Nov 2006

Well this Partner has hit home turf again. But finally one entry to illustrate the glory that is the US of A...

While I was there I saw a lot of: McDonalds, Wal-Mart, The Gap, Baseball, NFL, Rock and roll, The Internet, Slavery, Starbucks, Disney world, Porno, Valium, Reeboks, Fake Tits, Sushi, Taco Bell, Rodeos, Liberty, White Slips, The Alamo, Band-aids, Las Vegas, Christmas, Immigrants, Popeye, Democrats and Republicans... FUCK YEAH!

Not so much in the way of sportsmanship or books.

In all seriousness had a great month and here are some pictures to demonstrate this.

This guy must have had a HUGE Halloween eve on the town, wasn't looking so good that day

Me dressed as Elvis combined with Paul McCartney circa Sgt Peppers, Dooza right at home as a American Marine. We were looking good on Halloween but couldn't match the pulling power of the guy that turned up in a 9 foot monster outfit

Getting inappropriately excited at a Celtics NBA game

This one purely for me really. To an untrained eye, a regular Baskin and Robbins... to an obsessive Good Will Hunting fan, the (renovated) site of Matt Damon's golden line "Well I got her number. How do you like them apples?"

This one for the American Psycho fans out there. New York. West 81st St, The American Gardens Building.

Nice. Very nice.

Le Bron James - F*&k yeah!

Couldn't stop humming the Seinfeld theme outside this random diner for some reason

Had dinner with a mob croney planning his next hit over a pizza in Little Italy, Manhattan.

Finally, I plan to spend the next few days watching Test cricket in the same sort of relaxed position as these San Franciscan seals...

Well that's it. It's been a great ride. I'm going to be cobbling together a real life over the next couple of weeks here in Brisbane and looking forward big time to catching up with everyone in Melb during December.

Until then

Morto

My travels of late have mainly involved a weekly tube pass and a lemming impersonation on the way to my London office (I have recently got myself a job in the one place I said I wouldn't), but last weekend me ma, me da, me bonnie lass and meself did something (almost) worth writing about. We took the high road to Scotland.

I had undertaken a similar trip three years ago with my then travel partners Andy T and Em Web so hopefully they can take pleasure in seeing Scotland a few years on.....

My Aunty Margaret, a.k.a. Mother Mary, is the head sister of the Carmelite Nuns in Dysart (north of Edinburgh), so we based ourselves in the humble self equiped cottage previously owned as part of a hunting lodge, by the Earl of Roslyn. Impressive:

My bonnie lass, my wee Scottish Aunty and my grand self

Our brief Scottish travels included the beautiful city of Edinburgh...

the most famous golf course in the world (St Andrews)...

and....

Yes, that is the Castle that was used to film 80% of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And yes, we did stumble upon it in a random little town called Doune. And yes, it did instantly make it the best day of my life, apart from the first day I saw the footage of Tyson the skateboarding dog of course (if you haven't seen it, do yourself a favour).

We also saw an old favourite of mine...

Thommo and Em should remember this fondly

and a new favourite...

Alas, I'm now writing this blog not from a castle or a hunting lodge, but from a swivel chair in a London Underground office working nine to five what a way to make a living....
The job is with an engineering company called Faber Maunsell and if I recommend someone to the company and they get a job, I get £1000 pounds. So where the bloody hell are ya?
Anne is currently working in Londons best patisserie, bringing home plenty of pain chocolat and croissants, and the two of us are sharing a room in a nice house in zone two.

Considering coming home for Christmas at this stage, but availability of flights might have something to say about that.

Love to all,

Liam 'Paddy Melon' Callaghan