Reasons to move back to Launceston.
So i spent the week back up in launceston, couch-hopping from mate's place to mate's place and catching up with pretty much everybody while i was there. Things i did;
*Stayed up 32+ hours straight, got drunk with Ben J and watched some anime.
*Got up the next day with a mild hangover and put 4 meter planks of wood through a thicknesser, cutting one of my fingers open a bit across the cuticle. that's nice and scabby now. After the thicknesser, we mixed concrete by hand in a wheelbarrow to make a foundation for a wall that will frame a new path he's putting in his back yard. Mixing cement by hand is hard work, especially for a mouse-jocky nerd like me. Watched some more movies and played some JRPG's that night before passing out. The movie "The Hole" is entirely predictable, as an aside.
*Since i then realized sunday was father's day and i was in the wrong end of the state, i sent my dad an email, and made my way round to jacob and russ' place. Hung out with jacob, T, and claire for the evening, just goofing off. Crashed at jacob's for a few days watching movies, played a bit of bioshock which seems pretty good, but it was unable to enthrall me like i was expecting.
*Made my way down to Frech's for a 'warm-up' session of The Savages at Collins' place, Went back to frech's to work on getting good and wasted then got some tasty indian dinner with a large group of people - good food, great company. After that we headed in to the Gelato bar/Hub for open mic night, and the Savages' first gig. Got nicely drunk on cheap beer, and then got up on the stage and actually performed in front of people. I was blown away when i got off stage to discover that most people didn't think we sucked. I even got a free jug of beer out of it. sweet!
*friday night went and saw Karnivool at the batty. The first band, Mammal, were very energetic, and the singer had plenty of personality, but they weren't quite my thing. Karnivool, on the other hand, were fucking awesome. A very good night indeed. We then went home and tried our hands at lightpainting using a digital SLR. got some cool results using my DS and a candle as the lightsources.
*Saturday, we drove down to Hobart and ZDF played at the brisbane hotel. Both ZDF and Tabera played pretty well, but by that point i was too tired and poor to get into it.
Got an offer to go work back at harveys in software, and was tempted to take it and just move back up, but i have commitments here for a while longer, and regardless of what they've changed, working at HN is STILL working at HN.
*Stayed up 32+ hours straight, got drunk with Ben J and watched some anime.
*Got up the next day with a mild hangover and put 4 meter planks of wood through a thicknesser, cutting one of my fingers open a bit across the cuticle. that's nice and scabby now. After the thicknesser, we mixed concrete by hand in a wheelbarrow to make a foundation for a wall that will frame a new path he's putting in his back yard. Mixing cement by hand is hard work, especially for a mouse-jocky nerd like me. Watched some more movies and played some JRPG's that night before passing out. The movie "The Hole" is entirely predictable, as an aside.
*Since i then realized sunday was father's day and i was in the wrong end of the state, i sent my dad an email, and made my way round to jacob and russ' place. Hung out with jacob, T, and claire for the evening, just goofing off. Crashed at jacob's for a few days watching movies, played a bit of bioshock which seems pretty good, but it was unable to enthrall me like i was expecting.
*Made my way down to Frech's for a 'warm-up' session of The Savages at Collins' place, Went back to frech's to work on getting good and wasted then got some tasty indian dinner with a large group of people - good food, great company. After that we headed in to the Gelato bar/Hub for open mic night, and the Savages' first gig. Got nicely drunk on cheap beer, and then got up on the stage and actually performed in front of people. I was blown away when i got off stage to discover that most people didn't think we sucked. I even got a free jug of beer out of it. sweet!
*friday night went and saw Karnivool at the batty. The first band, Mammal, were very energetic, and the singer had plenty of personality, but they weren't quite my thing. Karnivool, on the other hand, were fucking awesome. A very good night indeed. We then went home and tried our hands at lightpainting using a digital SLR. got some cool results using my DS and a candle as the lightsources.
*Saturday, we drove down to Hobart and ZDF played at the brisbane hotel. Both ZDF and Tabera played pretty well, but by that point i was too tired and poor to get into it.
Got an offer to go work back at harveys in software, and was tempted to take it and just move back up, but i have commitments here for a while longer, and regardless of what they've changed, working at HN is STILL working at HN.