2013

So once again it's been many a month since I have actually posted on here. When I last left you all we were back in 2012. It is now (as the title suggests) the year 2013.

A lot has happened since then as you can imagine. Christmas, New Years, Uni Holidays. I had my wisdom teeth out which I may blog about before I forget the experience. Many new dinners had, and Rums I have indulged in with the discovery of a new Rum! Sailor Jerry spiced Rum.

Over the Uni Holidays I became a slave to Social Media by getting myself a Twitter account and becoming obsessed with Instagram. You can follow those here;

http://instagram.com/lachlan1988/#

https://twitter.com/1988Lachlan

If you so desire.

Naomi and I have moved out and into our own place. Uni is back in full swing and so far has proved to be a busy looking year! I have done quite a bit, but at the same time haven't even begun to hit the tip of the iceberg. Also in 13 days I will be 25. Holly Shit!!

Once again I will try and keep up with posting, but as always there are no guarantees.

- Lachlan

Ready? BREAK!

Today I am free! Free for 2 whole months it would appear as today was the end of the First Semester at Uni. And there is excitement while I post this as the Caps lock on the work 'break' might suggest. I try to keep my blog post title's interesting or unique in some way all the while being relevant to the blog post they are headlining.
While it is clear why I have used the word break somewhere in the post title some of you may ask why I have chosen to make it sound like the beginning of a play from an American game of football. Well thats simple; 1. It's because it's the first title that came to mind and 2. I might have been watching a little too much Blue Mountain State in the passed month.

Now while I still will be working any hours i receive from my casual employment at The Honeysuckle Hotel this 2 month break between Uni semesters is the longest break I have had in I don't know how long. And to be honest, I think I deserve it. The one thing I want to do over the Uni break is keep myself occupied, this way I wont get bored and waste the time off that I have. As I said earlier this year, I wish to be productive. So I guess this particular post today is a checklist of everything I wish to achieve in the holidays.

Alright, in no particular order here is my list;

1. Go to Crescent Head while Naomi is on placement. Eat out in Port Macquarie. Toast Marshmallows over an open fire and look at the Stars
2. Have drinks and catch up with Dave Nixon
3. Catch up with Tom Raymond
4. People I need to call and catch up with;
   - Nikki
   - Adam
   - Panaho
   - Wayne
   - The Vellings
5. Go for a run EVERYDAY. Rain hail or shine
6. Read the last 2 Hunger Games books
7. Wash the Car
8. Re - watch Alien, watch Aliens and go see Prometheous
9. Watch Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge
10. Create a Zine
11. Contact Eleane and create some final designs for Femme Modelle
12. Play the Playstation
13. Do some more Cooking and learn some new recepies
14. Do some creative design work. Maybe begin thinking about how I want my portfolio to look

I'm sure I will add other things to the list during the holidays, but I think that this is a good start.

Oh shit I'm 24!

The other day, on the 29th of April I once again had reached another anniversary of my birth. Yes it was my twenty fourth birthday. And just saying that out loud makes me feel really old. Naomi likes to comment on my age and how old I am by fondly referring to me as a fossil. Of course she is exaggerating, I'm not that old in the grand scheme of things and am only like a year and 5 months older then her.

I didn't do any massive celebrating for my birthday, but I still had a pretty great day! Naomi made me an amazing birthday brunch which was very filling but ever so tasty. After that I had work, but only for 4 and a half hours. After which I walked home and managed to catch Naomi starting to watch Kill Bill Vol. 2 which we watched and passed the time with before meeting my family at Grill'd at The Junction. Presents were kindly given and we all then enjoyed some tasty Burgers. Baa Baa Burger was my Burger of choice for the night, quite possibly my favorite one on the menu.

After we all gorged ourselves on Burgers and Chips Naomi and I went to the Charlestown Square for the 9.30pm screening of The Avengers! In 3D in the Titan XC cinema, the biggest screen in Newcastle! The movie was EPIC to say the least. Amazing special effects and cool action with a bit of humour. Take all this with some Malteasers and wash it down with a Pepsi and you have yourself a very enjoyable night at the movies. All in all it was a pretty great birthday. Next year I will be a quarter of a century! I don't know how I got so old so fast.

The amazing Brunch Naomi made me

Avengers Movie Poster

Saturday was a good day

Well saturday started around 11am. I had been out the previous night for Toms 18th and well, some drinking. Matt and Sam had come all the way from Canberra overnight and got in around 4.15, not long after I got home.

Anyway I had decided to have a BBQ lunch, and seeing as how it was nearly lunch and not wanting to spoil my appatite I skipped breakfast. I messaged the guys, Adam, Heath Panaho and Wayne to come round at 1.30. Wayne could not make it, however we were to see him later in the day. It was around 2 when all the snags were cooked and we got to eat, with Adam, Matt and myself sinking back some cold drinks. We spent the afternoon catching up and watching Family Guy and Entourage while enjoying our alcoholic bevriges.

It was aound 5.30is when Adam Matt and I left for the RSL for Camerons 21st. We were to meet up with the other guys later. Dinner at the RSL was pretty good, and what was crazy was Tamika's 19th group was just a table away and it consisted of people I knew from work.

Adam, Kasey and I left the RSL around 8.30 and walked up to the bass bar. A journey that saw me having to listen to and endure the drunken antics of both Adam and Kasey. But they made me laugh. $5 at the Base Bar got us in to see Duck Puppy, a new band with original music and on Bass was our good mate Wayne. The turn out was great. Panaho met us up there.

After Duck Puppys set and a song of the next group Panaho drove us to the Vic carpark where he decided his car would remain for the evening in order to enjoy some drinks with us. We walked to the Capital, got stamped and then headed back to the Vic. Straight to the Bar is where Panaho and I went, ordering 2 tiqilas and a chaser afterwoods. A random girl at the bar decided we didnt have enough salt on our hands, and so took it upon herself to give us more. My palm tasted saltier then the sea I think.

We then went and in the corner near the back bar rocked to the band playing which was none other then the Mighty Yak. We had a bit of a chat with Luke during the break before I headed up to the Capital.

Inside the Cap was almost every person I know it seemed. Tafe mates, work mates, old school mates. It was just a great night.

BBQ lunch, Rum, Rock, good Mates, and Dancing with a pretty girl.

Like the title says, Saturday was a good day.

The Entourage evenings, with money on the mind and High Holiday Hopes

Well its been around 3 weeks since my last post and since then heaps of stuff has hapened! But nothing exciting or important in my life. Im just saying in 3 weeks a lot can happen. Ok so maybe I was being a bit of a smart arse there. Stuff has happened, weather or not you find it exciting is all a matter of perspective, and to be honest I dont care what you think im going to tell you about it all anyway.

So last night I was awake till 3 in the morning. "3 in the morning on a Thursday!" I hear you say? Well actually you might know the reason because you were most likely there. The guys came round last night for the second half of season 3 on Entourage. Yes thats right, since I last posted this marathon had only just begun, and it has continued every Thursday. It has become a sort of tradition of ours of late do be hanging out on a Thursday at some point. I worked in the morning from 10 til 1 (not a long shift I know, but I will come back to that.) So I got home around 1.30 and had told the guys they could rock up at 2. Panaho was first on the scene and the day kind of spread out from there. Dave had to leave for footy training, and Wayne had prior dinner engagements. So Adam Heath and I watched episodes of 2 and a Half Men and a the Lano and Woodley goodbye DVD, then had a BBQ style dinner of sausages and steakets as well as potato bake and salad. Very nice. We then went and picked up some suplies from the kooringal mall, watched bits from the Glass House DVD (I miss that show), and waited for Panaho's return.
Dave got back at around 10.30 and then it was Entourage time. Looks like season 4 next week if I am not working on Thursday.

Ok, now speaking of work, it is really shitting me lately. I have no shifts. No one ha any shifts. Major cut backs for the financial year bullshit, so I have very little money of which to save. And I want to save money. I need money. I have greenslip or whatever it is coming up in august, and am planning a trip to QLD with the guys in February, which I will need a fair bit of money for if I want a really good time. Its no good having enough money for accomidation and travel if im going to starve to death and not get to do anything. I know that it will pick up soonish, but at the moment it sucks. At least I got my forklift licence, thats kinda cool.

Oz lotto is $30 millio next Tuesday and I sooooo want to win. It will save me on having money worries. I could pay off my car, hell I could by a new car. 2 new cars! (but I wouldnt, im happy with the Astra). I could have an awesome QLD trip. I could even buy a house, and furnish it, and move out! So many things I could do with that money. I could also buy the Star Wars lego Mellennum Falcon! Im not saying I would, cause $775 is a lot for lego, no matter how big and cool it is, Im just saying I could.

I wish it was summer already. Just thought I would say that.
I love summer. The weather, the cloths, the cookies (you know what I mean), the BBQs, how good Rum tastes after work or a hot day.
I walked into Mark Anthonys today and they are getting their summer range in already! Bring it on I say!

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! / "No one's going to play Bulls on Parade!"

Well it has been almost a month since my last post, slack I know, and this really sux to all my undying "lachlans World" blog fans, (those of which I dont think exist, I dont know if anyone reads this.)

Its 2008! I havent said that yet, and so far not too bad. A lot has happened in a month since I think about it, but nothing overly exciting to post about, no. I said I havent blogged in about a month, but it feels like forever since I have blogged about my weekend out on the town. Yes thats right, another adventure that only can come from a Saturday night of unexpected awesomeness and fun. I think its best to begin at the begining.

Saturday 26th of January, Australia Day. (well just in NSW apparently). 5.45AM. Thats right 5.45Am, thats when my alarm went off. Why would you wake up at 5.45Am on a Saturday you ask? And on Australia Day?! well I had to work. 6.45AM till 3.15PM, which means I missed the Aussie Day races, but not to worry, I had the afternoon to rock out and celebrate the country I was born in.

So after how ever many hours it was at work. 8 and a half actually. I worked it out for you. I wasnt going to, but then decided I would.
I left work to go pick up my mate Adam who was coming around for a few drinks before we went out to dinner. Sam also came round cause she was hanging out with my sister. They also were coming to dinner because well, why not? the more the merrier. Adam and I would have had more people come, but our other mates were either working late or out of town, and one not even in this country! This means you Wayne.

Anyway after 3 rums, and the simpsons movie, and some family guy we were ready to go. Hogs Breath for dinner. $30.00 later (not including drinks) and a full stomach, we were ready to leave Hogs Breath and hit the town, as some people migh say. By the way that $30.00 meal was a steak, and totally worth it. Oh I might mention that on this particular evening I was being rather patriotic. I was wearing an Australia Day T-shirt I had made and had some Australia flag fake tatoos on my wrist.

Frst stop, the Vic, and it was packed, havent seen the Vic so packed in a while, which is a shame reall cause its a good place to go out and have a few drinks. The band at the Vic were, well, a bit shit. They attempted to play "killing in the Name of" by Rage Aainst the Machine, but failed. At the Vic I met up with some of my mates from work, and played a game of pool with Kaseys boyfriend Chris. I also saw Claire there.

We left the Vic at 11.00 and headed up to the Capital with Adam and I in high hopes that Luke would be playing at the Saloon. "Man I hope Chisholms playing!" Also I spent that time saying: "I want someone to play Bulls on Parade, I have had that song stuck in my head all week and that would be so cool." And what was Adams response? "No ones going to play Bulls on Parade!"

Around an hour had passed at the Capital and the Saloon Bar had finally opened its doors. I walked in there to discover non other then Luke setting up his guitar. I ran back into the Capital looking for Adam. "Chisholms playing in the Saloon!" We went back to the Saloon to talk to Luke before he started playing. I know the name of his band now; "The Mighty Yak". They opened with "you really got me". Adam and I like it whenever Luke plays because he is an awesome guitarist and his band plays covers of a lot of songs we love to hear.

More time elapsed and Adam and I did our usuall laps around walking from the Saloon to the Cap and back again. On one occasion we entered the Saloon Bar to hear the Mighty Yak playing "Bulls on Parade"!! We ran to the dance floor and rocked out to that for a while. When the crazy guitar solo came up Adam and I just watched Luke play. It was nuts!
End of the night in the Saloon came and they ended with more Rage against the Machine. The name of the song; "Killing in the Name of". It was awesome. There was like this mini mosh pit happening, everybody shouting at the top of their lungs; "And now you do what they told ya!"

3.00AM, closing time. We left the Capital and walked up the street and sat down a coupla chairs away from JD's kebabs. Adam got a Kebab and was annoyed he could not ring Wayne who was in Paris. (Do you know what they call a Quarter pounder with cheese in Paris? Royal with cheese, lol).
After sitting down for what may have been half an hour talking to randoms about upcoming films and old comic books and cartoons we left to fincos (if thats how you spell it). Heath and Adam dragged me there, (not literally) and we sat out the front talking for around half an hour waiting for the taxis to come along and fill up, as well as the other randoms who came and went.

It was about 4.30 in the morning when I got a taxi home, and around 4.50 when I got to bed. Wow, if I had of stayed awake another hour then I would have been up for 24 hours. Crazy.

$4.90 roll!

ok, this may not seem very exciting to you, but it was to me. (thats just how sad I can be sometimes, lol). Ok I discovered this place in the sturt mall that makes awsume fresh rolls. Anyway, i'd been there twice before, and you can build your own roll, and they have avacado so its cool. Anyway, I went there on the weekend and asked for a roll, like usual, but I got the most awsume roll. I wanted, chicken, ham, avacado, and cheese on a poppy seed roll. The girl who made it made it big. First off the roll was big, then she put like five slices of ham on it. FIVE. then the chicken, and the cheese, and she loaded up the avacado! It was a awsume. And then get this, she undercharged me at $4.90! It was cool. lol