Two's a Charm

Well good news all, two of my favourite artists are on the way to Adelaide and the concerts follow on from each other. That's right one concert is the day after the first one.

Who am I talking about?

Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer.

I know some of you other boys are interested so make sure you get tickets

Mayer goes on sale tomorrow so I'll be up early.

What an awesome two days its going to be.

Star Wars Kid

Found this video on the net, pretty funny stuff.

I would definately hate to be the this guy seeing the whole world can watch this hahaha.

http://ebaumsworld.com/starwarskid.html

Your prize a Robot Butler

I went out and bought a PS2 on the weekend and I am very glad I did.

It is at a bargain price at the moment and when it comes to games of entertainment you just can't go past it. Yes thats right it is better than the x box and the x box 360 in terms of the games that I like to call party games.

These include the two games I got with it, Buzz the music quiz, and Singstar Legends. Lets just say that when it comes to games you want to play while pissed off your nut the PS2 is the way to go.

Now I'm not saying that it is better than my much loved x box 360 cos lets face it, nothing Sony has or ever will put out will match the box. However Sony are very clever in their game development and as far as these types of games go, they rule the competition. I mean microsft hasn't even tried to release anything like it for their console which is really a shame.

As I previously mentioned I got Buzz the music quiz and singstar legends with the playstation and they are great games to play with some mates. I'll have to get the newly released Buzz game based around Australian sporting, that would be wicked.

There is also the guitar hero game which looks like it could be a bit of fun as well.

The only other advantage for the PS2 is that there are heaps of games for it and they are all super cheap. Some titles I'm considering are Simpsons Hit and Run and GT4 which are around 20 bucks. What bargains.

So let me know if your up for playing some buzz and singstar during the holidays cos it is great fun.

Elevate me

A day late at best however after waiting over a year for the concert I'm sure you won't mind too much.

Lets just say that U2 rocked my world on thursday night and it was well worth all the waiting, dehydration, and sunburn that was inflicted on me.

I'm not going to get into to much detail considering wagga has explained most of it, however I will say this, the set list was awesome (see wagga's blog for the full list) and to be within 2 metres of bono and the edge playing songs such as new years day and where the streets have no name was an experience I will never forget.

Of course the highlight for me was my favourite song Sunday Bloody Sunday. That was just too awesome to even describe.

Like wagga I too rated this concert as close to one of the best I have ever been too, however to pick between Coldplay and U2 is just impossible.

The newspapers have been saying however that the atmosphere at AAMI on thursday night was lacking. To that all I can say is you were in the wrong spot for the concert. The Pit was the place to be and believe me we were making enough noise to not notice that the people seated weren't getting into the experience. All I can say to them is that you missed out on getting involved in something great.

Gambling is the devils game

The nation stopped yesterday for the running of the annual Melbourne Cup, the biggest racing event in Australia.

Many people made their way to the local TAB to place a bet on the big race, so many people in fact that there was a record figure for the big race. Around 8 and a half million dollars was bet by Australians on the race.

I put in my effort betting 20 dollars, 10 each way.

I paid for this by losing it all, along with thousands of other Australians.

Most people bet on the favourite Torqueet which in the end only beat the horse I bet on by one place. I bet on On a Journe which is the horse that came runner up to the Diva last year. This year it managed to come in 20th. Stupid fucking horse.

The winning horse was never mentioned to win the Cup and yet it surprised us all. Delta Blues won the cup with the late favourite Pop Rock coming in second. It just goes to show that the favourites don't always come good.

U2 have touched down in Aussie land.

That's right people.

The U2 concert is 2 weeks away from today and let me just say that it has been a long time coming since their cancelation earlier in the year.

Their tour starts next week so in the mean time Bono and Company will be relaxing in the Aussie climate. Bono is also set to meet our great bald leader, John Howard, to discuss what Bono loves best, saving the world from hunger, destruction, and of course poverty. Now that's an interview I'd like to see.

I look forward to the concert in a couple of weeks time.

Work is good at the moment. Basically I get paid 21.50 an hour to look after a bunch of kids. It's amazing what a qualification can get you.

My job also involves me planning week to week for the older kids which is kind of a pain in the arse but I do get paid extra to do it.

My spare time is used up a bit at the moment by learning new songs on the guitar. At the moment I can play a few different songs however I am yet to master them. It did however only take me a few hours to nail the start of stairway to heaven.

Well I better get back to practicing if I'm to release a Christmas Album by the end of the year.

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.

Don't get around much anymore.

So where have I been for these past 2 and a half weeks you may be asking.

If I told you that I had been on a world tour, it would be a lie.

If I said I had been feeding the starving children in africa and haven't had anytime to myself let alone post on my blog, that would also be a lie.

To tell you the truth I haven't really been doing much over the past few weeks. My life consists of me working every night from about 3 til 6 and my days are spent playing my much beloved Nintendo DS and X box, and watching some DVD's I have recently bought. These include some music DVD's from Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, and the first two seasons of the OC, (Yeah the good seasons before the let down of season 3 which has recently been released).

Last week I put in my application to Uni, Oh God no, what have I done?

Let's just hope that I get into some sort of teaching course or heaven help the person I turn into. Yeah thats right, the shit will really hit the fan.

Work is really good though, I mean who can say that they get paid to play soccer and other games with kids. It's just not right, but I get paid good money for it. The only down side are the hours but you get used to them after awhile and its not like I have anything better to do.

Oh and for those of you who are wondering why I am not out at HQ tonight for time warp, I have a bit of a head cold and my hayfever is driving me nuts. Also I'm a bit over the whole time warp thing.

Well I'll post again soon I promise.

Bonetimber back in winning form

Last night was extremely exhausting however well worth the effort.

We played two games of indoor soccer one after the other and to my surprise we managed to win both games.

The first game against a mediocre C grade team was a blitz with Nordy scoring 6 goals (4 of which came within about 8 miniutes). The second team we played known as the Cheeky Buggers made up of some of the boys from Mercedes was a harder match however we managed to beat them 6-5.

I also scored a goal in our first match taking my seasons total to a nice hat trick of 3. Yay for me.

After winning our first game and the second one not counting towards anything we should now move up into the top 4 on the table and are looking good to play in the finals in a couple of weeks. All we need to do is make sure we don't lose next week and we should be set.

In other news Dales party is tomorrow night. Looking forward to sitting in the Bradman room at the Adelaide oval and having a good night with the boys.

Also looking forward to Franny's 21st on Sunday arvo.

Good times ahead people, see you all there.

A weekend not to forget

My weekend was quite eventful along with everyone elses I think.

I started off spending saturday finishing off sammys speech with sean and getting him the speakers for his car.

Sam's 21st in itself was a great night, even if I was shitting myself for half the night over the speeches. I think we did a good job and I don't think I stuffed up too many times (we'll have to sit down and watch the video footage at a later date to be entirely sure). I do agree with nick however in saying that Daws poem was a highlight.

It was then time to hit the dance floor which sammy had created. I must admit it was damn good and to the people who left to go into town (Dutchy), you really are stupid. Why would you go to a club in town when you could blatantly stay at a mates house with your own personal one. The smoke filled room did add to the atmosphere with Ben pumping the room full of smoke.

The night went long and hard and I ended up leaving at around 4am.

Sunday was also an eventful day. After sleeping in hails came around and dragged me to the show for a few hours. I do enjoy the show however if you are going to go you may as well go for the day and get your moneys worth.

We only went on one ride (mainly because I couldn't justify spending 8 bucks on a 5 minute ride which hirled you around in circles only to have you throw up), and the ride we went on pretty much did that, except for the throwing up part.

I spent way too much money however. Mainly on the charlesworth nuts showbags cos they kick arse and are actually good value for money. I also did a few sideshows winning stuffed toys, and I also bought some cool Liverpool merchandise.

Highlight of the show was however in the main arena where we witnessed bobcat ballet. Yeah that's right, four guys in four bobcats doing sincronized dancing. Well worth seeing.

All in all a good weekend. Let's just see if Dale and Francesca can top it this weekend, looking forward to it guys.

Here's Sammy

Tomorrow night I am finally looking forward to someone elses 21st.

A place, unlike my own, where I have to do absolutely nothing except enjoy myself.

The speech is well on the way, just gottas finish it off tomorrow, and the presents are all organised and ready to be wrapped.

I would at this point like to apologise to sam for the wrapping of the presents that he is going to recieve tomorrow. What can I say, I'm a guy.

Work is really starting to take off at the moment and I am working most afternoons. Today was a good earning thanks to the schools showday. Basically we had Vat care for the day and I got a good 6 hour shift. We got the kids to make up their own sideshow alley and we got a kick arse superman bouncy castle in. The kids seemed to enjoy it, unfortunately I was not allowed on it, age limit was 13, though with the way I look I could have gotten away with it.

Today I also picked up my suit.

A nice brown pinstrip, it looks sick.

Well I'll see you all tomorrow night for some good times.

Again sorry I haven't been posting

I am not really doing that much though.

Went to St Pauls on Saturday night which was good fun for all involved, saw Foxy (yeah), and Mr timothy went off. Good night all round.

Another quick note involving sam's B'day, everyone involved owes me some money and we still need to come up with another idea.

Speeches are also important, lets get it done people. Look like its me, sean, nick and daw saying a few words so lets bring it together.

I feel very confident in talking about sams stuff on this blog cos I know he doesn't read it, however if you are sam, forget everything you just read.

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile

I've been busy

But not much has been happening in my life other than working.

Went to Pauls on Saturday night, drank beer and ate lamb on a spit, cheers for the party man.

I made some purchases with my vouchers the other day.

In true patriotic style I bought myself a liverpool scarf just in time for the new Premier League season, its really cool.

I also bought a CD that I have been wanting for awhile and let me just say that I think it is one of the best CD's I have ever bought.

Thats right Lucas, I bought the new Something for Kate CD, Desert Lights. Sounds really good, favourite song would have to be Down the Garden Path.

I really wish I had gone to one of the concerts they previously had here.

Now on to something new. Over the weekend I watched a heap of movies as I also bought some with my vouchers and it made me think of my favourites of all time.

So here it is Ceppys top 10 movies of all time

10. Trainspotting
Stars Ewan McGregor as a Heroin addict and his flawed attempts to give it up, interesting look into the life of a drug junkie and the relationships he is able or unable to have. Choose Life.

9. Baseketball
Okay who can't love this movie. From the creators of Southpark, two no good losers create a game which they play in their driveway which quickly becomes a national obsession and throws them into fame and fortune. Very funny movie which still has me on the floor laughing. Little bitch and laying carpet.

8. The Matrix
Again another great movie set now and in the near future. Cool idea of life the world and the unusual meaning to life and existance. Awesome fighting and action scenes with non stop action. Mr Anderson.

7. Anchorman - The legend of Ron Burgundy
Another clever comedy from Will Ferrell who plays the role of Ron Burgundy the best Television Anchorman in San Diego. Shows his competition with the new anchorwoman, his demise, followed by his big return. San Diego - a whale's vagina.

6. The Silence of the Lambs
Excellent master piece featuring one of my favourite actors Sir Anthony Hopkins. Follows the path of a psychopath known as Buffalo Bill who is kidnapping and murdering young women. Clarice Sterling is the FBI agent on the case and seeks the help of another psychopath known as Hannibal 'the Cannibal' Lector who is behind bars. Lector agrees to help Clarice only if she feeds his curiosity of her own life. A very good movie and a must see if you haven't already. Sffffffff-f-f-f-f, watch the movie then you'll get it, lucas knows what I'm on about.

5. The Great Escape
Had to have an oldie in here and what one could beat this. Set in a german prisoner of war camp in WW2 it follows a group of American and british soldiers who plan an escape from the camp. Based on a true story it features some well known actors. Do do, do doooo do-do-do, well you all know that song.

4. The Blues Brothers
Music and action have not been put together like this in any other movie that I've seen. A range of movie stars and musicians make appearances in this story of the Blues Brothers on a mission from god to put their bands back together to raise money to save the orphanage they were brought up in. Some of the best car chase scenes ever including what would have to be the most expensive and biggest car pile up scene the world has ever seen. Fun filled excitement from start to finish with great music from a great many artists. The Penguin.

3. Star Wars
The whole saga is great, I'm not going to go through them all with you but they are all good and is one of the most creative worlds I have ever seen. George Lucas, you the man. Lightsaber (do I have to say anything else).

2. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
This was previously my number one. Good old English Humour in a hardend criminal world. Four mates lose in a high rolling poker match and have a week to pay up otherwise they get fucked by a number of bad people. Awesome street dialogue and a good look into London's seedy underworld. Could everybody stop getting shot.

1. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
I think this is a great movie, it doesn't do enough credit to the book, however I still think it does it justice. Basically the earth is demolished to leave way for a new hyperspace way and Arthur Dent is the one who survives by hitching a ride with his mate from another planet Ford Prefect. A wacky whirlwind unwinds and the meaning of life, the galaxy and everything is questioned. The answer is 42.

So there you have it. My top 10. I think it is pretty good so let me know what you think.

Bye for now.