chris’ blog

on boxing day, the gang (family and a few other blow abouts) had lunch at mum and dads. i think they’ve been telling and asking people to come around for months, as they’ve had all these renovations done (that they’ve been talking about doing for 20+ years). after lunch, papa went to sit out on the outdoor banana chair, and sat his wine down next to him. polly (mum’s new dog) spotted it, and drank most of what was in the glass. and was quite drunk the rest of the day.

i got the beatles new remix/rehash/whatever album. it’s quite good. there’s new ideas in there that sound cool, and other that just sound a bit strange, probably because all there songs are so familiar. the only thing that sucks about it, is it relies somewhat on the cd being played in it’s entirety, which doesn’t work to well when you play it on a computer..

chris and i went on a hunt for an amp. i want to get an vox ac30. basically, just a really loud guitar amp to make all the windows rattle. joel’s moving out soon, so i won’t have his marshall to play on. and seeing as i’ve had an electric of one sort or an other for the past 8 years or so, it’d be nice to finally get a decent amp to plug into. but we only found one place that had the one i wanted..

today in through all my present wrapping, i taugh myself how to tie knots the other way (the grown up way). you know, the old loop, then the tie around the loop. i never knew that..

this year i have made a new addition to my brown paper present rapping, being raffia. i love it, all these presents look so joyful and inviting..

last night bel and rod had a christmas barbeque. it was a slightly different crowd. kate and serge were there with their kids, dave and wendy were there, and mike, libby and tom (on of bels old friends i didn’t really know) all made appearances. i choked on some white wine, and had a gudang or two, and now i’m paying for it the next day. my throat is so sore. singing in the shower was painful this morning..

last night was my last night at youth. i’m not sure everyone knows that yet. but it was. it was an ok night. it didn’t feel like a last night though. the best part was when all the leaders when round to saxon’s cafe (pablo & rusty’s) afterward. he sure does a smooth latte.

now i am going into the city to do shopping today. but my early start has been rather delayed. i’m not even out of bed yet..

i’ve developed this annoying habit of thinking of song ideas on the way up to the shops. the only problem is when i come back, i have a bottom of wine in hand, and after consuming some, it gets hard to jot such ideas down..

this weekend has been quite a long one. on friday night, after the ncls christmas party at cafe church, bel, rod and myself went round to their place for hennegans (our code name for drinks). i can’t remember how late it was, but it must have been a bit late, because the 11am rise the next day on their lounge was oh so sweet. the hour that is, not the location. i haven’t slept in like that for ages. i seem to have had things on for the past few weekends that required me getting up at a more unreasonable (earlier) hour. and seeing as i’m still getting used to the whole full time working thing..

after getting home saturday morning and showering, i fiddled with my digi-delay pedal i got last weekend. i can make sweet edge style sounds now. whilst which, chris invited me round to jordy’s place for a 3pm bbq. it was a lot easier than getting to shark bay (sorry ryan), ie chris’ car. so i happily obliged.

we got there fashionably late, but the 3pm bbq was a bit of a fabrication. the first few hours were spent trying to coax people out of watching cable all afternoon. i’m glad we persisted, as the night developed, there ended up being jordy, chris, shonn, carly and me sitting around a fire on his drive way eating m & m’s and listening to tripping south american music. i danced for them a bit too. many drinks were had, and the crowd got a bit more subdued. by about 2am it was left to shonn, carly and me, who proceeded to manly for some frolicking along the dimly lit beach. and a stroll down the corso barefoot. not really recommended. i also stepped on a bottle fish and burst it. i don’t think i was poisoned, but my foot does have a sore hole in it i noticed a moment ago. we arrived back at jordy’s at perhaps 4am. carly and i got the crazy idea to watch the sunrise come up. but it was pretty poor form, it was just this big glare. i got about 3 hours sleep before heading off to church.

after church rod, joel, chris and i saw the casino royale. i definitely had my reservations. perhaps i still do. but it was a very good film. to a degree it didn’t feel like a bond film though. perhaps thats a good thing.

then i went back to play keys at evening service. my eyelids struggled through the message. now i’m home. and bed.