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Well, seeya.

Mike

]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/10429228/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/10429228/ Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:18:54 PDT
This is for all my TAFE buddies who I miss...

Haven't done anything on here much, but am keeping my account active because theres a lot of you on here that i

love...

like...

find interesting...

admire...

envy...

Everything on my end is nice I guess. Still working at the Ice Rink and getting a bit of design work out of it.
Figure Skating and Hockey both need design work done all the time, plus theres a lot of people that come to the rink that own business and such, so I am a logo guy for them. I have quit Djing at weddings because I don't really like it and it's not what I studied to do. But I still DJ at the ice rink cos its easy and casual and fun.

I would like to know what you are all up to...

Tash, ur at uni?

Scott, got a new job?

Adam, got a car and working near the city?

Mike, working for Saltmedia, recently relocated?

Tina, working ur way up?

Aidan?

Suzie?

Brad?

Jayden?

Jasmin?

David Levi?

Jesse Brockis? (coolest name ever)

Tegan?

Ash?


Miss u all

]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/9855388/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/9855388/ Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:44:41 PDT ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/9601969/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/9601969/ Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:15:56 PDT
Thank god Big Brother has finished and the up late game show with hot dogs is back on. Wondrous top quality viewing, but he could improve the show by wearing a cape and being even more wondrous. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/9435066/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/9435066/ Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:16:38 PDT sorry to those who know what im sorry for
chicken to those who know what im chicken for

my hair is growing

but i dont like the word trim

i like the word stalwart
but thats beside the point ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/8963364/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/8963364/ Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:22:19 PDT And I now walk with a swagger. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/7853717/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/7853717/ Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:30:33 PST ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/7655027/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/7655027/ Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:39:18 PST
Designwise: Been doing a bit of work for my place of work. Nothing worth showing but getting paid.

Lifewise: Feeling better than I used to.

Tshirtwise: Polos

Musicwise: Karnivool - refined for a Perth band

TVwise: American Gothic on DVD


BYE ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/7465382/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/7465382/ Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:52:34 PST
Nonetheless, stay in touch

mike ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/7248724/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/7248724/ Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:22:08 PST ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5306839/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5306839/ Sun, 08 May 2005 22:54:58 PDT Yeah but nobody searches
Nobody cares somehow
When the loving that you’ve wasted
Comes raining from a hapless cloud
And I might stop and look upon your face
Disappear in the sweet, sweet gaze
See the living that surrounds me
Dissipate in a violet place

Can’t you see what you’ve done to my heart
And soul?
This is a wasteland now

INTERPOL ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5260906/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5260906/ Tue, 03 May 2005 22:24:09 PDT
He wasn't wearing that super hero costume.

Anyway a few days later I was in bed and got woken by dripping sounds in my room. Water was seeping into my wardrobe and dripping on all my clothes and into my drawers, and the whole ceiling was wet with water dripping onto the floor.

It was 5am and I had to climb into the roof to see what was happening. Mr Incompetantenna didnt replace the roof tile he had moved to put the cable in the roof cavity.

Yesterday I washed every piece of clothing I own. It took all day. My room smells musty, even though I soaked up all the water I could.

But at least I can get SBS. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5211333/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5211333/ Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:29:34 PDT But sometimes it feels like it.

]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5142994/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5142994/ Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:37:20 PDT ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5002369/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/5002369/ Mon, 04 Apr 2005 21:31:44 PDT
I want to (in no particular order)

-make a movie
-record a song
-travel the world
-be a success at this graphics thing
-publish a book

you? ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4978592/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4978592/ Sat, 02 Apr 2005 10:55:18 PST
Upon the sand, upon the bay
"There is a quick and easy way" you say
Before you illustrate
I'd rather state :
"I'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I am"

And Sorrow's native son
He will not smile for anyone


And Pretty Girls Make Graves
Oh ...


End of the pier, end of the bay
You tug my arm, and say : "Give in to lust,
Give up to lust, oh heaven knows we'll
Soon be dust ... " ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4676554/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4676554/ Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:02:54 PST its hard to smile.
When you know how you look
and you know that it wont happen.
sometimes
its hard to walk away
and sometimes
dreams will break you.
sometimes
all you can do
is hope
for them
to be happy.
and you wish
that you could be happy
sometimes. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4573582/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4573582/ Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:15:21 PST
]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4556755/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4556755/ Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:37:07 PST But it was begging me to stay.
What was it but my reflection?
Grinning
and pointing
and laughing
as it cast me down.

I would dream until I hit the ground.
And I would wait to dream again.
I would take these scattered fragments
and wish for just a little more. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4482192/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4482192/ Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:42:39 PST
You don't know. Not that you wanted to. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4443683/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4443683/ Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:41:08 PST
Being fined for petty shit by anal police officers who can't prevent real crime from happening because they waste their time on petty shit by being anal.

People that dont know me passing unfair comments behind my back.

My rut.

Coming to the end of each and every day and realising that despite having people around me, I am ultimately alone.

Worst day... ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4374741/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4374741/ Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:32:25 PST
In other news, we are changing coffee at work to something nicer. No more burnt tasting Coffex. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4346228/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4346228/ Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:21:05 PST
I went crabbing last night in Mandurah. We got 12 between 4 of us so I'm gonna have a good lunch today. I remember last summer we went and some guy drowned not far from us. He was crabbing and his container for putting the crabs in filled with water and he drowned because it was tied to his waist. We didn't see it but it was on the news the next day.

TAFE starts up again soon. I'm sort of looking forward to it, sort of not as well. Final year. Can't wait till its over. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4308337/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4308337/ Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:57:24 PST
Maybe I just think too much.

Mickey from Natural Born Killers says regret is a wasted emotion. Sounds cool. I want to believe it. But I guess if there were no regrets this world would be a lot more crazy. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4268894/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/4268894/ Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:54:04 PST
I go out with friends and hope to have a good time.

I see drunk people.

I'm tired of being aloof. But I don't want to be annebriated because I don't like hangovers and I don't like that gross feeling of slurring and spitting at people when I talk.

The man at the servo was far too lively to just be enjoying work. Maybe he was drunk also. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3400134/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3400134/ Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:36:54 PDT ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3334378/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3334378/ Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:34:00 PDT ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3252108/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3252108/ Tue, 31 Aug 2004 02:06:23 PDT
I guess it's because every assignment i get for college ends up posted here, and these assignments are very varied.

Anyway I'm gonna do some spring cleaning. Some deviations will be deleted and some will be edited because there is a lot of shit here. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048219/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048219/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 10:01:02 PDT ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048193/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048193/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:56:42 PDT
I've been having a spot of bad luck lately, and I hope it ends soon. Here's whats happened to me over the last 6 weeks or so.

1. I hit a pothole on the way home from work. Burst 2 tyres and damage my rims pretty badly.

2. Get my phone stolen from a nightclub.

3. While at work my car gets broken into. Smashed window, damage to the interior, missing stereo. Oh and I dont usually leave my wallet in my car, but this time I did. Gone.

4. On the way home from TAFE get done by a speed camera on freeway.

On the way home from work tonight, 2 cats run in front of my car. They weren't black cats, but I still drove home like a nana. They say bad luck comes in threes, but its at number 4 right now. I hope it doesnt come in multiples of 3...

On the upside, however, I did some DJ work on the holidays. Nothing great. Just playing songs and entertaining a bunch of kids at an ice rink. But they liked me and now I'm resident Saturday DJ. I kinda feel bad, because there is an ex-resident Saturday DJ.

Oh and I got my first design job. A logo for West Australian synchronised ice skating team. Again, nothing great, but its experience and a little $. And if they are happy I get to do another one for them.

TAFE has started, and I've got to try and get back into the swing of things. I was contemplating not continuing, some of the classes we've had seem like a waste of time. But I know there is still heaps to learn. For example we have an assignment where we have to research issues of copyright, patents, trademarks and design registration. Mundane but very important. So I will stick it out I think. I just get tired of things sometimes.

Over
Out. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048142/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048142/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:49:32 PDT
I've been having a spot of bad luck lately, and I hope it ends soon. Here's whats happened to me over the last 6 weeks or so.

1. I hit a pothole on the way home from work. Burst 2 tyres and damage my rims pretty badly.

2. Get my phone stolen from a nightclub.

3. While at work my car gets broken into. Smashed window, damage to the interior, missing stereo. Oh and I dont usually leave my wallet in my car, but this time I did. Gone.

4. On the way home from TAFE get done by a speed camera on freeway.

On the way home from work tonight, 2 cats run in front of my car. They weren't black cats, but I still drove home like a nana. They say bad luck comes in threes, but its at number 4 right now. I hope it doesnt come in multiples of 3...

On the upside, however, I did some DJ work on the holidays. Nothing great. Just playing songs and entertaining a bunch of kids at an ice rink. But they liked me and now I'm resident Saturday DJ. I kinda feel bad, because there is an ex-resident Saturday DJ.

Oh and I got my first design job. A logo for West Australian synchronised ice skating team. Again, nothing great, but its experience and a little $. And if they are happy I get to do another one for them.

TAFE has started, and I've got to try and get back into the swing of things. I was contemplating not continuing, some of the classes we've had seem like a waste of time. But I know there is still heaps to learn. For example we have an assignment where we have to research issues of copyright, patents, trademarks and design registration. Mundane but very important. So I will stick it out I think. I just get tired of things sometimes.

Over
Out. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048123/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048123/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:47:08 PDT
I've been having a spot of bad luck lately, and I hope it ends soon. Here's whats happened to me over the last 6 weeks or so.

1. I hit a pothole on the way home from work. Burst 2 tyres and damage my rims pretty badly.

2. Get my phone stolen from a nightclub.

3. While at work my car gets broken into. Smashed window, damage to the interior, missing stereo. Oh and I dont usually leave my wallet in my car, but this time I did. Gone.

4. On the way home from TAFE get done by a speed camera on freeway.

On the way home from work tonight, 2 cats run in front of my car. They weren't black cats, but I still drove home like a nana. They say bad luck comes in threes, but its at number 4 right now. I hope it doesnt come in multiples of 3...

On the upside, however, I did some DJ work on the holidays. Nothing great. Just playing songs and entertaining a bunch of kids at an ice rink. But they liked me and now I'm resident Saturday DJ. I kinda feel bad, because there is an ex-resident Saturday DJ.

Oh and I got my first design job. A logo for West Australian synchronised ice skating team. Again, nothing great, but its experience and a little $. And if they are happy I get to do another one for them.

TAFE has started, and I've got to try and get back into the swing of things. I was contemplating not continuing, some of the classes we've had seem like a waste of time. But I know there is still heaps to learn. For example we have an assignment where we have to research issues of copyright, patents, trademarks and design registration. Mundane but very important. So I will stick it out I think. I just get tired of things sometimes.

Over
Out. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048115/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048115/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:45:16 PDT ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048090/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/3048090/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:43:04 PDT
I've been having a spot of bad luck lately, and I hope it ends soon. Here's whats happened to me over the last 6 weeks or so.

1. I hit a pothole on the way home from work. Burst 2 tyres and damage my rims pretty badly.

2. Get my phone stolen from a nightclub.

3. While at work my car gets broken into. Smashed window, damage to the interior, missing stereo. Oh and I dont usually leave my wallet in my car, but this time I did. Gone.

4. On the way home from TAFE get done by a speed camera on freeway.

On the way home from work tonight, 2 cats run in front of my car. They weren't black cats, but I still drove home like a nana. They say bad luck comes in threes, but its at number 4 right now. I hope it doesnt come in multiples of 3...

On the upside, however, I did some DJ work on the holidays. Nothing great. Just playing songs and entertaining a bunch of kids at an ice rink. But they liked me and now I'm resident Saturday DJ. I kinda feel bad, because there is an ex-resident Saturday DJ.

Oh and I got my first design job. A logo for West Australian synchronised ice skating team. Again, nothing great, but its experience and a little $. And if they are happy I get to do another one for them.

TAFE has started, and I've got to try and get back into the swing of things. I was contemplating not continuing, some of the classes we've had seem like a waste of time. But I know there is still heaps to learn. For example we have an assignment where we have to research issues of copyright, patents, trademarks and design registration. Mundane but very important. So I will stick it out I think. I just get tired of things sometimes.

Over
Out. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2541030/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2541030/ Sun, 30 May 2004 07:53:35 PDT ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2384173/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2384173/ Sat, 08 May 2004 08:08:04 PDT ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2329815/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2329815/ Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:43:40 PDT ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2288234/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2288234/ Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:48:43 PDT waiting for her name to be called
looking at the seconds hand
trying so hard not to fall

they closed in, dragged her down
without a sound
she hit the ground
what she had was never found
she never had it at all

sneering at her in the half light
voices taunting become one
shadows pierce the light of her heart
slowly she will come undone

they came and broke her dreams
all her dreams
or so it seems
sabotaging her machine
trapping her in webs deftly spun ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2232709/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2232709/ Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:50:56 PDT Hearing those cries.
A solitary voice and the images fly.
Words never heard are preserved in your eyes.
So I
looked inside. Therein lies my demise.

I fell alone.
Severed all ties.
A blade that was made as a weapon of lies.
Blood starts to drain, leaves a stain in the sky
So I
close my eyes. Let the time let it dry.

I fell alone.
There was no second prize. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2210907/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2210907/ Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:23:14 PDT is flickering
this fickle thing
is eating me inside

It lights the darkest corners
and shows me where
and I don't care
this dream is just a lie

A whisper from my nightmare
it frightens me
I know I'll be
the last to know this time

And time again I wonder
if I'll get a place
in the human race
how can I cross the line

when yesterday restrains me
it calls my name
I feel the blame
of every single tear

that's fallen on your pillow
your reasons true
I reach for you
I want to pull you near

Take you away from here ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2188273/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2188273/ Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:09:37 PDT Words echo freely in halls stripped bare
Words contrived slowly with hidden intent
Words that are whispered are louder than screams
Words forged as weapons will scar for all time

Horizons retreat as the dream keeps its distance
Footsteps behind will remain to remind
Footsteps sound hollow like empty promises
Footsteps once nimble become heavy and slow
Footsteps go nowhere but where they will go

Reflection departs as tears well
Everything known will never change
Everything realized breeds discontent
Everything loved is unforgiving
Everything beautiful is so far away ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2167213/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2167213/ Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:17:31 PDT those who know will leave his side.
Angels falling, wings are broken
Request for just one chance. Denied.

Sorry but you dont belong
This feels so wrong
I'm here as long
as you are absent, stay away
There is no way
I'd ever play

With you. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2097354/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2097354/ Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:08:48 PST Empty halls echo.
Answers, out of reach
dance in the half light
and the lies fill your mind.
The pendulum swings
and you
cry for a sunrise
are answered by silence.
Pages turn yellow
and memories to dust.
The faces you know
turn away in disgust.
Dim lights flicker.
Shadows begin to dance.
Somewhere, a tear falls
Somewhere in these halls. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2009531/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/2009531/ Sun, 14 Mar 2004 09:01:31 PST Brand New and The Butterfly Effect made it worthwhile. :rocket: ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1977894/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1977894/ Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:32:11 PST ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1893324/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1893324/ Mon, 23 Feb 2004 07:25:23 PST
Me and my brother used to build cubbies in there while singing 'You gotta work hard to be a solo man'. Some jingle for a soft drink ad in the 80s. We used to walk so far into that bush, all the way to the train tracks! That's far, believe me. When I got my first motorbike, thats where I used to ride. They left the tree where we used to wait for our turn on the bikes, how nice of them. No more adventures to be had in there now. I guess I am a bit old for such adventures. Maybe. But it's still kinda sad.

On the other hand, a shopping centre and a train station right across the road will be kinda cool I suppose. Too bad I will have finished TAFE by the time its there! ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1835062/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1835062/ Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:49:23 PST ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1784963/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1784963/ Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:42:46 PST and tell me its the right room. I'm too lazy to check my timetable, which I left at home anyway. I wonder what lecturer we will have. I wonder what bark on a tree is made out of. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1769748/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1769748/ Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:06:13 PST
My holidays were okay, I have been working a lot, but dont seem to have any money saved. I have been thinking of taking the year of to get finances back on track, but I guess I would like to get study out of the way as soon as possible. I just hate being so poor, but don't we all?

Looking forward to getting back into design, over the holidays I just haven't had time to sit down and create.

There will be plenty to do this year. Theres the design asylum venture to work on :icondesign-asylum:. has already taken on a few jobs! There will also be a clothing label called asylum, starting with T-shirts, which we have been looking into as well. And then assignments for TAFE. So this year will be busy in terms of design. I can't wait to see how things go.

I also plan on doing some more writing. It's something I enjoy and I would like to go somewhere with it one day. I had my 3rd poem published in a compilation book in America over the holidays. It's called "I wish". You can find it in my gallery. If you wish.

Wow. My longest and most journalesque journal entry ever. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1651294/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1651294/ Fri, 09 Jan 2004 02:56:29 PST ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1518001/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1518001/ Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:15:20 PST


We are starting a design business these holidays. Our name will be Design Asylum. We have an ABN, and will be getting business cards printed shortly. We are making plans for a website. Initially we will be providing design services for South of the river, hopefully it will expand if all goes well. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1474666/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1474666/ Mon, 01 Dec 2003 07:36:19 PST
The coolest thing happened today. I swam with dolphins. A friend and I went snorkelling near Garden Island. When we got there we saw about 8 dolphins cavorting in a shallowish sandy area of water. So we got in the water and swam up to where they were. We could hear them making those squeaking noises underwater! They were timid, and didn't come too close, but it was great anyway. There was a baby one there and he was playing around and swimming belly up. I've surfed with dolphins before, but never actually seen them underwater. They seem so happy! I wish I was a dolphin!! ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1433745/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1433745/ Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:22:39 PST
Well we are nearing the end of our Cert 4 Graphic Design course. The last few weeks have been quite hectic. Lots of assignments. One printer in the whole college. French curves. Cross-platform malfunctions. Ink smudges, money for parking and trimming mishaps. I kind of like being busy like this, it distracts me from things.

Thinking of driving up to Ningaloo some time on the holidays. Coral Bay or Kalbarri and just chilling for a week or so. First I need to get the money. After I get money to buy Christmas presents, pay TAFE fees for next year, service my car, pay off my credit card and pay the remainder I owe on a guitar I bought.

I dislike how the world works in such a way that money is our sole pursuit. And that I have precious little of said money. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1367460/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1367460/ Fri, 07 Nov 2003 01:47:11 PST
Yay avatars are back! DA wasn't the same with the absence of avatars. Everybody seemed less interested/ing when they weren't showing.

Weather is great in Perth at the moment. Summer is beginning, and the warmth and sunshine seems to make the world just that little bit more friendly and relaxed and happy, which is exactly what I need right now.

Just spent the day swimming at a friends house. He just moved into a house with a swimming pool. Pools are cool! ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1345114/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1345114/ Sat, 01 Nov 2003 08:23:52 PST
Went skating with

last night. Nobody fell over! It was quite fun. Hair-cape was in his element ,wedges were old, and Eye of the Tiger was cranking. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1332117/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1332117/ Tue, 28 Oct 2003 04:30:19 PST
Not much to say except I am bored of mixing gouache, I am bored of repetitive patterns...and I love Milo dairy snacks. Green container. Pink lunch box.

The TAFE crew is coming ice skating on Friday!!

I hope to see you all there!!

I've worked at an ice rink since February this year, and last Friday was the first time I actually went skating. I'm pretty bad at it, but I'm going to start going a bit more, the chill will be a welcome escape from the hot summer sun.

We have a Christmas party fast approaching too. We are going to Joe's Fish Shack in Fremantle for a 3 course meal. And drinks!!!
Entré
Our choice of:
garlic bread and sourdough
stuffed tiger prawns (yummmmmmmm)
crumbed calamari

Mains
Our choice of:
Northern Territory barramundi (yummmm)
Scotch Eye fillet steak

Dessert
sticky date pudding
something else I cant for the life of me remember the name of! I wish it was Milo dairy snacks.

Alcohol: as much as we like - paid for. :alcohol: :wine:

Our boss is mega rich. A real life millionaire. The ice rink is a hobby for him. His other business supplies communications equipment to the Australian Army, NATO and the UN. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1321268/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1321268/ Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:42:37 PDT My weekend has consisted of disappointment, realization and contemplation.
I went to a party tonight held by , a friend of mine from high school who only signed up to check out my work. So he hasnt submitted anything A fan of the Deftones! (my own summer) ( passenger) ( engine number 9) What a great band. Yeah well anyway I was drinking red for the first time and .... playing pictionary!!!

Let me just say that being a graphic design student has made me a stronger pictionary player!!

How do you draw a picture for the word DIRECT?
or the word NOD? ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1290224/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1290224/ Fri, 17 Oct 2003 19:23:07 PDT
Went to a party held by last night. Had a rollicking sober good time with , and a non DA guy Jesse, watching and , and a whole bunch of other people have a rollicking drunken good time.

HIGHLIGHTS
the McDonalds chip fight in red furniture corner
s line dancing
Jesse juggling 3 oranges...I swear he has a shady circus past.
the toxic strawberry fruit punch
being with such wonderful people. I have met some of the greatest people ever this year!

This morning we got a phone call from our dad. He left us about 12 years ago, and we haven't heard from him in that time. He's not my real father, I never even met my real father. But he's my brother's father, and the only one I've known. Hearing from him this morning was weird. Awkward silences and questions we wanted to ask but couldn't bring ourselves to. He gave us his number. He's a tour operator in Broome. We love him, but 12 years is a long time. Being abandoned like that is not nice at all, but the past we shared is full of great memories. My first motorbike. My first bodyboard. My first job. Camping, fishing, four wheel driving.

Dad stuff. ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1278879/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1278879/ Wed, 15 Oct 2003 01:04:58 PDT
Amused by plastic bags and untied laces
Curling up on my favourite blanket
on the top bunk in the spare bedroom
Observing them carry out meaningless tasks
Stalking insects through long grass
Climbing up the curtains. I need to be up there.
Although the food could be better
I wish I was a cat ]]> ~abandon http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1266550/ http://abandon.deviantart.com/journal/1266550/ Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:28:54 PDT I can't for the life of me mix purple and yellow to get brown.
I smelled oil paints for the first time.
I chose the letter a for my next typo assignment.
I haven't read a book, or even a page of a book, for 2 weeks.
I recently discovered the joys of feeling joyous.
It has been 23 years since I was last born. ]]> ~abandon