davesplanet

It's happening again

2007-08-18T15:10:00.000+09:30

Shades of Deja Vu.
See: Zoton

I've been working hard, and playing around on Facebook

Hmm actually, I thought those two were mutually exclusive.

Anyway I haven't been on here for ages it seems.

Here is a picture of me and my beard:

Bit cold in N.Z. at the moment

2007-07-09T19:21:00.000+09:30

My brother Andy's place near Mt. Cook on the South Island.

Your Tax Dollars at Work

2007-07-03T19:45:00.000+09:30

That's what the email from Pete the Fink said, so I am assuming he knocked this up while doing work-for-the-dole...

Marcel's Mr Brown Video

2007-06-27T19:32:00.001+09:30

My teeth feel funny

2007-06-23T10:47:00.000+09:30

Probably because they are all relatively complete for the first time in a while.
I've been to the dentist 3 times in the last fortnight.

Enlarge

2007-06-13T19:21:00.000+09:30

Recently recieved spam.

Semi takes man in a wheelchair on 50 MPH ride

2007-06-09T11:44:00.000+09:30

Even if you don't read the whole article, scroll down to see the pictures. (Check out the tyre damage!)

John Howard DJ's like a Mad C*nt

2007-06-07T00:57:00.000+09:30

Received in and email from Jules.
(Original source unknown, but I'd like to shake his/her hand):

For the benefit of any international readers who haven't heard of him;
Little Johnny is the decrepit turd who runs the show round here.
Not for too much longer, hopefully.

Atheism anyone?

2007-05-29T10:27:00.000+09:30

My sentiments exactly

Flu

2007-05-25T10:00:00.000+09:30

Don't you hate it when you get crook just before the weekend?

Started on Weds arvo as a tickle..now I can't even talk.

Might not get all that much done on Mr B this weekend.
I have started buying things like snips and other tools though...

Update!

2007-05-20T23:32:00.000+09:30

Ok - I'm back.
It may take me a while to fill you in with the last few weeks/months, but bear with me.

As for today, to give you an example of the fast-paced Dry season days I've been facing, here what I did:

12:00am 2:00am: Last cuppla hours of a shift working at Happy Yess

Last night was Kris' big Sonic Yoof tribute. It went off! Not to mention the feedback orchestra afterwards int he shed out the back. Picture ten musicians with stringed instruments ranging from guitars to double bass, violin - all playing into a wall of amps, each trying to shape the feedback in their own way. I had earplugs, and I have to say, I feel sorry for anyone who didn't.
So I was back at the venue helping Deb and Kris pack up, until maybe 1:30. Halfheartedly stopped in at Squire's on the way home, thankfully there wasn't anyone there who I knew.

11:30 am: Nightlciff markets where I ran into Clarkey and Claude. The usual coffee and juice, with shades of Sunday-morning recovery.

1:00 pm: Marcel AKA Crazy German Guy came over for a bit, I did housework and started on the beers. We played around with an _old_ video projector which I was hoping touse for an upcoming film night. It's pretty well f*cked. I made some food for later in the day.

3:30 pm: Went for a canoe with Dan, first time I've taken old faithful on top of the Datto. Not too bad, but carrying it into the water was a bit of an effort.

We saw a croc!

No shit, it's the first time I've ever seen one in my life..and this after 3 years of telling everyone " Nah there's no crocs in there, I go in there all the time and have never seen one". Anyway, it wasn't that big, I'd say around two metres. We only saw it for about 5 seconds...followed by some rapid reverse-paddling!

6:30pm: Went to Bert and Tammy's for a Spanish-themed dinner thing.
I made soem Gazpacho which actually turned out Ok.
A few beers and some music on the lawn, then I decided to retire relatively early - as I now am goal-less no longer - Brown shall ride again!

That's right, Marcel has volunteered to help me fix Mr B...so hopefully this will be enough impetutus for meto get off my arse and actually bite the bullet - strip out the engine, get it rebuilt, meanwhile fixing all the rust and assorted other bits.

Marcel wants to go to Kakadu in July, so who am I to refuse?

Dave
(Does anyone still read this?)

11:30

RIP Kurt Vonnegut

2007-04-17T01:30:00.000+09:30

Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five, science fiction, Breakfast of Champions, Time Quake, Bagombo Snuff Box, Palm Sunday, God Bless You Dr.Kevorkian, books, art, screenprints, sculpture, Kurt Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut Books, books, book, Vonnegut, american, author, classic, great, Timequake, Cat's Cradle, Galapagos, Bluebeard,

Breakfast of Champions, Canary in a Cat House, The Sirens of Titan, Deadeye Dick, fiction, stories, reading, entertainment, 2001, space-time continuum, 1991, Thomas Berger, alter-ego, Kilgore Trout, Biafran War, Nigeria, Hiroshima, humanism, age, technology, The Scarlet Letter, 23rd Psalm, Hunter Thompson, The Sisters B-36, matriarchal planet, Booboo, earth

Disguise!

2007-04-07T19:58:00.000+09:30

Nic had a going-away party

Spot the Terrorist

2007-04-03T09:16:00.000+09:30

From 'The Road to Surfdom'

MySpace

2007-04-02T23:38:00.000+09:30

Hmmm - thinking

April at Happy Yess

2007-03-30T09:53:00.000+09:30

Email me if you would like a highres version.

When bogans get bored

2007-03-29T09:16:00.000+09:30

From The Beastmaster

That was the Foz that woz

2007-03-25T06:41:00.000+09:30

Here we go:

And a good party was had by all!

I made a word!

2007-03-23T01:01:00.000+09:30

Slacktivity: An activity which could also be categorised as a form of slack.

Usage: "Darwin`s a great place for slacktivities"

Dave

Happy and Sick

2007-03-20T23:17:00.000+09:30

Yeah weird...being feeling fine, riding, working, womanising, etc...
Now I have either gastro or food poisoning.

The sh*ts plus major cramps....OW!!

I'm off to bed.

In other news, I am just going to mention Darzo in this post, for future reference.

Another search (I'm bored)

2007-03-14T01:14:00.001+09:30

Click Below

See Nim's blog at: nimja
For the latest in all things Nim ish.

Check out this Google search:

2007-03-14T01:05:00.001+09:30

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Frog ON a blender!!!

2007-03-13T09:56:00.000+09:30

Seen recently in our kitchen:

Decorum

2007-03-13T09:39:00.000+09:30

I was going to post a link that someone sent me, about a guy who liked to f*ck cars..but I changed my mind.

Off to work now...be good.

TUBING!!!

2007-03-13T09:22:00.000+09:30

The practice of jumping in a fast-moving body of water with your arse jammed into a car/truck/plane inflated inner tube.
Lilos, pool beds and assorted other flotation devices are also acceptable.

Been three times in the last week...a few minor injuries but LOTS of fun!

No actual pictures of us in Rapid Creek - but here's one of the gang on their way there:

(Back) Hanno, Shaggy, YT, Micky V, Clarey
(Front) Dan, Zoe, Kat

Coming soon - video! (If I can talk someone into lending me a camera)