next - which is awesome. If I was nearer the stage I would have shouted out "King Billy" or "Reggaejunkiejew." But I didn't.
I ended up taking about 720 pictures, and about 10 minutes (maybe?) of video. There were about 340 photos taken at The Tivoli, with a similar amount of video. I'm going to sort the photos ASAP, as well as optimise the videos and post them both to the web. I'll post the links here when they're up.
But wow.
And Buenos Tardes. I can't express it in words.
Unfortunately, when Boom, Carlie Lilly and I got inside (after losing the others and going to smoke a spliff), I called Ross and found out that they were in a different section to us. So that was a big disappointment; that I couldn't see Ween play with those that I had grown to love them with (Jon included - oh man I wish you coulda been there - I really hope you can make it to see them in Amsterdam). So that would be my one request for improvement - to have been right there with more of my mates.
After the show we met up and went back to Ross' (very, very cool) new pad in Newtown. Being on a dex binge (and despite knowing I had to be up at 5:30 the next morning), Lilly and I stayed there for a little while. Boom and Carlie soon left, and Linden went to bed, but a friend of Ross' came around (his name was Jon, I think) and we ended up going to a pub. While at the pub Lilly was checked out by a chick. Hehe. Not a bad looking lesbian either, one of the good ones. Chance of a threesome, I wonder?
Unfortunately amphetamines have a habit of putting me inside my head after a while, and this combined with the loud music meant I wasn't at my social best. We soon left the pub (primarily Gothic types there), to head to another. By now it was nearly 3am (I think, or was it nearly 2am? Daylight savings, I curse you again!), so Lilly and I decided it was time to go home. Sleep didn't come easy, and was restless, but the amphetamines made it easy to wake up. We piled into the car and were on our way to Brisbane. I am very happy to say that the trip went off perfectly. We made great time (12 and a half hours including unpacking) and the unpacking also went of flawlessly. Fanfuckingtastic. I don't think I would have been able to handle a disaster.
To celebrate, Allan, Lilly and I headed out to West End for a fucking delicious (and well priced) Greek dinner. The garlic sauce rivalled even Abdul's in strength.
All up a fucking BRILLIANT weekend.
5 stars.

EDIT: Videos from the concerts can be found on my YouTube Channel. Enjoy.

Brisbane and Our Journey North

Hello all, and welcome to my long delayed blog post.
On Friday 18th January 2008, Leanne and I finished packing our shit, and headed north to our new city of residence, Brisbane.
As is our style, we understimated just how long t would take to pack, and we didn't leave until after midday. It didn't really matter though, as we were going to stop off at my Uncle Bruce's place in Fernleigh (in between Byron Bay and Ballina) and spend the next day there.
The drive was good. Neither of us grew too weary, and the driver reviver stops helped us on our way. We had dinner at Coffs Harbour. A delicious fish burger each. Holy cow, it was *exactly* what I wanted. In fact, I want one now. Damn. So tasty.
We arrived at Bruces around 10pm, and talked for a little while before going to bed.
The next day we heard that the Mullumbimby makets were on, and thought it would be a great place to go. Unfortuntely, after driving out there we saw a sign informing us that they had been cancelled due to all the recent rain. Shame.
Well, not so much, because Leanne and I went for a beautiful drive through to Main Arm. Wow, so pretty. I'd love to live there for a few years. We followed the winding roads across fords and up into the mountains, and eventually turned around when it became a national park. We then took a different path back to the Pacific Hwy, but not before stopping off at a pie shop for some pies, peas, mash and gravy. Once again, yum yum.
We had a BBQ for dinner that night, and afterwards went down to Lennox Head pub as a band that Kate (Bruce's girlfriend) wanted to see were playing. A whole heap of Kate's friends and their families were down there, too.
So we went along. Not a bad band, but a cover band so they held no real interest for me.
Funnily enough though Casey Rickets (from primary and high school) was working there. Strange world. What's even a little stranger is that he has married a girl from Louisville, Kentucky. What's strange about that is that that's where Megan went to College. Funny how two boys from Turramurra end up going with two girls from Louisville.
The night went well. Leanne and I spent most of the time talking with Bruce, who's rather entertaining.
Strangely, during the night a man walking past reached out and stroked my sideburns, smiling. He then left, silently. Strange man.
After the pub we went back to Bruce's and lit a spliff. He had some hash, so we had some of that, and Kate rolled two fat joints. Holy cow. I went to another planet.
It was great talking with them through the night, but Leanne and I had to be up the next morning to meet Alex before he went to Gold Coast Big Day Out (which is about an hour and a half from Bruce's place).
Leanne and I woke up around 9am. We promised Alex we'd meet him by about 10am, which wasn't terrible when you consider the fact that Qld doesn't observe daylight savings. So we weren't doing too badly.
Of course, this "not doing too badly" quickly turned into "late" because we had a lazy breakfast, a lazy packing session, and then had to wait for Dad to stop by.
On top of this, the traffic was terrible so Alex ended up missing some of the bands he wanted to see. Of course, I was doing him a favour (playing mule), so he couldn't be too upset. Also, in the heat and the traffic, the car started to over heat.
We ended up getting into Brisbane some time around lunch, and to save the $$$ we ate pasta that we cooked that morning. The night's activities began to take their toll, so we bought some V, which helped us get by and made us excited about moving to Brisbane.
Rather than heading straight to Leanne's cousin's house, we thought we'd take a tour of the city.
It's small.
Very small.
Like about as big as Parramatta or maybe Chatswood. A teeny, tiny CBD. And then it's Central Coast-esque suburbia. And maybe 90% of the houses look the same. I unerstand now why they call them "Queenslanders." Every fucking house in Queensland is a fucking Queenslander. It's strange. If it's a nice house, it's a renovated Queenslander, if it's a shit house, it's a run down Queenslander. Rent varies dramatically between the run down and the renovated, but they're all fucking Queenslanders!
Of course, I'm exaggerating a little.
So Leanne and I are staying with her cousin, her husband and their two kids. They're all nice, so at least it's not terrible staying with them, but I'm keen for my own space - as is Leanne.
But the search for housing isn't going as well as it could. We viewed 5 or 6 houses yesterday, and only one of them was what we wanted, and one other was worth considering. So that sucks. Today we didn't see any good houses. Tomorrow is a big day though. 9-5 drivng around Brisbane kinda day. It's gonna be tiring. But, hopefully, we will come out with some houses having been applied for - and maybe even a house to call our own - although I'm feeling that could be a somewhat optimistic viewpoint at this juncture.
Either way, wish us luck.

Thoughts on Brisbane:
Hot & muggy.
Small but quaint.
More obviously bohemian.
A strange older brother of the Central Coast.
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Colori #1

Colori #1
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We are at Mickey's and I am looking at pictures like this.
Drugs are good man.

Mickey's Spagh Bol

Mickey's Spagh Bol
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.

Oh man. Over at Mickey's and really excited about dinner. He's making his famous spaghetti bolognese.
For entree we cooked herb bread and smothered it in baked brie with garlic.
Holy cow, I'm excited.
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Smokin', Swimmin', Spewin' and exSplodin'

As the weather last week was pretty fucking awesome, Simon and I decided to take Mickey and some weed to Nth Avoca beach. Mickey didn't taste very good so we sat in front of a sand dune and smoked the weed instead, and spent the next hour laughing at a variety of incredible things.

We laughed at ourselves:


We laughed at the ocean:


We laughed at a tennis ball:


We laughed at the faces and reclining lady that can be found in this cliff:


And we laughed at this toupee crawling through the sand:


We went for a swim and were bashed about by waves that took no pity on us poor stoned folk. It was awesome: the physical sensation of the water crashing against us, the coolness on our scalps as we dived beneath it, the roughness of the sand at our toes, the sun shining on our faces, the colours exploding in our eyes and dripping off our auras... It was awesome, and even when I threw up from swallowing too much ocean the colours in my spew were so captivating that I happily watched their luminescent parts pool below me and ride an incoming wave directly into Mickey's ankles (as my eyes slid up to his incredulous face).
BEST VOMIT EVER!

We spent more some time sunning on the beach, and then Simon and I went for a second swim before heading to The Green Dolphin in Wamberal for a HUGE lunch/dinner of Caesar Salad Burgers and too many chips. VERY, very tasty but my gods, don't get the $7 chips unless you're eating with a family of 10 starving bears and a wolf cub...

Mickey was desperate to pee at this point, having needed to pee in the car on the way up and at the beach (though it had run away at the first touch of cold water), so we drove to Avoca beach to use the amenities, sit for a while, and eat Cold Rock caramel fudge ice-cream with picnic bars and nerds mixed in - which is by far the best combination I've had.

Also at Avoca beach Simon saw this cute little dog and has fallen in love with it. It was such a happy prancing little dog, and had every cute girl chatting to the guy who was walking it. Well done!

So, with the day coming to an end we starting driving back down the freeway to home... only to take THE BEST DETOUR to the Hunter Valley for the night! YAY! We rocked out to Tenacious D in the car then settled into the house with another joint, some enlightening conversation about a "marinara trench", and then created the following videos:


This firework was MEANT to spin around on the ground then shoot into the sky for a loud explosion. As you can tell, it didn't quite make it. Our ribs were hit with the shockwave and we could feel it for an hour afterwards!


This firework was old and broken and had no fuse, so we stabilised it (ingeniously) by sticking it in a plastic bottle inside a watering can, and lighting it with a sparkler.

FUCKING AWESOME NIGHT!

(followed up by this Peat's Ridge breakfast the next morning)


Simon and I are currently listening to Mint Royale - See You In The Morning
Simon and I are currently co-reading The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (by Tom Wolfe) and Otherland (by Tad Williams)

Curry Lovers

Curry Lovers
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.

Oh my Gods, I'm so full.
Just had the "Special Banquet" at Curry Lovers in Epping.
It's the same banquet that Hardeeps offers - at the same price.
Fantastic.
I have on my plate Butter Chicken, Lamb Bhuna and Malai Kofta.
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Savion, My Saviour

Savion, My Saviour
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Oh my fucking Gods.
I'll say it again: Oh my fucking Gods.
We just had the BEST pita in the world. I haven't had a pita like this since Orgasmic Fellafel in Byron Bay.
Holy fuckballs. Absolutely magic.
Leanne ordered the garlic chicken, I ordered the lamb shashlik, and we swapped half way. It was magic.
I will be coming back here every opportunity I have.
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Big Breakfast

Big Breakfast
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Just finished.
I feel dirty.
Simon doesn't like big breakfasts as much as he used to. Silly Simon.
Simon wishes he got Leanne's salad.

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Peking Duck II

Peking Duck II
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The second and third courses arrived at the same time; duck sang choy bow and duck soup.
Little disappointed that we were only given one lead each of sang choy bow, but we'll certainly be full enough afterward, so no real cause for complaint.
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Peking Duck I

Peking Duck I
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Up at the Beijing Duck Restaurant at North Rocks, and Lilly and I decided to get Peking Duck,
OH MY GOD! BEST DECISION EVER!
I will post updates at the courses progress.
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Blue Pancakes

Blue Pancakes
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Eating blue pancakes at Sal's house.
They're tasty.
Will they work?
Details later.
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Pie!

Pie!
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Out for Tristan & Belinda's Birthday. Pie, mash, peas and gravy for dinner. Fuck yeah.
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Tasty Breakfast

Tasty Breakfast
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Flicking through photos on my phone, and came across this sucker from the weekend. I love fried breakfasts. I want one now.
Yum.
Aside from that, had an awesome time with Ben; the concert was awesome, and the beach today (see below) was beautiful.
On my way home now.
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Jenny's Birthday Hunter Adventure

Yet another weekend spent up at the Hunter.
Only this time it was with Leanne's family. It was Leanne's Mum's (Jenny) birthday last week, and she decided to head up to the Hunter in celebration.
Jenny and Allan hired a cottage at Millbrook Estate, which was very lovely. Not only was it pretty, but the wine was awesome.
Ross may remember it - we went there in the Kombi with Connie and her friend, a thousand moons ago.
We arrived up in the Hunter on Friday night, but didn't do anything interesting (Leanne and I stayed at the Cedar Creek house - Mum came up, but didn't arrive until midnight or so. In fact, we barely saw Mum on the weekend, and Leanne's parents didn't at all. Bit of a shame.
Jenny & Allan came around on Saturday morning, and we drove down to Wollombi in the hopes of visiting the Horse Heaven Gallery. They were meant to be open, but unfortunately they were closed. Which sucked. So we decided to try again the next day.
So we drove up to Stonehurst (Cedar Creek), and tasted their wines. Jenny and Allan bought a case of wine at the 50% off sale (all storm damaged cases are 50% off).
We then drove to Jenny and Allan's place at Millbrook Estate for some more wine tasting.
It was really nice (possibly better than Cedar Creek... shhh...). He makes them all on-site, which is nice in itself. So I bought some wine, and as a birthday gift to Jenny, paid for the bottles she wanted. This totalled over a case between us.
By now I was feeling a little tipsy, and was very keen for lunch, as we all were.
So we drive over to Country Farm Delights in the Hunter Valley gardens. They are now called something different, but it's the same owner, and the food is actually even bigger now. I used to always get their Savoury Mince; two slices of toast, flavoured mince on top. Craving it, I ordered it this time. Only now it's 4 slices of toast, mince and a ton of bacon. Check it out. Crazy awesome.
So we were all so full afterward, and not looking forward to dinner.
Oh yes, dinner. We planned to go to The Australia Hotel in Cessnock (more specifically, the Swill & Grill within The Australia Hotel), but, as has never happened to me before, they were booked out. I blame the concert. So that was a bit of a shame. Instead we went to Harrigan's Irish Pub. I'm very glad that Leanne and I decided to share dinner, because there was altogether too much food.
In the mean time, Leanne's brother, Aaron, and his girlfriend, Kate, were heading up to meet us.
We met them at my house, and bummed around there for a little bit (I showed them the place), then went to meet Jenny and Allan, and head off to Harrigan's for dinner. You already know that we ate there. It was good. We were full.
Afterward we went back to Jenny and Allan's place and had cheese and dessert wine. Mmmmmm.
Then Aaron, Kate, Leanne and I went back to mine and bummed around again - we were too tired to drink, and I had a headache from drinking that day anyway.
Earlier in the day, Philippa from Cedar Creek told us of the Wollombi Ball that was on that night - and we had all intentions on going - only after Harrigan's we were so full and tired, and it was already 9:30pm, and it was so far away... so we didn't. Shame. It would have been good.
So, Saturday night wasn't the event we thought it would be, but it was fun nonetheless. Unfortunately, Aaron had to be in Sydney by 1pm, so he left around 10am, so we didn't get to do anything with him on Sunday. Another shame.
But Jenny and Allan came over, and we went back down to Wollombi in the hopes that Horse Heaven was open. Wasn't. Bitch.
So we drive back to mine, and were side-tracked by Lavender Gate Farm; a lovely little café on the way home. We popped in there for a light lunch, and ended up getting a lot more than expected.
We ordered a pizza and a mezze platter, and it was plenty. Unfortunately (so many unfortunates...), they burnt it, but bless them, they didn't charge us for it. Plus I get a locals discount of 10% off. Great days.
Jenny and Allan headed back home after that, but Leanne and I stayed up at Cedar Creek and waited for Mum and Pete/Talan. They had to come up to drop Pete/Talan off at College, so we went out to dinner with them, and Pete/Talan's friend Sharon. We went to the Swill & Grill. Good food. So full.
We then had to drive to Maitland to drop them off, and then back to Cedar Creek to pack, and then back to Carlingford, and then Mum had to drive back to Newport. Poor dear.
Me being the big old nerd that I am, decided to map the way from Tocal (Pete/Talan's college) back to Cedar Creek. I really wanted to do it from Cedar Creek to Sydney, but the GPS reception on my phone is so poor, that I have to hold it up to the window the whole time, and couldn't be fucked doing that for a further hour-and-a-half. What's groovy about my phone is that I can export my journeys to Google Earth. So I did as such and had a good ole gander at the journey. I need to look into the ways it can be represented though.
Anyhow.
So. That was my weekend.
I was so fucked Monday morning, that I took the day off, and ended up getting that much needed haircut (those following my Jaiku stream would already know this). There are some photos here, if you want to check them out. It's hot. I also posted to the Haiku channel about it here.
And I think that's it.
Have fun, and keep it real.

Listening to: Cradle of Filth - Thornography (Album - super hot metal. The caffeine injection I just had helps with the awesome)