posted by darryn filed under personal
I was listening to my mp3 player in bed and actually heard the lyrics to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “I Could Have Lied” for the first time. There are parallels in my own life, but really I am posting this because copying lyrics is a cheap way of getting content up when I have been slack.
There must be somethingIn
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posted by darryn filed under personal
I arrived back in Australia on the 7th of February, just in time for my birthday on the 9th. It turns out that the 31st birthday is the one that makes you feel old, not the 30th. I had friends and family over for a birthday BBQ on the Saturday, all my friends were de facto/married/engaged, there were two babies
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posted by darryn filed under Uncategorized
This is my last night in London for a while, and Jem is taking me to the Lord Nelson to throw some arrows (darts). There is the possibility of some pint drinking as well.
Yesterday we went climbing with his mate Rex, who is a top bloke (although now practically a Pom). It has been a while and I was a
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posted by darryn filed under Uncategorized
I am writing this from an internet cafe in South Ealing, London. I have been here in London since Sunday night and will be leaving next Sunday night. I am staying with Mel and Jem who are, as always, being great hosts.
I was a bit scared before the flight over here, as my ear is still infected and the cabin
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posted by darryn filed under Uncategorized
I am shipping a box of stuff back home, so I went to the Post Office (postkantoor) to pick up a good box. I waited for 20 minutes to buy the box. When I got to the counter, I asked the lady how much it would cost to send the box to Australia. She grudgingly looked it up in her
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posted by darryn filed under personal
My lease runs out in eight days and I have not found anywhere acceptable to live. I was walking down the street pondering this when it hit me: there is somewhere that I can easily find a good place to live. Sydney. I have now given it some thought, and invited Adam and Mel to talk me out of it,
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posted by darryn filed under personal
I haven't posted much lately, and my excuse is that I am sick. I have been sick for over two weeks now and have been sleeping 16+ hours per day. I thought that I had a really bad cold, but I went to the doctor and found out that I have a sinus/middle ear infection. This makes sense as I
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posted by darryn filed under personal
I just got back from checking out my new house. I have to move out of my current house on Keizersgracht by Feb 1, and I have been lucky to find somewhere to go. My new place is on Nieuw Nieuwstraat (New New Street, not to be confused with the nearby Old New Street), near the corner with Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal.
The
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posted by darryn filed under personal
I haven’t posted for a while, nothing new has happened, but things are evolving, and this post is about one of them.
I don’t have any friends in Europe. My nearest true friend is Mel in London, and everyone else is in Australia, 21,000km away. This is not a sad story. I am not lonely. This situation has given me a
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