Monthly Archive for July, 2006

Top 5 Things About Splendour in the Grass!

Published
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Simon
on 31/7/2006
in Friends and Music
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Since I’m having trouble finding the time to post anything, I thought it might be quicker to do a top five type post rather than ramble and bore people.

1. The Music

Ok, so that should be obvious, but if I did a top five and didn’t bunch all the music into one item, there’d be nothing but music. The stand out act for me was Scissor Sisters who put on an awesome show. Grinspoon came second and other acts I really enjoyed include The Grates, The Avalanches, Something for Kate[1], The Presets and Brian Wilson.

Sarah blowing bubbles

2. The Coincidences[2]

The number of coincidences we encountered was increadible. We ran into a long lost friend from high school, Sarah. That’s coincidental because I had brought her up in conversation earlier in the day, after not thinking or talking about her for maybe two years! It was awesome to catch up with here and find out that her boyfriend (get ready for the next coincidence) is none other than Mike D, who Browny and I did a huge assignment with at uni a couple years back. On top of all that, on the first night we dropped into the movie shed they had set up only to find I [Heart] Huckabees playing, which for the uninitiated, is all about coincidences.

3. Running into Sarah

That was just way cool, we spent a bunch of time hanging out with her, Mike and all their friends at their most awesome Mexican themed camp.

4. Possibly being on Channel V

Mid way through Sunday, a Channel V crew came through the Mexican themed camp and did an interview with Sarah and checked it all out. I don’t know if any of it actually went to air (it was supposed to have on Friday) but if anyone recorded it I’d like to see.

5. Hanging out with Aidan for the weekend

It’s always fun hanging out with Aidan, but combine that with music and fun (two things we both love) and it makes for a great weekend.

If this had been a top ten, vikings and mud would both definitely have made the list.

  1. I’m not really a fan of Something for Kate, but they put on a great live show. [↩]
  2. Thanks to Aidan for the pictures. [↩]

Since last time

Published
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Simon
on 14/7/2006
in Business, Photos and Stupid happenings
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Not Really the End of the TunnelI never seem to be able to write up events in my life and stick them here in a timely manner. Soon all my posts may be best categorised before I forget[1].

So, since last time lots of stuff has happened.

Without Pockets

I’ve started working for myself from home two days a week as of July in an effort to start a new business. I hope to launch in early October just after the wedding, I hope that is a realistic time frame. Look for something more interesting than nothing at withoutpockets.com.au soon. I’m still debating with myself on the best domain name to use. I’ve registered withoutpockets.com, withoutpockets.net, without-pockets.com, without-pockets.net and withoutpockets.com.au. Ultimately, they will all point to the same place, but I will only advertise one, so what do you think?

Adventures in the Underground

Last Friday evening I went into the underground on my first urbex[2] photography treck. Aidan, Gibbs and I went exploring in Brisbane’s storm water drain system and I got what I recon are some killer shots. I can’t wait for the next when I vow to be heaps more prepared, especially with the lighting kit I take.

Check out all the photos in 1000 Words or with this lovely Flickr slide show.

The highlight was almost certainly finding, identifying and looking up the “Buranda Chimney.” I can only find one other picture of it on the ‘net, but certainly not one of the inside.

I’ve also been to Melbourne since my last post and have started uploading some photos.

  1. A category which really does need more posts anyway. I do have at least three drafts of stuff I’m rapidly forgetting just waiting to be cleaned up and published. [↩]
  2. A little known (for now) term meaning ‘urban exploration.’ [↩]