My Blue Heaven

W00t!

Got some great news. Two pieces of great news actually!

1. My new contract has finally been confirmed – I’m starting this coming Wednesday! At a very VERY lucrative rate!! 😀 Ima movin up to Derby and will be there for about 6 weeks. Hope I do well in this job!
2. I managed to purchase Jack Johnson tickets for his 2006 European tour! Wooooohooooo!!!!! I almost had a heart attack coz the London friday show was sold out within 45 mins of tickets going on sale! And there was supposed to be a saturday show, that wasn’t listed – so I presumed it was sold out. BUT it went on sale just after Friday’s was sold out – and there I was sitting at my computer, fretting away, whilst repeatedly pressing Refresh. And now I have myself 2 stalls/standing tickets at the Hammersmith Apollo!!! YAY!! 😀 😀 Now I just have to wait till March next year!

So there you go. We have one happy little vegemite here. 🙂

Btw, did I mention Stargate Atlantis ROCKS? Well… it ROCKS!! 🙂

[Edit: In the time it took for me to write this post… the 2nd Jack Johnson show in London is now almost sold out. No standing tix, and only singular seated tickets left. Man he’s popular!!! 0_0]


Current listening :: “Staple It Together” – Jack Johnson

Ok it’s officially COLD!

Damn its gotten cold here now! Today’s top temp is supposed to be 9 degrees C. Brrrrr! And its only autumn. Apparently winter gets down to like minus 15 degrees. With snow! That would be kinda cool, but I can’t even imagine how cold it would feel. I’m really not used to the cold – I don’t really handle the cold very well. Much prefer the warm sunny weather of Sydney! *sigh*



So anyway, yes I’m still here in Frankfurt, and still waiting for that company to tell me when I’m starting on this new contract. They sure are taking their sweet time about it. 🙁 I’ve asked them and re-asked for confirmation and I believe it will happen, its just when this project gets on the move. Apparenlty one of the managers of the project has had a bereavement in the family and thats caused this delay. So I guess that’s ok – as long as they’re not screwing me over and finding someone else. I’m starting to get a little nervous about not working for so long now – it’s been 3 1/2 weeks since finishing at AKQA. And I was contacted about this coming contract the week before last. I was supposed to start beginning of last week! Hm. Really hope this doesn’t fall through.

Current listening :: Try Again” – Aaliyah (I really quite like this song… its a great motivating sorta song! Rather appropriate for my current circumstances. At least the chorus is.)

Did someone say cheese?

I watched the new “Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit” movie today. Was very cool and quite amusing. Wallace and Gromit rocks! Its first feature length film, seems to be doing quite well – number one at the box office in the states! Two enthusiastic thumbs up from me.

Speaking of movies, I’ve been going to this thing called Mystery Night at the Kino (cinema) on monday nights. Basically the movie will be a new release english (ie not german) feature film, but you don’t know what you’re going to get until it comes up on the screen. Its pretty cool – the cinema is always packed out with regular attendees who come every week, and there’s a really cool atmosphere – people cheer and clap and laugh etc. Oh, and it only costs 4 euros. The other week we got Pride and Prejudice, but last week we got New Police Story (starring Jackie Chan and dubbed in english, which was pretty bodgy). Wonder what we’ll get this week… maybe Flight Plan!! It’s always a not-yet-released movie.

There are quite a few movies coming out in the next few months that I’m really looking forward to… Serenity, Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, and of course The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe which looks like its going to be phwoarsome. And next year X-Men 3 is coming out! Woohoo!! Can’t wait! *claps hands in glee*

Okies bed time for me.

Current listening :: “Lets Get Married” – Jagged Edge (Does anyone have the Run DMC remix version of this song? I’m desperately trying to find it – its so much better than the original slow version… Please drop me a note if u do have it.)

Frankfurt at sunset

My view as I cycled across the Rhine this evening. Rather pretty.

Current listening :: “Bizarre Love Triangle” – Frente

Origen

Check out this site. It’s the latest promo site for the soon to be released Xbox 360. A guy at at AKQA where I last worked was working on this site (and swearing heaps whilst at it). We got to preview this before its release on the net. Rather funny flash video. And the rabbits are so cute! They’re actually real rabbits purchased off the internet apparently. Note that you have to click on the fruit to see the whole video.

Current listening :: “Twenty Four” – Switchfoot