When you go to say hello to a friend, how do you greet them? Is it a handshake, a kiss on the cheek or something else? And what about when you say goodbye, is it a hug? A kiss? What are the do’s and don’ts? If you’re anything like me, which fingers crossed you aren’t, you’d [...] ...

Keywords: Jaguar, wallpaper, stencil, streetart... from the Street Dreams collection...It's been an odd little day... work was mostly dull, or at least started out that way, I was the only member of our team there by 9am, and we were pretty much at "skeleton staff" stage all day. But of course the last hour of the day was busier than the rest of the day combined...But then fortunately it was time to go... and time for Haircut Day!I think I said last time that I'm attempting to grow my hair out... how long and to what end, ...

Life is far too fragile.The Lost Boys was one of my favourite childhood movies. I stole one of my sister's Teen Beat just so that I had a picture of him.RIP, Corey. ...

Today's Random Hotness comes from photographer Kristopher Kelly, and goes some way to proving that I'm totally predictable... slender toned David Thomas, with a skateboard, in white underwear...Yep, that's most of the boxes ticked off! If it has any kind of relevance to this week, it's that both David and I are experiencing something of a questionable hairstyle... fortunately mine is getting fixed tomorrow... Current Mood: ...

I find it truly remarkable that we, as people, are able to procrastinate with such little effort. For example, I came home today with the intention of doing some homework. I have a very simple, quick 200 word essay to write up by next Friday. Knowing that I will be in Sydney for most of [...] ...

Sometimes Lady Luck is a psychotic bipolar bitch...I really feel like I'm currently paying for all the positive things from the last few weeks. I had a great time at the Fringe, I bought a bigass teevee... and now I have to pay the price.Today was particular trying... I had to wait for the plumber (who solved the immediate problem, but may have caused another problem), spend the rest of the morning writing absolute crap for Performance Management crap, then had a meeting with the big boss this afternoon that was an absolute waste of time. I'm sure my ...

We often hear it phrased that the children of today are our ‘future’. This has been said over the last two decades and continues to be thrown around, especially in the political lime light. It is a way that politicians and those that want to be seen as empathetic can earn some reward points with [...] ...

At the moment Australia leaves the schools to be governed by the States, but this has lead there to be 8 different curriculums being taught. Australia is a technologically advanced country in which it is assumed that most families, and indeed schools, have access to Internet and computing capabilities. It is easy for each school to [...] ...

And no, that title isn't dirty (okay, kinda, but not really)... these pieces are both by Gary Seaman from the Street Dreams dumpster exhibition/mural...Would you believe that he doesn't think he's that accomplished when it comes to aerosol art? I think the piece on the left says otherwise.Other than that I've had something of a shitful day... so the less said about that the better...Hopefully though it will improve tomorrow, but given that I have to wait around for a plumber in the morning, work on a performance management report during the day and then ...

Hello again!Jeez, this is tragic. A month (or more) between posts. I can see how people think the blogging medium is dying. It seems the only time I get to write these things is whilst trapped in an airline seat on my way somewhere. Today I'm off to Darwin - I think currently we're somewhere between Mt. Isa and Katherine. There's a lot of NOTHING down there, that's for sure! Good ol' Australia :-)So last weekend I didn't go to the Mardi Gras party at Fox Studios, which is something I really look forward to going to every year. It's ...

Oh my god, sometimes I wish there are dull moments in my life.Thursday eveningAfter a pretty hectic week at work (my boss was away, so I was doing his job as well as mine), I met up with Matty on Thursday evening after work to catch up for drinks. The conversation somehow got a bit D&M and I was surprised by how frustrated he had been by his relationship. We all know his boyfriend, D, isn't exactly low maintenance (I think of D whenever I think Sam is being difficult - and that usually helps!) but I didn't realise ...

With one thing and another it worked out that it was a much better plan to go and see Alice in Wonderland today rather than tomorrow...And we managed to see it in 3D too... which wasn't a bad option, although it comes with the usual problems I have with 3D (slight headache, that blurring of things moving quickly across the screen, the picture being a little bit darker than normal).I also read the original book earlier this year (on my iPhone as it happens), just so I would have some background to the story. And I have to ...

Thank goodness today is a public holiday...Unconscious Mutterings...

1. Detective :: Philip Marlowe
2. Bangs :: The rather baffling American word for a fringe
3. Consultant :: Usually a waste of money
4. Puzzle :: Jigsaw
5. Learn :: Education
6. Necklace :: Pendant
7. 184 :: One less than 185?
8. Stimulation :: Video games
9. Layered :: Texture
10. Police :: Sting

Current Mood: ...

New stories:

• Babysitting an Alpha Kid by John D.
• The Car Lot: Copped by Aardvark
• Daddy Issues by Touchstone
• Dont' Try This Online! by rtrose
• Escape by z119z
• Friday Night Freaks by Ultrabeef
• Getting Used To Being Unstoppable: 3 | 4 by Londonboy
• The Great Mysto by Walter Ego
• The Hulk Pill 3 by Jaypat
• Room Service by Drakkenfyre

Creationism

• Meet the Flintstones--Nearly 1/3 of Texans believe humans and dinosaurs co-existed.
• Revisionaries: How a group of Texas conservatives is rewriting your kids’

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Well, I took myself off to the Street Dreams dumpster exhibition this evening and had a bunch of things happen that were so outside the realm of normality for my life...The first was that that I saw street art being applied live and in person... and more specifically, Benzo, Fred Rock and Store...Which was pretty damn amazing... I've seen the results, I've seen timelapse footage of street art being done, but I've never seen it done live. And between the three artists, it was great to watch them work... Benzo hanging off the sides of buildings, Fred Rock ...

Today was mostly taken up with going to see Vs Macbeth... Ma had her haircut this morning, so I went shopping on my own, then came back here and essentially waited around.Once she got here we headed down to Norwood, grabbed a quick bite to eat and then went to The Odeon.I will admit to being a little miffed by The Odeon staff... normally theatre staff take the stub at the end of a ticket and give you the rest of it back... that's the way it's been all the way through the Fringe, and even at the movies. ...

Yesterday, after we went a replaced Ma's stereo (the one we got last Sunday was actually missing a cable, so they replaced it with an entirely new system in a box since the one we got was floor stock), we headed down to the Garden of Unearthly Delights to take a look around and have some dinner (mmm gozleme, minty lemon drink, oliebollen and BBQ corn) and then headed down to the Northern Lights on North Terrace.I have to say... while it's still nice to see the buildings all lit up like ...

Someone stole my time today.Seriously, by the time I looked at my clock after I started work, it was 11 am. The next thing I knew, it was 1:15 pm. I didn't really have time for lunch, so I put my head down and worked on all these things that were due by the end of the day. Yes, you guessed it - it was 4 pm by the time I looked at my clock again.Whoever stole my time - could you please give it back? You don't have to confess. Just give it back. ...

Don't you just hate those people who are good at everything?Today's Random Hotness (with a bonus 50% more hotness, just because I couldn't choose between the photos) comes from photographer Kevin Haley (via Queerty), who, in addition to being an outstanding photographer, is also an interior designer...Plus they're over the cute, lithe, underwear clad school of photography that I like so much... Current Mood: ...

The term “killing field” usually isn’t associated with our suburban school yards, and more often than not when they are, it isn’t good news. A few schools in Queensland have been described with these words by the company that they hire out their grounds to on the weekends. The company in question is Urban Assault, [...] ...