Hey, remember how I said that thing..

Said it before, will say it again.
UPDATES COMING SOON.
Out.

Sunday Morning

Another Sunday morning getting ready for church. Thats my boy Carm preparing his presentation for RUSH Youth Mentoring, a program our church is undertaking within the community to mentor youth identified as being at risk. Go bro!

I shall be rocking out on drums shortly, as is my way each Sunday. Booyah!!

Chow Time’nt.

Trying to find a great meal at night in my hometown of Wollongong, is nothing short of a challenge.

Tonight, the plan for the Tammsta and myself was to hook up with friends and grab some ribs from the new Outback Steakhouse that just opened. It’s a classy place, with a line of smokers out the door to greet you as you arrive for your authentic Australian outback experience, complete with didgeridoos hanging from the ceiling. Just like the Kooris have! However upon our arrival, we were told it would be at least an hour wait for a table. No thanks. So we headed out for the next best thing in Aussie tucker, Manjits Indian Restaurant. Hey, its the city of diversity!

Anyways, it ended up being a sweet night with our buddies and the food was some of the best Indian I’ve had in a long time. Who knew?!

A brief recap of where I’ve been is still to come, I just wanted to test blogging from my phone. It works!

Later amigos..

Wha’ happend?!

Yo yo!
Back in effect finally!
Much to say but its too late to say it.
Will update tomorrow.
Just letting you know Im still here crazy internet world!
Talk tomorrow.
Goodnight..

Once Again.

Yep, done it again.
Long time, no blog.
About to go on holidays, so i’ll update when I get back.

Hello?

Can anybody hear me?!

‘Til then, keep rockin amigos!

Escaping the Matrix.

Im not the kind of person to go down to physical sickness easy. I gotta be real out of it to let a bug or virus or any other type of ailment affect me. Yeah, Im a real hero. Well Ive been off work now for four days, plus a weekend in there too. I turned up to work today and was told to go home because I was still too sick. Sick days are a funny thing. On the upside you get time off work and if youve got a legendary wife like mine, you kinda get spoiled, on the downside youre feeling too crapola to really enjoy the time off…I guess thats what holidays are for?!

Part of the reason I tried to go back to work today, even though I was sick, was because there was a part of me that wasnt sure if I would stay home because of my ever growing lack of enthusiasm for my job, or because I really didnt feel well. Thats not good.

Ive been racking my brains over what kind of career path I would bounce out of bed for and Im comin’ up short. Guess all thats left is for me to be Australia’s first solo RAP SUPERSTAR (Joel Turner doesnt count!). Guess I’ll need to do a song with slammin’ “street beats” mixed with some rockin’ guitar and Jimmy Barnes wailing on the chorus. Instant crossover appeal while remaining relevant to the Australian music industry. Perfect!

Watch this space…

Back to the Future.

Here I am, yet again playing catch up with ye olde blog. I think this may explain why I have never tried keeping a diary. That, and the fact that I have never been a sixteen year old girl recording secrets in her private log about “cute boys”. What am I talking about?!

So, to play catch up real quick, here is a list of things Ive been up to since my last proper post back in May. In no particular or chronological order:

- Wrote new material and lovin’ it.
- Had a tooth removed.
- Rocked out at Blackstump.
- Been on holidays.
- Had my Xbox360 die on me.
- Sent my 360 away to be fixed.
- Got my 360 back.
- Huzzah! Xbox Live now works on my new 360.
- Became addicted to Xbox Live.
- Assured the Tammsta I loved her more than my 360.
- Had a birthday.
- Got an 80gb Ipod.
- Sold out and joined Facebook.
- Rocked more gigs.
- Found out more of my friends are having babies.
- Reassured myself I was not weird for not yet having a baby of my own.
- Reassured myself I was not ready to join the group “We all have babies and enjoy standing around talking to each other after church in the church foyer” on Facebook, or in real life.
- Rewatched Smallville seasons 1-5.
- Finished Smallville season 6.
- Tried to unsuccessfully curb my CD buying habit.
- Did not blog.
- Wished I was Jack Bauer.
- Bought a crapload of dvd’s while on holidays.
- Hunted many terrorists on Rainbow Six Vegas with my friends.
- Had the Halo 3 experience.
- Thanked God that Wollongong finally has an Oporto and Cold Rock.

I could probably keep going but it would be somewhat boring. Long story short, have been heaps busy and writing new stuff for “my new album that really is coming out soon, I promise.”

Anyway, Im catching a few shows in the next few weeks. Katalyst, Justin Timberlake (Im taking my wife. No really.), Ohmega Watts and Joss Stone. Cant wait! Anyways, thanks for stopping by and hopefully catch you at a gig soon!

Much love!

Remember Me?

What up all. Got a few days off work and will update you all with my latest hijinx. In the meantime, enjoy this little snippet with a “surprise” ending..

friday 28th september 2007 – hoodsta “keep rockin” live from djp72.net on Vimeo.

Run Baby Run.

Three posts in two days. Thats gotta be some kind of record for me. Must be making up for the previous four weeks of no posts!

Theres a lot of stuff goin’ on for me right now. Thats not a bad thing. Not in the least. I guess because I didnt go to work today, and because of another dream/nightmare I had last night, my mind has gotten away from me.

Sometimes I take a step back from my life and Im just like, somebody put the freakin’ brakes on! This life is rocketing past way too fast than Im comfortable with at times. Today, I was thinking to myself, how the heck did I get here, at this present moment in my life? Yeah, I know, right now is a direct result of all the decisions Ive made previously that all combine to produce the present moment but its crazy to think that in a few hours, right now will be yesterday and its another moment gone. It feels like yesterday, I was walking to work for another shift as a casual at David Jones thinking and wondering if I’d ever get married and if I could see myself as a ‘husband’ (still sounds weird) and here I am now, heading towards eight years of marriage (HOLY CRAP!!) paying off my own place and still wondering what the future holds, while at times struggling to keep up with the present.

Why are people having babies?! Everywhere I turn, people I know are having babies! Not only that, but if the conversation turns one more time to, “So, Juan..when are you guys gonna start pushing some kids out?”, Im gonna seriously…do something..like…get very annoyed! I just dont get the whole “kids thing” yet. Im not dissing it, or trying to be immature about it, or knock those that are there, but Im just not there yet. This one is gonna take some time, but when it happens, Im sure I’ll have plenty of people around me to remind me Im a douche for not doing it sooner and to tell me all the horror stories they can think of. And ill be like,”Yeah its dope! Who knew Id still be so fertile at eighty years of age, let alone still using hip hop slang in my everyday vernacular.”

Moving on..

There have been some things going on recently that have made me want to retreat into the fetal position, hide under my bed, close my eyes and mutter “Bad man go away, bad man go away”. The ‘bad man’ in this case being life in general. One of the things that stops me from being so selfish and self involved is the heroes I see in my friends. I got mad love and admiration for some of the people I know and they inspire me to snap out of my self built fantasy land I like to retreat into at times. My boy Dylan pretty much made me believe I could trust people again and has made me laugh harder than most people have been able to make me. Everytime I think of the phrase “Aaagh! Its burning, its burning!”, it still brings a smile to my face and makes me chuckle (the ‘burning’ being the after effects of the worlds biggest butt slap). Not only that, but he is definately my ‘brother from another mother’ in so many ways, hes my boy for life! LEGEND. My boy The Chilky aka Wolfman aka The Wolf, is another straight legend. Dude probably doesnt realize, but that guy reminds me of the dude I know I need to/can be. Killer preacher man who is so freakin’ grounded and another personal hero. If only I had the opportunity to connect more with that guy. Then theres my boy Fosbite, who reminds me all the time, its ok to be me. Im not completely retarded, I just act that way. Dude is real, funny, honest and genuine. Legend. Carmelocito. Caramellocito Pasito Peabody. Dude is like a breath of fresh air every time we hang. My fellow cured meat lovin’, name creatin’, geek embracin’, video game playin’ Wollongwog. Love the Carm! I could keep going on about my friends, but Ive said enough. If youre reading this, youre probably a friend, I got love for ya!

The one thing I wanna be at the end of the day, is the person God wants me to be. One of my greatest fears is that Im gonna miss the mark because of laziness, procrastination or something else and Ill get to heaven and God will be like, “Hey nice going on earth there, but you could have been so much more. I still love you though.” Ok, so maybe God wouldnt actually say it like that but still, that would suck. All Ive got is now, and thats it. Gotta make the most of it.

And Im out. Again.

With Friends Like These..

Thought I’d post a couple of pics from Carms skating adventure. Good times..

Carm and The Chilky.

Nothing weird at all about this..

Warmin’ up.

Stretch it out fellas..

Ice Pals.

Yep, thats my boys right there. Thats how we roll.