Next time on Michaels Medical Mysteries....

So, once again I am unwell. It seems to be a recurring thing, illness. Why is it that I seem to get constantly ill when others around me are waltzing through life? (or perhaps fox-trotting, i'm not good with dance styles.).


Now, I am apparently urinating blood - although just how much of it it is in my urine is yet to be decided. I have to run through a bunch more tests and take more time off work to deal with medical issues. This is becoming increasingly annoying, especially when it makes you look bad at work. I hopefully get some preliminary results in regards to the urine/blood early next week, and some further test results by the end of the week. What's worse is that there's no drugs to take that can relieve my symptoms until we know what is going on - so until then I sit here in major discomfort affecting my social and work life.

I know pulling a sickie can often seem appealing - but seriously, this is just getting beyond a joke. No matter how healthy or unhealthy I try to be I still end up with something wrong with me. Where's Dr House when you need him?!

The weekend highlights!

Well, it's been a weekend of surprises, and because I know everyone is so enthralled by my life I shall type up all the events of the weekend for all you readers of mine!


Well, I awoke on Friday morning after a decent sleep, with a rather horrible pain within my stomach/gut. I attempted to brush this aside and finish off my week at work, however this did not quite go to plan as work became quickly unbearable with such strong stomach pains. I called it quits half-way through my shift and endeavored forward on me 1 hour long trip home, which really did not help my stomach any....whoops. Well this is what I get for being too lazy to learn the bus schedule. I struggled home and made myself a steaming hot bath which I thought would be a great way to quell my waning stomach. I struggled to enjoy my bath as my stomach was complaining as much as old people do about the TV being too loud. I managed to get myself out of the bath, and promptly collapsed myself onto the bathrail as I could barely stand due to what was later determined to be dehydration. I then managed to crawl to the bathroom where the remains of last nights tasty dinner (and dessert) made a triumphant return up my throat and into the bowl of the toilet.

Later in the evening, feeling consistently worse, and under the advise of mummy dearest, James took me down to the after-hours clinic where I was seen to relatively promptly for a Friday night (obviously I had gotten in before all the alcohol-induced injuries flooded the clinic). I was diagnosed with having a bout of gastroenteritis and having 'bowel spasms' (doesn't that name just evoke a pleasant image?) so I got some prescriptions and pills and made my way home to begin my treatment for spastic bowels.

Saturday become a 'sit in bed and do not much else' day - which was fine by me as I was enjoying the new music that had been bought to me (the three new Manson tracks, and Placebo's which I mentioned earlier). Later that evening Kieran (my flatmate) and I battled it out on both Tekken 5 and Guitar Hero III. Naturally I was succesful in annihilating him in both games. Go me! About the only two games I can play competently. James took to the wine with our landlords, and probably slightly regretted it later... Because of the ill health I had decided against drinking for the weekend, and there's no harm in having a weekend or two off the stuff.

Sunday did not amount to much, and today, Monday I also took it easy. Being a bit overconfident and cocky as I can be at times, I decided a roast vege/chicken dish for dinner may be enjoyable on Sunday night, turns out my body didn't quite agree so this morning it was straight back to the bathroom. Apparently i'm still not the best health wise, so took the offered day off work that the doc gave me. I decided today would also be a good day to go out and start my work in photography. Unfortunately by the time James and I managed to get out and start scouting for things to take photographs of, the weather began to crap-out and I started getting exhausted so we called it quits. However now that I have Flash and Photoshop on my mac I shall be able to really start doing work on my digital manipulation projects i've been keen to get underway.


Well this is enough of a write up for now, I hope you'll keep reading on as I'll start posting up my artwork soon, critiques and comments will be appreciated!

Music and misery.....

So right now I am feeling pretty miserable. I've just spent the last 10 minutes throwing up in the bathroom and feeling like utter bollocks so I had to leave work early, which irritates me as I wanted to work a full week so i'd make some decent money next paycheck. However, my stomach seems to think otherwise. Asshole thing that it is.

However, things have not been all bad, two brand new Marilyn Manson songs have just leaked and so far, not bad. Enjoying Arma-God-Damn-Mother-Fucking-Geddon but Wow does not seem to wow me. Ironic isn't it? I already like Arma... more than most of the tracks on EMDM but that album was quite a flop all around besides 1-2 good songs.

Placebo on the other hand, have released a brilliant new song on their official website - called Battle For the Sun and I have to say, Molko is still doing great. A bit of a different tone of song for Placebo, but still definitely them. Long-ish for a Placebo song as well, clocking over 5 minutes (which isn't anything too impressive for any other band really).

Billy Corgan has one again managed to completely fuck up and destroy The Smashing Pumpkins which angers me. Why does a man who wrote such amazing and sentimental music manage to completely ruin the band? The new music they've put out since "reforming" has been crap, save the odd good song (7 Shades of Black, Zeitgeist, Ma Belle, Superchrist). Sorry Billy, but you alone on stage does not represent The Smashing Pumpkins.

Where do I begin?!

I don't think I have ever hated a job as much as I hate my current job. The job itself is not loathe-worthy, it's the attitudes of the people that are ringing up and some (mainly one) of the people I work with.

Is it so hard to understand that I am not the person who is causing you grief? can you comprehend that I am trying to help you and have offered you a resolution to your problems? It is not my fault if you do not feel it is good enough, perhaps you need to lower your standards.

I have never felt so run down and depressed by a job as I have this one. I really have to ask myself sometimes, is suffering this much really worth such a low pay rate? I bet that the people who are getting or two or three times my salary do not have to deal with so much stress and anger in one day, what makes them deserve so much more than I do?

Work ramblings

As I sit here at home relaxing after another dreary day of work I wonder why we put ourselves through such crap just for the sake of a few dollars. Sure I could be doing a worse job, and i'd probably prefer listening to stupid people ring me up and complain than I would scrubby the dry shit from an obese mans ass, but jobs really do tend to suck.


Perhaps I am just greedy in the fact that I want a dream job now, as opposed to working towards one. Well, this is not entirely true, I wouldn't mind working a bottom level job in an industry i'm interested in, and didn't have the fact that i'm out of work in a few months time looming over my head. Working in the electricity industry really, ironically enough is not electrifying. it's boring and I dislike it immensely. However, it's the people that keep me going and it sucks that today is the last day that we get to spend together as a group, as training is now officially over. I'm glad everyone enjoyed my pizza (becuase i'm such a damned good cook) but kudos to Tom for some fucking delicious fudge brownies. Honest to God those things were delectable. And Anna's pesto bread was pretty scrumptious too. I'm gonna miss socialising with everyone from my training group on a daily basis as being out in the call centre is going to make this more difficult.

We got given certificates of accomplishment and ones with quotes from our team members about ourselves. I am proud of myself to have most of my comments saying that I am an awesome guy to hang out with, whose funny and is the one to make totally inappropriate comments. It pleases me to know i'm still doing what I love, which is entertaining people. And i'm extra glad that Tom really does enjoy our walks home as I know I do.


Well enough ramblings for one day, time to eat some delicious honey soy chicken!

The aftermath....

Well, it's Sunday night now, and I have begun the recovery process from last night. I have to say a big thank you for everyone who attended. It was a great night with no drama's as I had feared. There's actually not a lot to report although I suppose a present list is always in order...

From my lovely James I got a minor present, as a larger gift is to be bestowed on me on my actual birthday though this small gift shall prove most useful. 'Tis a bag I received. Shall suit me perfectly for travelling to work and so fourth.

From Phil - I received a Warehouse gift voucher, though I have no idea how much money is actually on it so I guess i've gotta find out in store

From Keiran - A beautiful green boa, a tiara, a parrot penis-warmer and some chocolate penis' do tastifully devour.

From John and Neil I received a fantastic $100 Borders voucher which I know will go towards something very special to read. I saw some very interesting art and design books the other week there so I may invest in some new reading material.

From Cameron I received a soap and exfoliating scrub. Not sure if this was some sort of hint I have stinky, bad skin or not...but the soap smells nice.

From Ash I got a bottle of Galliano, some shot glasses and a mini bottle of absinthe. Scrummy.

From James' parents I got a bottle of Sauv - sure to go down a treat

From Donald I recieved a lovely bottle of bubbles, shall also go down a champangey treat

From Nik I recieved a definite highlight of the birthday. The Aeroplane Flies High boxset. For those not in the know, this is a somewhat rare 'giftset' of all the singles from the Mellon Collie and the Inifinite Sadness album by the Smashing Pumpkins. I've been after this particular item for years now, and have never been able to aquire it. Thankfully now, I do, and shall place it somewhere nice and displayable.

From Chris and David I recieved a gift voucher for a spa massage, which sounds like it could be a very nice and relaxing way to spend an hour or however long they last.

To my memory, that was all I got from the CHCH crew, which is a pretty impressive haul I have to say. I have no idea what's going to happen with Auckland though i'm sure things there will be fun. Though to anyone whose sent my mother photo's to go on a photo-wall, shaaaaaaaaame on you! You're going to embarrass me infront of everyone. Have you no conscious?! Oh well, it can't be helped I suppose. I'll just remember to kick you. Hard.

How does it feel?

Well, that's a lie. Apparently time goes very quickly!

Tonight's the night I celebrate my 21st birthday. Well, in Christchurch anyway. My actual birthday is now only 6 days or so away....less than a week left of being 20 and not being an adult, sort of. I mean all things considered i'm pretty much domesticated now. I have a full time job, I cook dinner every night (except Thursdays) and I have a partner. Really, I should be in my mid-thirties by now. However this isn't all a bad really.....being loved is great. I like cooking, and working = money which = travelling around the world and my eventual Macbook.

I've compiled a rather eccentric playlist for tonight, the range is from Industrial (KMFDM) to Rock (Marilyn Manson, Shihad, Placebo) to Pop (Kylie Minogue) and to dance (Guru Josh, Ian Carey). There shall be much to cater for everyone. But hey, it's my birthday and i'll play the music that I want to. It's interesting to write this blog, almost a year to the day to when I posted a blog back on bebo regarding my thoughts of love and life. Things have obviously changed substantially since I wrote that. Having just re-read that blog post I made, I feel even more truely blessed at my current situation than I have in a while. I'm pretty priviliedged when it comes to my current situation. I have a brilliant partner, awesome flatmate, great landlords and friends across the country. I've moved out of home, into a different city, learnt to fend for myself.

So while I write this blog from the comfort of my bed, I should really get up and begin to organise for tonight, I'm going to try and make it as carefree as I can, but I still fear that someone is going to cause a commotion and embarrass me infront of everyone. I know the chances of this are minimal, but after my 19th birthday disaster, I wish to not repeat this sort of thing, especially for my 21st. Yes, I am celebrating it multiple times but this feels like it's the second most important party and one where the the likelihood of drama could occur at. So, fingers crossed for tonight! Lets hope that things go well and I can report back in my next post how the evening went!

Party on people!

Baby, get shakey!

Don't you hate it when you get the urge to fire off a wad knuckle children, turn some 'adult entertainment' on, and yet when you start watching it, the people on the show are half asleep, bored out of their brains and wishing they were at home doing the washing?

I mean seriously, if you're going to work in the adult industry at least make it look like you're enjoying it. For people in call centres it's easy since all we have to do is sound interested in your day, but you're on camera, people are whipping cream around the world to you, take some enjoyment and pride in your work, even if you're a whore for the camera! If you're as loose as my morals, then sure you probably can't feel that much going up you, but at least make it seem like you can, seriously. You'd have thought that the porn industry, with it's copious amounts of sex in many different environments and posistions would be an eye opening and exciting place to work, but these people seem far too uninterested in the idea. Or perhaps they are just tweaked off their heads, this is probably a more likely scenario.



Now i'm going to go listen to Jeff Buckley and get out of my ranting mood, Jeff's good like that. Jeff is God.

A very geeky rant

Alright, so the official, Hi-Def version of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen trailer has hit the net and it's absolutely amazing. Sets a very dark tone for the film and gives us brief glimpses at some of the new characters including Arcee, The Fallen, Sideways and more. However my main gripe is the names that are being used in this film.

As much as the movie franchise is it's own separate continuity, and doesn't follow the original Generation 1 toyline/comics/tv show, many of the names they are using for this film make no real sense. I will try to avoid spoiling to much for people who don't want to go to the film and be totally in the know. But anyway....

"The Twins" Skids and Mudflap - okay, i'll admit that Skids is a G1 name, but who the hell liked Skids anyway? He was one of the most pointless characters, and whatever screentime he did have was quickly made irrelevant. Surely out the entire fictional world of Transformers the names for the twins could've been better. Mudflap is a craptastic name, and only major use in TF lore was during the abhorrent Cybertron line. Personally, even using names such as Cliffjumper and Gears would've worked better. Anything better than Skids and Mudflap, really!

Sideways as an Audi R8 is sort of disappointing too, as I was sincerely hoping that this was Barricade in a new disguise, since his 'official' death is not on screen I hoped he would return for this film, but it seems not. Sideways as a name is typically linked in with being a herald or subordinate of Unicron, so with the inclusion of The Fallen in this film, who knows quite what they will do....I'm still hoping we see some sign of Barricade in this film, even if he is killed off early on.

Demolishor - COME ON! If there's really only going to be six constructicons in this film, why on earth do you get rid of Scavenger when it appears on one of the toys! If Hasbro has lost the rights to the name Scavenger, which I don't think they have, then that's understandable. But as decent a name as Demolishor is, it shouldn't replace dear old Scavenger.

As for the others such as Arcee, Jetfire, Soundwave and more, quite happy with them as they make a lot more sense. Strangely enough i'm not too fussed about Jolt being in the film, since he's essentially a totally new character as well as Skids/Mudflap. Perhaps it's their ugly mugs that makes me dislike the characters more than I should. We shall have to wait and see how the film turns out before I make any final judgements.

Here's a link to the trailer. Watch, enjoy, drool.

http://michaelbay.com/ - can also download HD versions of trailer.

I love blogging

I'm sitting here on the bed, listening to music and typing this blog. I feel like i'm Carrie Bradshaw. Only i'm not a fictional character, rich, living in New York or friends with Samantha, my SATC idol. Bugger.



Still, blogging is great. I don't even know if anyone is reading this. I'd love to hear from you if you are, just so I don't feel like i'm completely talking to nobody and seem crazy.

Pompous gits

Right well, today at that fun filled place called work, we got Blain, one of the CSR's come in to give us some teachings. Now, previously, I found this guy to be a complete and utter tool to the highest degree, as when he had "taught" us prior, he treated the 11 trainee's as if were were primary school students, and he were a sergant in the army. I really don't know why he has such a persona around him, but he does. Everything about him was screaming 'I think too much of myself'.


Anywho, so we have him today, and after having buddied with him on the phones I thought I would give him a second chance, as he didn't seem as bad when he was on the phones. I figured we were just giving him a rough time and he was just a eccentric fellow. Well, he certainly proved me wrong. As usual the troublemakers (amusing as they are) in the class were giving him a bit of grief, so instead of taking it in jest, or being rational, he decided to yell QUIET and subsequently make almost everyone in the classroom jump out of their seats. It was completely and utterly uncalled for. Yes there was talking going on, and yes it may have needed to be addressed. But there was no way that the action he took was the correct one, and from that second I lost and all respect for him, and that will not be gained back.

This poor fellow really does seem to have some sort of superiority complex, when he is tutoring us, he quickly tries to assert his authority in any way that he can, which really doesn't work when the people he's tutoring are only a year or two older than him (I assume he's mid twenties) or in some cases, older. Also, arrogance does not make for a good teacher, trying to stare and stand down people just for authorities sake just made us resent him more. He told me having my inbox open 'not work related' - sorry douche, but actually it was, since it was my WORK email with WORK emails in it (admittedly, I was reading one from Claire, but I digres).

All in all, Blain can go suck a fuck.

The great reset!

Well, I haven't really updated this in a few days, reason being that I have been busy reformatting my computer. For the most part this is all technical things WAY beyond my head, but I got the jist of what was happening.

However, on the more interesting side, my iTunes library has now also been completely reset, which now means perhaps a more realisitic 'top 25' as I felt that the previous top 25 wasn't that accurate. I guess it was, since it logged all my listens to songs, but they were at the time when Eat Me, Drink Me was a new album and I couldn't stop listening to it. Now I feel a lot cooler towards the album so disagreed that I listened to it as much as it claimed I did. So hear me now, from Saturday 7 February 2009, we will have a new age of my top 25 list!

Ramblings from a Tuesday evening

Right well, it's been a few days since I blogged last so I figured I should update this thing with whats been going on!!


Well not a hell of a lot as it turns out. For the most part I have been doing not much more than watching the teaser trailer for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen over and over again. Sure it's only 31 seconds, but it's 31 seconds of absolute Transformers fanwankery. Lots of new characters are (briefly) seen as well as old favourites. The first official trailer is out on Feb 14 NZ time and shall make for my perfect valentine from Paramount Pictures/Michael Bay.

Work is going well, yet also exhaustively busy and stressful. Trying to learn obsolete programs sucks! But at least the people are good fun, when not getting us in trouble for taking 'work drinks' a little too far. But oh well, can you blame them? Free fucking wine! Of course use newbies were gonna go overboard with the free stuff. We're in a recession so why not take as much as we can for free?!

Speaking of the recession, I have to go type up a special CV so I can try to keep my job longer than June, as we have to reapply for our jobs. Needless to say I am unlikely to get it but if I stick it out I may be able to get a decent 'retention package' from them, which would suit nicely.

Shorter blog post than I had intended so I may update later, but for now I am going to go talk to Kieran who has just arrived home from work. Time to gossip!

Review 1 of Many: Madonna's Confessions.

Although this review may be a bit late, seeing since this album was originally released back in 2005, Madonna has since released another album, Hard Candy, I feel that this album deserves a mention in my review section due to the fact that this is what I personally feel is a key Madonna, and general Dance album. Confessions On A Dancefloor is the sort of album that slithers into your soul and takes even the most shy of dancers to the floor to dance the night away, even if you're not a fan of Madonna this is a essential album for anyone who enjoys pop and dance music.

The album is a 12-track non-stop dance anthem. From start (the irresistible Hung Up) to finish (Like It Or Not) Madonna pumps out hit after hit. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't know the albums lead single, Hung Up - which is arguably also the best track on the album. It's this reviewers opinion that it's perhaps tied for the top spot.


Hung Up feels like a trip back to the glory days of disco, which is no doubt due to Madonna using the music Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie by ABBA as the main aura of this song. It's catchy lyrics, steady tempo and rhythm makes it an easy song for people to remember and dance to. Perhaps too, the video for the song sticks in peoples mind, with dear old Madge wearing some very pink clothing.

Once the clock strikes, we spiral out of Hung Up and into Get Together. Get Together is one of the slower songs on this album, however it's still every-bit as danceable as the rest of the album. Lyrically, this is stronger than Hung Up and deals with a sense of desire for a relationship that cannot happen, no matter how hard the two lovers try.

Sorry is up next, which starts off with Madonna apologizing in many different languages before the music really kicks in, but once it does we get a funky beat with a very catchy chorus. The song does get a little bit repetitive nearer the end but it is still a great track that works best when listening to the entire album in order.

"I'm gonna tell you, about love" whispers Madonna in the beginning of the next track, Future Lovers. Perhaps her advice on love is not the best, given the current state of her "relationship" with Guy Ritchie (well, lack thereof relationship now). Relationships aside. Future Lovers is a standout on this album, the song has a very upbeat and fun aura around it. Some of the better lyrical work appears on this song, and again, it's a very easy to dance the night away to song. Got the right amount of dance and slowed down verses.

Texans may be slightly offended by the next song. Madonna seems to think that it's the place to go to golf, however, she does love New York, infact, this song is dedicated to the big city. I Love New York is a staple favourite of mine. NY fans of her must have had a ball when she sung this song live infront of them. She proudly claims "If you can't handle the heat, then get off my street". The song kicks ass, although lyrically there could be some improvements "other places make me feel like a dork" - come now Madge, we expected something a bit better from you!

Let It Will Be is up next and one of the more subdued songs of the album. However the tempo picks up after the first minute and continues a steady pace throughout the rest of the song. I have to say that this song has never been a particular favourite of mine. It's far from bad, but it's just not nearly as memorable as other songs on this album are.

Forbidden Love speaks of exactly that, forbidden love. This is another great track while it has a slower pace than some of the other tracks, it suits the mood of the song, it's got a deep sound, it's suttle and it's sexy. It's the sort of song you want to dance with your homosexual partner with at a Christian ball. It's very much a song written about loving the one you cannot have.

After a countdown at the end of Forbidden Love, we get ready to Jump to the next song. This is my favourite song off of this album, and perhaps favourite Madonna song in general. I'm not entirely sure what attracts me to this song. It's not the most lyrically powerful song of hers, it's not her most controversial song, nor is it her best dance song. What I think attracts me to this song is the strength it contains. Everything about this song is about well, jumping outside the boundries. Tear away from the norm, go and do something crazy and live your life. The music video to this song is impressive as well, featuring some very awesome profession jumpers jumping across Tokyo, Japan. The sound of Jump is just as inspiring as the lyrics, it's uplifiting, it's positive and fun.

You say jump, I say How High? Perhaps unintentional is the listing of these tracks, having Jump, then How High straight after. Regardless, How High is a song in which we have Madonna talking about her rise to fame (and perhaps notoriety) and whats comes along with fame. The song seems quite reflective, and perhaps also dark, compared to the mostly happy and upbeat majority of the album. The chorus of "Was it all worth it? How did I earn it? Nobody's Perfect, I guess I deserved it" is an obvious nod to the bad rap Madge gets in many publications for her religious, political and sexual views. The song itself is quite synth heavy and has a decent amount of "thumpa thumpa" to grind your body to.

You might get confused by Issac, as most of us don't understand what he's singing. This song struck me completely out of the blue when I first heard it. While it's got a great dance beat to it, it hasn't really got a real chorus to it besides Madonna humming. The song itself mainly deals with the idea of redemption and well, confessions of sins. Aptly fitting for the album considering it's name.

Pushing Issac aside comes another one of the singles from this album, Push. The lyrics behind Push are very much ones that seem to show Madonna thanking someone who convinced her to keep pushing boundries, whether they be societies or her own personal ones. Again, Push is a inspiriational song that makes you want to keep on pushing through whatever problems you have, for a better tomorrow.

Sadly, we end the album with the final track, Like It Or Not. When we get to track 12 we know the rides over, and it's come too fast. This hand-clapping, hip grinding song concludes the album beautifully. The lyrics are strong, confident and kick-ass. They fill us, the listener with the strength that lies within Madonna. It's also very much a girl-power song. Madonna's adament she's still the best in this song - "You can love me, or leave me, cause i'm never gonna stop, no no". No one would dare stop you Madonna. The song fades out with an acoustic guitar playing slowing down till it stops, and thus, Confessions On A Dancefloor is finished.

That is, until of course, you listen to Confessions Remixed. Seven remixes of songs from the Confessions On A Dancefloor album, including the dance-club essential, Hung Up (Extended Vocal/Dub mix).

Overall, Confessions On A Dancefloor is an album that has yet to make me feel tired of it. I may not listen to it for a couple of months and then find that listening to it is just as exciting and enjoyable as it was when I first heard it. This review may indeed be late, but if you have yet to hear this album. I cannot recommend highly enough that you go out and purchase this album, it's absolutely fantastic.

Day 1 of the new job....prospects optimistic?

Well today was the first day of my new job. Working for Teletech, in turn for Meridian Energy. I must say watching the 'inspirational video' called "fish" was enlightening, if only for the fact it's confirmed I never want to work in a fish shop, especially if there's loud heterosexual men singing and yelling to the fish and it's customers.

So yeah, crappy videos aside work wasn't too bad. Met all the other newbies who thankfully seem as completely confused and unenthusiastic as each other. I'm sorry but I don't think that electricity is that much of an overly exciting industry to work in. Thankfully some of the managers/leaders there admitted this. I am sure i'll enjoy it once I get onto the phones and actually do work. It's sitting around in a pseudo classroom environment that does my head in. In saying that though, studying can be a lot less tedious than work. I may end up returning to studies after this job, I have not yet decided. Why don't you help me, my readers? I treasure (hahah) your opinions on my future.

So now I am at home where it is very hot and I am lazing on bed enjoying some downtime. I hear there is talk at Madison/TelstraClear about renogociations about the contracts. Hrmm....if a better offer came up there I would be very tempted to return....Currently i'm listening to Garbage. They seem to be a relatively forgotten band which is a shame because Shirley Manson is perhaps the one woman i'd turn straight for. She's such a delightfully sexy little Scot.


Well, I shall sign this off for now, I will go prepare some food for tonight. Stuffed chicken with roast veges and salad. Tasty.


PS. I just sneezed.

I finally found it!

Okay, so some of you will know this. But ever since New Years Eve I have been scouting around trying to find a song that played at the bar I was at. James' friend Tom dragged us willingly to the dancefloor to dance to it. I knew I had heard the song before and figured it simply must've been on one of my Ministry of Sound albums. Searched through all of them and couldn't find it.


Somehow though, I missed a mix of it on the 2009 Annual, and when listening to it in it's entirety last night, I heard that familiar intro that was all I could remember of the name of the song. So I quickly grabbed my laptop once our guests had left for the night and searched the name of the song, and managed to find it. The song is Infinity 2008 - by Josh Guru Project. It is awesome, and you should listen to it.


Now to go organise the day and enjoy the lovely lovely heat!

Popping my blog's cherry.

So, here we are at the very first post of my blog. How exciting. The possibilities for this blog are somewhat endless.....unless I post porn and get it taken down for violating the terms and conditions of blogspot.

So, lets start with a bit of a backstory of me. Most people who will read this, IF anyone reads this, know who I am and what i'm all about. So, my name is Michael, 20 years old, and almost 21. Out and proud homosexualist. Not so much a camp scene queen, but isn't afraid to admit who he is. Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand but now living down in Christchurch for a while. Half Italian and half New Zealander. 30% concentrate. 70% of your daily recommended intake of awesome. No trans fats.

So whats been happening in my life lately? Well lets recap the last week or so!

This time last week I was out shopping with my cousin Beth back in Auckland, having attended my grandfathers funeral the day before. It was quite a depressing experience, losing my last grandparent. I had never known my grandparents on my fathers side of the family, or my biologicial grandfather. However, genetics aside, my step-grandfather was around since before I was born so he was my grandfather in everyway except biological. I think more depressing was the fact that the only time that I do get to see my extended family is for funerals. I guess this is a trend that happens with more than just my family. Still it was great to see my cousins. Especially to see Beth who I haven't seen in ages. I've always regretted not seeing much of her, or her sister Laura in the last few years. We used to see each other at least once a year but haven't seen much of them since the start of the new millenium. Hopefully we can retifcy this. My sister and I took her out to Spookers which was an asbolute ball, best time i've ever been there. That corn-field is terrifyingly awesome.

Once I was back from my brief visit to Auckland, it was off to Quail Island down in the Banks Pennisula (anyone else noticed how similar that word is to penis?). A fantastic little trip that was. It's a former leper colony, as well as where they used to train the dogs before taking them to the Antartic. Got a bit sunburnt after this expedition though. Oh well, the weather by the time we got back to Christchurch had changed faster than it takes McDonalds to make your burger. We experienced the most amazing mini-storm I had ever seen. Hail, forked lightning, flooding, thunder and snap-freezing temperatures. Was amazing, and damaging. The roof began leaking in the kitchen again, and the ice froze the roofs. Not very often can you get sunburnt, and frozen roofs on the same day.


I think this is enough for the first post of my blog. Lets see where my mind will wander next. I'm thinking I might do some reviews of albums and movies as well as updates on my world. Oh and sex. I shall post lots on my perspectives of sex too. Enjoy readers, if you choose to continue on, it's gonna be a wild ride.