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I'm still looking for the right blog for me. There was something in the blue, utilitarian vibe of myspace that is hard to beat. This one's a bit crap looking at the moment, I know. But apparently, you can change it. We'll see.



I have been attending the odd 'do'. This one was a bit of alright, with a band playing in a small room.



Ed and I went shredding on Sunday at a few spots, ending up at Port Melbourne. It's quite amusing if you go there rarely. How's the serenity?



Ed was working the flat pretty hard.





Monday night skates are back, thank the gods! Joey had been modelling all day and had make up on, though you can't really tell. The camera loves him.



We piled the under-utilised ledge and ourselves into Condor's montana mobile and headed for the hill.



There was a bit of a gathering of good sorts, a meeting of two tribes if you will.



Danza however, wasn't feeling it and took over photographic duties from hereon in.



Conor was skating really fresh, though it doesn't show in this shot. It's got more of a rootsy vibe.



Tom, working on his usual flip in flip out stuff.



Prior's on this weird 'every trick must contain a shove-it' trip. Except this seems to be a no-comply. Do I need to mention the beard? Loving it.



Prior works with Tom now, cutting tiles. Tom rocks his work uniform like it's Nautica. It's called Gerflor, I think. And they're all getting replaced in three weeks by machines! Oh, the folly of youth.



I ripped out a few of these bad boys, though Joey remarked there was a gap 'the size of the titanic' between my rail and the ledge. He says it because he cares.



I like this one because it looks like a shot in transworld from the early 90s of a random street skater, where the caption wouldn't even tell you what trick he was doing: 'Andrew Prior, night watchman'



I put this in to apease Danza, since he worked so hard on the composition, and also to call attention towards Sean's sweaty pits.



And this one of Prior is more like a CD cover.



I rode home in the back, which was great. We played darts for a while at Joeys and made fun of the Element video. A good night all round.

Sojourn

Hello! It's a new beginning.
What better way to kick things off than a blow-by-blow description of my weekend back in the home country. Sarah was off to a science camp where she was to dress as what she would be doing if she wasn't a scientist. Australian Idol is quite feasible.



While I was headed off to the land where people look like me.



















Lest we forget.



Went and talked business, real estate, shoes and Japan with Jolan and Mandy.



I couldn't resist trying on Jolan's rad glasses. I've always wanted some, but have never passed (failed) the eye test.



They suit him better though. Mandy couldn't take her eyes off him.



Frick'n traffic into town after dropping my mum at the airport. She went to England again for a while.



Grenfell rail RIP (the one covered by construction). This place still gives me freshness goosebumps.



Hooked up with Walker and his crew and rolled in his van for a while. Young Adelaide shredders are the best.





Met up with a personal fave: Liam. He's getting married in December, as is Henning on the same day. Marriage fever, who's next?



Andy still holding his own in games of SKATE against the wunderkinds.



We had dinner at Pij and Jenny's, where a tense stand-off ensued between Toffee and their dog Lucy. We chortled along, in between watching Catweazle on Youtube.



It was all forgotten the next morning at the beach.











Lunch at D and Joy's, complete with R. Quite a crew.



Cocky and the duck, famed from my short story. Cocky does a great array of noises, including a great cough and a convincing white noise.





My dad infused me with the photography bug, and he has shared my descent into bloggy-land.



Finally, I caught up with Ben and Sarah, who now have a baby boy named Elias! I held him for a while and he vomitted on me. I didn't mind.



I promise to be speak nothing of family, marriage and babies next time. Skate or die!