I'm Good, I'm Gone

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I’m fully aware it’s been quite a while since I last wrote here, and my defense is almost as bad as my transgression; I got distracted, and the distraction was yet another tall, dark, handsome Aries. Please forgive me.
Men can be so very time-consuming when you’re kind of sort of seeing them. I don’t mean ‘seeing’ as in perceiving them via vision, but as in dating, a phenomenon I’ve been strictly opposed to getting myself involved in ever since setting foot on the Australian continent, and one I’m finally admitting failure to circumventing.
Oh well.

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Photos

Partying with the Rubester!
So this is pretty much where I stopped having time to write my blog, and instead I focused on collecting material (not to mention pictures) for it. Enjoy.

Yes, actually, it was near X-mas
I didn't even have to get plastered to think this dude was cute. But just to be safe, I did anyways.

Wait, what will happen if I touch that again...?
Ruby the Boobie and I are trying to find a way to climb up the Arnott tower outside of Sydney, but can't figure out how to access a camera-free route up to the roof. We do however find this piece of informative graffiti.

My peeps
A night out with Rubadub, Wongster and The Sweetest Jamie is bound to be good. And it was.

View from Aarons apartment
I know I'm supposed to be inside socializing with new people when at a party, but if that's what you want from me, don't place a goddamn Kodak moment outside your window. This is an oil fire that I found to be particularly riveting.

My obsession with cranes
...and to the other side, we have my favorite urban steel-object for photography proudly posed high up in the sky. I can't care about humans when there's all this going on within view from the balcony. I did make up for it by participating in Strip Trivial Pursuit, however, especially since I was in the losing team and the game table was made out of glass.

When the cab takes too long, entertain yourselves
I handpicked this handsome Andy to replace me at the coffee shop after I left, but found him to also be a hilarious person.

"OK, just look like a twat on this one, ok?"
Sometimes you need a theme for pictures, sometimes you just wing it.

What do gay horses eat? -HAAAAY!
By far my latest favorite joke, courtesy of Andy Mayhem, of course.

Food in the outdoors
I went on a hiking trip in Victoria with my dear friend Gavin, and because food tastes so much better when camping, I felt it prudent to at least take a picture of its visual beauty as I could never capture the taste.

Entertainment in very rural areas
When driving from one National Park to another, this was the kind of stuff we came across.

This is life.
I was speechless when Gavin and I arrived at the first perfect beach, but since they just kept coming I started getting used to it. Apparently, these are things you can expect when hiking in Victoria.

One of many stunning views
They were all this pretty.

Gav and I
I don't know why we look so happy; we're just about to hike away from this beautiful beach.

Victoria sure is purdy
This is, Gavin told me, the southmost end of Australia.

Sleepy koala
I'll agree with Gavin; koalas are not a very entertaining specie. And I'm yet to understand why they're Australia's mascot when wombats are so much cuter.

The 12 Apostles
And this is where I learned that the word "apostles" has a silent T.

Andy in all his beauty
You can trust Andy to show up when he says he'll be there. I can tell I have a lot more partying to do with this cat.

Always a good time with Will
My shoulder damn near dislocates itself from laughter. Will, why don't you make another round-the-world trip NOW instead? It suits me much better.

Comments

[dave]

Nice nod to Lykke, the sound of sydney 2008/9..........