A damaged doomed Charles Bronson stumbling on this earth.

[reddragdiva]

redcountess and I had a Quiet Night In on Saturday playing card games. Of course, we have computers for that sort of thing now. No wifi networks visible from the hotel room.

Up nice and early on Sunday. I chatted for an hour to arkady and then Liz and I departed for smilesnspiders' country mansion in Beveridge (Melbourne does a great name in silly place names), on the gravel road somewhere past Mickleham. Spotted several open networks in the city along the way. We had a lovely catchup with Fran and Glenn, met their rat, Mouse, and watched videos of Fran's goth fashion parade appearances. Fran now thinks of Melbourne strictly as somewhere she goes to work.

We met seedy_girl and thorfinn at Alasya for dinner. They are appallingly cute together. Thorfinn has a kung fu moustache and beard. I see a film: The Ocker Master. "That's not a knife. This, this, this, this, this, this and this are knives! Mate!" Ten-minute treatises on seasoning your wok. It'll be a cult classic.

This morning, Liz noticed my right nipple ring was missing. FUCK! Half my personality gone! Nothing holding my tit on! A visit to Piercing Urge will be required soonest possible. I suppose it's good it happened in the city I got it done in ...

Then to the twin propeller 737 to Perth. On Virgin Blue, the passengers hold their arms out and chant, "I do believe in aviation! I do believe in aviation!" They don't have pay toilets only because it hasn't yet occurred to them. We passed up the chance to buy Richard Branson's autobiography.

We survived a day of the family. None of you came to visit me, so you all suck. Paul, get a damned journal.

Carla has suggested a pub meet at the Windsor Castle Thursday or Friday. Dom and Carla are apparently sorting out good days between them. Details to follow. There might also be a small BOFHbof on whichever day that isn't. Liz is thinking Lazar's for some serious cow.

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[loosechanj.livejournal.com]

Is that the thorfinn? Funny, I'd always imagined him more like this (http://klabs.org/richcontent/MAPLDCon00/Pics/Invited/Henry.jpg).

[reddragdiva]

Singaporean Chinese parents, grew up in Sydney.

[ajshepherd.livejournal.com]

Doesn't Steve Kilbey write some great lyrics?

[arkady.livejournal.com]

Then to the twin propeller 737 to Perth. On Virgin Blue, the passengers hold their arms out and chant, "I do believe in aviation! I do believe in aviation!"

This had me giggling muchly - particularly as I flew a 737 simulator yesterday morning! It wasn't in Australian airspace though.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

Ever flown (sl)easyjet or Ryanair then?

[megabitch.livejournal.com]

We survived a day of the family. None of you came to visit me, so you all suck.

No, sorry, not even to visit you will I make it anywhere near Perth anytime soon. Remember, my family also live in Perth and 9000miles is the ideal distance from them as far as I am concerned. Hey, next time, you visit my family and I'll visit yours, we might both enjoy it more.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

FUCK! Half my personality gone!
Half your tartability gone, you mean...

[damien-wise.livejournal.com]

Carla has suggested a pub meet at the Windsor Castle Thursday or Friday. Dom and Carla are apparently sorting out good days between them. Details to follow.

Please let it be Friday *fingers crossed* :)
I'd be totally spewing if I didn't catch up with you&Liz some time soon (okay, so I missed Golgotha and arrived at Polly a bit late a couple of weekends ago).

[http://users.livejournal.com/raven_/]

Friday is better.

Family-gothlings don't go out much on weeknights.

Maybe just for you though.

[gths.livejournal.com]

Heh. I still haven't forgiven him for introducing me to mudding. Fortunately I got out before I made wizard...

[horngirl.livejournal.com]

I would have liked to make it to Alasya for dinner on Sunday, but two consecutive nights of clubbing and no sleep meant I was unsuitably zombiefied by then. But a pub meet would certainly go down well :-)

[frou-frou.livejournal.com]

ah, I'm guessing that you didn't get my sms inviting you both to dinner on Thursday then? Let me know if you're still available as the offer is there....

[txxxpxx.livejournal.com]

Hoping that there is an update on this in the swathe of LJ's I've yet to get to. Tony & I got home yesterday & would love to be able to catch up with you before you go. Booked on Sat evening & Sunday afternoon so hoping the timeing thing works out.

*hugs* to you both

Pop

[reddragdiva]

"Virgin Blue: We're Not Aeroflot!"

[reddragdiva]

Thursday, WCH, 7:30pm.

[reddragdiva]

Thursday, WCH, 7:30pm.

[reddragdiva]

Thursday, WCH, 7:30pm!

[reddragdiva]

I did, but wasn't going to message you until we knew which end of our backsides was up ... Thursday, WCH, 7:30pm!

Oh - and Saturday night, Cornish Arms: Mark and Rob Snarski, one night only!

[frou-frou.livejournal.com]

*gasp*

thank you! I shall pencil it in to my diary! and will hope to make it to WCH - err, you going to the Cornish too?

[http://users.livejournal.com/raven_/]

Gak.

Will see what I can do.

Paul, get a damned journal.

[ozjester.livejournal.com]

It was great to see you and to meet redcountess.
Sorry about flattening your fone battery. :-D

[wyrdlinks.livejournal.com]

A damaged doomed Charles Bronson stumbling on this earth.

Thank you! I've had a tape kicking around in the car for ages (found it when I was clearing out a desk at $JOB[-6]), it's some Jack Frost songs, but I didn't have the lyrics or titles. Recognising the above line sent me to Google to find out where it was from, and the second site I found had all the lyrics for the songs. Much thanks.