Category: Life
Tastes of life. Family outings, travel, and cracking cold ones.
2026
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05 Aug 2026
Winter is here
What I've been up to in July.
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15 Jul 2026
Dinosaur Discovery Returns
Back to Auckland Zoo for this year's Dinosaur Discovery Track, with a batch of new dinosaurs on the loose.
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13 Jul 2026
There And Back Again
What I've been up to over autumn and into winter.
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10 Jul 2026
MΔnawatia a Matariki
Happy MΔori New Year!
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06 Jun 2026
Kelly Tarlton's
A rainy afternoon at the aquarium with the kids
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11 Apr 2026
Hot Cross Buns
God damn I love hot cross buns
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05 Apr 2026
Happy Easter 2026
Reading ebooks, collecting vinyl, Linkding and dumb movies.
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13 Mar 2026
I'll Name This Post Later
What I've been up to this month. Reading, watching, listening, collecting, and exploring interesting links across the web.
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09 Feb 2026
The Summer Took Hold
A December and January catch up. Summer road trip, records, bookmarks, and tinkering with the site.
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09 Jan 2026
Working Remotely From Martinborough
A week of working remotely from Martinborough
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05 Jan 2026
New Yearβs Eve in the Marlborough Sounds
Spending New Yearβs in the Marlborough Sounds.
2025
27 posts-
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28 Dec 2025
Orakei Korako Cave & Geothermal Park
The first day of our summer road trip, stopping at Orakei Korako on the way south.
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23 Dec 2025
Drinking Less, Enjoying More: Beer in 2025
Fewer beers, better choices. A look back at what I drank in 2025
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02 Dec 2025
Ain't Enough To Go 'Round In This World
What Iβve been up to this month. Reading, watching, listening, collecting, and exploring interesting links across the web.
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25 Nov 2025
No More Open Homes
We finally bought a house. It needs a full rebuild, but at least the open home era is over.
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10 Nov 2025
Insanity
The night before a gig, a 5am gym session, and a flight to Sydney β what am I thinking?
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07 Nov 2025
Yeah, I Wish A Brother Would
Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing.
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28 Oct 2025
Armageddon Expo 2025
Long weekend and Armageddon Expo with my son
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27 Oct 2025
Golfing Weekend
Friends, golf, and beer
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13 Oct 2025
Open Homes
Keeping up on the property treadmill
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09 Oct 2025
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live
Monster trucks at Eden Park, lol
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02 Oct 2025
She Likes Listening To Punk Rock
Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing.
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28 Sep 2025
Waiheke Weekend
A family weekend on Waiheke
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01 Sep 2025
Sicker Than The Remix
Monthly recap for August, family life in Auckland, Bandcamp Friday purchases, trips back home, Beervana, golf, books, and website updates.
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12 Aug 2025
Monthly Recap: July 2025
Settling into our new life routines, open homes, new pages on the website and my favourite posts from around the web.
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01 Aug 2025
Living Local
The joys and convenience of living locally.
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30 Jul 2025
Hairy Maclary's Greatest Hits
A weekend adventure to see Aotearoa's favourite mischievous dog, Hairy Maclary's greatest hits brought to live on stage
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24 Jul 2025
Dinosaur Discovery at Auckland Zoo
We travelled to the Auckland Zoo to discover a wonderful and mysterious world of dinosaurs
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14 Jul 2025
Monthly Recap: June 2025
Moving city, reading books, new records, new website hosting, and stuff across the web!
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26 Jun 2025
Hitting Up The Gym Again
How much do you bench, bro? Working out for mental health. Working out for getting out of the damn house.
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31 May 2025
Monthly Recap: May 2025
What's going on, Internet? Easter road trips, moving cross country, new vinyls, and physical magazines about the Internet, in 2025? Sign me up!
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31 Mar 2025
Monthly Recap: March 2025
Moving city, writing workshops, playing golf, and winning at Warcraft...
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29 Mar 2025
Golf Shot
Got myself some golf clubs.
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25 Mar 2025
Golf Lessons
I'm getting back into golf after not picking up a club in a while.
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24 Mar 2025
The Magic Of Writing It Down
The Magic of Writing It Down: A Journaling Workshop With Dan Keane
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28 Feb 2025
Monthly Recap: February 2025
What's up, Internet? Books, new records, getting back into Warcraft and enjoying being offline and celebrating weddings.
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01 Feb 2025
Monthly Recap: January 2025
What's up, Internet? What have I been up to during January?
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01 Jan 2025
Reflections 2024: Beer
my 2024 journey though beer, exploring West Coast IPAs, Bright IPAs, and New Zealand IPAs. Cheers to a year of hoppy adventures!
2024
19 posts-
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31 Dec 2024
Reflections 2024: Parenthood
This year has been a whirlwind of parenting challenges and unexpected moments of pure joy. With two energetic kids under four, life is a constant dance of chaos and love.
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03 Dec 2024
Monthly Recap: November 2024
What's up, Internet? Novembers out, and December's in. What did I write, read, bookmark and get up to in November?
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05 Nov 2024
Monthly Recap: October 2024
What's up, Internet? Blogging, dark romance novels, new vinyl for the collection, a stack of bookmarks, the Cafe's haloween event, and HTML for People? Check out how October went for me.
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02 Oct 2024
Monthly Recap: September 2024
What's going on, Internet? Blogging, bookmarking, gaming, website workshops and a social web!
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18 Sep 2024
Wellington Brick Show 2024
Keeping the family entertained by checking out more Lego displays
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10 Sep 2024
RELICS: A New World Rises
While up in Auckland last weekend the family and I checked out a sweet Lego exhibition at the Auckland Museum.
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02 Sep 2024
Monthly Recap: August 2024
What's up, Internet? Blogging, code jamming, lots of books read, new records, a stack of bookmarks, and IndieWeb discourse? Whaaat? Check out how August went for me.
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17 Aug 2024
Millennial Energy
Born in the eighties, growing up in the ninetess, losing and finding myself in the two thousands.
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04 Aug 2024
Monthly Recap: July 2024
What's up, Internet? A couple of blog posts, heaps of bookmarks and a few updates from these corners of the web.
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01 Jul 2024
Monthly Recap: June 2024
What's up, Internet? June was code jams, blocking bots, posts, books, music, bookmarks and small improvements to the website. - monthly recap - now
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02 Jun 2024
Monthly Recap: May 2024
What's up, Internet? Time to recap the posts I wrote, books I read, links I shared and updates I made to the website during May. This month includes a recap of WebLogPoMo2024.
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28 May 2024
Nothing Exciting
Nothing exciting tonight, plans for the next three days
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23 May 2024
No Post Today
No new post today. I'm tired.
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01 May 2024
Monthly Recap: April 2024
Monthly recap for April 2024
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05 Apr 2024
Monthly Recap: March 2024
Monthly recap for March 2024
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07 Mar 2024
Monthly Recap: February 2024
Hello web surfers, welcome to Feburary's recap.
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03 Feb 2024
Monthly Recap: January 2024
Hello web surfers, welcome to January's recap.
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10 Jan 2024
Summer Days On The Beach
Exploring the evolution of our family's summer holidays.
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02 Jan 2024
Monthly Recap: December 2023
Hello web surfers, Happy New Year and welcome to December's recap.
2023
17 posts-
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17 Dec 2023
My Year In Beer 2023
I drank a lot of great beers this year, let's take a look.
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30 Nov 2023
Monthly Recap: November 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to November's recap.
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31 Oct 2023
Monthly Recap: October 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to October's recap.
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11 Oct 2023
Hear me out: The Whopper is the best type of burger
Why the Whopper combo works, and where to get close to one around Te Awa Kairangi.
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03 Oct 2023
Monthly Recap: September 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to September's recap.
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11 Sep 2023
Bushwalks
Intentionally leaving the house during the day and surrounding myself in nature does wonders for the soul.
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05 Sep 2023
Monthly Recap: August 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to August's recap.
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21 Aug 2023
Beervana 2023
Beervana is Aotearoa's greatest beer festival held every year in August.
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03 Aug 2023
Monthly Recap: July 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to July's recap.
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02 Aug 2023
Whakapapa Ski Trip
We could not have asked for better conditions for a day of skiing at Whakapapa ski field on Mt Ruapehu last weekend.
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26 Jul 2023
My InternetNZ Hat
Check out my sweet new hat from the Internet. InternetNZ that is.
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13 Jul 2023
Monthly Recap: June 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to Junes's recap.
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04 Jun 2023
Monthly Recap: May 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to May's recap.
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30 Apr 2023
Monthly Recap: April 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to April's recap. This month I focused on automating more of Flamed Fury.
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31 Mar 2023
Monthly Recap: March 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to March's recap. This month I started writing blog posts again.
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28 Feb 2023
Monthly Recap: February 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to February's recap. This month I spent time updating existing pages and added some new pages.
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31 Jan 2023
Monthly Recap: January 2023
Hello web surfers and welcome to January's recap. It's been an exciting month refreshing existing content and adding new content.
2020
38 posts-
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05 Sep 2020
Fathers Day & Sitting Down
Fathers Day 2022
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24 Aug 2020
Still Knocking Around
Quick update that I'm still here
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19 Jul 2020
Always On My Mind
Website updates etc
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05 May 2020
Alert Level 3 Day 1 in Review
Where we go crazy for KFC.
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05 May 2020
Ahead of the Curve
Where I'm sick of having a COVID diary for a blog.
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27 Apr 2020
Last Day of Alert Level 4
Where I look forward to not cooking every meal again.
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23 Apr 2020
Hide the Cookware in the Kitchen Cabinet
Where I anticipate eating take aways again
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20 Apr 2020
Lockdown Extended
Where I remain in lockdown for another week.
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18 Apr 2020
George Bondo
Where I boom boom boom boom BOOM.
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16 Apr 2020
Remember the Words You Told Me
Where I get through the day in five seconds.
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15 Apr 2020
I got big dawg status, it ainβt no secret
Where I laugh while watching stupid videos on the Internet.
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14 Apr 2020
Peak Week
Where I complete my supermarket shopping goals.
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13 Apr 2020
Went to the Supermarket
Where I ventured outside to pick up groceries.
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12 Apr 2020
Chill Easter Sunday During Covid-19
Alert level 4, locakdown day 17.
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11 Apr 2020
It's Wild Out There
Where I reflect on how routine is interrupted by lockdown.
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10 Apr 2020
Covid-19 Mid Lockdown Retrospective
How am I feeling two weeks into lockdown?
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09 Apr 2020
I Can't Wait for the Weekend to Begin
Where I think about all the projects I could be working on.
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08 Apr 2020
A Little Bit of Wind
Where I worry about being couped up inside with poodles with cabin fever.
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07 Apr 2020
Tired of Running
Where I work on my website.
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06 Apr 2020
What's Next?
Where I try to understand what's going to happen next.
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04 Apr 2020
Bad Boys For Life
Where the weekends are still over in the blink of an eye.
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03 Apr 2020
Eternal
This post inspired by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Eternal
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02 Apr 2020
Please Pick A Side Or Run From Your Boy
Where I am inspired by new music.
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01 Apr 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 7
Where I realise there's no more comics...
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30 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 5
Where I wake up early to avoid the crowd.
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29 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 4
Where the entire neighbourhood comes out for a dog walk.
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29 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 6
Where I struggle to not start working at the crack of dawn.
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28 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 3
Where I stay inside to avoid the rain.
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27 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 2
Where I get into the swing of living in lock down.
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26 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Begins
Where Aotearoa enters Alert Level 4.
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25 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown, It's Happening
Covid-19: State Of Emergency declared in Aotearoa
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24 Mar 2020
Covid-19 Lockdown Setup
What does working from home during lockdown look like?
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23 Mar 2020
Covid-19 Anticipating the Lockdown
Aotearoa heads into Alert Level 3 and expected to shift to Alert Level 4 within 48 hours followed by a nationwide lockdown.
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04 Mar 2020
Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels, yeah
What list awesome skate board tricks.
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04 Mar 2020
Calm Before the Storm
Where we have a relatively normal weekend.
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01 Mar 2020
Godzilla fire spitter monster
Where I can't make the bed.
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09 Feb 2020
Poodles In the Garden
Where my dogs lie on top of the garden
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03 Feb 2020
A Thought On Littering
Pick up your rubbish and put it in a bin!
2008
2 posts-
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26 Feb 2008
Gone Fishinβ
Success! It works!
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24 Feb 2008
To Clear Things Up
Insane ramblings from my SPAM folder.
2004
11 posts-
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12 May 2004
Get on your knees and prey!
That moment when you realise you're going off the rails...
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12 May 2004
Im trying to pull the trigger but it's stuck, FUCK!
How much longer can I live this way?
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12 Apr 2004
You must be some kind of superstar
How do you even go out on a Thursday night and not get home until Sunday?
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01 Apr 2004
Amys Dad.....
Wonder what ever happened to that guy?
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28 Mar 2004
get back inside
That Tequila night was definitely something wasn't it?
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24 Mar 2004
Its because, I'm the lead singer of my band!
Little did we know what a wild night this would be
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23 Mar 2004
Im a little areoplane yah yah
study, smudy
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15 Mar 2004
Fevah Rocked
Killer weekends partying
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09 Mar 2004
Godskitchen
Polytech and website work
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08 Mar 2004
Feel the power of acid
Guess who's back? Back again?
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08 Mar 2004
Hear the colours of trance
Big website plans
2003
3 posts-
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19 Nov 2003
Is There Hope For Us Yet?
Where I never built that car...
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14 Nov 2003
Gimmie the Loot
Living for the weekend
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12 Nov 2003
Existence
Polytech and job interviews