Monday, March 26, 2007
A LITTLE ROCK 'N' ROLL AND A SPLASH OF BOOZE.........
I should be in rehab right now, but it seems there was some sort of mix up with the taxis.
I specifically informed reception that I'm having day surgery on Tuesday and asked if she could cancel Wednesday's taxi.
She's obviously cancelled the cabs for the entire week, oh well, looks like I get the day off.
Didn't much feel like jumping through hoops today anyway, especially after the weekend just gone.
Friday night I kept myself relatively nice and saw Silver City Highway playing at the Empress.
Saturday I took off to Sunshine of all places.
Diesel was playing there with support from The Sparrows and I also wanted to meet a band photographer.
She's based in Canberra and it was nice to be able to put a face to the person I've been talking to on DeviantArt for some time now.
We didn't get a hell of a lot of time to discuss photography as she was working, but it was still good.
I must say Diesel was pretty impressive and very entertaining.
I was expecting a full rock outfit instead of the acoustic guitar, bass and percussion.
Although stripped back like that, the arrangements and performance were incredibly dynamic with a fair bit of jamming / improvisation going on.
Even when he played some of those 'classics', the songs and his performance of them had evolved greatly over time.
Following that I popped into a birthday party for one of my mates Andy, who is usually plying me with bad beer at the Empress.
It's only natural, seeing as he's a barman there.
As a matter of fact there were a few bar people there as well as my housemate Gemma!
It is indeed a small place this city of 3 million people.
Around 8 in the morning the small bunch of people still partying had finally decided to go home, much to the relief of Andy, as by that stage his eyes were hanging out of his head, his jaw looked like it was about to leap off his face and he was in real danger of becoming incoherent.
This is what happens when you take the rugby ball off a bunch of Kiwis and replace it with the song 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers.
Let that be a warning to everyone.
Sunday had brought on a lovely hangover, which was dealt with by having lunch with Mum at the Quarry Hotel and a little hair of the dog on the side.
We were on our way to visit Al in hospital, but when I called him he said there was surgery coming up that day and it would be better to come another day.
He sounded very frustrated with the whole situation as he can't seem to get a really clear diagnosis / prognosis from the medical staff.
The amputation of his arm is still a strong possibility and the latest surgery is mainly to have a really close up look at the nerve and tendon damage in order to make a more thorough assessment.
As I'll be in the hospital for "Operation Baboon Butt" tomorrow, I'll hopefully get a chance to catch up with him then.
.
I specifically informed reception that I'm having day surgery on Tuesday and asked if she could cancel Wednesday's taxi.
She's obviously cancelled the cabs for the entire week, oh well, looks like I get the day off.
Didn't much feel like jumping through hoops today anyway, especially after the weekend just gone.
Friday night I kept myself relatively nice and saw Silver City Highway playing at the Empress.
Saturday I took off to Sunshine of all places.
Diesel was playing there with support from The Sparrows and I also wanted to meet a band photographer.
She's based in Canberra and it was nice to be able to put a face to the person I've been talking to on DeviantArt for some time now.
We didn't get a hell of a lot of time to discuss photography as she was working, but it was still good.
I must say Diesel was pretty impressive and very entertaining.
I was expecting a full rock outfit instead of the acoustic guitar, bass and percussion.
Although stripped back like that, the arrangements and performance were incredibly dynamic with a fair bit of jamming / improvisation going on.
Even when he played some of those 'classics', the songs and his performance of them had evolved greatly over time.
The Sparrows
Diesel
Following that I popped into a birthday party for one of my mates Andy, who is usually plying me with bad beer at the Empress.
It's only natural, seeing as he's a barman there.
As a matter of fact there were a few bar people there as well as my housemate Gemma!
It is indeed a small place this city of 3 million people.
Around 8 in the morning the small bunch of people still partying had finally decided to go home, much to the relief of Andy, as by that stage his eyes were hanging out of his head, his jaw looked like it was about to leap off his face and he was in real danger of becoming incoherent.
This is what happens when you take the rugby ball off a bunch of Kiwis and replace it with the song 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers.Let that be a warning to everyone.
Sunday had brought on a lovely hangover, which was dealt with by having lunch with Mum at the Quarry Hotel and a little hair of the dog on the side.
We were on our way to visit Al in hospital, but when I called him he said there was surgery coming up that day and it would be better to come another day.
He sounded very frustrated with the whole situation as he can't seem to get a really clear diagnosis / prognosis from the medical staff.
The amputation of his arm is still a strong possibility and the latest surgery is mainly to have a really close up look at the nerve and tendon damage in order to make a more thorough assessment.
As I'll be in the hospital for "Operation Baboon Butt" tomorrow, I'll hopefully get a chance to catch up with him then.
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