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On the weekend I got to see Coldplay and Fiona Apple play in Orlando. Actually, ha, let me correct that. I got to see a bit of one Fiona Apple song - “Fast as you can” - and you can bet I was running as fast as I could to get to my seat when I arrived at the venue. It turns out we had a bit of bad luck with the traffic that night. What should have been a 15 minute drive to the venue turned out being over an hour drive. Whilst sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic we had to get to exit 83B on the I-4. Fiona would have already started her set, and being support act, would only be playing for 45 mins or so. Anyway, we came up to exit 82A… 5 mins passed … exit 82B … another 5 mins gone … exit 82C… at which point I stated “ha, wouldn’t it be funny if there was an 82D exit!” Nobody in the car really appreciated the humour. ...

Some “different” things have been going on in my life recently. People recently saw these photos from the CD release party. Actually the person who saw them was Fernando, who apart from playing for Santos Renuentes also plays for Hilary McRae (among many other groups). I was asked if I wanted to further practice my photography and take pictures of Hilary’s first ever gig. Those pictures are here. ...

Last week was an up-and-down week. I was doing this new photography stuff and had lots on my mind. I had gotten back from the gym and decided to put a load of washing on. Sitting down to relax I went to check my phone for messages… I couldn’t find it. A bit unusual I thought. I looked everywhere for it. Still nothing. I tried calling the phone using my friend’s mobile and it was going straight to voicemail. “Damn” I thought, “I’ve switched it off”. But then I thought about that some more. I clearly remember NOT turning it off. More thinking. Going to voicemail…. phone must be off… why is phone off?… flat battery… no, it’s fully charged… load of washing… battery dead… load of washing… load of washing… LOAD OF WASHING! ...

If I ever happen to call you and get your voicemail, and I’m within reach of my computer or iPod, you will get a power ballad left on your voicemail. I promise. Recent victims have received Michael Bolton’s song mentioned previously, Heart’s “Alone”, Pat Benatar’s “Love is a battlefield” and Def Leppard’s “Love Bites”.

I’m bored at work, well, it’s 6pm and I feel like dribbling on my blog. You’re reading this so you must be bored too. Or maybe you’re finding something to kick start your day. Look elsewhere! I like to start my work day with a bunch of questions and my objective is to get answers to all of them by the end. Today is not one of those days as I haven’t answered any of the questions and I actually have more questions than I started with. yay! ...

Hold on… this is sounding a lot like last year. Actually, this year was a little better. I ended up giving someone a Valentine’s gift, and I dropped it off at 7am on their front porch on one of the coldest Florida mornings I can remember. Of course, we ain’t getting blizzards down here so I can’t really complain. So last year I actually listened to some Rammstein. Maybe if I listen to the right sort of music, I can actually convince myself that everything is ok. How about “I feel loved” by “Depeche Mode”? ...

There are online here. I kind of stuffed up the gamma in Photoshop… things were a bit iffy there for a while. Also the pictures were taken from the same perspective the whole night. There were lots of people in the club and some stupidly placed VIP tables. It was the best spot I could get. Hey has anyone seen “The IT crowd”, a British take on geekism? I’ve just watched 5 minutes of the second episode before posting this. It’s not that bad! It reaches out to the geek lust buried deep within my tricuspid valve. ...

UPDATED: Lou is actually looking normal now! He/she/it got rid of the buoyancy problem and is discovering the bottom of the fish tank. I’ve posted about this fish before, but Lou’s resilience and battler attitude has impressed me. It’s a sign that even though something bad in your life may have happened (in this case, the swim bladder is all screwed up), then you can still keep charging along. Or maybe the fish is just thinking “when the hell are they going to let me f#%ken die?” ...

I have just rediscovered a group that I first listened to 5 years ago. Ah, I remember fondly the days blasting out some ‘Muse’ in one of the project labs at my university, trying to figure out how to warp pictures into spherical coordinates so I could form a panorama. Those were the days *sigh*. Fast forward to today and I have rediscovered them. Recently I played Muse’s first album and thought “damn those guys are good”. They have since released two more albums and both are effin fantastic. Definitely some good listening, definitely one of my favourite bands. ...

Woohoo! This is one thing I’ve been looking forward to for a while: the CD release party for Santos Renuentes. Awesome. To those in Australia reading this, you have approximately 5 hours to get down to South Beach. Sorry for the late notice…