ARIA Action

So in case you missed it last night here's who won what at the ARIA's last night.

Best Breakthrough Album - Wolfmother

Best Breakthrough Single - Youth Group

Best Urban Release - Hilltop Hoods

Best Pop Release - The Veronicas

Best Independent Release - Hilltop Hoods

Best Rock Album - Wolfmother

Best Adult Contemporary - Bob Evens

Best Music DVD - Eskimo Joe

Best Dance Release - TV Rock feat. Seany B

Highest Selling Album - Human Nature

Best Group - Wolfmother

Best Children's Album - The Wiggles

Best Comedy Release - Lano and Woodley

Best Blues and Roots Album - The Audreys

Best Female Artist - Clare Bowditch

Best Male Artist - Bernard Fanning

Single of the Year - Eskimo Joe

Album of the Year - Bernard Fanning

Good on Bernard Fanning for picking up the Album of the year ARIA, very well deserved. Can't wait to hear him back with Powderfinger again next year.

And Wolfmother winning 3 ARIA's, that is awesome too.

Let's Jazz it up a bit

Following the lead of Lucas I have jazzed up the site a bit more adding some colour and life to the blog. I have however kept the same template so I might rework that at some stage as well.

All these changes have been made easy since I upgraded to Beta Blogger cos it makes it easy to add stuff and change fonts and colours.

I haven't got the view of Florida on mine yet but to keep up with Lucas I'll have to work something out. Also instead of using hot pink I used bright green, eh I think it looks good.

Playing indoor tonight after last weeks bye and with Timmy out with an ankle injury we might struggle. I'll be sure to post the results.

A quick thought

Last night I saw an advertisement on T.V for the new season of the O.C, Yay can't wait for that to come on. They also said that this new fourth season would be shown at the same time here as it is in the USA. This claim was made by channel 10.

Now I ask myself, why the Fuck they can't do the same thing for the new season of House. Last week was the season finale of House, and yet in the USA they are already 5 episodes or so into the new season.

Stop fucking me around channel 10, I really hate you sometimes.

You are a bunch of sick fucking people.

An Email I recieved from my cousin today gives a warning to watch out for sick individuals.

What a world we live in. A few weeks ago in a movie theatre in Melbourne a person sat on
something that was poking out of one of the seats. When she got up to see what it was she found a needle sticking out of the seat with a note attached saying a quote; You have just been infected by HIV quote;.

The Disease control Centre in Melbourne reports many similar incidents have occurred in many other Australian cities recently. All tested needles are HIV Positive. The Centre also reports that needles have been found in the cash dispensers in ATMs.

We ask everyone to use extreme caution when faced with this kind of situation. All public chairs/seats should be inspected with vigilance and caution before use. 17 people have been tested positive in the Western suburbs alone in the last 2 months!!! A careful visual inspection should be enough.

In addition they ask that each of you pass this message along to all members of your family and your friends of the potential danger. We all have to be careful at public places!

What kind of a person would willingly do this to another human being. All I can say is that I am disguisted by this.

Life as we know it doesn't exist.......Explain?

Saturday night was huge.

Three 21st birthday's to go to followed by a night on the town. I haven't been out til 4am let alone town for awhile now.

Starting off at Daws and catching up with him for awhile we then moved on to Nordys party at the Goodwood Hotel. From there it was on to Tristan's at the Hyde Park. All the parties were great so thanks for all you guys for putting them on.

From there we hit the town meeting up with Daw again at the Union Pub on Wakefield street. Hadn't been there before and it is quite a nice place to go and have a few drinks.

Then it was time to hit it hard. Sean Sam and I went to HQ. This was my first time at the refurnished Heaven and it looks pretty good. I especially enjoyed the music and it was really good to get out on the dance floor at a club (oh how I've missed it). The main floor was awesome playing a variety of current hits as well as the golden oldies.

All in all it was a great Saturday night out.

Sunday I went to the movies with the misses. We went to see Children of Men which I thought was really good. Basically the human race has gone to shit since they aren't able make babies anymore due to some epidemic. The only country still stable is England and they are getting all the imigrants from every where else. One chick gets pregnant and they try to get her to some centre known as the Human Project. It is an awesome look into what I think is an inevitable future for the human race (although I don't think that we will have a problem making babies). Michael Caine is great in it. He plays an old hippy who grows weed in his house and is stoned pretty much all the time. Great stuff.

Anyway thats all for now, let's see what I get up to this weekend without a 21st to go to.

John Mayer! Meet Ben Hillier

The weekend was good.

Thanks to Nicola for a great 21st party, I think it was enjoyed by all.

I got up to quite a bit, the main highlight of the weekend was the purchase (by me) of a guitar. Yes thats right I am going to teach myself guitar. I must say that after a few days of practicing and just playing around I am starting to get the hang of things. I am sure I will be playing like a pro in no time.

I also purchased a new game for the x box 360 called Ninety Nine Nights. Basically a thrash em up RPG with awesome graphics and shit loads of enemies to slaughter. Lots of fun. I'm sure you'll enjoy this one lucas.

I also went to the movies with Hails yesterday to see the new release The Departed. Quite a good movie with the like's of Matt Damon, Jack Nickleson and Leonardo DeCaprio. Awesome story about two rats, one infiltrating the mob and the other infiltrating the cops.

Anyway thats all for now, below is a picture of my new pride and joy, what do you think Lucas, not bad for a couple of hundred bucks.

Arrogance in children's movies.

What a week. Working 7 hours a day looking after children is quite an easy job, just as long as they aren't pissing you off.

All I can say is that my fortnightly pay will be huge next week.

I also finally got my documents from Tafe to give to my employer, so now I can start getting paid some good money, 20 bucks an hour ain't bad.

One thing children enjoy while spending hours at Vacation care is a good movie, and let's just say I've watched my yearly talley of children's movies.

I did however notice Hugh Laurie in one of them. Yeah thats right the man himself House in a children's movie.

Now it wasn't Hugh Laurie as the loveable and nice Dad in the movie Stuart Little, no, Hugh Laurie has a completely new character in a children's movie as the english criminal in the life version of A hundred and One Dalamations.

Putting him beside a stupid side kick with Hugh as the not so intelligent brains of the two we all know the sort of slap stick comedy this due would put together.

So I am now on a mission to find other films that Mr Laurie has appeared in.

Next week should be good with the kid's with excursions to the movies to see Garfield 2 and a trip to the Zoo (haven't been in awhile).

Just in case you thought I bailed Hails?

Today I worked the first day of Vacation Care for the school holidays. It was pretty good. We took the kids to a gymnastics place where they could bounce on trampolines, and walk on parallel bars and such. The best part was the huge foam trench which the kids could jump into, lot's of fun.

Haven't really been doing much. I must at this point however talk about the existence of my girlfriend who pointed out to me that she hadn't had a mention in my blog for some time. Here you go sweety, lap up the fame and glory while you've got the opportunity.

Just messing with ya.

We did however celebrate our 1 year anniversary a couple of weeks back, which I failed to mention in an earlier post.

Sorry.

We only went to the movies, gold class for something special, no big deal.

It is funny that a year has gone by though. Time really does fly. To think I have been in a relationship for a whole year now, who would have thought, this being my only real long term girlfriend (I admit I had some imaginary ones there for a period around year 11 and 12). So now the new challenge starts, not to piss off hails too much so that we might make it to 2 years.

Oh now while we are on the topic of hails, thought I'd let those of you who don't know that she has got a job for next year working at Ashford hospital. Good on ya. She also tells me that she will be moving out early next year so I will have a place to go when I'm not in the Den of Ben.

Well finally a post about my girlfriend, she will be so pleased with me. I look forward to doing it again.........

In a year or so.