Miss Brazil..

...Should have won the Miss Universe competition last night. Very dissapointed!

Hot, hot, hot!

Memorial Weekend

Being a huge Sacramento Kings fan my whole life I always pictured myself being broadcoast across the jumbotron in Arco Arena for every one to see and cheer. So I was a little sad to see Louie do it before me. She did have a pretty damn good reason for doing so. Louie Graduated Friday with a degree in Liberal Studies from Sacramento State. Congratulations!






I dont know who this is but her nachos looked good.


Huwie, dewie and louie at the graduation party (louie in middle).



Louie and I went to Bodega Bay yesterday for Memorial day. It was beautiful out there and alot of people had the same idea. Their salt water taffy is delicious!

There were alot of field mice

My car is the one teetering on the edge (no pun intended) about to fall off. The Black SUV, Ford Edge

Our amazing sand castle complete with underground passage and seaweed flag.

I also went bowling for the first time in forever Saturday night and won 60 bucks. Louie's friend seemed to think she was *insert good bowler here* so I told her bad I was resulting in her wanting to bet. I pretty much hussled her. I hope she doesnt read this!

Weddings and birthdays o'my!

Congratulations Winberry's!

Happy Birthday Danielle!

As you can see im too lazy to write anything so I posted some pictures instead.

Big week at work so I shant be writing much I dont think for a week or so but I will try.

Weekend #0702

I had a really great weekend. Work has been quite stressful lately, not because of the workload but more of other issues that are going on so it was a great couple of days to (try) not think about anything but relaxing.

Friday night Louie and I went to Zocolo's for dinner. It's an upscale mexican infused with mediterranean style menu. The ambience was beautiful and the overall vibe of mid-town is full of energy. There are people walking in every direction, cars hussling through stop signs and the old style homes of the area full of people wanting to be part of the action.

I didnt get as many pictures as I would have liked. I hate looking like the tourist so I try and take as few as possible. Having an accent is enough to make myself look touristy so I try to steer clear of 'happy shooting' and wearing anything that says Australia on it.

This is walking towards our restuarant in mid-town about 7:30pm

Not exactly sure why this makes me laugh. Doesnt really belong does it? Seems like this guy has his life belongings in that truck. You can see the interesting houses of midtown too.

Sunday I went wakeboarding with a buddy who basically taught me everything I needed to know when I moved here. If not for him I would still be wondering where to get my drivers license and social securities number.

Claude just had a baby (his wife atleast) boy about 6 months ago so he and his wife were excited to get out on the boat.

oooh yeah! My first time up on a wakeboard. Last summer I attempted many times to get up to no avail. This summer, with 6 months of snowboarding under my belt, I got up straight away. In fairness, I did get on a few weeks ago but only very shortly. I have a video of it which I will try and post on youtube.

This is a duck I was feeding pringles to. Apparently I made it sick because the stuff contained in Pringles apparently makes you ooze oil from your arse so we quickly drove away from Mr. Duck in hopes that his oily arse didnt contaminate our wakeboarding water area. I hope he's ok, I only meant to feed him.

This weekend im taking friday off to see one my work mates get married at Lake Tahoe. Its so picturesque up there and a great place to tie the knot. Im looking forward to delicious wedding food and watching all the women cry over a celebration, go figure.

Let's blow this pop stand!

Im sitting at work wishing I was somewhere far away on a tropical island or maybe soaking in the history of a 1000 year old temple. Where ever I am im not at work. So anyway, it got me thinking of where iv been and where I want to go next. Ever since I started traveling some 6 years ago I have had the travel bug ever since. Here is a list of my have’s and have not’s but want to’s and want to go back's

Countries iv been to:

Australia – Brisbane, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Mackey, Townsville, Barrier Reef, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Canberra
USA – All through CA, Vegas, Albuquerque, Chicago, New York, Miami, Minneapolis, Hawaii, Phoenix, Scottsdale
Canada -Toronto
United Kingdom – All through England
France - Paris
Switzerland - Zurich
Germany – Munich, Berlin
Italy – Rome
Greece – Athens, Island of Santorini
Netherlands - Amsterdam
Hong Kong – Hong Kong
Thailand - Bangkok
Japan - Tokyo

Countries I want to go to:

Egypt - history
Brazil – always wanted to go
Argentina – always wanted to go
Portugal – love spanish culture
Spain – Madrid, Barcelona. Love spanish culture
Sweden – always wanted to go
Israel – different culture shock
China – Beijing. Again, culture shock
Cuba – because its bad
Mexico – many places
New Zealand – Snow boarding
Uganda – See World vision child
Bahamas – beach’s

There is nothing more exiting then engrossing oneself into a culture unknown, a terrain unexplored and an adventure beyond your wildest dreams. Traveling is a sickness that has no cure and symptoms that last a lifetime. This is one bug you’ll never want to treat because it breathes life into an otherwise mundane daily life. The sun will shine, the birds will song, where do you want to experience it?

Cinco De Mayo Weekend

Saturday was Cinco de Mayo so I went to a margarita party with some of my work peep's and lost my money on that loser De la Hoya, damn him.

This is where the magic happened - The Bar

Louie & I

That night after I got over my lost money on 'the loser' louie captured me and Mijo

Yesterday Louie & I went downtown to Old Sac. The weather was great and the food delicious!

This was last night. Mijo was hating life! He does this funny thing where he'll go all crazy after we dry him. He runs around like a chickin with no head while Gringo looks on baffled.

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Stolen from Surfercam

1. Height? 175cm/5’10
2. Have you ever smoked heroin? No.
3. Do you own a gun? BB-gun. Which I shot through a glass sliding door, shattering it and scared the bejesus out of all of my neighbours.
4. Who would you let eat crackers in your bed? Jessica Alba, but…she would have to be covered in honey and only one article of clothing, with every banned except socks
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Depends what im going for. I hate needles!
6. What do you think of hot dogs? Best hot dog ever: Yankees Stadium. Oh.My.God!
7. What’s your favourite Christmas song? Too much thought process involved.
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Chocolate milk
9. Is your bathroom clean? Very clean. I am quite tidy in general
10. Can you do push ups? How many you want?
11. What’s your favourite piece of jewellery? I have a few. 1 from Italy, 1 from Australia, 1 from USA
12. Do you like painkillers? Used to, before they started causing more pain then I originally started with. Ironic really.
13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? Accent. Ha!
14. Do you have A.D.D.? No
15. What’s your name? Neil
16. Middle Name? Same as dad and cousin.
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? I have 3 cookies. So exciting. Choc chip!
What can I write here
Two’s enough. Woops, that’s three
18. Name the last 3 things you bought: Cookies/lunch
Gum –Trident
Gas - $11 to fill my bike. High grade too. Another reason to get one
19. Who are your favourite visual artists? Peter lik among others
20. You're stuck on a deserted island with two other people, who would you want to be stranded with? Dave and louie.
21. You've won a major award and have thanked your family, who else would you thank? Look, im just so happy to of won this prestigious award I don’t know who to thank. But goodness, I am so happy for all of your votes, so I thank you all.
22. Current worry? That I have won an award for something I didn’t do.
23. Current hate? foodchain order
24. Favourite place to be? beach.
25. How did you bring in the New year? Partying in Hollywood. Phew, big, BIG night.
26. Where would you like to go? Home.
27. Do you own slippers? No. Hate ugg boots
28. What shirt are you wearing? Botton down, collared work shirt. White
29. Do you burn or tan? Both. Mainly tan
30. Favourite colour(s)? Blue
31. Would you be a pirate? If I could have an eye patch
32. Are you gay? No
33. What songs do you sing in the shower? I normally wake up with a random song in my head so whatever that is
34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Boogie Man
35. What’s in your pockets right now? keys, wallet, business card, phone.
36. Where are you? Work.
37. Best bed sheets as a child? Cant really remember any
38. Worst injury you’ve ever had?4 ruptured ligaments in ankle playing basketball.
39. You're on a trip around the world and have to select five landmarks to visit, what would you pick? Pyramids, French/Swiss Alps, Greek Islands (again), Great Wall of China, Gaza Strip
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 2
41. Who is your loudest friend? Sam
42. Who is your quietest friend? Dunno.
43. Does someone have a crush on you? I would hope so
44. Do u wish on shooting stars? Never seen one. Thought I did once but it was making a load noise so I presume it was a plain.
45. What is your favourite book? Davinci Code and Marching Powder
46. What is your favourite candy? Chocolate
47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding? Something by Lionel Richie maybe?
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? Something that reflected my life. Selected by those close to me.
49. What were you doing at 12AM last night? Sleeping
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? mmm…chocolate milk.

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  The weather is crazy here. Over the weekend it was 85-90 degrees. Yesterday it was 65 and raining. Today it’s 77 and sunny. I don’t get it. Global warming is really messing things up around town so turn your lights off when idle, recycle (Americans need to recycle more. I can’t believe there are no recycling bins here), car pool, plant a tree/plant and change your light bulbs to those funny lookin ones.
  
• If anyone knows how I add people to my blog as ‘blogs I read’ please let me know. For some reason I just cant figure it out.
  
• Very disappointed in Mr. Bush’s vetoing. That asshole is one mistake away from burning his house down. And that little grin he does when talking about how our soldiers are dying is disrespectful. If I could, id wipe that shit eating grin right off and send his ass to Iraq. Then we’ll see how quick he pulls us out.
  
• I went to a bikram yoga class (hot yoga) the other night. Holy mother of Christ! I would have dead set lost about 3-4 pounds (1.5kg’s) of body weight just in the sweat I lost. It was amazing! Loved it! Probably won’t do it again for a while though. I’m thinking once a month. Probably the best workout iv done in years.
  
• Hopefully im going to Hollywood next week to see The Cat Empire play at the Key Club. Haven’t seen them play in about a year and can’t even wait to!
  
• I got a new car over the weekend. Exciting? Yes! I know. 2007 Ford edge, black, fully loaded. Love it. Only dilemma is choosing what to drive; the bike or the car.
  
• I have been changing the address where a lot of my mail is being sent and yesterday I had received some mail to the old address saying “Dear Neil. This is a notification that a change of address has been processed. Thankyou”. Umm, well, why are you still sending mail to the old address then, dickheads!?
  
• I am by no means an American Idol fan nor am I a closet Idol fan but I did see Blake Lewis the other night and since I dabble in spinning and mixing records when I can this piece impressed me so. Check it out

Spring

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