I found some unsent/unposted blog posts and e-mails lurking around in my Hotmail Drafts folder, reading them again four years later is a really bizarre experience.
Here is 1 of 2:
(written Tuesday, November 15, 2005, 1:32:05 pm)
So I'm in Scotland now. I've bought some new clothes (in Manhattan) to keep me warm. It seems ppl here in the UK are very trendy so I've got my work cut out for me in becoming a man of the town. It's been interesting seeing asians and a-rabs with english and scottish accents. Its pretty cold here (their autumn is already as cold as a bad winter in oz) and I've been told it'll get heaps colder, which should be interesting (as if I wasn't small enough!). BRooooo
A list of things that have happened or spring to mind (not necessarily recently or in any order):
1. Went to the Guggenheim in Manhattan which showcases Russian Modern Art, I recommend a guy called Marc Chagall, a Russian born French painter. 'Paris through a window' 'The Soldier' 'The green violinist' are quite good. Art CAN be fun!
I'm quite surprised at how much I ended up enjoying an art gallery but I'm glad to have found a new appreciation. Since then have been to the Tate museum of modern art in London, was ok.
2. Lost my train drivers hat
3. Lost my sleeping bag (or rather, had it stolen)
4. Bought a digital camera (canon sd400) which is sweet as. Will send some choice pics to yall as soon as i can
5. seen Brothers Grimm (average) saw Jarhead, was ok, saw Domino at the cinemas which SUCKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDD a gibbons dick (nice choice Matt), also seen Waiting which was awesome and A History Of Violence was pretty good too. Also Wedding Crashers is awesome, but avoid Four Brothers (again Matt).
6. Haven't heard too much music recently which sucks. Some of the music I've heard though has reminded me of you guys.
Style Council ,The Clash and Kanye West have reminded me of Pete.
Mariahs new stuff is pretty good Paolo (Waolo).
Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly, Akon & Young Jeezy - Soul Survivor Fiddy Cent - Outta Control is Wayne material.
Ray J - One Wish sounds like the old rnb slosh that my sister likes.
All the generic american rock reminds me of sherien.
7. I've seen a lot of niggahs in America, and they really aren't as bad as how their self-appointed spokesmen (P DIDDYDID-A-DOODOO, CURTIS '50c for a song' JACKSON) seem to suggest. I did see an MTV ad though where some anonymous boo-jiggah proclaims "You know why us black people are the best? Because we're the only ones that can turn nuffin into sumfin" Look out for my man Fiddy's new movie "Get Rich or Die Black" BLARGH.
People in the Hamptons, and Manhattan aren't very racist (hehe unlike me), everyone is integrated which on a personal note, has been a really nice thing to experience.
8. Seen a stack of DVD's thanks to rainy days in Southampton. Cocktail is awesome! so was Napoleon Dynamite. Pianist is real good too and I could swear that either Wayne or Wes is in fact Adrien Brody. Seen a lot of 2nd rate dvd's too thanks to Matt's dubious taste (Legends of the Fall anyone?).
9. Got almost eaten alive by this american girl Diane, a photographer or something. I actually had blood scabs on my neck silly whore. She kept talking about faeces which was cool.
10. Been to Coney Island which was weird. Theres a big russian population there, half the fucking restaurants didn't have English menus wadafa. Had Borsch soup (which is Ukrainian) which was fucking great. Also had a russian crepe served with cream called a Blintze which for some reason to me sounds funny. Blintze Blintze. I prob got the worst blintze (farmers cheese), should of had the cherries.
11. Walked the equivalent of 500-600 Manhattan blocks thanks to mine and Matt's passion for da trek. Central Park is HUGE (takes up like 1/5th of Manhattan) and really peaceful. New York really is an amazing city. Went to the Statue of Liberty which isn't as big as you would think.
12. Cabbed it through Harlem - WHAT A DUMP. Didn't have time for dBronx.
13. Tried on a $920USD jacket made of a hybrid fabric which was really nice unlike the price. Check out DDCLAB.COM for the RICK jacket if you're a fashion slut(POWLO and Nhu). The pics on the website don't do the clothes justice really they look so great on. And Nhu how nice is the Yellow Poplin thingy?
14. Hung out on Elm Street during Halloween Night which was real cool. It was impossible not to be jealous of these kids as they strolled around kitted in stupid costumes all about candy and good fun. A few kids even knocked on me and Matt's place and we had to turn them away. I wasn't born yesterday kiddies!
15. Served Paris Hilton a diet coke at a function I did for Clam Man Catering. It was her dad's 50th or whatever and her sister and brother were there. She seemed really polite, Nicky seemed a bit shy and weird. The dad was polite and their mom was like singing karaoke the whole night. Also got a sneak preview of Paris's upcoming album, needless to say not very good.
16. Waited 2 hours (midnite til 2am!) in line for a club called 'Fabric' in London which is meant to have bass so loud ppl wear ear plugs. It was ball-bursting cold and we realised we were never going to get in so went to a place called Turnmils (stupid name) which was recommended to us by a couple of people we got friendly with in the line for Fabric. Turnmils turned out to be AWESOME, not unhelped by the fact I sculled 5 double vodka and redbulls and a brandy and lemonade. A large chunk of the night I have no recollection of whatsoever...Matt said something about me falling onto a lot of people and him having to escort me out of the club, and throwing up on the pavement, and falling over some more. 5 hours later and we'd missed our flight to Edinburgh and I felt like crap.
17. I'm reminded of a night in Southampton that I decided to get trashed and mixed 5 different liquers with beer and stumbling for an hour along the road to a club called Jet East. Once I got there I fell asleep in shrubbery within the car park for about 40minutes and woke up when people started streaming out of the club as it closed. I then proceeded to puke violently in full view of everyone.
Anyways I'm now in Edinburgh, which is a beautiful little city, figuring out my next moves. Need a job since I've managed to spend almost 1000quid (which is over 2 aussie g'z at the moment) in the past two weeks. Might go up to Glasgow or maybe Carlisle or Newcastle. Haven't been able to sleep thinking about stuff hence this e-mail. All this time away has led to reflection on everything and everyone that has someway impacted upon who I am today and in that way who I will be tomorrow. Small gay I am.
Til the next sleepless night,
god bless you all
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