Soaked up some serious rays at Nielsen Park Beach on the Harbour last weekend. About time Sydney! Water was glorious and I’m well on the way to being the right shade of Indo brown again. :)
Nanami’s B’day was a few weeks ago now. I completely underestimated how long things take to get here from Amsterdam. I was starting to think that the B’day pressie I got for her was either lost in the mail (I was fretting!), or perhaps customs had pulled it up thinking: hmmm, Amsterdam hey?!
Last night I had to apologise to Nanami about the lateness of my pressie, and that I’d have to chase it up today, funny then that when I rocked up to Zen this morning I found the parcel on my desk! Strange how it often works out this way with items I buy online (ie: just as I complain about not receiving an item it shows up on the day, or soon after).
Last night I’d thrown Nana off course when she tried to guess what her pressie was going to be (always fun!) but it was a treat to watch her open it up today. She loves it! :) It’s a noir piece by Amsterdam artist Sit, giclée print #30 of 35 and it’s a lot bigger than I expected! Can’t wait to see it framed!
My good mate Ben treated me to a free ticket to Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane (ex-Faith No More/Mr Bungle) at the State Theatre last night. I had no idea what to expect as I hadn’t done any research at all but man I was blown away. We’re talking full orchestra, composer and Patton singing (sometimes smooth, sometimes wild, damn he’s good) every song in Italian. What a freak, mind blown. READ THIS.
Nanami‘s B’day last night. As expected, she’s got a lot of really wonderful creative friends. Food, booze and classic tunes from the 80′s made for a fun big night in!
In a truly freaky and sad incident, my friend Sarah fractured her vertebra falling down a spiral staircase on January 1st, her B’day of all days! She was rushed to hospital and x-rays revealed 2 fractures to her neck (not to mention heavy bruising to her back and also bone damage to her hip). They operated on her straight away, she’s now sporting a shaved hairdo (well, the back of her head), pins in her bones and a rather large lot of stitches on the back of her head.
Amazingly she greeted us with a smile, and 7 days in she’s recovered well enough to walk a little. Sarah really wanted to get out of the hospital so Sean and I took her outside in the sun (in a wheelchair), we found a little garden and just soaked up the sun for a bit. It’s going to take a good 6 months of recovery before Sarah can (hopefully) turn her head again. Pretty hardcore, could have been worse, very glad that she’s going to be OK.
