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This was taken in the kitchen at my office.

There’s a mistake in this picture somewhere…. see if you can tell what it is!

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(there, just wanted to clear that up)

And so, my blog rises zombie-like from the rain sodden earth, sporting elegant white and orange piping on a svelte black background. What’s been happening for the past six months??

For starters I moved to a new one bedroom flat, above a kids’ fashion store in Newtown. Yes, kids need fashion too! It’s across the road from a pub (the Courthouse Hotel), which means only a short crawl home on a Friday night. I would show you a picture of the place but those bastards at Google Street View turned right instead of left on my street, so no photo for you.

The only other significant detail to note about this particular topic is I now do my washing at a laundromat, and no, they are not a great place to pick up chicks. You lied to me, TV. Why did you lie to one who loves you so?

A significant forthcoming event is my imminent 30th birthday. I have teamed up with Alan, Voltron-style — I am the elbow, and he, the solar plexus — to organise a big shindig in the city. Some amount of planning has gone into this, so I am in the strange position of keenly anticipating my 30th, as opposed to, say, sticking a loaded shotgun in my mouth. Ha, ha! So I suppose now would be an opportune time to mention the addition of a wish lists page to my blog? (subtlety, thy name is Dan!)

There’s some other stuff going on but I’ll leave it there for now… OK one more thing. Naught but 20 minutes ago, I was walking by the newtown community centre and witnessed a guy conjuring some amazing chalk art on the footpath (photo below). He thrust a flyer into my hand, proclaiming the Chalk Urban Art Festival, from 4-7 September in Darling harbour. I’ll be there with bells on…

I feel obliged to point out that the theme for Sam’s b’day was “trashy”. We don’t dress like bogans 24/7… just when we go out to celebrate with our friends in public places. I think we freaked out members of the two wedding parties who were having photos taken in the gazebo… as well as Anton Enis, who was sitting on a bench in the shade, pretending to read a book and wishing he was invited to such a cool party.