2010 so far.

Life never underwhelms me. well, rarely anyway.  life can be good, better with company, and best with.....(not sure yet). heres some standouts from 2010's first 149 days.  

some friends came to visit

a great week makes for a great month.  sometimes, a really great week can make a great year.  nuff said. 

every so often, SA is the new SUR

some recent moments (of significance) for moi.

safaris are cool, even when theyre not not fake.  and if you add family, great colors, a rainbow - then you've got a fun day.

having a nice patch of grass to loiter is important to me...  and to STEVE (the zebra)

easter 2000ten

i spared myself, and decided that keeping jesus in disgust would work just fine.

i figured it safer to be with friends.  (and no harm came our way...  maybe some, but not enough to rethink it)

wearesatelitte (a new band with a nice name)

the pages that contain truth are (sometimes) blank.

not this time
some overseas leftovers. i dont have incredibly nice teeth, but i look at these and cant help but show them off

i like being a portable person.  wandering without direction, but not lost

this entry is titled (in capitals for more effect) DISCOVER THE PERSON YOU ARE, BEFORE YOU FIND THE PERSON YOU NEED TO BE. these are not my words. they are dane peterson's.

these are snippets of things that happen on days that start with the letter S.

I have a back step, which thinks it's really a back porch.  i dont have the heart to tell him otherwise.

An upside down skywriter.  shot from seat A1 of the back porch.  if my bags were full of money, i would communicate with friends via skywriting too.   Look?  Cool?  Yup  

A great car.  A great example of being true to your school.  Old or Nu.   This photo is of nothing really - but sometimes nothing can be very graceful

Robert Digital.  He's only a kitten - so this is technically kittie porn.  

send all complaints to churchisforpeoplewhocantbakecakes@godknowsyoureaphoney.com

Verona

VerY Romantic.  Lovers everywhere - a la Romeo & Guilietta.
Gnocchi.
Fairly good gelato also.
Very cool does not begin to describe it.

The churches are all pristine in thier own aged inperfect way.  but it was nice to actually sight some 'maintenance'.    Sant'Anastasia

This kid (it's not the same kid) is all monumented out.  Yup, it can happen.  But life's about choices, and he's plenty old enough to drink coffee

Rooftops.  its funny how things look depending on where you stand, 

  

These cats know gelato

i FOUND milano.  not sure if it found me......

lots of great things, and an abundance of average things....thus, one can conclude, that some local knowhow is needed to for this one.   We still got along OK.

Just a little hill on Lake COMO.....as snapped on the zurich to milan trainride.  incredible.

Lung cancer....seems to be a fairly well known about condition in AUS.  Not so in europa.  maybe (kings) castles and (impressive) churches cure cancer?  I doubt it...but. it seems "faith is a gift they have received, and i am yet to" (T.H).  "Damn Churchies" (A.Y.)

Snail attack.  Stoked kid.  Historic buildings.  I could not resist.   

CH - Confederation Helvetica (part 6)

Pissing on someone's floor is like engraving something in the fresh cement outside their house....it takes a while to get forgotten.  2nd hand info.  Or 3rd maybe.

DAVOS - is a city in the CH alps...not a resort, not a town, not a village...a CITY.  Got it. And so....apparently cities in the alps have palm trees and spas @ 2300m elevation.  "sure, its OK, you can make relax and sauna spa after ski"......

In this city (and on the drive home), I also learnt that DJing is no longer about matching beats, scratching and digging through crates.....it is now cheat programs, effect buttons and music theft.  ClastParty.

CH - Confederation Helvetica (part 1)

"Das ist kunst" is swiss-german for "THIS IS ART" - u hurd it here early.

Spani treated me to some Zurich sites.  Mellow place.  Mellow people.  Says plenty about being neutral and staying wealthy.

I mayB addicted to Swatch.  Swatch stores.  Swatch presents.    And,  Photos (of limited quality). 

A photo of a Swiss Bank seemed necessary.  very jason bourne of me I know, but if it comes naturally...

I do not compute how those ducks and swans can tolerate being in that cold lake (L Zurich). I'd be shitting all over people and things as well - unphased

Lovely City.  

Thanks Renato

Thanks Rudolph (Renato's DAD).

   

2zero1zero continues on its fine way

More moments worth citing....
personally, i dont think economy plus deserves its own sign...it stinks worse than munich cupboards.  and they stink.

we graced the Transworld POLL awards (before the stripclub) with some 'last one's here' style that often defines Buller kids.  I am not sure the loco mexico's are aware of the Corona Can Invention either....
further, a keen eye will notice a broken nose in that shot.

More STanton memoirs....and more proof that Ed does ski.  Not looking entirely certain about the white shit falling from the clouds    (?) though is he. 

euro dictations

ISPO.  SIA.  abbreviations a plenty over this way, here are some moments i enjoyed. 

Stanton is a major place.  epic terrain.  better apre! MOOSEVRIT loves a table dance. 

Schloss Neuwanstein....the disney castle was based on this.  We asked for the english guide, not sure if we got it.  more culture the better i say.

some twenty ten freshness

a fine start to the year at this end.  hope you can all say the same.

Bobby is one vocal boy.  i think we have a connection, an 'arrangement', whereby he needs affection (his family doesnt give enough), and ive got some to give.  like i said, a connection.  but as a smart man recently eluded me to, it is more likely that he is infact gaming new for a semi expensive couch and a courtyard to escape his owner's brat children.  either way, i enjoy his compANY.

not a tremendous amount of seaside activity this decades so far, but i have started to remedy that....im glad this moment didnt go umappeciatted!

children in this house would be stoked.  future epileptics maybe, but presently stoked.  It should be noted this extreme token of appreciation (to chirst) (or santa?) is more widespread north of our border.  Greenacre.  Makes me smile seeing this.  Reminds me theres lots of love in the world.....funny really, as its hardly eco-friendly!

fireworks arent scared of rain

a little break here, a small hiatus there, and here we are again back talk-typing. . Twenty Ten.

Heres how my decade ended..... an inperfect union of what was.  at times it was maddenning. overwhelming.  and all the while, necessary

Just a little intersection that always makes me feel priviledged, which is important.

It seems self tattooing is the new coffee.  tom pelley (doesnt really like ice cream...go figure)

HUME dam, and for once i wasnt in a mad rush.  so i stopped, turned the color exageration button on and snapped some angles.  its so much nicer with a bit of water in it!

A friend of mine from Switzerland headed south for a visit.  we got sushi, rain, and galleries.  stereo hifi typical melbourne.  and so a mandatory Bells visit followed. He renato, nicht wahr los?

Andy cook.  (soul guy)  shapes a fun stick pretty good.  destroys a fruit mince tart even better

Perisher (or any ski resort for that matter) in summer just feels right.  if you havent done it lately, i urge you to.  its funny how we gravitate there in winter for action type sports, but being there in summer reinforces how necessary it is to simply be out in nature.  i like this view very much

this is how my nye 09 started, and continued

this is how it ended.