NOVEMBER THURSDAY 1st NOVEMBER Up at 7am; FB'd; looked at OM eviction legal report - feelin ok Back to bed at 9am Up proper at 4:30pm (!) FBage; said hello to Dan & Stu, pre-gig drinking in dining room Showered at 9pm Textage w/ Ben, who wanted to come round, maybe go to Midnight Caller gig Went to Coles for cash, Evelyn for beer Bed there when I got back; he set up sewing machine he'd found; I made chickpea green curry for dinner; scarfed it down Said goodbye to Ben & went to Bar Open for Midnight Caller gig at 10:15pm Went upstairs to find groop soundchecking (bartender woman doing desk, experimentally); went down for a cigga w/ Dan, then up for actual gig - somewhat mediocre, but crescendo'd well Pint afterwards in Bar Open beergarden; Dan, Karl, Pat, Hawkins - I felt out of it; went home; FBage w/ Dooks re everyone deserting for eclipse --> comical headfuckery Arrived home around midnight to find Ben still there, playing guitar on the sofa; I did dishes then retreated to my cave; PMage w/ Bousy re possible adventure plans At 1:45am put on cake for Bousy's intention circle tomorrow (Ben crashed out on couch); watched 40 min Crowley doco posted on my wall by Marcello while it baked (Cross & crew came home at 2:15am) Took cake out & hung with company while it cooled in fridge; crowd eventually took off Downloaded Ubuntu & tested from DVD Crashed at 6am FRIDAY 2nd NOVEMBER Up at 10:30am w/ alarm Iced cake; quick FBage We trammed in together w/ Ben for Bousy's Intention Circle at 11:45am; changed at Collins & Swanston; nice weather - me somewhat out of it due to sleep deprivation We wandered around edges of gardens looking for Tea Rooms (cafe), where Matt & Bousy were Eventually reached them at about 12:45pm Ben & I got coffee/tea; Matt gave each of us a reading with his 'tarot' cards; mine spookily good (The Cat/The Bee/Death/Joy--> you need to employ cat skills & industriousness to overcome a block & let something go--> this will work) I took off at 1:30pm to go meet Mum at home as arranged Walked/trammed to Ici (texted her to let her know I was running late); met Mum inside at 2:30pm Amicable but awkward conversation at Ici over coffee, then we walked to CH Talked more in dining room, seriously got into family issues - good, quite dealable-with, & constructive Dan & Pat turned up (had been waiting interminably for a taxi at Old Bar to cart gear); introduced Dan to Mum, etc She & I decided to go for walk, agreed to go get food (I was hungry, Mum had eaten earlier); settled on Napier Hotel & went there Got chicken burger & went out back to beer garden; further talkage re jobbery; Occupy etc We walked back to CH (via McCoppins so she could get wine for dinner at Carol & Garths - Kylee's fella was serving) Hugged goodbye & parted at dusk Cross turned up; conversage over beer in dining room (nice, although I was totally braindead from sleep dep) Realised Myf's birthday party in Thornbury was tonight, not tomorrow; debateage on FB whether to go (virtual 8-ball etc) Eventually trammed there from Brunny St (via Evelyn for beer) at around 11pm Said hello to Myf; small gathering with no one else I knew (except Estella); hung around braindeadedly for about an hour, then took off Last tram home from St George's Rd at 1am Ben kipping on sofa as arranged when I got back in Crashed at 2am, completely wiped out SATURDAY 3rd NOVEMBER Up at 12:30 FBage - internet shaped! PM talk w/ Dan re upgrading plan; called Bigpond re this; eventually did it. $400 in bank from Mum for final fig tree removal; paid remaining $20 of internet bill; put $30 into Paypal acct; paid $10 off webhosting from Paypal acct; listened to Shampoo as per Carina raving about them yesterday Call from Kershaw on Smith St at 5:30pm; wanted to come round to find out about MAAS online security stuff I showered; he turned up around 6pm, baring goon We had a beer in dining room; talked Occupy Showed him MAAS ftp; OTR chat; messageboard I'd set up, he took notes on all of this on his tablet (call from Mum while this was happening; confirming $400 for fig-treeage and saying goodbye) He was hungry, so we went to Bimbo; had pizzas; he talked about his family, army experiences etc; we went upstairs & had a cigga, me completely braindead by this point Came back with him to CH, he grabbed his stuff then took off - I felt wiped out again; PM from Bousy asking what I was up to, from doctor's surgery where she'd gone for swollen/ulcerated mouth I finished writing up notes Went out at 10:30pm to IGA for cupcake mix + beer for Mag's picnic tomorrow but ATMs down Came back; fried dim sims - low & tired Bed at 11:30pm Up at around 3am; internet upgraded (started downloading The Singing Detective & Belly Of An Architect); back to bed at 4am SUNDAY 4th NOVEMBER Up at midday FBage w/ Kylee re Hyatt etc IGA for beer, cupcake mix, minor groceries Made cupcakes; plannage Cardio Iced cupcakes; showered Trammed in for tail end of Mags’s birthday picnic in Treasury Gdns at 5pm, comically the official finishing time; FB'd & called by Varun on the way in saying come to State Library, where he, Indi & Carina were headed, joining Yohan & Faria (--> Lentils) I opted to get off at TG, & encountered departing Mags & crew (+ Matt Davey)! Victory. Gave them cupcakes, got a gingerbread ninja Debated going to State Lib to meet others, but decided to go to Rochy for a cheap parma instead Stopped off at home, dropped cupcakes, got laptop Went to Rochy for parma at 7pm; wrote up notes, FB'd Came home, feelin’ low, but manageably so Put out rubbish, hung up washing, did dishes Retired to room w/ beer, rewatched “We Are Legion”, speculated on restarting movie screenings at CSQ via FB; thread started by Bousy re drinks on Tue night etc Got sucked into watching Dicko-posted video about fake-Commonwealth conspiracy Crashed at 4:30am MONDAY 5th NOVEMBER Woken at 1pmish by Ben B coming round to borrow my guitar Paid leckie bill; asked question re wageslavery on FB & seriously pondered option of living at Commonground as proposed by Carl Scrase in response to this Smith St for baccy, groceries from Turkish shop; beautiful dark spring day Debate w/ Bourkie re conditioned monkeys picmeme Subsidiary mish to Coles for rest of groceries Second mish to Coles for earphones, lighter; Evelyn for beer around midnight Hilarious PM thread emerged out of Bousy-initiated discussion about drinking at mine tomorrow All of a sudden it was 5:30am; got into argument with Carina re telling people not to use “cunt” as an insult; she ultimately cracked the shits Crashed at 7am (!) TUESDAY 6th NOVEMBER Up at 4pm - raining; missed refugee cup day BBQ at Maribynong Detention Centre FBage (got Scott’s number off Chloe; Bousy proposing pre-meet at Lentils); listened to voicemails (text & voicemail from Sara, in Byron) Ben turned up at 5pmish; I did a quick sweep/tidy; called Bousy; we agreed to nix Lentils due to lack of time Went to gym for weights at 7pm but it was closed due to Cup Day IGA for beer & cupcake mix Bousy turned up dead on the dot of 8pm; we had quick catchup (she’d had job interview, mouth basically recovered; me contemplating job-gettage, moving to Common Ground) Ben turned up (back from IGA with raw snacks, lol) + Kel & Nath at 8:30pm; I hugged them hello then retreated to my room (posted funny faces-pulling pics of Kylee on the tram, to great comic effect) briefly before rejoining the company I made cupcakes while the Sara handcuffs incident was discussed Bousy’s friend Tae turned up at 9:45pm; I called Sara in Byron, as per voicemail received earlier in the day; left her a voicemail We all went out to Bimbo at 10:15pm Initially went upstairs (sat in dark corner; joined by male friend of Tai’s, we talked apocalypse; textage with Adam, who was contemplating joining us) Found a table; Bousy semi-dancing and um-ing & ah-ing over pizza; Ben got one; we encountered Baron; two rounds Lulzy drunken banter out front with random asian women; I went back to mine, shortly followed by the others Eventually wound up with bulk of crew (Ben, Tai, Bousy, Baron watching stuff in my room; Kel & Nath in dining room) Bousy & Tai took off & everyone else crashed out in the early hours; I sat alone in the dining room listening to music on the laptop until dawn (Baron asleep in my bed) Eventually crashed out next to him WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER Up at 4pm; hungover Tidied up some; checked FB Showered Walked to WACA/MAAS meet at Friends of the Earth on Smith St at 5:45pm Arrived at 6:15pm (45 mins late) to find quite large circle sat round table (Sean, Ben, Coggo, Karl, Lutz, Yohan, Faria, Varun, Hugh, Jamie, fair number of semi-familiars), discussing possibilities for next action, ultimately agreed to hit US Consulate again; birthday cake distributed for Varun Meeting broke up around 7:30pm; millage around outside; Ben told me about dramas with police threatening him & Sara over handcuff theft Ben, Yohan, Faria, Varun, Hugh, Lutz, semi-familiar guy & me travelled to Brunny for dinner After some prevarication we went, as originally wanted by Ben, to Yong Green Food (asian macrobiotic restaurant opposite IGA); kind of a birthday thing for Varun; I had tempeh burger Millage around outside; browsage in Lucreiza & Desade with Ben & Hugh etc I took off (completely wiped out/hungover) at maybe 9:30, Ben undertaking to follow shortly thereafter (crashing on couch) Nice talkage with Ben & Dan in kitchen/dining room, whilst I did dishes Retired to cave, intending to go to bed, but actually didn’t until 3:30am; goonage THURSDAY 8th NOVEMBER Up around 3:30pm (12 hours sleep) FBage; wrote up notes Ben came round around 5:45pm; chatted to him briefly before retreating to the cave again; texted Lee happy birthday; paid $40 off webhosting; posted re Commonground Festival on BEFB page (+ friended Kylee); brief but :)-ful FBPM catchup with Sara in Byron Weights at 8:30pm (skipped core exercises due to gym closure) Came back and ate delicious veggie & bean stirfry cooked by Ben on my bed still in my gym clothes, then he went out on a date Went out for six pack from Evelyn Ben (plus his date also called Ben) came by to get his coat; we smoked ciggas in my bedroom then they took off again Drank beer; accepted stuckness Drunkenness; philosophy; insanity Crashed at 9am 2pm