EVERYBODY WAS TEN PIN BOWLING

sing it "Everybody was...ten...pin...bowling" "dood oot dood oot dood oot"

Steve, Waz, Gaz and I slipped a few hours of ten pin in this afternoon, great fun. Couple of cold brewskies and smash a few pins, the prefect afternoon. As crap as we all are at bowling we actually did pretty well. I even managed 6 strikes in a row and yet still lost to Steve by 3 points.

As soon as we started our second game the power crashed out on us and we lost all of the neon and blue light, imagine how stunned we were to see that walls were....yellow!

Someone suggested a beer at The Rosemount Hotel across the road and so it was





Followed up by tasty burgers

The guys and gals on the table at the back of this pic were constantly checking out Steves and my tattoos, well Steves really. Turns out they are the crew from the tattoo shop across the road from the hotel. So we dubbed them North Perth Ink. Good times.

THE HOOD # 101

The mural that keeps on giving, some more has been added to the mural at the end of my street.

It started back in July





was added to sometime in October or November

and last week it was added to again





stay tuned in case it changes some more

ENOUGH ALREADY

Please, no more ham, no more turkey, no more prawns and crayfish...well maybe just a little more cray. Day 4 of this endless feast has finally ended. One final invite today to a friends house to eat the last of the ham and drink the last of the beers. At least 2 kilo's added to my girth, new exercise regime starts tomorrow, iPod is charging as I write this.

I thought I might give my new tripod a run tonight, so on the way home I dropped into the South Perth foreshore which I stupidly thought would be clear of people, forgetting entirely that today was a public holiday. I snapped off a couple of shots of the Perth skyline and they'll do for starters. I think I need to tweak the camera settings a bit and find a better angle to shoot from and a spot with less people. Maybe next time.

Larger versions with heaps better detail over at YeLPanorama

NO IDEA

I spotted this small statue along Oxford st in Leederville the other day. It appears to be a miner crawling out of a manhole. Effective? Yes. Reason? No Idea. I kind of expected the building behind to be a mines department office or a mining contractors HQ but it's mostly empty and for lease. So it just seems an odd piece for this spot. I'm guessing the torch under his chin lights up at night.

Just ignore the giant finger that appears to be attacking my camera

RANDOM IMAGES # 39

Did everyone have an awesome christmas day and boxing day? I finished it all of with a scrummy meal of leftover ham and turkey at Macca and Heidi's place last night. Today I shall fast and maybe tomorrow and the next day and ....

Do you remember feeling like this?



Good times

WAXING LYRICAL # 4

"Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades oh no." Corey Hart 1983

DAVEY DANCE AGAIN

His latest vid is the result of a shout out a few weeks ago, nice work

As part of the 3rd CollegeHumor.com All-Nighter event…

At 6:20 AM on December 11, 2009, the creative staff of CollegeHumor and I will be performing and taping a DaveyDanceBlog video in front of the Flatiron building here in NYC. If you, or someone you know has any interest in coming along and dancing with us, he or she must download this specific track. All are welcome to come move their feet. It’s Guranteed to be a blast.

DaveyDanceBlog -69- NYC Flatiron Building from Pheasant Plucker on Vimeo.

THE HOOD # 100

Wow number 100 is upon me. So I figured this should be a good one, it's not a massive piece but a clever piece. A battle scene in an alley near my place complete with burning village/town/city in the top left corner. The whole piece is a series of decals and as much as the battle is awesome whats more awesome is the individual battles within. Have a good look at each event for full effect. Here's to the next 100.

BURP

So that's christmas day done and dusted. So much build up, so much organizing, so much cooking and then....it's all over. I had a great christmas day, was meant to head to a friends house but plans changed and we went to a friends friends house. End result I knew 2 of the 8 other people there and this is what made it so good. One from Canada, one from Ireland and two from Norway. So amazing conversations throughout the day about all kinds of stuff. That and there was the great food....

• leg of ham with a maple syrup glaze (the Canadian influence)
• rare roast sirloin of beef with mustards
• whole barramundi packed in sea salt and fennel seeds then cooked on the BBQ
• watermelon and mint salad
• a char grilled vegie salad with caramelized red onion and a basil oil vinaigrette that I whipped up (see pics below)
• finished off with Pete's layered chocolate and nougat brownie sponge cake = deeeelish
  

I was so engrossed in the day that I pretty much failed to take pics







The final product



Pete packs the Barramundi in salt and fennel seeds



I hope you all ate yourselves stupid on the day

BUSY TOMORROW FOR SOME REASON

So no time for mandatory christmas blog of merryness

Have a merry christmas everyone, hug those you love and even those who dont love you - it'll make em feel uncomfortable, especially if you hang on for about 10 seconds longer than expected

365 DAYS WEEK 6

Week 6 of my 365 Day challenge. Began with a few small luxuries, followed up with some introspective work, some art on the street and finally good old mother nature

STATE OF THE PARK

I'm fortunate to live near one of the best parks in my city, Hyde Park. I walked through it today on my way into Northbridge to catch a movie with Macca. I have to say that what I saw was pretty ordinary, the park that is not the film, the film was great. I know there is a plan in the wings to save the lakes at Hyde Park but from what I've heard of this it sounds awful, poor and ill advised. Hopefully the new councillors recently elected can expedite a better plan and expedite it soon. I love my park and I hate seeing it like this....

Edit: I've just re read this blog and I don't think the above words really express my anger at the state of this place. It extremely fucking pisses me off to see this beautiful sanctuary in the middle of my town fall into such a shitty state year after fucking year. The time to fix this is NOW. Yes that's how I actually feel about this, right then, I'll be off, carry on.

There used to be a sign in this frame that showed all the different types of water birds that nested in these lakes. I guess there's no need for one now, just put up a picture of a sick duck.

Amounts of over $100,000 have been mentioned as to construction costs of this new stage in Hyde Park, perhaps money better spent on the dying and diseased lakes.

At least my fav tree in the park has exploded into red again, always a good sign that christmas is coming.

THAT'S NOT A CHRISTMAS CAROL - LATE EDITION

Not in my actual top 5 but I think it deserves a mention don't you?

Christmas Present from Daichi.

LIFE ALONG BEAUFORT

Had a christmas catch up lunch at The Merchant today with Nic, great spot for watching the world pass by.





Pimp your van xmas stylin



Possibly the greatest name for a clothes shop ever





Bratwurst in a bun from Elmars, it doesn't get much better