*shameless twitter name drop*
Be cool. Act natural. Back away from they keyboard like nothing has happened. Fuck that. THE Stephen Fry sent me a direct message on Twitter.
Want.
(found via konrad)
Manning Bar, Sydney - 2009/2010.
Spontaneous interstate trip for a gig = Best NYE Ever!
End of year wrap up / top things of 2009 type blog posts are still hot yeah? Ouch. Oh well, here’s my list of the top gigs I went to this year. I said in my Fuck You 2008 post that music would be a part of my life more in oh nine and these are the live music gigs I remember most from my all kinds of excellent year…
SxSW Music Festival 2009 - Austin, Texas
My first ever SxSW lived up to every expectation. So many levels of awesome. Too much music in 4 days to ever describe and give it justice. Am going back in 2010. Enough said.
Philadelphia Grand Jury - Bon Amici, Toowoomba
In a tiny coffee shop that I usually get breakfast at when seeing dad on weekends, the Philly Jays played an unfreakinbelievably wizard set between the Yacht Club DJs and Dappled Cities on a Friday night when Woomba’s very few hipster indie kids came out to play.
The Whitlams - Tivoli, Brisbane
I originally gave my tickets away to this gig because I thought I’d be in Sydney. But then on the night when I was in Brisbane Town I ended up walking up to the door to see if I could buy a ticket. The guy in the ticket booth told me that it was sold out but then said someone dropped off her ticket as she couldn’t go. He tried to find it but couldn’t so stamped my hand and told me to go in. I said thanks, gave him a hug and then had one of my fave Whitlam gigs ever. Tim, Jak and Terapai played the entire Eternal Nightcap album from start to finish. Was a super special night for such a long time fan.
Port O’Brien - Laneway Festival, Brisbane
Being on stage with a hundred or so other fans singing I Woke Up Today in the middle of a hot Saturday afternoon was the perfect start to my first Laneway that also featured Yves Klein Blue, Architecture in Helsinki and The Temper Trap as fanfreakingawesome highlights.
Lily Allen - Tivoli, Brisbane
The one celebrity that represented my ideal girl. Sweet on the outside but sharp and bitter on the inside. ‘Twas a fantastic show but was kind of a little bit more about the crush. Since then though she’s hated on the internets so obvs isn’t the girl for me anymore but was still a fave gig of ‘09.
Gratuitous Picture Of Yourself Wednesday - Bearded Edition
This is me auctioning and MCing at the Digital Angels charity event last week that raised nearly $4000 for Angel Flight. The beard was because I could never find the opportunity to “Go the Mo” for Movember with presentations, events and generally being scared of what the moustache only look would be like. So instead I enjoyed the laziness of not shaving for a month by growing a beard. Doing the auction was super fun. I used to be an auctioneer way back when I was at Uni and it had been five or so years since I last did even a charity auction.
Though a friend who is ten years younger than me and fifty times more intelligent has some sage counsel.
After four interstate flights this week I will now only eat food if it is on a little tray.
This is a balloon poodle I made yesterday for my mate’s girlfriend.
I just want friends and family to know that if this professional internet enthusiast gig doesn’t work out, life will be ok, I know how to make balloon animals.
Though my life skills are lacking because I’m still unsure about how to argue/fight/reason with people like the cranky humanities graduate who yelled at me yesterday because I said the four year (part time) balloon animals degree I studied was worth more to me than my three year arts degree. It’s the truth. But I was left a little dumbfounded by the humanities graduate’s crankiness on a Sunday afternoon and had no retort. Next time maybe I’ll do better at responding in kind. Or I might just make her a balloon flower instead (‘tis obvs technically not a balloon animal but I’m sure I’ll manage).
The official portrait of the Obama family dog, Bo.
(via Huffington Post + arigreenberg + moth + mdfsmash)
CUUTTEEEE!
(via swissmiss)
Forgive me lord for I may have over-PowerPointed. 169 slides. Ummmm…yeah. We’re friends still right? But you’ll forgive me eventually yeah? Oh.
Do you think she really does listen to White Zombie? -
If so, I’m in love. And, I’m not talking about my usual fall in love 35 times a day with with 28 different girls thing. I mean the proper Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson kind of love.
“Who you want to be is not nearly as important as who you are right now.” — I Wrote This For You (via fatmanatee + rachelhills)
International distribution copyright restrictions make Baby Jesus, Jon Stewart AND Sasha Obama cry.
Stealing jokes from Topherchris since I started following him.