The weather in Melbourne lately has been absolutely perfect! We get about 14 hours of daylight now and the days are really warm… sometimes pretty hot. I’ve been using the perfect light to do some shooting out on the rooftop. I’m really happy with the results. But I still have so much to learn about lighting, white balance and that dreaded Av mode. I kinda wish I had gone to photography school a few years ago when Jake went along. But I’m thinking that practice makes perfect and I’m getting plenty of that right now.
Model wears cap from Cotton On, board and pads from Rebel Sport, Phillip’s old GStar jeans and Converse trainers, and model’s own singlet.
Look at my horse… isn’t it amazing. While doing this post I think I had this track playing and now I don’t think I will ever get the song out of my head. I love it. I’m looking for the other tracks now.
I love this idea! WickedCampers.com.au is have a special promotion at the moment where you can get one free day’s rental if you turn up naked to pick up your campervan. And they are serious! You can visit their website to view all the people who have turned up and put in the extra effort to save a day’s rental. Classic!
The guys in the office have bought me a bunch of cakes to celebrate my birthday. I’m so full of cake right now. I tried to start my day with an early gym session but just couldn’t get myself out of bed before 6 today.
It’s been so nice having Greg down in Melbourne this week. He actually has a busier social life in one week when he comes to Melbourne than I have in a whole month. So far we have eaten out a tonne of times, gone to 3 movies, watched a stack of British made comedies and sunk many G&Ts. This is always the most popular time for visitors coming to Melbourne. More arriving next week!
We all love a good bargain. Down on Elizabeth Street a book store has moved in to the old Strathfield Car Radio Store (near JB Hi Fi)… okay so I didn’t record the street number. It’s called Deep Discount books. It has some real bargains on the ground floor, but it’s upstairs where you can find some dirt cheap books. All books upstairs are $4.99 or 10 for $10 ! Of course I went for the 10 books and ended up staying longer than I wanted to as I started to look too hard through the masses of books. My personal favourite is the book called “Hotel Hobbies”… like how to build a balcony scarecrow.
It constantly surprises me that the Greater Union cinema on Russell Street in the CBD of Melbourne is still open. It has the same original Greater Union carpet from the early 80’s and many of the seats are twisted or completely broken. The airconditioning is turned up higher than normal to keep the rank smells in the cinema down. But hey… we had free tickets. We saw Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon in “Invictus”. It was quite a good story. I didn’t know most of it. Not a big surprise there.
Well this is very exciting. I’m attempting to do a blog post from the Wordpress app on my iPhone today. I’m not sure how successful this will be but let’s see how it goes. If completely successful there should be a photo of me here sitting at my desk.
As my birthday treat Greg took me out to a “mystery movie” at the Rooftop Cinema on Swanston Street on Sunday night. I’ve never actually been to this cinema before and it was a lot of fun. To begin with you can pre-book on the Rooftop Cinema website. Then you have to climb the stairs to the 7th floor where you enter the rooftop area. They have those lie back deck chairs all lined out. The venue is licenced with a bar and also has a BBQ where we had tofu burgers and chips for our dinner. Luckily we wore hoodies and could rent a thick blanket… because man it got cold up there!
And the surprise movie was Puberty Blues. Fantastic! I had never seen this Aussie made 1981 flick before. It was a lot of fun because it reminded me a lot of growing up in the 80’s. I’m sure we’ll be going to the Rooftop Cinema again sometime soon.
I just spotted this funny ad on TV for the upcoming Australia Day. It’s a national holiday here in Australia and the Government is asking us to be a bit more patriotic this year.Australia Day
Dave (indiana) : oops grammer check,,, it's you're not your. Sorry I made a mistake.
Dave (indiana) : I think your right. It's like a bad movie.
Iittle-devil.com : Funny cake - Yea Dave,I think the Republicans are a big problem for the U.S. I mostly think they have 2 characters: One they live outside in the medial world, the 2nd at home, when they can be themself Ill, hm?
guest_4958 : that cupcake is yummy looking, just like you.
Dave (Indiana) : Yes, I've been fighting for healthcare changes in the US for over 10 years. I don't understand why Americans are so scared of having the same type of thing. The fear comes from not knowing the facts about it. And they can't understand the facts & think it's a form of communism & that's totally wrong & stupid of them to think such a thing. Plus T.V. commercials made by republicans to scare the hell out of people doesn't help. I'm so mad about it I could just scream.
Iittle-devil.com : Well,we can be very happy in Germany,that the insurance is paying our bills generally!
Dave (Indiana) : I hope you got your money back for the Thailand trip. The medical bill is mild compared to my 150 thousand hospital bill alone. Add the guy that put me out & the MRI & other x-rays & medications. It's a whopper.
Peter Melbourne : Glad to see you up and around>looking good to me even with the bandage.Cute ass !!
guest_7338 : Ooo let me kiss it and make it better honey
Phillip : even with the bruising??
guest_9806 : Cute bum
Dave in Indiana : Those pain meds can be awesome, I had a button that I push giving me a pain killer. All I could say was wow. I hope you recover quickly.
Dave in Indiana : I searched for info on the surgery you had. youtube had something similar in a video.
.jase : How bad was that storm? We got lots of hail damage! My car is most likely a write off! Hope your recovering well!
Phillip : The red curtain hides all my junk at the moment. There's no room back there.
Dave in Indiana : Glad you are up and around
Dave in Indiana : Hey Phillip, do you ever use that rod with the red curtain to do drag shows? just thinking it would be fun for a party.
guest_7238 : Phil if you need a bed bath I would be glad to fly over to melbourne to give you noe
Phillip : Everything is going well so far. I'm getting plenty of rest and watching lots of soaps : ) Physio starts on Tuesday.
Dave in Indiana : Phillip, do you have anyone around that can help you if you need it? be careful.
Dave in Indiana : Wishing you a quick recovery & I hope the site doesn't get infected.
Steff in Melbourne : Wishing you a quick recovery and have lots of rest while you can..
Phillip : Yep, i got it. Just a little slow at catching up on the comments this week.
Damien : Hey pip - i sent a comment thru the dreading the week post - did you get it mate?
Dave in Indiana : good
guest_4960 : Think of the new positions you'd be able to get in with that device!
Phillip : Oh i didn't think of gifts... now that puts some pressure on all my friends who read this : )
Dave in Indiana : I hope you get lots of flowers & gifts
Dave in Indiana : Sorry about that, I forgot. The post about the appendicitis was mine. And the one about talking to self & staying calm with speedy recovery.
Phillip : Thanks guys. Can you please put a proper name in when you tag here? The guest thing is a bit strange.
guest_19 : Wishing you a speedy andpain free recovery, Phillip. Hugs
guest_2407 : The surgery dosen't sound like fun at all. I almost died from appendicitis And had surgery. they had to remove some of my intestine. I got cut from pubics to breast bone. It ain't pretty.
guest_2528 : Stay calm & do your best to get better quickly Phillip.
guest_6900 : It's not good to talk to yourself. Oh who said that, oh it was me, never mind.
- Yea Dave,I think the Republicans are a big problem for the U.S. 
I mostly think they have 2 characters: One they live outside in the medial world, the 2nd at home, when they can be themself 
Ill, hm?