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Excerpts from a Beautiful Mistake...January 29 Girls Day InWell, yesterday me and Amilia were supposed to meet up in the city for coffee and a movie, but that didn't end up happening, so I was just getting prepared to settle down for a few hours before I had to work on some post-recording material, when I got a phone call from Cat, Steph and Alaine to basically say I *had* to go out with them or else they would hurt me severely. So I did.
They got me in for free at the movies (biiiig plus) so we went to see 'Keeping Mum' which is one of the most bizarrely cast films I've seen in a long time; but I absolutely adored it. Everything about it was uncomfortably dark and funny.
Afterwards we all went back to Cat's place and somehow they talked me into letting them colour my hair, and then ended up smearing all sorts of god-knows-what colourful stuff on my face. Fortunately Steph lent me an old shirt and boardies so the mess didn't bother me, and we all had an absolute blast. Cat heads off to the States for a month on Thursday (yet another friend who's leaving the bloody country), so I'm going to miss her sorely :(
But we promised that when she gets back, we're going to take our music 'on tour', which would be so much fun. But it means I have to get serious about actually arranging parts for strings, guitars, voices, pianos and whatnot.
Who-knows if it will even happen, haha, but it would be so fab if it did.
I upped a couple of piccies from yesterday, so go take a squiz.
Take care everyone, love you all,
Peter
xxx January 15 The Crap Ball...Aah, it's been a few weeks since I've written in here, not because life has been uneventful... just because I'm lazy. :)
Well, last night was the first official "Crap Ball", hosted by Aoife and I, and even though our schedule got tossed and we ad-libbed everything, it was still an absolutely fantastic night, and it was so good just to catch up with friends in an easy environment. "Forget your agenda" was our motto, and that's exactly what we did.
Sadly, some people couldn't make it (and if you're reading this, Jesse, you owe me the biggest explanation, lmao. I'm still waiting for the fairy-bread...), but we still had...umm.. lemme think... Aoife, Shells, Shanelle, Brett, Jordan, Tanya (and her friends) and I... so about 12 all up. Which wasn't bad. No, not bad at all :) In fact, we all had a great time. I think it justifies having a second one sooner or later :) I upped a few pics, so go and have a squizz.
In other news, I think I've decided to go looking for another job, or maybe a second job or something. I really love where I am now, and I don't want to leave, but with new regulations coming in soon, as well as both Faith (the Boss) and Beth (2 I.C) leaving in the coming months, we are expecting a major shake-up, and Andrew (the guy who 'connects' the child-care to the church) expects that they will be bringing in some very old-school traditionalist Christians to replace them. Which is fine, good for them, but all the girls agreed that should that happen, it'll become a rather awkward environment; and I'm not prepared to stop 'being me' just so I fit the mould they would like me to have. I hope it doesn't come to that, because I'd miss the kids sorely, but I know I have the other staff's support, and they said if I go, they're going too... which isn't 'good', I guess, but it makes me feel less like 'the bad guy'. We can all go and work at McDonalds on minimum wage together, hehe.
On a happier note, I'm finally thinking about getting some of my songs properly recorded, with voices and orchestral backings etc etc. It'll be a bit of work and a bit of money, but it's something I've wanted to do for ages, and it's kinda frustrating to hear it all in my head, but not actually "hear" it. And I'm getting cracking on my writing again, too (how many times have a I said that :P). We'll see how it goes this time, but I do want to finish it and start submitting it sooner or later (knowing me: later).
'Til next time, people, everyone take care. Love you all.
Peter
xxx December 23 Christmas! Again!Well, it seems like I've barely finished packing down the tinsel and baubles from last year, and already they're back up again. The year has - for the most part - absolutely flown by, and it's hard to see just where all the time went.
I'd love to be able to say I spent every minute of it wisely, but that would be a biiig lie, and no-one would believe me anyway :P Though, thankfully, I still achieved almost everything I had set out to do, so I can't complain.
I sent out my Christmas Email last night, but hotmail said there were a number of recipients (around 7 or 8) who it didn't send to for one reason for another. So if you're reading this and wondering why you didn't get it - you're most likely one of those 8 people. Just gimme a holler and I will send it to you, no hard feelings :) I still love you all heh.
What I have come to realise this year, is that I need to fight more for the things I want/need, and I have to take a risk once in a while. It sort of goes without saying that that's a scary thing for me to do: I'm worried about messing things up, or taking risks in the wrong places and being left to fall, or damaging things before they are broken. But, I guess, that's the whole point of taking a risk to begin with, and I'm sick of letting things slip by me without putting up a fight. So yes, it's decided, 2006 will be my year for stepping out. And, if I stumble, at least I know I will eventually get back up again :)
Merry Christmas all,
Peter
xxx December 18 All I want for Christmas......is a refedex.
It's official :-P
Jokes aside, I seriously do need to start learning the streets in the city, though. Driving over to Aoife's house last night, I got Chris and I lost for almost a good hour, I reckon. And in itself, I am fine with that: people get lost all the time, and they arrive late, but it's not the end of the world and you just fit yourself back in where you can. I'm over the actual 'getting lost'. It's more my attitude that annoyed me, because I had been so blase and careless about it beforehand, saying "It's fine, I know my way, it won't be a problem", but when push came to shove, I was so incapable.
I can sometimes get emotional when I've let someone down (or even if I think I've let them down) in some fashion, and this was one of those times, it seems: I spent the night apologising for what happened, and doing what I could to make amends (which, I think in the long run, made little difference). Just being told "It's okay", doesn't fix it for me, either. I've been in too many positions in the past where a silver tongue has let me swallow those words whole-heartedly, only to realise later that their 'kind grace' was completely two-faced. I need to see 'forgiveness' in action before I believe it, or to really sit and talk about it with someone.
Ick, look at this, talking about what a bad person I am because I got lost in a car, lol.
But at any rate, I'm okay with it now. It happened, and it was disappointing, but it's in the past and not worth dwelling on, and I hope everyone else feels the same way. Would you believe that apart from that, I still actually had a really good, fun, night? Cross my heart, hope to die, it's true!
Looking forward to the dawning of a new day, as always,
Peter
xxx December 17 Jenga!*yawn*
Hmm, this is so not a smart thing to do, but I'm writing this while I'm dead tired, about an hour before I'm being picked up to go out clubbing! Totally looking forward to it, of course (I get to see chris, yay lol), but I've decided I'm gonna need a million cups of coffee before he arrives. Still totally looking forward to it though :P
I'll also be meeting Aoife and Jesse, and perhaps possibly maybe Andreas, as well as some of Chris' other friends, and I think some of us are going back to Aoife's apartment in Highgate Hill to crash for the night, so we can all have a drink without worrying about the car. Ooh, which reminds me, I have to check the street directory for directions to her place. She moves about FAR too much, heh heh.
Some other stuff has happened really, but I'm too tired to put it all in chronological order... My cousin Anna came back from Thailand a few days ago, and brought us all back great gifts, and she was looking fantastic (as always, what can I say) and I missed her loads. One of the gifts was this really great Jenga set made of carved wood. I've been playing it with everyone (and by that, I really only mean, mum, dad and my bro Robert, but be warned, next time anyone DOES come over, you WILL play jenga with me, and you WILL like it).
I also went over to Chris' place for dinner on Friday, which was absolutely brilliant, I had a blast, I got to meet his parents, his sisters, and his best-buddy Karly (I hope I spelled that right) who is also wonderful. We had chinese for dinner, and I ended up having to defend my yummy vegies after his mum made reference to my Bean Curd as Turd :P I did a really bad job of it too :(
Uuum, I'm sure other stuff has happened.... I will update this again when I'm less tired and I can think straight. I'm probably going to re-read over this after I publish it and laugh at what an incoherent piece of garbage this entry is, yay!
Take care everyone, Christmas isn't far now!
Peter
xxx December 11 Jail and Wine. And Christmas.I think (I hope) everyone already knows by now that when it comes to gift-shopping, I'm a bit last-minute with it all. So when Chris called me yesterday (Saturday) to see if I wanted to go Christmas shopping with him, I jumped at the chance, but I was pretty sure I wouldn't actually end up buying anything, and I was right, and I hate it, lol.
It's not like I don't want to buy the presents, I just keep thinking "if I buy something now, I'll see something tomorrow that I like even more". It's never actually happened, but it's still my excuse anyway hehe. And my mum's birthday is on Tuesday, and I have NO idea what I should get her; if she needs something, she gets it... and if she can't afford it, and dad can't afford it for her, there's no way I can afford it. I'm thinking of something 'for the house', but ideas are sort of running thin. I guess I will have to rush out after work tomorrow (as always) and get something pretty :-P
And last night was also the Ghost Tour of the Boggo Road Jail. I just went with Aoife, along with her mum and her mum's best friend (Jane), both of which are on holiday from England. We had the BEST time, too. No ghosts = no surprises, but it was still a bit uncomfortable walking through where they had the gallows, and hearing all these stories about people who had been killed there, and the crimes they'd commited to deserve it. And then having to wander through the cells in almost pitch-black, and walking the back track completely alone in the cold. Afterwards, we all headed out to Satchmo's at West End, and we were going to eat until we realised the kitchen had shut like 5 minutes earlier. So we just ordered a couple of bottles (four bottles, I think it was) of wine instead and chatted. Jane and "Mum" were absolutely hilarious, and they made me toast my glass for every sip I took, which resulted in lots of random, funny ideas, but since I was relying on public transport I had to leave at midnight.
Today though was pretty uneventful... I realised all too late that Chris was singing tonight, and I couldn't get there on time to see him, but like he said, when it airs on tv we'll watch it together and criticize the hell out of it lol (well, I'm sure he will) :D
Oh, I did get a call from Astian, though, which was a total surprise. Last time we spoke was when I was in hospital almost dead, lol. We'll catch up sometime in the new year... I guess...
And I wanna go to Groover's, too. Chris went last night, and reminded me of how much I like it, despite getting sore legs.... gah, I wanna go! *sigh* I'm rambling again.
Take care everyone, wish me luck on my christmas-shopping tomorrow (yeah, right), and talk soon.
Peter
xxx December 08 Movies, Jails and BaileyWell I went and saw Harry Potter 4 on Monday, and The Brothers Grimm last night: disappointment on both accounts. Oooer, well, not completely, heh heh. I went and saw H.P with a really nice guy I'd met on the net, and we both chuckled at parts of it... and some of the previews looked good at least :P
Brothers Grimm was just.... odd. It had so much potential, and they missed so many good opportunities. And the ginger-bread man (who was made out of mud in this case, incidentally) looked almost exactly like flubber at times. I actually found myself looking at my watch a couple of times, which is never good. It's loosely based on a similar premise to a book I'm writing at the moment, but there wasn't even anything worth plaigarising from it, lol.
In more interesting news, I'm going on a night-tour of Boggo Road Jail on Saturday, which I'm reeeally looking forward too. Katrina at work was telling me that it's fascinating, and sort of spooky when they take away your torches and you have to stay in the dark. I've wanted to do it for ages, and now Aoife's agreed to come with me, so yaaayness. And we're planning to do a graveyard tour early next year if all goes well.
Oooh, and I got my roster for my hours during the school holidays. The first week I'm doing 28 hours just with the a.d.d kids *dies*. That is going to be damn tough, but I'm sort of looking forward to it at the same time; it'll be a good challenge. Either that or I will kill them all and flee to some distant country which doesn't have an extrusion treaty with Australia. Except for Bailey... I will let Bailey live because he gives cool hugs... I'm rambling now aren't I :( ...
*sigh* It's far too early for me to actually be thinking of stuff to write. I'm not a morning person, apparently :P
Til next time, folks, everyone keep well and we shall talk soon :)
Peter
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