Wednesday, May 31, 2006

For Sarah, when I pass on.

from SMH today...



"Man, 33, marries woman, 104"
May 3, 2006 - 5:26PM

A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love, a news report said.

It was Muhamad Noor Che Musa's first marriage and his wife's 21st, according to The Star newspaper which cited a report in the Malay-language Harian Metro tabloid.

Muhamad, an ex-army serviceman said he found peace and a sense of belonging after meeting Wook Kundor, whom he said he initially sympathised with because she was childless, old and alone, the report said.

"I am not after her money, as she is poor," Muhamad reportedly said.

AP

CHECK IT OUT!



Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh fuckin' yeah!
Angus

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Internet Gold

Karla sent this around to tim and me today, I then spent some time in Photoshop to improve it a little.

Monday, May 29, 2006

Sunday Road Trip

So tim got hold of a car for one night. So what do we do? ROAP TRIP!



First we went to Edwina's. She fed us apple crumble.



Second we went to Erica's. She fed us stirfry.



And finally, we went to Karla's. She fed us hot chocolate, we tried her dog Gracy, but it was too tender.



'Twas fun. we should do it again sometime.

Angus

Coogi

It's always sad to see something pass on. Particularly when it is such an intergral part of the Australian fabric. I recently learnt that the clothing manufacturer Coogi went into recievership. The Melbourne Age quotes "Known for its textured sweaters and colourful knits, Coogi was a multi-million dollar business in its heyday, but had run into tough times in recent years. It was placed into voluntary administration in July (03)".

I have fond memories of this brand, when I bid on eBay for a pair of Coogi Tracksuit Pants, unfortunetly I was out bidded within the last few hours, but we've got to move on. Anyway, before you all start to cry and reach for your 1992 vintage coogi hankerchiefs. I also discovered that the business was bought by a few american investors. And I'm glad to unveil to you now the latest season. The makers say "the pieces strive to "give a solid nod to the heritage of the brand", but with an updated look. Edgier materials, like leather trims, have been incorporated into the knits, which will retail for about $350."

Watch out ladies of the night... can you resist the power of a coogi sweater?



Our life together

As many of you know, one Ms Aitken and I have a pact. At the age of 92, if both still single we plan to marry. Here is a short illustrated history of our wedding and life together.

This is us as 2 single eligable elderly pensioners. Clearly we are dissatisfied with both the state of the residents weekly newsletter (believing it was never as good as when we edited it in 2050s) and how music has become monotonus, constructed marketing, unlike when we were young. We are sitting listening to a classic compilation on our wireless "Sensational Summer, the beast of Angus FM" with such hits as Holly Valance's Naughty Girl and Remix to Igniton... even after all these years it still gets us up for a boggie, if only someone would elxplain to us what "Putting the key in" really meant. Angus still on his Learner's permit, sarah still on a strict Lentil diet to keep her regular.



I propose to Sarah in our Hotel for Old People, over our happy hour serving of Mylanta and happy pills. A small dog plays the Elton John Classic "Tiny Dancer" on the piano, I had requested Tony Danza to play it for us, but instead got a Miniture Dachshund.



Here is us on our wedding day, we look so happy. Sarah had a perm, which brough her up to the same height as me.



Here is the man that gave sarah away. He is waving her goodbye.



We went on our honeymoon to mexico. We were so happy. We ate heaps. Like the early days of our relationship Sarah just ate my food. We put on alot of weight. It seems by this stage of our life our metabolisim had slowed down quite alot. Neither of us were expecting quite the impact it was having on our relationship. You will also note here how I have upgraded my lenses. Sarah gave them to me as a wedding gift. She decided that I needed to get new ones because my titanium transitions were daggy and too "old school" and these ones were much more in line with her new frames. She said it would unite us as a couple.



We returned after our honeymoon for a few years of blissful marriage. At one point I grew a beard. Having gone through puberty in my late 40s, I grew it to prove that I could, once and for all, finally grow facial hair.



After having been through puberty about 30 years too late, I hit my midlife crisis at the age of 95. I had a series of affairs with younger women. (Sorry you had to find out this way Sarah). Here is me, aged 95 with a much younger woman.



But after a few years of unfulfilling sexual antics and an increasingly worse bowel-related heart condition. I began to remember the good-old days with my dear sarah. I used to keep this photo in my wallet of us when we worked as gold miners at the tourist exhibit on Mt Panorama.



I yearned for her and returned back to the home. Lucky for me, she had been slipping in and out of comas for 6 years in between cursing the young children who came to collect their cricket ball from our front porch. To my suprise she had no idea that I had even gone, she thought that I was just doing the laundry.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

I miss train rides




I miss the old train ride to the central west, the country around sydney is rather nice and a good change, but most of all the ride is so relaxing - no one can hurry you up, no one interupts you, its not too long so you get really bored, but not too short so you can actually be productive, and there is nothing you or anyone else can do to make the process go faster.

Ben Harper






So I'm a week late with this post, but its here. We went to the Ben Harper concert. Sure, I would rather him have sung his old classics like 'Cigarettes will kill you' and 'Catch my disease' but I suppose it is his perogative to play what he believes is right for the concert. Here are some pictures for you all. One is of a couple that sat there awkwardly the entire time. Even during 'steal my kisses' when the entire entertainment centre was up and dancing (particualarly belly) they just sat, looking very beige. Those know where to look for more photos.

angus

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

I'm a domestic god

I conqured my demons. 5 weeks of washing. I climed to the peak of this giant t-shirt based mountain and staked my claim. I spent hours ironing and by 1am I finished. I am a domestic god... with very flat clothes.


Monday, May 15, 2006

bye bye vicki








A lovely girl from work left to go work somewhere else. We went out. To Hyde Park. Check out all the jager/redbull i spilled on my shirt. Im all class. My sister turned up later in the night too. Ok, so all ive dne for the past hour and a half is blog. This was a mega blog session and now Im over it. I would love to give you more details of the night, but to be honest I can't remember. I was shitfaced.

Is it a boy or a girl?

Went to spectrum again on saturday. And when we were there we saw this "person" we couldn't figure out if it was a boy or a girl. Can you? We decided it was a boy, because they had NOOOO raised chest. It was like a car crash. You know you shouldnt be looking, but you do because you want to see what went wrong.

Anyway. Good night had by all, thanks to the Sydney City RSL for wonderfully cheap drinks and for future reference, Fringe Bar is shit. Wuvwee. ANGUS.





Gay Bar Gay Bar










So we went to dinner a few weeks back and my laziness has only meant i'm posting this now. Sorry. Anyway, we went to vietnamese and well let's be honest, the fish dish smelt like girls. I drank the bowl of soy sauce to get us $5 off the meal and Penny oh so casually maintained a bottomless glass.

We then went to the marly bar and had a few more drinks. Here we randomly saw a girl we went to uni with 'Bron' (see photo for more reference).
She was like: "So what are you guys up to these days"
We replied: "I work in advertising, I work in PR, I work in Radio... what about you?"
She said: "Im unemployed and pregnant... one night of rough unprotected sex and there you go"
Belly said: "Well won't have to buy you a drink then."
She said: "No, dont worry about it I've had 6 already."
We were like: "Ummm, ok."

From here we decided to go visit Tim at work at his gay bar. I have never felt more popular. A few shots and a few offers of threesomes later... wow... big night. I have included some photos. One is of me and belly with a guy that wanted to take us both home for a foursome. We gracefully declined. One of a drag show and one of us just later in the night. Belly learnt how appreciative men are of hairy chests that night too, but in the words of one young man "but you're still the hansome one". He was pointing at me. Why can't these people just be girls?

We allllllllllll love Spectrum

Ok, so i dont know the bar staff yet, but im sure that the ink from the stamp on my wrist has sunk into my veins. Anyway, since I have not blogged for a while I thought I would just amalgamate all the Spectrum evenings into one big post. So here goes...
Thanks to all that participated.




I just wrote this post and then realised that each spectrum night actually warrants its own post so this one is not as big as I thought.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Depression Central

So since my parents have been away, my sister and I have had to ramp-up our visits to our granmother is her "lodge". In between me eating all of her cheese without her noticing and watching her take what she describes as her "happy pills", I have started to stalk the old people on lower floors. It seems one of their favourite past times in this place is walking around. Sometimes we walk granny up to the communal lounge room or the "blue room" and then back to her room. She does this daily, as do many of the other "residents". I suggested that they start a walking group, except she didnt like that idea and went back to complaining about how bad the food is. I'm sure i'll get arrested for these photos.


how nice is sydney







i just took some photos. thought those not here might like to see them. Ahh, the joys of digital cameras.