For the benefit of the people whom don’t read my MySpace blog…
What a fantastic weekend it’s been!
Friday night I went out with Mil & Jay and watched Never release their new EP. They were supported by The Kidney Thieves and boy did TKT have everyone going off! Man, I *loved* their music the best of the whole night! The lead singer is channelling Mike Patton and the music was reminiscent of his Mr Bungle days. Good thing I love Mr Bungle. Next time they play, I’m gonna go and buy a CD and maybe a Tshirt. IIRC they are playing again at Club Phoenix on June 22nd. The last day their drummer is going to be around, due to family commitments. I hope they get another good drummer soon! (Maybe they already have). I actually liked TKT better than Never. Got home just after 1am yesterday morning.
I got up at 6:40am to go pick up Sienna. The ferry is out this weekend so I had to go the long way around, hence the earlier than usual rise. We got to swimming lessons with plenty of time and Sienna had a ball as usual. She really can float on her own for quite a long time and is very proud, however the first time she did it they gave her a ribbon and now she’s upset she didn’t get another one. At lunch time we drove to Annerley and went to a school fete. One of the young goths from the Brisbane Goth Forums had a fete at her school and wanted other goths to come along so we went. Sienna went on the jumbo slide on her own and came a cropper with a bruise on her arm and chin and leg. We had to then go find an ATM so we could buy her an arm band which let her go on as many rides as she wanted. On the way back we followed some gothy looking people into the school yard. Sienna went on a big fast spinning swing ride and was very excited, then we needed something to eat. She grabbed some ‘cotton candy’ (she won’t say fairy floss) and we saw the goths again so I wandered over to say ‘Hi’. We had a bit of a chat and got directions to the food stalls and headed off. They also had a licensed bar there, but I didn’t buy any booze (WHAT??? Yeah - I know!). I had a couple of souvalaki shish kebabs and Sienna had some chips with tomato sauce on them. We went back to the jumbo slide and I held onto Sienna and went down a couple of times, then it was time to go home. We said goodbye to the goths and grabbed a teddy bear which Sienna was dying to have, on the way out.
Today I’m going to the Botanical Gardens in the city to meet up with some new friends from the Brisbane Goth Forums. I’ll have to go shopping first as I have to get some groceries and we have to take something to eat with us. I’m thinking of making a dip with bread from a recipe I got years ago when I was working at the University of Sydney. It’s really yum, consisting of sour cream, spinach & French Onion mix. Mix it all up and buy a big round cobb loaf thing, scoop it out and put the dip in the middle. Yum! I’m tempted to go check out another band tonight but will see how tired I am. Last night I didn’t get to sleep until after 1am and was woken a few times, finally getting up at 7:30am.
