A year ends another begins, things continue to change and stay the same.
I've done a lot of cool stuff in the last year, I am pre empting this column so I can add more achievements as they occur to me.
Achievements for the year:
- Quit my soul destroying job at Virgin
- Left Summer Hill House
- Worked as Consuela, Jeff + Dennis's Mexican Maid
- Got with Alix
- Mixed some tracks and Dj'd at a couple of Parties
- Made friends with Byron and Kelly
- Got into a fight in Sydney at a Ghetto Pussy gig
- Moved to Melbourne
- Met new friends, or better - family
- To a house with chickens a and a vegie patch
- Into a beautiful big room with a fireplace
- In a an inviting cultural friendly city
- Where I can ride around in my bike.
- I attended regular Yoga classes
- Quit some lifetime negative habits
- Found $3000 in my bank account
- Saw Herbie Hancock for free!
- Met and asked a girl out
- Got a Ball Chair
- Rescued a rooster
- Made lots of new and super amazing friends
- Paid my debt to Silvia
- Got a job that I don't hate
- Started eating healthily
- Went swimming in rivers
- Ate delicious cheeses
- Cooked Mexican food
- Took a business course and found a Mentor
- Started a new Blog
- Had all my stuff stolen
- Got over it
- Purchased a Macbook
- And an Ipod Nano
- And thus turned my train rides into educational podcast sessions.
- I Performed in a Burlesque show
- Attended parties in warehouses, bollywood parties, jazz parties, under the bridge parties.
- Austin and I went to the snow
- Our house had a huge Barrio Fiesta style party
- And a Party month
- With a 30 days of lucky dips and balloons
- We took Gino's our italian diner, on the road
- I met Steve, Aka Mc Purple Duck
- We got into pickup artistry for a fortnight
- For a while there lots of girls liked us
- But we settled on one
- We saw Zappa plays Zappa (And got into Zappa)
- I saw Fishbone live in Sydney, they were amazing
- The Presidents too
- Watched the Simpsons Movie
- Started regular guitar lessons
- Rachel got back, and was pregnant
What an awesome year! Thank you everything!!!!
My goals for next year are pretty basic.
- Play Guitar
- Eat Well
- Save Money
- Sleep Well
- Play Guitar
- RECORD A MESA COSA EP
- Ask for a Raise
- Play Guitar
- Get a Business Concept/Idea Sorted
- Be Happy
- Eat Well
- Sleep Properly
- Drink More Water
And keep on meeting wonderful people, keep my head above the water, work, make music, relax and enjoy!