11 days at the vets and a lot of dollars later, he is still the same retard I know and love.

The other day I came home to find Max sat in the bathroom, swiping at a pile of clothes whilst looking slightly bewildered. I thought nothing of it, as he is a bit mentally special at the best of times. Anyway after watching him for five minutes, I went to pick him up and saw a small little tail sticking out from within the pile of clothes. This is what I found inside.

I have no idea where he came from, but he is third mouse that Max has caught in the past month, he was the only one lucky enough to survive and be set free.

Whilst I’m in Melbourne suffering through 46 degree heat and smelling the smoke of terrible, deadly bush fires, my mum is deep in snow. Its a funny world.

I love this beach, I have some fond childhood memories of Sundays spent swimming and playing.

Me vs metal flat bank using limited array of tricks.

Last week I went to see Throwing Muses twice. Once at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne where I saw Kristin Hersh in 2007 and then the next day, flew up to Sydney to see them perform again at the Sydney Festival. I also managed to catch Kristin Hersh perform her Parodoxical Undressing solo show. So yeah, I am a massive nerd, but it was well worth it and a great weekend.

Edit: I also enjoyed the whole Sydney experience a great deal more than I have done the past two times that I went up there. The main reason for this being the fact that I had my iPhone with me the whole time. I was able to plan my time and make my way around the city a lot more effectively with the help of the inbuilt gps and google maps.

For example, I hadn’t checked out the harbour and opera house until this weekend just past, due to not knowing where it was in relation to where I was staying and not planning enough. With the iPhone, all I had to do was to search for the address, switch to directions mode and then follow the instructions. I realise I could do this with any phone with gps, so I am not being too much of an iPhone fanboy, but it is very interesting to me how the addition of one gadget can turn a city I have not enjoyed in the past, into a whole new, much nicer experience.

A photo of Max when he was much smaller. (Taken with a Leica C11)

Picnic on the beach and swimming in the sea is the exact way Christmas
is meant to be spent.

Merry Xmas to you all.

YouTube – This Is Charley.