Holy Moly Moly

I'm pretty excited at the moment. I've just found out that Daft Punk are coming to town. I've loved their work for a long time, and to see them at the Riverstage on a hot Brisbane summer night will be fantastic. They're not a group who plays alot of shows, certainly not outside of Europe so this will be a pretty special evening. I will do everything in my power to get some tickets.

In other news the weekend was a good one. Friday night I had a burger then went to bed. I was tired. I watched a documentary about the F word. It was interesting. I guess it changed my attitude to the word a little bit. Not much, but a little bit. And no, it's not, and never has been, an acronym.

Saturday was a pretty busy morning. Ria and I went to Carindale for a little bit of time as I had to line up and get something from the post office, and Ria had to line up and deposit a cheque at the bank. All up, what should have been a short and sharp visit, ended up taking an hour and a half.

Afterwards we went back to Carindale home and had a look at some properties online. This is the last of the housesitting, and we are keen to get a place of our own.

After the online house hunting we headed down to my favourite shop, Mia's, to get a gift for Nigel and Elita. We ended up choosing a lovely tea set. I liked it, Ria liked it, I hope Nigel and Elita liked it.

After having the gift wrapped we had another burger, then came home.

I wasn't back for long, just long enough to get changed. I was heading back out, I had a ticket to a play. Ying Tong. It's about the Goon Show, and specifically Spike Milligan's breakdown that resulted in the end of the show. It was interesting, and funny, but I probably haven't heard enough of the real Goon Show to appreciate it fully. Still, it was enjoyable.

Afterwards we had to crawl through the traffic created by RiverFire in order to get home. It took a little while.

As soon as I walked in the door it was time for another costume change. The engagement party was starting early, and we needed to get there. The cab took a little while to arrive. I had a beer.

At the party things went well. Ria remembered the envelope for the card, but not the card itself. I don't think that it was a big deal, although it was a nice card. We saw some people, spoke about some stuff, drank a couple of beers, watched a plane do a dump and burn, then it was time to go.

Getting a cab home was tough, so we walked to Reece's house and played with his dog Benson for a while. He was only a pup, but he was a cool dog. Reece had a trick where he pointed his fingers at him like a gun, then said "Bang!" Benson would then roll over and play dead. Not every time though.

Eventually a cab came, and I bought a pie from the servo across the road. It was around midnight and time for me to go to bed. I had an early start.

Sunday morning and I was up and at 'em pretty early. Well, early for a Sunday. 6:40. I had some toast and a drink of water then waited for Jimmy to come and get me. We headed down the coast together and went out in the boats a few times. It was fun. The weather cleared up and it was a beautiful day.

Southport seems to have a much better atmosphere thank Kurrawa. Everyone is alot more friendly, and they don't look down on you simply because you don't live on the coast. It's nice. Unfortunately I don't have a crew, but I'm not too upset. I still get to do the fun stuff on the Sunday, and not have to worry about 4:30 training sessions. But we'll see what happens.

After the surf sessions we all had a burger then came back to Brisbane. I was pretty much exhausted by this time. Very tired. It had been a big morning. But a fun one.

Yesterday was a good day at work. Louise is back and things are on track. Kapila is back too, which is exciting. From the sounds of it, things are going to be very different at the centre next year. I'm not too upset that I'm not going to be there.