Today I was at St Lukes when I overheard the following part of a conversation between two teenage guys. “That guy, the guy who always comes to our practices – the pretty guy, the guy who’s real pretty – he’s gay. I know cos his cousin told us that this nephew walked in on him [...]
I’ve just heard the sad news that Paul Hester, the former drummer from Crowded House, (among other things), has been found dead in a Melbourne park, having taken his own life. Of all my Crowded House/Paul Hester memories, the one that comes to mind was from an article in RTR Countdown magazine from 1986. The [...]
After spending the first two days of the Easter break working, and getting into a bit of decompression from work to non-work yesterday, I decided to go to the Easter Show today. I was trying to work out when the last time I went to the Easter Show was. I’m picking some time around 1990 [...]
Behold the absolutely absurdly named “apricot crumble” yoghurt from Fresh n Fruity. I’ve never seen yoghurt crumble.
Daylight saving ended and the next day my power bill arrived. It did indeed appear to be lower than my usage in darker months, so maybe this whole daylight savings thing does actually cause energy savings to be made (Or could it be that I just don’t use my heater in summer? Hmmm…). It was [...]
In my first year at tech, I came top-equal in two classes, Introduction To Journalism and Written Communication”. The other person who shared that top ranking was a lass named Carly Kirkwood who is now the presenter on Nightline. I remember her name more than her face. I think she had long blonde hair back [...]
The caff at work were serving various St Patrick’s Day themed food. This seemed to follow the American style of celebrating St Patrick’s Day by dying everything green. I didn’t mean to but I consumed the following: – A green lamington (!) – A spinach salad. – A ham, cheese and salad in a green [...]
Please note: Today I will only answer to the name Roibín Ó Gallchobhair (even though Roibín is a boy’s name). That is all.
I went to Raggiz for the weekend and got a lift back to Auckland with my Dad. From Ngaruawahia to Rangariri we drove along the other road, the one that runs along the other side of the Waikato River. It’s really nice and scenic without any of the usual mad SH1 traffic. Dad asked me [...]
Resonate is an event-type-thing where the British Council and the NZ Music Industry Commission team up and ship over some British music industry people to share their wisdom with New Zealanders. Previous years’ guests included John Peel and Jamelia. This year we were treated to Stephen Jones (senior A&R guy at Universal), Polly Birkbeck (PR [...]