2006 - A MEMOIR

things to do...

-clean whole house for party tonight
-buy food
-buy drinks
-invite people (you can come if you're reading this)
-wash & change bedsheets
-make house look like it wants to have party
-cheer up
-stop freaking out
-have a power nap

this is my 150th post on my blog. not bad considering i started this year some time... what a year it has been... another year gone and nothing to show for it. well, shall we go down memory lane and see what has been happening? (let me check my calender for the highlights)

JANUARY

went on holiday to NEW ZEALAND with Mum - had the best time actually... suprisingly it was all smiles and no fights.... jumped out of a plane @ 12,000 feet... was a highlight ... saw the hobbits and shit. went back to NOOSA and fucking burnt to a crisp in the sun. saw old friends from high-school. saw sarah chuah before she left for her crazy ass world tour.

FEBRUARY

got held up with a knife at work. went through trauma. stopped working. went back to work at day time. robber still at large. hating life at this stage. not looking forward to not working and not having any money to move out of home for 2 years - 13 serong street. jarrod moves out. others move in. i move out.

MARCH

commonwealth games official volunteer. more time off work and not getting paid. getting over life but hoping that this will be fun and give me some freebies. went to closing ceremony for games, was pretty emo. john farnham sung and i got goosebumps. it was pretty cold. found a house through li-kims real estate. the other guys aren't even here yet.

APRIL

probably by now officially settled into new house with SARAH & STEVE ... im assuming the furniture would've been here by now so we arent sleeping on nothing. sarah IMAX went to NEW YORK i think... somewhere around here. i get totally jealous when she gets back and shows me 1- all the photos, 2- all the candy & 3- just general NY CITY tales of bumping into mark ruffalo.

MAY

nothing written in the calender. except that i paid rent, got a haircut and went to leila's 21st birthday. and on the 16th i had a "meet & greet" - i have no idea what that is about. i think i saw the lion king for the second time thanks to loredo. final show in AUS... i got emo. probably met chris sometime in there...

JUNE

sarah's brother charlie arrives and leaves. sarah's friend cara arrives and then leaves. this place is becoming a hostel. i had a job interview for EZYDVD on the 7th @ 1pm ... didnt get the job, so must've been shit. mmm animation festival with rob... steve's birthday on the 30th. mum's birthday on the 25th... i worked.

JULY

1st of july-went to benno's house warming. everyone slept in my bed - rob wouldnt shut up re: meaning of life. it got seriously that annoying. sarah's birthday on the 3rd... same day as loredo left for shanghai.. on the 26th @ 2pm apparently is "crazy time" and on the 27th i called the voting office. not a terribly exciting month.

AUGUST

1st of aug we finally bought a fridge. it's only used for dips and alcohol. apparently sarah left for QLD on the 17th. i hired out the 24 playstation game and fell in love. sarah chuah arrived back in the country. not much happened according to calender.

SEPTEMBER

1st - sarah chuah's birthday. 2nd - my birthday. my nana stayed with me for a few nights. i managed to make her watch KING KONG ... she loved it. (i was very happy) ...

STEVE IRWIN DIED. that fucking sucked.

li-kim went to NOOSA on the 8th ... then had her birthday. she turned 30 or something. chris and nana's birthday. recieved my victims of crime cheque. it's alot higher than what i was expecting. sarah chuah arrived in MELB. we share a bed and she punches me. i have to sleep on the wall side. leo's birthday, benno's birthday. me metcard expired on the 23rd. pretty eventful.

OCTOBER

joined the gym i think. start using a 3 week free pass and go as much as i can to make the most of it. sarah IMAX had another awesome party. i met carol. steph got mad. i was upset. uncle left for CHINA - got to housesit for them in the mansion where i got paid to do so. had a little dinner party where i cooked. successfully. mmm saw ERASERHEAD @ ACMI with rob... freaked me out. rob had his 21st on the 25th. found out news that i didnt deal with well. stopped talking to certain people and life generally becomes shit again

NOVEMBER

charlie arrived again. got my taxes back - have to pay nearly 300 clams back. paid li-kim off. now free of debt. all my crime money has pretty much gone. polish festival is on in FED SQUARE same day as sarah chuah and i go watch ALADDIN on the big screen. 5 dollars. went to filming of new chris lilley comedy for the ABC - danced like a dick and will regret it when i see it being aired and im "krumping" next to 'ja'mie' from we can be heroes. but cool coz im on TV

went to VCA grad show, took carol. got drunk of 3 tiny glasses of champaigne. afterwards went to pancake parlour. even though i didnt pay - i told carol how much the place sucked and it was the worst food i've ever eaten. worked a fair bit. start seeing results from gym. slowly coming around on people i stopped talking to.

DECEMBER

sarah IMAX held another party. this time it was medical theme. i get told i look like "anime drag road kill" ... worked 5th & 6th where i got punched in the face by a psychopath. have some days off to work at the AFI awards where i met/saw a tonne of people including cate blanchett & harry potter ... on the 14th - officially rang centrelink for youth allowance payments. they are a joke but i continue with it anyway. still filling out forms and waiting.

christmas comes up. i get angry. carol tells me i have no spirit. im annoyed. people buying a shitload of presents. spent christmas with carol. ate lots. gym not open. saw HAPPY FEET... get all exicted. buy heaps of DVDS that i cant afford. get awesome presents from sarah, steve & carol. buy some more krispy kremes. 3rd box this month. .... wait for NEW YEARS EVE to approach and blog about my past year. have the whole say still ahead of me but continue to freak out.


that pretty much sums it up. if i have left anything out... please let me know. "things ben forgot" might make an appearance in 2007.