Sunny outside

Lordy, I've been busy at work. That's not very exciting, is it? Well, let's have a look and see if I can't make it look like I've been up to exciting things.

That's right - Trent and Will were here a few weeks ago. They put on an impromptu Pass Port demo at Northcote skatepark. Great to see these fellows.



The secret ingredient of Will's backside tailslide prowess. I tried it out and it doesn't work with me.



Oh yeah! That day we drove to Torquay for a BBQ on the beach with Dr Jay, Conor, Amanda and co! Shaka vibes!



Went on a bit of a gallery crawl with Benno, Sheena, Sam and Andrew. It was a good day, even if I did get a bit angry about contemporary art. Remind me to regale you with my theories on the whole 'things that look like other things but they're actually the thing you thought they were in the first place, but not' art movement.



I did like this film about some kids sitting in a tree holding mirrors!



It was Dion's birthday, so we celebrated by drinking a lot at his bar! I'm drunk in this photo. Punk rock pose from Jase.



A punk rock pose from the usually mild-mannered Ackroyd, whose birthday was yesterday.



I insisted on a more typical pose, which doesn't really work as well in the end.



The birthday boy had to escort a man out of the bar for being too drunken and wearing a big Irish hat.



Went skating in the south-eastern suburbs with an impressive crew. Photographer Tim Hillier was there. Check out his show at TCB gallery, on right now. I also wrote something about it here.



A rare moment of downtime from an athletic and motivated bunch.



A rare glimpse of my workplace. Gary is the provider of many of the laughs around Clemson, with his unwavering self-belief, outrageous stories and refusal to adapt to new technology. Here, he ponders some window cleaner abseiling characters, which gave me an excuse to snap a shot off.



Here's a weird photo of when Jase and I went to the movies. Margin Call - pretty good! Can't go wrong with Spacey. Or maybe you can. But here, you don't.



Sarah and Robert were over from Germany for a couple of weeks. We got so excited that we booked tickets to head over that side of the world for a holiday in September!! Well, it was a bit more complicated than that, but that's what's happening. Look out, Europe.



Apple tasting festival - hectic queue.



The sweet, sweet spoils. Slightly disappointing, to tell the truth.



Crazy snake guy. Man, he was hilarious.

Skate clip

What's been going on?

I don't know, lots of things. It's funny sorting through your life in pictures. We went to Aaron and Maryanne's wedding party, for one thing.



It was excellent!



There they are, the lovely couple having their first dance to Mr Bowie.



Everyone looked really nice. It was great to hang out with Jeremy and PM.



Good to see Scottie on the sauce.



It was hot one day, so I went for a skate with Tess at 8 in the morning. Fawkner is a dream when there's noone else there.



There have been a few picnics on the go. This one was for Ed and Olivia's joint birthday celebrations. Tess is a real shit in these situations. She can't help but try and eat everyone's food, or run towards the road.



Sophia was sitting in this little camping chair, which made her look like a grown up - quite fitting!



We went for a drive into the hills one day when it was pouring rain, in search of Devonshire Tea.



Success!



Quite a funny place.



Rosie found this in a secondhand bookshop.



Went for a skate with Tom and Lachie, who are feverishly filming an iphone only video.



Went and saw the Gonz skate. Here he is turning up late with his girlfriend, only to be hounded for an autograph by a behelmeted Tony Hallam. To be expected.



Lovely stuff - doubles ollie with Dennis Busenitz. Of course, Gonz rolled around the course with his girlfriend on his shoulders, but I didn't get a photo of that.



It kept showering for brief periods, quite beautiful really (if you weren't watching a skate demo).



After the demo, Joey got me into an exclusive type after-demo type thing at the indoor park, with free shoes!



Controversial shot of Nike team rider Mike Martin fondling some three stripes.



Silas Baxter-Neal is good on the board.



The other night, on a rare musical outing, we went and saw Will Oldham play a concert!



It was at the Regal Ballroom, a relatively new venue on the block. Very pretty, with table seating and drinks waiters like at a wedding. It was a bit strange that all the people who didn't pay $5 more for a seat had to bunch up at the back.



It was pretty good!