I have no dramas in my life which is good. If my life is a beach, it’s one with a gentle breeze surrounded by flat and calm waters with the waves gently lapping and washing up against the sands softly. Though having no dramas also means that from time to time, there is a lull in my postings. I don’t like repeating myself. So here’s a lazy update of the current state of my life, by way of linking to older posts which basically says pretty much the same thing.
I’m still single, here’s probably why: I like having females around me, and I love my female friends but females whom you are in a relationship with have some quirks that I haven’t gotten round to understanding. But I agree that it’s probably because I haven’t met the right woman yet, or one who’s available. I do know what I don’t want in a woman though, so that should help me find her right?
Oh, and I am still surrounded by great friends. No links here because there’s too many posts where I write about how I’m happy because of my friends, and that along with my family and Snoop, they are what make me feel so blessed and contented in life.
Sel and I at Godskitchen Perth 2008 – thanks for the photo, Sel!
Clockwise from top-left: Sander van Doorn, John O’Callaghan, Menno de Jong, Jon O’Bir (images from alldj.org)
Woo! What a wicked fun time the night was!
But it’s a shame that I didn’t get usable pictures from my phone camera. I think by the time I succumbed to the urge and decided to start taking photos, I was very inebriated. Without steady hands and eyesight, and without an optical image stabiliser, the pictures were never gonna turn out right. Ah well, next event maybe I will bring my camera? I gotta learn to fight the urge to take photos though. I have a standing agreement with Lydia that she should take away my camera if she sees me not dancing enough.
So yeah back to Godskitchen – it was everything that I wanted and more. By the time I got in at around 11:30pm, I was hopped up on two cans of V and the music was just starting to get harder and faster. Good timing! I caught the last half of Jon O’Bir’s set which built up very nicely to Menno de Jong who started spinning some banging stuff and never relented.
Second hour in, I was giddy and high and jumping on the spot. When Menno dropped a big fat beat during one part of his set, I yelled out “Fuck YEAH!” so loud that Simon said, “Shhh!” Hah! Who cares?!
At the risk of making the night sound monotonous, or as my mother would say, “All techno music sound the same to me!” … hahah erm, so Menne built up the tempo quickly and then Sander van Doorn just kept it up there for his 2-hour set. By the end of it, my legs were starting to feel sore. Then John O’Callaghan came on and I swear my mind was exploding with glee. I had a big smile and all, but my body finally succumbed to fatigue by 5am.
In a nutshell – the music was hard just like I wanted it to be and more because it went on for nearly 6 hours straight! I didn’t overhype it at all. Phew! Money well spent. All my friends agreed that this has been the best dance event this year.
Speaking of friends, all my usual clubbing peeps were there. My brother and his clubbing peeps were there, and so was my cousin and his cousins. With so many familiar faces around, an already awesome night was made even more enjoyable. There were a lot of smiles, a lot of hugs, a lot of shared “Woohoos” and a lot of conversations.
I even bumped into a couple of English guys whom I had met at the same spot in the club at last year’s Godskitchen and I found out their ages – 43! One of them was telling me, “As long as it’s in your heart, and your legs are still holding up, it won’t go away.” Very true. So, besides loving the music, this is what I also love – a community of like-minded people to share that love with, friends and strangers alike.
09.00pm-10.00pm Adam Kelly
10.00pm-12.00am Jon O’Bir
12.00am-02.00am Menno De Jong
02.00am-04.00am Sander Van Doorn
04.00am-06.00am John O’Callaghan
I got my tickets in July and I’ve been so anxiously waiting for it ever since and it’s finally here tomorrow night! But I’m trying not to over psyche myself because last time I was this psyched – for the return of Armin van Buuren to Perth – it was anti-climatic and I felt let down.
But, the past two weeks I’ve been downloading and listening to the sets of the DJs who are spinning on the night and I couldn’t help it. I’m so psyched up for it now. Fingers crossed it’d be good! As long as the music is not dawdling in the middle like it was at Armin’s gig, and it takes me on a rollercoaster ride which then ends with harder beats, I’d be v. happy.
For those of you who’ve seen my photos and have read my write-ups of previous dance events, and if you’ve been wondering (yes you do!) about the kind of music that gets my heart pumping, here’s a sampling of some songs by the DJs who will be spinning tomorrow night.
I am able to relate to David Spade, because we are both short and don’t belong in the “omg he’s so hot” club. And besides being really funny, he’s my hero in another way and that’s because David Spade is such a pimp.
Among the women that he’s been with are Lara Fylnn Boyle, Teri Hatcher, Julie Bowen and Heather Locklear. Yes, he has that super sarcasm, and sly self-deprecating sense of humour going for him. That’s one thing that women like right?
David Letterman reveals to him that in a Cosmo magazine survey, 85% of women surveyed said that they would not sleep with him if he wasn’t famous.
He’s also got fame but that doesn’t really explain it since the women he’s dated are also famous. Same goes for money. So yeah, although people thinks that he’s dating out of his league, he is dating women who are on the same plane as him in terms of fame and money.
Some comments on the gossip blogs say that the women only slept with him because he could advance their careers, or that he’s got a big dick. First, let’s address the first one and the question is how? As funny as the guy is, he’s only ever been in B-grade comedies and TV sitcoms which aren’t exactly at the top of the Hollywood totem pole. As for the second one, it is possible but how would he convince these women to go out with him without flashing himself first?
David summarised it thus:
Be normal and kind of have your shit together. And be consistent and reliable. Just not a flake. Really, the thing is, not to be a superflake. Don’t be an asshole. Don’t be supercocky. Don’t be a show-off. Everyone for some reason feels the need to show off.
In other words, he’s saying that a nice guy gets the hot women. I think that I’m already that kind of a nice guy. Now if I am a bit funnier and in a room full of hot women, the odds would then be in my favour. Heh.
Coming back down to earth, I still think that most men have to be above a minimum criteria. Sure, being a nice guy will help the relationship last a little bit longer but I think that you can’t be too poor, and you can’t be too ugly. But David’s example sure does inspire the rest of us short and average guys.
Besides the good music, the large cavernous dance floor in the main room, and a friendly bartender who knows us by name, I have to admit one other thing which makes Simon and I go to The Deen on a weekly basis: the women. Week after week, it’s never the same. I can honestly say that I haven’t seen the same pretty faces more than twice. Which could be good or bad depending on how you look at it. But my point is, it’s a visual smorgasbord that constantly changes.
And I have a theory about that. I think a lot of people choose The Deen to be their first clubbing experience. And every week, there’s people turning 18. Therefore, there’s this weekly infusion of new faces. Of course, that probably means that you can call me a lecherous perv who likes looking at girls who had just turned legal, and you would be right.
However, no one has ever put it into words like this girl last night. So there she was dancing with her bunch of friends, and wearing a bright pink halo on her head. She looked too young to be having a hens night so I had guessed she was celebrating her birthday. Our eyes met and she sidled up to me and started dancing very provocatively.
She was cute so I happily obliged and we started talking.
Is it your birthday? Yeah.
So how old are you today? 18. How about you?
Add about 20. 38?!
34. Hahah! What ARE you doing here?!
Why, to perv at you pretty young things of course. Heh. Her question threw me off guard briefly but I quickly regained my composure and continued dancing. I had never let my age and fear of looking like a dirty old man get in the way of my partying because the music is what draws me and the eye candy is a bonus. That is, I won’t go to a club where they don’t play the music that I like, even if a lot of pretty girls go there.
And even if I do look at women, I’m not the lecherous type who just stares and gawks. I don’t touch unless they touch first, and I don’t do pickup lines. Therefore I don’t come across as sleazy. But still, am I too old to party? Ask me again in another 10 years.
That Alaska is close to Russia is the basis of Sarah Palin’s claim to Americans that she’s hip to this foreign affairs business. The first time we’ve heard of this was when she was being interviewed by Charlie Gibson.
GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?
PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
And when Katie Couric interviewed her, she was asked to expand on that statement.
Katie Couric: You’ve cited Alaska’s proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?
Sarah Palin: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and, on our other side, the land-boundry that we have with Canada. It’s funny that a comment like that was kinda made to … I don’t know, you know … reporters.
Couric: Mocked?
Palin: Yeah, mocked, I guess that’s the word, yeah.
Couric: Well, explain to me why that enhances your foreign-policy credentials.
Palin: Well, it certainly does, because our, our next-door neighbors are foreign countries, there in the state that I am the executive of. And there…
Couric: Have you ever been involved in any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?
Palin: We have trade missions back and forth, we do. It’s very important when you consider even national-security issues with Russia. As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right next to, they are right next to our state.
Yes, Tina Fey did not have to stretch too far for comedic effects. Sarah Palin is just funny already, even though it’s inadvertent.
The jokes write themselves really. In fact, this has now become THE joke of the election and it’s taken a life of its own.
I found some great ones from a post at Gawker. Here’s a few of my favourites:
I have played literally thousands of hours of Halo, so I have valuable military experience.
I had this cab driver once who was from the south of India. I talked to him for, like, ten whole minutes and WOW I have such great foreign policy experience. I’m totally ready to be VP.
I can see billions of stars in the night sky, which is comforting, as it makes me very prepared for the aliens bent on our destruction.
I go to Taco Bell for lunch pretty often, so I am the Ambassador to Mexico, si?
Can’t wait to watch tomorrow’s debate and hear the waffle from Sarah Palin’s mouth. Oh, and Joe Biden might be good for a few funny ones too. He once said these things:
A man I’m proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States — Barack America!
You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent…. I’m not joking.
