Huh.Fuck.

This morning as I put off cleaning, listening to Rammstein, feeling lonely and in need of a hug, I was bored enough to find this...For the record I never watched Big Brother, and I don't know his actual role in any of the voluntary work, maybe they're just hyping him up cos he's dead...but if he hadn't have been on BB I would not have known that he was now dead, or that this individual had the balls to try and do something worthwhile with his life. I mean, the guy was a fucking human shield- I think I remember something about this in the media when it happened? Maybe.

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Who was he? Gordon was the loud, obnoxious one with the really interesting haircut.

Where is he now? Tragically Gordon died last year while travelling in China. His dramatic and unexpected departure from this world matched the life he lived. Following his time on BB he quit his job as an architect and became a 'human shield' in Iraq. After the invasion he helped set up a shelter for homeless Iraqi children then assisted in the creation of an orphanage in Kenya. Gordon was also famous for his relationship with Neighbours star and Rogue Traders frontlady Natalie Bassingthwaite.

Fame or Lame? Fame, sadly. Gordon's sudden death at such a young age shocked many.''

Aaand there we have. His life in a nutshell.

Do you like Green Eggs and Ham?

German food. Hmmm. This evening we went to a restaurant where we had a 'Traditional Hessen meal'. Haha being somewhat of a gluttonous pig I take my food quite seriously! The entree was some mild cheese that looked like wax with raw onion on top, served with bread and we drank watery apple cider that taste like liquid smoke...
Alright so i conclude that it actually taste pretty good. But for a family that only buys organic and plan feasts for each night of the week i was a little disappointed! Excuse me for sounding like a wank:P I mean last night we had salad with tuna steak and raspberry dressing with a nice white wine...a far cry from eggs, potato and green sauce!!

How more german could a meal get haha I was told before I came here ^ is what i'd be eating for every meal. Thankfully its kinda more of a southerner meal I have been informed! Being a vegitarian kind of makes saying no to this type of meal easier:D

Spring time

Today I took a walk through the paddocks and forest area behind our house. I've never been in europe while its spring, and the colours are so vibrant!



In Oz, the smells are of eucalypt and wattle. Here the smell is of decaying oak and leaves (which i quite like). It's all so green, too! (Hey, Australia is in drought don't ya know)


Ok, so I love visiting cemeteries. I think my mum started this in me, I have fond memories of visiting old cemeteries in the high country of vic with her, buying books on the history of the inhabitants and trying to find the oldest graves. I still want to travel the Australian desert after reading a great book an old guy wrote about his journey to find the oldest graves of some of our first explorers. I thought the above landscape was so peaceful and serene.

This statue made me kind of sad, the whole cometary is so colourful and full of flowers, she looks as if she's eternally mourning someone buried there.


This was kind of strange to me, I'd never visited a cemetary where small garden beds were planted on top of the grave. Some of them were quite elaborate, and I saw many elderly people weeding them and planting new flowers. There was even a shed full of tools supplied by the caretaker. I quite like the idea of having plants being planted above my grave, my decaying body feeding them. Brings back one of my favourite stories that mum used to read to my brother and i when we were young titled Grandpa's Garden. It was about a boy finding an old fox pelt that was made into a scarf and feeding it lemons from the lemon tree that was planted above where its body was buried. Each lemon gave it back a bone, until eventually it came to life and sprung from the cupboard to run into the woods.

New House

So my house is like an ancient artefact museum. Its full masks, huge wooden sculptures from the solomon islands, giant buddhas, pieces from south america, asian style painted vases, oh, and some art novae style prints for good measure.

Haha, but this morning was the first time i noticed this dude. He's on my bathroom wall, amongst a few others, and he's definitely my fav:)

tHIS

Will mean absolutely nothing to anyone but myself. But in the past month i've put on 4 kilos...ha this not working 60+ hrs a week is agreeing with me. I hadn't weighed myself since i was about 16, but then when i arrived here the mother wanted to know what i weighed to see if she could fatten me up. So far she's winning!

In other news i'm turning into an alcoholic and its the frankfurt tattoo convention this weekend for which i am totally hyped:)

Street Art Links

Ok so haven't had the time to browse them properly, but i liked what i saw in these links and needed somewhere to save them. I was mighty proud to see a whole heap of melbourne pieces come up in an image search. Appreciating the place all the more now i'm not there!

shanetiernan.stumbleupon.com/tag/street-art/

http://streetart.antville.org/

http://www.melbournegraffiti.com/

http://www.stencilgraffiticapital.com/look-inside-the-book.htm
^ok so i feel like i'm pimping this book but the stencil by banksy is one you'll see all over the city.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/little-pieces/sets/830089/
^for me sync's work is melbourne. much respekt for the guy.

Worth reading wiki to get a bit of a history lesson if you're not familiar. If you are in Melbourne street art uncut (matthew lunn) is an awesome book giving you a low down on the melbourne scene and places to visit. Definitely inspired many a trip and a greater appreciation for the street art culture of melbourne.

Check it!

http://www.tattoo3rdeye.com/

http://www.tattooalien.com/
^Wicked horror themes. I am in love. Love the detail, love the images, love the style. Think i may have to visit this guy.

http://www.allstyle-tattoo.de/galerie_en.htm
^Not your typical tats. check out the gallery link.
http://www.fuck-the-pain.com/

http://www.bardadim.com/main.html
^Impressed with the detail in the black/grey

A little about what i do...

Soo, am currently working as an au pair in Germany. Now if you had have told me a year ago i'd be submitting myself to baby-sitting and house work, i would have laughed so hard i would have probably burst a blood vessel. Housework? Not in a million years would i iron clothing! It was like admitting i was going to be nothing but a house wife...i'd even had arguments with one manager that i was not going to iron my work shirt, because it was beneath me. I'd rather look messy then succumb to the traditional female role of house work. And kids?? Huh! Not in my life time!

So, low and behold, i am now half way around the world working as an au pair running around after two boys and doing housework.
And enjoying it.

Yes, the job can get pretty boring, but i have pretty much the whole weekends free, all of europe to explore and, my favourite, actual cooked meals every night of the week^^
Having left home at the age of 13, this is the first time i've ever had such routine and well, normality. And i like it.

Ain't life grand....

Working in Germany at the moment and am starting this to share my experiences with my friends old and new, either in oz or abroad...but mostly it's for myself as a reminder that life passes you by if you let it so get the fuck off you arse. We shall all rot in the ground some day, and as you lay dying, what will your regrets be?

Yeah so, don't complain, i said i'd keep an updated blog, not a fucking fairy tale.

Love you all.