world map
when i was living in london, i started up a virtual tourist site for a bit of fun. i just remembered it today so had a look. i've not really added a lot to it, but one of the cool functions this site has is the personal travel map. you can list all the places you've been and, in a broad sort of way, it'll colour a world map in of where you've been!
it's by no means perfect (i don't remember travelling through alaska and the northern parts of canada) but it's still a pretty cool function. this sort of makes me realise that while i've seen a lot of the world, there's a huge amount left to see. i want to make some of those grey spots blue!
...i need to find a better way to fill the days :P
6 years of clubbing
friday night saw the return of Ministry of Sound to perth. on the bill for this years event was john digweed, one of the worlds all time best djs, and certainly one of my favourites, who i hadn't even seen mix before. this event is kind of special to me, because 6 years ago, paul, kings, andy and myself all rocked along to belmont park for the very first MoS in perth (1999), our first event ever. tall paul and chilli hi-fly dropped some great tracks (the 'star wars' and 'betterman' by peral jam remixes..ahhh) and we were all hooked.
over the years we've probably slowed down a bit, gone to less events, but we still have our fun. friday night's event was cool - spread across three venues (metros, old berlin and rise), al, kings and myself rocked up at around midnight, ignored rise and old berlin and headed straight into metros, to gear up for digweed.
it's kind of funny how you run into people you know at these events - we saw veg from high school, who kings and i hadn't seen in 7 years, and also ran into arif (thou we knew he was going). in a venue that holds over 7,000 people, you'd think running into anyone you knew would be near impossible..
anyways...digweed was awesome! not the best set i've ever seen, nor was it the most entertaining (he pretty much ignored the crowd actually) but all the same, his mixing was flawless and music selection spot on. it's a shame the event didn't carry too many other decent acts; i would've liked to have seen kid kenobi, but the line at rise was at least a few hours, and i wasn't about to stand in the street all night.
a decent event, could've been better with some more talent onstage, but was fun all the same...
bring on subculture!
[s is for stolen quiz] and i'm bored so why the hell not?
[A is for age:] 24
[B is for booze of choice:] it all depends on the circumstances, but generally some kind of beer (eb, wife beater, little creatures, a good carling!) nice red, vodka, cocktails...ooh peach caprioskas at harry's bar in rome!
[C is for career:] well currently without employment, but i hope to be working in radio/sound production, which is what i studied for so long. i've done most of my work in retail/customer service
[D is for your dad's name:] Harvey (also one of my middle names)
[E is for essential items to bring to a party:] booze and yourself
[F is for favourite song at the moment:] i'm listening to cordrazine's '97 album 'from here to nowhere' a bit at the moment...the track 'crazy' is fantastic! also a lot of live jeff buckley, underworld, and the garden state soundtrack - colin hay 'just don't think i'll ever get over you'...that's prob at the top right now.
[G is for favourite game:] texas hold 'em poker
[H is for hometown:] Perth
[I is for instruments you played:] guitar (for the past...10-11 years?), but i've also played violin, alto sax, percussion, and of course, the recorder (oh, and i sing a bit)
[J is for jam or jelly you like:] i'm not a huge jam/jelly fan, too sweet. i prefer vegemite.
[K is for kids?] HA, no, not yet...my sister has 4 kids so i figure she's covered my quota at least for a little while
[L is for living arrangements:] with my mum and a. cathy, 2 dogs, 2 cats, max the gallah, a quail & 2 weiros.
[M is for mUm's name:] Sue
[N is for name of your crush:] i'm not saying who, but she knows
[O is for overnight hospital stays:] probably just one, after a foot operation, after which i thought i was fine, so got out of bed when prue rocked up to say hi, and fell flat on my face!
[P is for phobias:] carney's...small feet, smell like cabbage
[Q is for quotes you like:] life is like a book, and those that do not travel read but a page
[R is for relationship that lasted the longest:] 9 months, but that was a few years ago now
[S is for sexual preference:] i loves ma womens
[T is for time you wake up:] well that all depends...i can't seem to crash till around 2 or 3am at the moment and since i don't need to get up early to work (see C), it's normally between 8 and 11am.
[U is for underwear:] CK boxers
[V is for vegetable you love:] brussel sprouts, fresh beans, spinach, mushrooms...i'm a vegie, i love most vegetables.
[W is for worst habit:] the amount i can drink sometimes, which then leads to the amount i smoke
[X is for x-rays you've had:] i honestly can't remember ever having an x-ray taken.
[Y is for yummy food you make:] spinach & ricotta cannelloni, coke-cola cake, a great risotto
[Z is for zodiac sign:] aquarius (on the cusp of capricorn)
aussie slags!
i have a bunch of links for things to do when you're bored on this site, and one of these is aussie slang (which, for some reason, i named aussie slag). this seemed to hit a hillarious spot with both julls and myself, and so this was created:
the vibe police are gonna bust us if we don't stop soon
so said karl hyde back in july in amsterdam at the heineken music hall (HMH). karl, in case you don't know, is the lead singer of underworld, my favourite band of all time. i was fortunate enough to be witness to three (yes, 3) uw shows during the past few months when travelling around europe on my way back to oz.
the first of these was at the 5 days off festival in amsterdam, july 17th. at this particular gig, kings (of mikeandkings.com) and i met up with a bunch of people from the two mailing lists i'm on, rtsr-board-of-trade and dirty.org, the official uw site. this was our very first uw gig ever, and thankfully, there's a recording of it! i haven't got it yet, but the artwork for the cover is done;
that's the front, the back is a pick that i took at the gig of the HMH building itself, with the text that's the title of this post. i'll let you know how it sounds when i finally get my copy!
Jesus loves me. But, I just want to be friends.
i received some mail today from the abc...unfortunately, it was not the comments i was hoping for:Dear Michael,
Your application to become an ABC cadet journalist was unsuccessful.
There were a great many applications and competition to reach the short list was very strong.
I hope your attempt to enter the field of journalism is successful. It may be we communicate again during the next cadet selection process.
Yours sincerely
State Editor News (WA)i was really hoping i would be successful with this application. i've got a lot of applications in, but this one was for the ABC, a company i have wanted to work with for some time...and i've already worked there a few years back (promo production, which is what i'd ideally like to do, although journalism would be fantastic too). oh well, here's hoping some of the other applications are more successful.
all suited up
i'm off today to meet up with barney, a good friend of mine who is getting married in 2 weeks saturday. we're off to organise the tuxes that we'll all be wearing, so we need to get fitted and all that jazz.about 2 weeks ago, we had barney's bucks night. it was pretty good fun too, i'd never been on a bucks before, but i think we did pretty well...dinner, pubs, drinking, drinking, drinking, then 5 hours at the strip club. i had barney wearing some fake tits for the duration of the evening, and i think we had all the ingredients there for the perfect night (although, we didn't tar & feather him and chain him to a city stop light...)i haven't worn a tuxe in almost 4 years, so it should be interesting. i'm really looking forward to this wedding...it's been talked about for something like 5 or 6 years, so it's about bloody time!i saw this ad on tv last nite for optus pre-paid, something about pay $30 get $120 worth of free calls or somethign? going to find out about that today aswell...i'm sick of not having a mobile.
hoody
i bought a grey AA hoody in vancouver back in january this year. i LOVED this thing, wore it everywhere, it was one of my favourite pieces of clothing. at some point, when i had my private room in london (so it was my last week there, back in july) i lent this hoody to someone. for reasons of absolute drunkeness, i could not and still cannot remember who i lent it to, but needless to say, i never saw it again.to the person (who is undoubtedly a friend, and has probably forgotten they have it) who has my hoody, please drop me an email so we can arrange for its safe return to me....i miss my hoody. maybe i should just buy another one online...
fear & loathing v.5.0
welcome to the new look traveldeskguy! this is version 5 of this site, which is pretty amazing. it started off as something for me to do when i was working at the traveldesk in the generator hostel, london (fear & loathing from the traveldesk, the original site). i then travelled around the USA and Canada for 3 months, so it became fear & loathing from north america.
when i got back to london, another site was born, fear & loathing from the generator, which last about 5 months. next was my final european trip, fear & loathing from the road.
currently you're viewing fear & loathing from a remote city, as i am currently back in my home city of perth, western australia, the most remote city in the world. i will hopefully be able to add some new pics and random crap every few days, so check back, and let me know what you think in the comments.
things they are a-changing
well i've finally got a computer set up here at home, and since most of my days are spent in front of it looking for work, i thought it was probably about time i got around to changing the layout of traveldeskguy.nothing's changed yet, as you may notice, but i'll hopefully be getting around to doing some new graphics and what not in the next week, so keep an eye out soon.- mike
