Photo of The Hero

Oooh!
I just received an email telling me that a photo that I took at the Hero of Waterloo (for Boggle's Birthday) has been "published" online.
You can see it here.
I'm so famous.
And so is Ross, coz he's the fellow in it.
Woo!

Goodnight Ross

Goodnight Ross
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.

Sleep well.
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We Jammin'

Last Sunday Ben invited Me, Leanne, Mickey and Ross down to his place in Kurnell for a jam.
Ross brought his bass, and his harmonica (and Mickey's MicroKorg), and Mickey brought his Trombone. All I could bring along was a mouth harp. Leanne and I spent some time trying to find the mouthpiece for a trumpet of hers, but alas, we could not. Oh well.
It was great fun!
I like the MicroKorg. I like it a lot. I want one.
Leanne took a few photos of the jam. You can see them here.
Because of Leanne and my limited musical experience, we spent some time outside reading The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe. It's fucking awesome. During said times, there were some pretty cool sounds coming from the band room, and they accompanied the writings very well.
Ben's Mum provided us with plenty of food, and after dinner we finished it off with a bit of a smoke. Oh, and a trombone solo:

Great fun all 'round.

Coming Weekend

Wednesday night saw the birth of the idea of going up to the Hunter with Leanne, Mickey, and Ross and smoking some green.
Turns out Ross can't make it.
Leanne has now been offered to work tomorrow (Saturday) at double-time. So she is seriously considering that offer.
Mike and I will still head up tonight, though.
So, if Leanne decides not to come up tonight, we will meet her at Morrisett after work. This also means we will have Yummy Thai (that's actually the name of the restaurant) for dinner, which will be nice.
Mum is mega-stressed at the moment, and she will be coming up, too - so that'll be nice. I said I'd shout her dinner.
So. Yet another weekend spent up at The Hunter.
Sorry guys.

The Weekend + Ross

This weekend was meant to be spent cleaning West Ryde (see post below), but Leanne and I ended up going to Mickey's for drinks/smokes with him and Ross on Friday night... and only got back here (West Ryde) at maybe 2pm today (Sunday).
But I can't say I didn't enjoy myself (or would have been happier cleaning), and in the end the place looks fine anyway (just not fine enough for a final inspection... but the final inspection won't be until the 12th anyway).
Friday night was good fun. We had the music crankin' and the dance-floor pumpin' (if only with 3-4 people in attendance). Saturday Ross had to go continue moving his shit, but Mike, Leanne and I just hung around. We had those awesome chicken burgers from Chargrill Charlie's for breakfast again. Yum.
Mike went to buy a TV Tuner card for his PC, but ended up just getting Neil's old one for $30 anyway (He was gonna spend $90 on a new one). I was gonna spend $70 on a caddy for my HDD, but decided to save my money and get it later (no real urgency to get my data off of the HDD).
Had a go on Neil's electric scooter... fun, but I'm a pansy and still get a little freaked out on things like that... in saying that. however, I wouldn't mind another go...
Man. Looking at Mike's set up, I totally want a home theatre PC. So, now that there is a vacancy in the PC department, I think I will save for one... goodbye 24" monitor for the time being... not that I even had the money for that yet anyway.
But yes. Home theatre PC's are awesome... I think I'd give Linux a go though.
Anyhow, we had Mike's famous Spaghetti Bolognese for dinner (those of you who look at my flickr account will see evidence of this), and opened up one of his 15 year old bottles of wine. It was alright. Well, good, but bland. But dinner and company was fine, so a great night it was indeed.
This morning we had a fry-up. Mmmmm Fry-up...

Yes. Tasty indeed. I love big breakfasts... num num num. We added special beans to the baled beans to make them tastier. It worked :)
So we sluncked around there for a wee bit, and came back to West Ryde.
Washed up, cleaned up some of the clothes, and then Ross came around. We had to go back to Chris' place for a final check and for Chris to give the ok on the condition the apartment was left in, then it was made official; Ross was then our new room-mate! Yay!
So there you go. A rough re-cap of my weekend.
Hope you enjoyed it.

Listening to: Silence, the occasional sound of Leanne turning a page, and Ross getting ready for bed.

Ross is movin in, we're movin out.

So Ross has decided that Chris is a manipulative fuck, and is moving out. He's found a place in Balmain, but the lease doesn't start until the 14th, so he's going to be moving in with Leanne and I until then. Only thing is that last week Leanne and I handed our notice in to our agent, and we will be moving out on the 12th. Timing.
Leanne and I aren't sure where we will be moving, but Pyrmont is on the cards... I just don't know how likely we are to get approval on my wage alone. So, if we can't find a place before the 12th, Leanne and I will be moving in with her parents until we do. I'm unsure how that will be.
So Leanne and I now have to clean the house. Yech. I have cleaning. We have to do it this weekend too, coz the agent can start bringing in clients 14 days before the 12th. They say they will try and give 24 hours notice, but can't always. Renting rules.
So the plan tonight was either to start cleaning, go see Midnight Juggernauts, or go see The King Brothers (which really did have potential).
But then Mike offered a night at his place with weed and drink. So Leanne and I accepted that offer. Ross is coming along too (he would have been going to one of the concerts, too).
So it should be an alright night. And cheap. I like cheap.
I'm currently on the train back to West Ryde. I'll be heading to Mike's around 8pm.
Sick.
I finished reading An Imaginary Life by David Malouf on the train last night. I really fucking liked it. It conjured so many images in my head (which doesn't usually happen... at least not so vividly). Yeah. Fucking cool book. Thanks for the recommendation, Leanne!
I will be starting Ben Okri's The Famished Road next week. Look forward to it!

Listening to: Cradle of Filth - Thornography. Still kicking fucking arse.
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