Ready?
So are you all prepared for the BIG night? Bought the alcohol and party favours ready to welcome in a new year. 2002. I'm sorry bu how fast did 2001 go, or is it just me? Well we have prepared ourselves with new t-shirts, old shoes washed jeans and plenty of pre-nye-sleep. Tonight will go off. Fireworks on the harbour, partying in the street and rampant abuse of ones body. If yu see us about, make sure you say hi. Oh, you don't know who to look for? Well look for the people that are having the best time and that will be us!

BRING IT ON I SAY!

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I'M A PARTY ABOUT TO HAPPEN!

Thanks for the email Nate. I have pasted it below:

I met someone at a club last Friday night (chatted, didn't go home with them...not my style). Monday night we hooked up again and after a night of drinking and a shot each before the club closed, we headed off to my car for a 2 hour make out session before parting company. We're meeting again tonight and I would like to know where I can find statistical information on-line citing statistics sexual practices of Americans (or any group for that matter) to show this person that what we did is not at all uncommon and I'm a really nice guy and not just another fashion conscience
whore? Thanks!

Nate

Thanks for dropping us a line, I'm not sure about statistics, I guess it would really depend on what you mean by "making out". I think you two obviously have some connection, also with your follow up evenings that this relationship is going somewhere. I don't think you need to blind her with science and statistics to prove a point, the main reason people make out in cars is because they don't have a place to go to. ie you both live with your parents. If this isn't the case then make sure you pop the proverbial, would you like to come in for a coffee routine. This gets you out of the car and into safer territory. However, there are people who really get off on the vouyerism of doing this type of thing in public, so maybe she is getting extra excitement out of this car fetish. I say, go as far as you can, don't worry about being a fashion victim, ask her how she feels? Does she like the car, why not get a room, or get a blanket and head off to the nearest beach, park or roof top. If you really need statistics on the matter, just make em up. It works for everything I do. Just say, did you know that 1 out of every 3 teen age relationship starts out in the car. To prove your point, take her to the local "parking" area and show her all the cars with foggy windows.

Pip what do you reckon?

YEAH!
Blogger is back. I'm still alive. There is still beer and party favours. The sun is out. The music is loud. All is good with the world.

In case you were wondering about the Christmas present situation, well I pulled a last minute rabbit out of the hat and got my dad a Golf book from Tiger Woods tited Golf My Way. God bless his little golfing heart.

Well another pact has been made, this time that there will be no partying until NYE. How I can still be completely exhausted a week after last weekend is beyond me. Maybe it is the fact that I'm actually 31 now and it does get that much harder to get up in the mornings. A movie has been scheduled for tonight to ensure no breaking of the pact, then tomorrow is a friends place at the beach with BBQ, sun and swimming. Good lord I hear you gasp! Not healthy stuff. Well after the sensational BBQ Octopus Salad Pip whipped up last night wonders will never cease as to how healthy we are trying to be, really just to get us prepped for....drum roll....NYE. If you happen to be in Sydney for NYE keep an eye out for us. Just look for the Muppet and the Frog....Make sure you say hello.

I have come to the realisation that we haven't bagged anything/anyone out in quiet some time. We have not had any real bones to pick, this might be because we have just been to busy hgetting completely trashed and haven't really noticed. So...let me bag out smelly taxi drivers. Man this cab guy the other day, I'm sure he poo'd his pants. I'm serious. It smelt like shit. Yes. SHIT!. Hmmm that will do.

People, be nice, play safe and most of all ENJOY!

Tomorrow
In case, like me, you tend to lose all track of time, space etc, then you should know that tomorrow is Christmas. If you need to buy presents then this should be done by the end of today. f you have already bought everyone presents, then you should chill and stop being so organised, try being a non planner. It is awesome. Have a good one everybody and if anyone has any clue at all as to what I can buy for my old man, let me know, there are only a few hours of shopping time left. Also I need to get the Pipster something. So post a comment please help me.....I need ideas!

GOLD!
So do you think a quiet night could be had? Not likely at all. Friday saw us go for two quiet beers at the local. Then a pact was made that everyone would be home by 12 as some had to work. Excellent, good plan. We made it home by mid night, but alas that was when the party actually started. After grabbing two hours sleep, a quick trip home to visit the parents swap a few Christmas presents and well wishes then back to get ready for the big party! With 25 of my closest friends. The drinks flowed freely, until midnight when we decieded to move on for some serious dancing at GAS night club. Needless to say, we crawled out at dawn. Thanks to everyone who came especially those that hung with us until the end, those that gave me cool presents and those that partied on even harded beyond the relem of human party ability.
Let's go and do it again tonight

Hahaha A week. Yes well me too. But now..I'm ready, bring it on, a party about to happen.

With a huge night planned for Saturday night. All I need to do now is ensure I don't go out tonight. I made it through last night as did Pip. Even with friends smsing all night long with promises of a great night a huge night a night filled with sensory sensations. We managed to put it off. But tonight, there are offers out there people are pumped for xmas, they have holidays. It is going to be very hard to be good and leave teh build up for tomorrow. GIVE ME STRENGTH.

Crickey! It’s Thursday Already
That is how well I’m doing Derwent. It has taken me the week to get ready to do it all again. Be assured that I am back and ready for the weekend to begin, the gateway to a marathon stretch that spans the remainder of December and most of January. My kidneys are scared.

Scattered
Well maybe it is something that is deserved. After trying to do 3 Christmas parties in one day/night. I'm sure it was good. If someone saw me there can you let me know what I was up to and if I had a good time? I think the crunch was having to work on Saturday, after getting, well no sleep at all really and just stumbling to work. Sleep, who needs it. Well this week will be a quiet one. Didn't I say that last week? How you feeling Pip?

Christmas
What do you by parents who have everything? Any ideas? Time is running out I think Christmas is sometime soon.

Busy avoiding work
Today I have spent much of the day completing a suite of tests at thespark.com

I am relieved to know that I am only 19% bitch, which is way down on the world average.
Officially Pip is not a bitch!

Favourite Sandwich
Turkish Bread (no butter), Roasted Turkey Breast, Cranberry Sauce, Avocado, Swiss Cheese, Snow Pea Sprouts, Cracked Pepper

How about you?

Bad Lunch
A fellow co-worker would have to be the unluckiest luncher I have ever come across. This guy has the knack of ordering whatever is bad, not cooked or poisoned.

Recently he decided to go Asian.
He ordered giant Dim Sims with a side order of rice. It was delivered to the table, and as he took a large bite the thing was still frozen and raw in the centre. Disappointed he complained to the restaurateur who swiftly took the plate. A few moments later the same Dim Sim was returned to the table - Reheated and direct from the microwave. The Dim Sim had turned to mush, with jelly like juices running from it.

We were gob smacked by this lack of service, and have since blacklisted the establishment.

Working Mirage
Lunch is a mirage in the working day. All morning you wait for lunch, busy at your desk, talking on the phone, sending email…then lunch comes around and you ring up your buddies to head down for food, drink and conversation. There are people you enjoy having lunch with and others who you try to avoid. Either way, you are happy to get away from work for a bit.

You have your favourite haunts, places you dine at regularly. The food is good, the price is right or you know you will get a table. You get to know the people behind the counter and eventually you end up on first name basis. You ask them about their weekend, what they have planned for Christmas and other polite small talk. In exchange you receive extras or small discounts because you are a ‘regular’.

Then in 30 minutes – 1 hour it is over.

You have to head back to your desk in PODland and charge through at least another 4 hours of work. By mid afternoon you feel like a nap, or wished you hadn’t selected the healthy salad (with no dressing) because your stomach is making churning noises.

Questioning yourself, you aren’t sure you can make it to 5pm so you start to think up reasons why you have to leave early. I have a plane to catch, a meeting on the other side of the city, your car is being serviced and you have to pick it up, you have urgent banking that just can’t wait (and no you can’t do it over the internet). All in vain, you swindled that 15-minute early mark, you receive an urgent phone call just as you are about to leave the office and you end up working back another 30 minutes.

Lunch does this to us, everyday.
We think it is something good – getting away from the office, seeing some daylight, getting out of the air-conditioned disease growing pit of an office – only to build that false hope - the day is nearly over.

All turned out ok after the weekend from HELL! Maybe not the weekend from hell, but it was definately the party weekend of the year...so far. Friday night spent out drinking and other silly ventures get to bed about 5:30am then up again at like 6:30 trudge over to Pip's place then get ready for Homebake. after quing for an hour or so, a big thanks goesout to our friends who were already in the que saving us another hour. We then sat in the rain with 40,000 other pissed idiots. Gee am I really like that when drunk. Hmmm. We slink out for dinner at about 7:00pm and deceide not to return. Well do have to see SUN Project at 11:00pm anyway. Crash at Pip's place only to leap out of bed at 2:00am thinking we have missed it. A quick phone call to "tha Man" who ensures us they have not started yet. GOLD!

After waiting for a cab that never came, I think we rang one. We wandered in the general direction of the city and eventually found one. It is now about 3:00am and SUN Project are pumping. I'm gad we crawled out of bed after all. Heavy metal meets trance. Sensational. Pip was feeling a tad under the weather, could have been all the alcohol at Homebake or the party favours. Maybe it was just the excitment of everything she's only little after all. The DJ's that were accompanying SUN Project were awwesome also, tossing out some great hard house to keep us all CHARG'N. When the abience and lights came on, only slightly at 6:00 we wander off to Daydream. I have been promising "Tha Man" that I would stop by so we did. Not Pip's or my place of places so we left about 8:00am for some well deserved sleep. We got an hour or so, then watched 80's movieson TV for the rest of the day.

So. How was your weekend?

The Job
Every day we slog away for the big corporations, or little as the case may be and for what? To earn a living. To buy the things we 'need'. Does your job deliver all that you expect? Are you a Nurse that helps sick people? Are you an Engineer that builds buildings/bridges/small communities in Africa. Or do you work for an IT company and build webpages that no one ever looks at? Is that fullfilling for you? Are you happy that you get paid heaps yet add no value to society? I for one don't give a rats. I think if those jobs are there and people are willing to pay for it then they should be all yours. I guess it would be nice to know you were 'adding value' but what the hey!

Well, Gatecrasher was pretty damn awesome, with something like 10,000 people in attendance from 1:00pm Saturday until 8:00am Sunday. HUGE. A big hi to all our 'new friends' hahaha Gold! A friend over at Resident Advisor has posted his pictures, no we aren't in any of them. Thank goodness. Nothing like a quiet weekend with a little music and friends...hehehehe

Muppets.
Felt and furry with crazy hair. How long has it been since you watched The Muppets? Remember all the crazy characters, and friendly faces. If you don’t then I recommend you head down to your local video store and get yourself some Muppet videos.

The Muppet way of life is something (I believe anyway) we should try to integrate in our day to day lives. Seriously, I do!!

Muppets have this natural grace to live well. They don’t intend to hurt anyone, they like to enjoy themselves and they don’t have a lot of fears. Muppets accept the weird and the wonderful and truly believe that every Muppet (or being) has a talent, even if that talent maybe eating rubber tyres. A Muppet doesn’t judge the creatures they meet by what they wear or believe. Instead a Muppet relies simply on the actions and the way they are treated in each encounter. Muppets aren’t afraid to be themselves, and are very trusting. They truly want their friends and their Muppet family to find happiness and eventually they are bound to find that in return.