The (not so) tropical beaches seem to ever fade from my memory, just like my tan, soon to be replaced with the panda-goggle mark no doubt. Quiet is the name of the game right now. Still edging forward with the promotional concepts for Smoothfluid {Clothing}, hope to have something more to say about that later.
As if you're going to listen to me here's my recommendations for the months of May: If you can get your mits on Fat Freddys Drop's new album "Based on a true story", it is all I am listening too right now. And go see the movie "Primer". Don't even pretend you understand exactly what is happening, but do stay till the end; the credits are the best I have ever seen.
5.5.05
29.4.05
Fiji fun
Just posted my photos from a long weekend in Fiji. They don't tell the whole story, but come close. It was a fine holiday, and a great experience/eye-opner.
• Lounged in hamocks
• Watched a local game of rugby
• Saw sharks while snorkling
• Enjoyed a couple of nights with the help of some cava
• Made new friends
• Lost a lot of cards
• Had my wallet stolen, but the thief kindly left my c/card and drivers licence
• Sat on the beach building sandcastles/playing eye-spy
Must do it all again.
To everyone I met, "Thanks, happy travels, maybe bump into you again one day."
• Lounged in hamocks
• Watched a local game of rugby
• Saw sharks while snorkling
• Enjoyed a couple of nights with the help of some cava
• Made new friends
• Lost a lot of cards
• Had my wallet stolen, but the thief kindly left my c/card and drivers licence
• Sat on the beach building sandcastles/playing eye-spy
Must do it all again.
To everyone I met, "Thanks, happy travels, maybe bump into you again one day."
15.4.05
Fiji calls
Just updated the photos (and added some extras from March).
Sethi has flown off the Fiji after hanging out in my neck of the woods for the last 3 weeks. It's been a blast, and no one need know about the tiny ding in the back of Heathrow... Oops.
Gigs a-plenty recently: Lindin Puffin came back to show off his film again (last seen at the Dux), Minuit plaid a stompingly great set last weekend. Mr S and I were right up there dancing away in the heaving mass. And then, to change tack completely Jack Johnson came to town with a fantastic show. I haven't ever heard so many members of an audience singing along with such passion, or felt such possitive vibes for a band in ages.
The surf has rocked too, with the sea refusing to drop its temperature just yet - 3 hours in the water is a new record for me now. As was the amount of pain in my arms the next day.
Oh yes. I am off to Fiji next week too.
Sethi has flown off the Fiji after hanging out in my neck of the woods for the last 3 weeks. It's been a blast, and no one need know about the tiny ding in the back of Heathrow... Oops.
Gigs a-plenty recently: Lindin Puffin came back to show off his film again (last seen at the Dux), Minuit plaid a stompingly great set last weekend. Mr S and I were right up there dancing away in the heaving mass. And then, to change tack completely Jack Johnson came to town with a fantastic show. I haven't ever heard so many members of an audience singing along with such passion, or felt such possitive vibes for a band in ages.
The surf has rocked too, with the sea refusing to drop its temperature just yet - 3 hours in the water is a new record for me now. As was the amount of pain in my arms the next day.
Oh yes. I am off to Fiji next week too.
29.3.05
Autumn
Autumn creeps on; last weekend I spied my first snow capped mountain of the year.
Ummit is in South Island. (lock up you daughters...) and as an introduction to this fine land I took him into the Alps. Into the rain. We spent our Easter dodging rain drops the size of avocados on the West Coast and exploring relic mining communities in the back country - venturing into mines populated all too often by wetas and cave-spiders. Camping in Arthurs Pass, and wading though Cave Stream. It might have been the last possible weekend of the year to do that. The water was much colder than I had ever done it before, and the currents much stronger. Kitted out in wetties though it wasn't too bad; and, once the sun came out and warmed the ice blocks that were once a left and a right foot life was good again.
Ummit is in South Island. (lock up you daughters...) and as an introduction to this fine land I took him into the Alps. Into the rain. We spent our Easter dodging rain drops the size of avocados on the West Coast and exploring relic mining communities in the back country - venturing into mines populated all too often by wetas and cave-spiders. Camping in Arthurs Pass, and wading though Cave Stream. It might have been the last possible weekend of the year to do that. The water was much colder than I had ever done it before, and the currents much stronger. Kitted out in wetties though it wasn't too bad; and, once the sun came out and warmed the ice blocks that were once a left and a right foot life was good again.
22.3.05
Change is in the air
Change is in the air. This is the first of it.
I will trawl through some of the photos that have taken over the last few months and pop some up.
And mention more of what the late summer had to off on this fair isle: like the longboard championship in Kaikoura the other weekend. I had never imagined that it could be taken so far, I have a heck of a lot of homework to do now... Luckily there was a heap of swell over the last few days, unluckily it was too huge - the lifesavers had their work cut out for them pulling surfers from the rip all day I hear. Better that than pulling bits of you from the teeth of great whites as I hear happened in Perth a few days ago. Luckily no sharks to be seen, which was just fine as Ronja spent the time around sunrise swimming with more than a hundred dolphins, while I watched the surf roll in behind heavy eyelids.
The weekend before we were in Kairkoura again. Unfortunately the surf wasn't up to much in K itself, but spending the night on a deserted beach, waking up with the sun throwing a frisbee and hanging out in the sunshine cannot be beat. On the was back to Chch via Gore Bay I did get a surf in; more of a windsurf as the offshore was screaming and lifted me off a wave sending me backwards.
Somehow I have also failed to mention the 2005 Twizel Helibike Challange. And staying in Graham's bach on the edge of lake Alexandrina (no power or running water - just how a bach should be). How I will never be a rower. Ever. And Ed the mouse who lived beneath the sink. It was a great weekend, and although I am not sure if I was any faster down the hill this year the sun shone and my international support crew was great. A fine weekend out.
I will trawl through some of the photos that have taken over the last few months and pop some up.
And mention more of what the late summer had to off on this fair isle: like the longboard championship in Kaikoura the other weekend. I had never imagined that it could be taken so far, I have a heck of a lot of homework to do now... Luckily there was a heap of swell over the last few days, unluckily it was too huge - the lifesavers had their work cut out for them pulling surfers from the rip all day I hear. Better that than pulling bits of you from the teeth of great whites as I hear happened in Perth a few days ago. Luckily no sharks to be seen, which was just fine as Ronja spent the time around sunrise swimming with more than a hundred dolphins, while I watched the surf roll in behind heavy eyelids.
The weekend before we were in Kairkoura again. Unfortunately the surf wasn't up to much in K itself, but spending the night on a deserted beach, waking up with the sun throwing a frisbee and hanging out in the sunshine cannot be beat. On the was back to Chch via Gore Bay I did get a surf in; more of a windsurf as the offshore was screaming and lifted me off a wave sending me backwards.
Somehow I have also failed to mention the 2005 Twizel Helibike Challange. And staying in Graham's bach on the edge of lake Alexandrina (no power or running water - just how a bach should be). How I will never be a rower. Ever. And Ed the mouse who lived beneath the sink. It was a great weekend, and although I am not sure if I was any faster down the hill this year the sun shone and my international support crew was great. A fine weekend out.
4.3.05
3.3.05
Nice1 RDU.
Today I am a winner!
More specifically, the winner of The Thievery Corp's new album. Nice1 RDU. ThankYu.
More specifically, the winner of The Thievery Corp's new album. Nice1 RDU. ThankYu.
21.2.05
Twizel Helibike Challange.
My second go at this awesome downhill race. Not that I was actually going to go all guns blazing downhill, as I was still coming to terms with SPDs, and knowing exactly how nuts part of the course was may have slowed me a little, rather that the pedal to the metal aproach of last year… 42 mins not sure if I was fater than 2004, but this time I didn't stop to take photos. Happy enough.
Blazingly good weather all weekend. Ronja and I shacked up in a wee bach on the edge of Lake Alexandrina. As old school as a bach should be. Forget power, forget hot water, and all your other mod-cons. This was even more grass-roots than my place in St Arnaud all those years ago. Great fun the whole weekend. Even when my car broke down. Even when I realised that I would never be an olympic rower, and if it was up to me I'd still be out on the lake going round and round in circles.
Blazingly good weather all weekend. Ronja and I shacked up in a wee bach on the edge of Lake Alexandrina. As old school as a bach should be. Forget power, forget hot water, and all your other mod-cons. This was even more grass-roots than my place in St Arnaud all those years ago. Great fun the whole weekend. Even when my car broke down. Even when I realised that I would never be an olympic rower, and if it was up to me I'd still be out on the lake going round and round in circles.
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11.2.05
update
Perhaps it is the summer heat, perhaps it is just an excuse, but updates at /sf/ have been few and far between since Christmas, and I have no one to blame but myself.
I don't expect this to fill in any gaps really. Just touching base. 2005 is proving to be full of surprises. Summer has come along, and is showing off, just when we all expected she had forgotten us. Dust off the barbie, hunt out your flip-flops, squeeze into your boardies because things are beginning to look nice and tanned. And the surf has roared. 10 consecutive days: my arms nearly fell off.
January whizzed by. Or at least I think it did. Work has been the slowest in ages, (picking up now though) maybe I wasn't paying attention. However, I did notice my name in ProDesign, and the designer of Bloomsberry & Co's Bochox dark chocolate. Despite telling them that it was a team effort I suppose I will be OK with that. Grafik Magazine in London also ran with it which nearly blew my socks off: it has been a dream of mine to get in there, and despite it being credited to OOTB (which is what was intended) I get a warm fuzzy nonetheless.
Remind me to do some of my own designs form time to time. actually, if you want to give me a title I might just create one from there...
Smoothfluid clothing is all set to be released in a month or so. I still have to work on swing tags and point of differences, and it won't be threatening any other label as it is a very limited run first off (buggered up the stock required didn't I!). But the design tree will be shaken I hope.
I don't expect this to fill in any gaps really. Just touching base. 2005 is proving to be full of surprises. Summer has come along, and is showing off, just when we all expected she had forgotten us. Dust off the barbie, hunt out your flip-flops, squeeze into your boardies because things are beginning to look nice and tanned. And the surf has roared. 10 consecutive days: my arms nearly fell off.
January whizzed by. Or at least I think it did. Work has been the slowest in ages, (picking up now though) maybe I wasn't paying attention. However, I did notice my name in ProDesign, and the designer of Bloomsberry & Co's Bochox dark chocolate. Despite telling them that it was a team effort I suppose I will be OK with that. Grafik Magazine in London also ran with it which nearly blew my socks off: it has been a dream of mine to get in there, and despite it being credited to OOTB (which is what was intended) I get a warm fuzzy nonetheless.
Remind me to do some of my own designs form time to time. actually, if you want to give me a title I might just create one from there...
Smoothfluid clothing is all set to be released in a month or so. I still have to work on swing tags and point of differences, and it won't be threatening any other label as it is a very limited run first off (buggered up the stock required didn't I!). But the design tree will be shaken I hope.
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