It seems longer and longer in between posts for me as life seems to be speeding up at such an incredible pace. While there feels like a thousand things I could write about at the moment, I though I would just break the ice in an easy and clean manner and share a few photos and a video of a recent trip to Melbourne to see Tool live in concert.  Thinking back to the night of the concert, it still seems like such a sureal concept that I was actually there, as if I had fallen down the rabbit hole into a world of light and sound like no other – if only the food stands had sold cakes with the words “Eat Me” on them so I may have been able to see just a little bit more.  They opened the show with Third Eye (much to my delight) and closed with one of my favourite, Stink Fist.  While they never played Parabol/Parabola, their live rendition of Lateralus with a small homage to Metallica even pleased my Chicken, whom has never really been much of a fan.   Even though the quality is far from good, we did manage to film them playing Vicarious.

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On the 16th of December, I had the pleasure of seeing Jeff Martin live for the second time, preforming alongside Terapai Richmond (dIG/The Whitlams) for their World’s Apart tour.  Playing at the Wrest Point Casino (Australia’s oldest casino), I invited my mum along to watch and listen as Jeff unraveled his musical magic to an enthralled audience.

Formally of The Tea Party, Jeff revealed that a new project he has been working on, Jeff Martin 777,  is scheduled to be released in late February, followed by a tour of Canada in March and another Australian tour in May of 2011.

For more information, visit his website – www.jeff-martin.net

Even though the quality isn’t the best, I was able to do a small amount of filming on my still camera.

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Another year, another Zombie March – and what a blood bath of brains and fun it was! This year saw even more zombies of all ages rise from their graves to make their way from Princess Park in Battery Point to the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart.  Once again dressed as a bloody bride, my Chicken (who this year was a prisoner) and I invited a few friends along for the thrill ride.  Meeting at the “Boat Park”, I think we ended up eating more of our home made fake blood than we wore as we watched zombies of all sizes start to take over the leaf strewn landscape. Even though I had dressed up (which I love to do), my main priority for myself this year was to film the event.  Constantly running to get ahead to the action was a lot harder than I anticipated, particularly in a wedding gown, but it was very much worth it for the footage I got – it also made the beer afterwards even more refreshing!

After links for this years Zombie March?  Here they are – and if you come across any others, please let me know so I can add them to the list.

The Mercury (online) – there are some pretty amusing comments to the article from “horrified” spectators, but there is also a fantastic collection of photos from the march.

FaceBook

The group for the Hobart Zombie March has stacks for photos uploaded in their photo album with participants being encouraged to add their own – Hobart Zombie March

You can also view my photos on FaceBook HERE, including the photo shopped stills I used in my video (also feel free to tag your self).

YouTube

Once again, YouTube user quebecfoxtrot (and friend of my Chicken) had uploaded an awesome clip of the march, which you can view HERE.

And of course, below is my video from this years March, featuring music from local band, Ending Atrophy.

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Back in November of last year, My Chicken (Adam) competed in his first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) competition.  He had only been training for about 4 months at the time and won his first fight – I was so proud of him!  I has so much fun watching him that I have recently decided to take it up myself.  Because this was Chicken’s first competition, his division started on the ground so they could focus on the grappling & submissions rather than take downs.

For more information on BJJ in Australia, visit – Will / Machado BJJ Australasia

The video player below contains 8 videos from the comp, including the first BJJ fight in Tasmania between two black belts. Just use the arrows to scroll through to the next video.

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My newest tattoo, just done fresh yesterday.  I thought I would try out a new studio that opened up just before Christmas, Tassie Ink and I was very happy with the result.  The Artist was a girl by the name of Candice.  I have been wanting this test for a while.  The words are lyrics from one of Tools songs, Parabola.  I thought it fitting to have the placement on my inner left arm, over my scars.

No cool video of my own for this tat, but do check out Tool’s film clip for Parabol / Parabola.  It is visually spectacular and leaves you thinking.

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In memory on my son, Elliot…

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I first read about this in our local Newspapers “Odd Spot” and thought I just had to find the video. The New York City’s transit agency is now investigating the clip after one of the other passengers posted it on their blog. Animals are not permitted on the trains unless they are an animal of aid or in contained in a pet carrier.

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I have long been a fan of Jeff Martins Musicianship, from The Tea Party to his new project, The Armada.  Rich in story influenced from the far corners of the Earth, his music takes me aways to other lands, where mysticism and magic overcome me and leave me longing for more.  Such is the power his music has over me, that you can even begin to guess at how excited I was to find out that he was performing live in little ol’ Hobart.  I was unfortunate in missing out on seeing him earlier in the year due to work, but nothing was going to stop me this time round as I seemed to count down the days and hours in my mind, like a child does for Christmas, with each day seeming to drag with anticipation.  It was well worth the wait.

Starting the night with Morocco, the crowd was instantly under his spell, enchanted by his voice and the array of foreign instruments that graced the stage.  Many songs from both The Armada & Tea Party were played, including Sister Awake, one of my personal favourites.  In the middle of one track, Jeff preformed a rendition of Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt, while in another, Joy Divisions’ Love Will Tear Us Apart wept from his heart-felt voice.

As part of an upcoming live DVD / Documentary, the night’s performance was recorded and filmed with much attention payed to the sound quality, because, as Jeff Martin put it, he “Cared”.  The over all experience was just breath-taking.  After a moving tribute to the Melbourne Bushfire victims of Black Saturday, the Armada returned to the stage to play an encore of Black Snake Blues that seemed to echo on in the ears and minds of all present.

Not wanting it to end, it did with the announcement that the Armada would return for a meet a great, so I loitered around, heart fluttering with excitement in wanting to thank Jeff personally for one of the most important pieces of music in my life – Heaven Coming Down.  After what seemed like another eternity, they came out and with charm and appreciation, greeted their fans, posing for photos and signing autographs.  When it came to my turn, I could feel my body tremble with emotion, not like that of being starstruck, but with what it ment to thank this Poet, this amazing Musician for what he had given me with his song.  He hugged me, and kissed me on the check as I struggled to hold back the tears.  He understood, even as I, a stranger to him, poured out my heart to him in 17 seconds.  17 Seconds is all it Takes, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpking wrote, and that is true because that is all the time in the World to truly see inside someone heart if you are willing to.

You can find out more about The Armada and hear samples of their music on their website, The Armada

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Once again I feel like I have been slack in writing.  Every time I have had the chance I have been getting myself too caught up in other random net activities such as Twittering and playing games on Facebook.  I guess you could say I’m a bit of and addict to the two of them.  Other than that, my mind has been pre-occupied with work and life and what I can do to try and make myself feel happier.  I seem to be having more and more good days now, but the bad ones just feel like they are eating away at me more and more that even though I feel so down, part of me feels like it becomes desensitized to anything that could make me smile, even a little bit.  In my mind I have been trying to work out what it is that I want, what it is that will make me happy and I know what it is, what I feel i need now and want in my near future – but I can’t grasp it, it just seems too far away and I don’t know how to get there, how to make it happen – especially when I feel the way I do.  It’s almost as if part of me is waiting on some kind of a sign to give me that inspiration, to kick-start that feeling of joy in life, so that somehow I can make everything else fall into place at my feet…

Two weeks ago, I finally got around to doing my Om Tattoo.  I this is only my third tattoo I have done myself, but I am quite happy with the results.  It would be great to maybe one day be good enough to score myself a tattoo apprenticeship, but there aren’t too many studios down here and I’d need a hell of a lot more practice before I’d have the confidence to go after one.  Anyway, here is the video.  As always, please sub to my Blog and sub to my Youtube Videos

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The last few weeks have been pretty emotionally hard for me.  I’ve been battling pretty hard with my depression and bipolar so I have been quite  a mess, making just the everyday seem like an impossible task.  It has been pretty hard of my Chicken too seeing me like this and not really knowing what to do – and it makes me feel worse knowing that I am doing that to him.  I love him so much and he is my World to me, I hate that I am hurting him by hurting myself. It’s as if I keep spiraling out of control, but I am trying to get back on the right path.  It seems so fucking hard but it will be worth it. I just need to find things to hold onto, to give me some kind of hope, even if it is just the little things. I just need to keep being as strong as I can.

On a more positive note, I have been playing around with my new camera and decided to film my two new friends – Misa and Mellon Chollie the mice.  This is my first full HD video so I hope you enjoy it.  As always, please subscribe to my  blog in the top right and to my YouTube Videos HERE. You can also follow me on Twitter HERE

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Yesterday I got myself a brand spanking new laptop.  I am so happy with it!  It’s just perfect for what I need, especially video editing.  I am hoping to enter next years Sony Tropfest with a short film.  I plan to film everything, then animate each frame, also adding in some of my own original artwork.  I really do hope it works out – and that I am able to finish it in time.  It’s my aim to make the top films at least that travel the country for the festival it’s self.  Without giving too much away, it’s going to be a short sort of horror film.  Noting too gory or scary, as I’m mainly relying on my art and animation to make to whole thing look visually spectacular.

Last month I also finally got my Infinity Rose Vine Tattoo done, to forever remind me of my Beautiful Chicken and my love for him (click HERE to see previous post).  I had hoped to have had this video done sooner, but when my other laptop died, I lost all the work I had previously done on it, so I had to start again from scratch.

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It has been a while since I’ve had the chance to write an entry, but I’ve been having problems with my computer.  It’s only a  little laptop which may not be anything fancy – not to mention it was only something to last me until I could get something good, but I still miss it and it’s convenience.  So not much of a post this time round but I did want to share an iTunes Tutorial I did a while back on how to add album art to songs.  I know that there are a few ways to do it, but this is the way I learnt and still use.  I hope this is useful to someone out there.  Please leave feed back if you  like and be  sure to subscribe to my blog  by clicking my feed button or by subscribing via email.

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When my parents moved into their house (built in 1915) back in 2005, Mum had a feeling there was something a little strange going on.  Quite often you would walk through the house and catch the scent of a perfume that no one was wearing, or you would hear footsteps coming from an empty room.

One night while waiting for my parents to arrive home – and being the only one in the house, I kept hearing footsteps coming from different areas of the house.  Each time I went to investigate I was met with nothing, until I heard banging coming from the main bedroom.  With my camera in hand, I walked in and took a photograph of the dark and empty room, only to capture an orb in full motion falling from the ceiling to the floor.  A few weeks later while playing around with her new phone, my Mum captured some amazing video footage in the lounge room of multiple orbs in motion.  If you watch closely, it appears that they are actually coming through the wall.

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A few weeks ago on the 27th of June, my Chicken and I took part in our very first Zombie March through the city of Hobart.  I had heard of Zombie Marches being held in other parts of the World, so when I found out via FaceBook that Hobart was having one of their own – I could not wait to take part.  Dress as a very bloodly Zombie Bride and my Chicken as my Zombie Groom, we met others of out kind at Princess Park, more commonly known to us locals as “The Boat Park.”  After drenching our selves in even more fake blood, we started straggling down towards Salamanca Markets, screaming and groaning as the crowed looked on and took pictures, faces riddled with mixed emotion – it was a great day…

We marched through the city and into the Mall before making our way up Elizabeth Street, and around to The Brisbane where we mauled at a Double-Decker bus filled with tourists before heading inside for a quick drink.  Being zombies made it kinda hard to take too many photos or footage, but I have tried to make the best of what I had by playing around with Photoshop and Movie Maker.  I don’t have too many group shots, but if you are in any of the photos, then please feel free to tag yourself in my FaceBook Album, HERE.

There are many more great examples of photography from the day which can be found at these places below:

On FaceBook at:

Hobart Zombie March 2009

Eva

Skye

Online at:

Flickr by Big Doofa

Hobart Daily

Appart from my own video, I have only been able to find one other so far from this year.  Please let me know if you find any others.

Zombie Street Walk Salamanca Market 2009

Video from the Hobart Zombie March a few years back.

The Zombie March

If you have any other photos or videos from the day, then please leave me a comment with your link and I will be happy to add it to my list.

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I started at my new – old job last Monday at JB.  I say new – old because I used to work there 10 months ago but left after my other job (Coles) offered me more hours, which was good while I had the hours.  But like with most supermarkets, it seemed that profits were more important and I started to loose my hours to much cheaper 17 year olds.  So I went back into JB and got my job back, but on registers this time rather than selling cameras.  I actually have been enjoying it more as I don’t have to worry about the pressure of sales targets and the time seems to fly past so quickly.  It has also been good to learn something new, even if it is only something basic as it keeps my mind active.  It has been rather draining though, hence why I haven’t really had the time to write, especially in the way I would like to.

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The last week seems to have been full of chaotic ups and downs for me.  I’m leaving one job this Sunday to start another on Monday.  I also feel like I have been on a busted emotional rollercoaster, just not being able to handle everything else being thrown at me.  Been having problems sleeping again,with weird dreams troubling me well into my waking hours.  I do know a lot of it is my own paranoia and mind screwing with me, but it still drags me down into the ashes, leaving me to struggle with my own uncertainties.  I know things aren’t as bad as they see, I just feel restless.

I really don’t know what to write at the moment, it just feel like there is too much noise in my head.  I will post another video though.  This is an EVP from a seance I did a few years ago.  Now before people start to tell me how good or bad seances can be – I do know they can be dangerous.  That is why I take them seriously and don’t muck around with them.  Anyway, when you listen you can hear the voice of a man saying something along the lines of “Hate this place *something-something* God”.  The “No” you can hear is myself.  Notice how there is the echo in my voice, but not from the EVP.

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This is a drawing of my beautiful Chicken.  I know he doesn’t really look like a Chicken, but he is my Chicken and I love him with all that I have from the day we met over two years ago.  We became great friends and in time, much more.  He is everything I have ever dreamed about and thought I would never find in this life time.  But I did find him, and I want to remember that forever.  In July it will be our 1 year anniversary and on that day I hope to get some more ink done, so he will always be with me.

I believe that there are other things in our World and a reason for existing.  How it all works, I do not know, but I have a thing with numbers.  Even in nature there are patterns that keep repeating themselves too often to be coincidence.  Numbers are all around us and we all have our favourite ones.  Mine is 5 and Chicken’s is 11.  But there are also ways to apply numbers to names and dates to get a Numerological profile on a person or place.  My Numerological number is 11 while Chicken’s is 5.  Spooky… but the two numbers are the basis for my design.  I am wanting to get it on my left hand as the veins run closest to the heart and it is to fill a gap I have between another on my hand and one on my wrist.  The 5 roses represent me while the thorns represent chicken.  The vine is in the shape of the symbol for infinity.  One of the thorns is bloodied and looks like is has pierced the skin, leaving a small inked blood droplet – over the vein that runs through from the wedding finger.  It will make for tattoo number 9 – if I can resist the urge to get another one done before then.

In leaving for today I thought I would post a video of some tattoos I had done back in February.  If you are familiar with the band Tool, then you will recognise the artwork from the album Lateralus.  The artwork is actually done by a guy called Alex Grey who produces some amazing pieces.  You can visit his website by clicking HERE.  I hope to eventually incorporate more of his artwork into future tattoos.

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