HAPPY 21st MIEX!! WOOT!

The Rogue Traders come stateside!

Aussie band The Rogue Traders' music is finally coming over here. Hurrah! They have a crazy pop sound, and they have a few catchy hits. I brought their CD home with me (and got made fun of by many an Aussie on the way. But what do they know? They think the Black Eyed Peas are the height of sophistication!) and have been passing on songs to friends.

Now their song "Watching You" is now in an Old Navy television ad! Good for them! If you are interested check them out here. I really like their song "In love again"...they sample from a really fun 80's song we all know the words to.

FINALLY! Ben's farewell photos!

......and so we bid our good friend BenZ adieu! Hit up the photo for the fun.

OFFICAL UPDATE! (Don't fear the reaper...)

I am back stateside- but that doesn't mean that fun is over! I have loads and loads of pictures and stories still to tell, I just haven't had time to post them yet, as looking for a job has been sucking up all my time.

I am living with (the long-suffering) Brendan, again, and sitting on monster.com all day. A few temp jobs here and there, but nothing too glamourous. I should start a blog about temping- but that might get me into trouble, as anything good to say, would be shrouded in bitchiness. heh.

Good friend and fellow cowbell lover Ben Z has moved onto greener pastures (aka San Fran)- We'll miss you Ben! Pictures of his last jam in Seattle forthcoming.....

Otherwise, just waiting to hear from you good folk. Please email me and tell me what you have been up to!

Crappy day at the beach


I woke up fairly early this morning to go and buy a body board. I have been to the beach quite a bit lately, and I was jealous of all the people who had them and seemingly glided across the waves. Meanwhile, I would catch a wave and end up eating sand from the sea floor and lose my swimsuit at the same time. So, I thought it was high time to pick a board up.

The water was cold, but I insisted in getting in and going further and further out. The board worked great at first, but then, it worked TOO well. One minute I was talking to this guy about the seaweed and the next, I was all alone about 60 meters from the shore. EEK! So, I tried to do what I learned when caught in a rip- swim parallel to the shore then body surf your way in. Well, using the body board made it really difficult to, uh, SWIM- so I was kicking my legs like mad, but not getting anywhere. The buoyancy of the board actually prevented me from going anywhere. At this point, another body boarder (obviously more experienced than me) saw me and kept me company, encouraging me to stay afloat and be calm. I told him that I was okay, just tired, but he recognized a stuck idiot when he saw one and called the lifeguard. I felt like a right fool, but unless I let go of the $80 board that I JUST BOUGHT, there was no way I could get back to shore without killing myself (I tried to swim with it next to me, but it just hit me in the head a few times). *sigh* The lifeguard surfed over and towed me into the middle of the flags (at 25 meters) but then this huge wave came and dumped over both of us. Luckily, we were both in area where your feet touched the sand and I tiredly walked back to my towel.

So, that's my story for the day. I am also ever so grateful for the Dee Why surf club for helping me out- they rock! I am also grateful that he didn't have to drag me all the way to the shore. That would have been waaaaay embarrassing.

*Update- then I get home and read the news and see THIS. SHARKS?!?! Narrabeen beach is just north of Dee Why Beach. sheesh.

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It was inevitable- here comes Real World Sydney!

There used to be a time when I would salivate at the thought of a new season of MTV's the Real World. Now, not so much. It kinda fell off after it's San Francisco season. And when they started making them work together. Not that the other ones weren't amusing...remember Ruthie and that other guy [who ended up getting his own show on MTV for a minute] jumped into the Hawaii pool naked?

Now, MTV's first experiment in reality is coming down under. I can guarantee the debauchery will be 10 fold this season for a few reasons- the first being the legal drinking age here- 18. Plus, there is something goin' down all the time -Sydneysiders love to party. There will be a gay guy/girl who will lose their ever lovin' shiz over Gay Mardi Gras. A surfer who will go crazy over the waves. Their job will probably be some kind of surf shop. Someone will get arrested in Manly on a night out...Oh, MTV, so predicatable. Or should I say RR cast members are so predictable...? But, I will tune in, if only to see the wonderful scenery- and to see if my predictions are correct.

*Update- Can someone explain to me why they are in Denver? This show is getting lamer and lamer. Too bad they wasted Vancouver on their fake RR season. BC would have rocked!