Random Welly Roadtrip

Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by hamstar

Me and Nick are trademe whores. What can I say.

I wake up about 6pm after my last nightshift and find a text from him asking if I wanted to go on a roadtrip the next day. I said yeah sweet and texted the people I was buying my motox boots and helmet from and told them not to post them cos I was coming down country.

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So I went for a drink with Becky and B-rad up at the trig. Sitting on the back of the utes watching the sunset over the Waitoki valley drinking beer is fucking mean (if you replace beer with something tastier anyway).

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mv ./skinny /NZ/Wellington/

Posted on January 6th, 2009 by hamstar

Moved Skinny down to Wellington on the 3rd (Saturday). 3 days into the new year and I’m already going for a road trip lol. Loaded up the van with all his stuff and took it down there. Ass end was so low. Driving down we listened to the audiobook Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything” which is pure win if you wanna know tonnes of random little facts about how stuff around the world and how science stuff works.

Yeah, skinny got a job software testing for the government, got a nice little flat in Newtown. Wellington was pretty nice, went for a few drives. It’s actually amazing how much more relaxed Wellington is than Auckland. Tonnes of bogans in Newtown as well, was cool. Lots of weirdos tho. We started yelling out “Weirdo!” everytime we saw one but then on observing that there were shitloads of weirdo’s around we started yelling out “Wellingtonian!” instead (no offense to any Wellingtonian’s).

I went and watched him on his BMX at island bay skatepark, he’s pretty mean on a BMX. Should’ve taken some vids but no camera. Yeah.

Was gonna see Tiger while I was in town but she didn’t reply to my email so wasn’t worried, think she was in Christchurch anyway lol.

I left on the Monday, after dropping Skinny off at work – bout 830am dept time. Was cool on the way back, pulled over for a rest, jumped in the back in my hammock and read my book. Bill Bryson’s “A Walk in the Woods”. Dude is a genius.

Got back to DF at about 6pm, bit long but did have quite a few rests.

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Busy Weekend

Posted on November 15th, 2008 by hamstar

Man, lots to do this weekend.

Finish at 7am this Sat morning, I’ve gotta get some sleep, then get up, install my front speakers in my van, change the oil, hook up the drivers door central locking, and tune the amp for all the speakers.

Then going to the Psycroptic concert with Joe, Nick, Shelley and her friend Ella, get drunk off my nut, and mosh the fuck out. Should be mean. Gotta buy a Psycroptic Tshirt too. My brother wants to come but he is not 18 for another 15 days. Shame.

Then on Sunday (hopefully not hungover) road trip it down to Tauranga to pick up my gat and amp and hang around Tauranga if its nice weather.

Then on Monday I can install and play Far Cry 2!! Dave bought it in for me tonight, going to be SO mean! Thats another one I can scratch off my list :) Plus COD5 came out yesterday so hopefully I’ll get my hands on a copy of that soon.

Shit just remembered its my dads birthday on monday too… what am I going to get him… also skinny leaves for Wellington…

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Stuff

Posted on October 27th, 2008 by hamstar

Been busy lately making a new site for Telescum, one that will pull telecommunications industry stories from rss feeds into a database automatically tagging them as it goes. It’ll work on a cron so I don’t have to touch it. Because I was to busy/lazy to keep updating the current site I’d rather have one that updates itself. Should be good.

I can scratch one of the games off my to get list. Skinny kindly got hold of Pure, the quad racing game. Is pretty mean. Makes me want to get a quad even more. I’m currently trying to save up $5-6k for a Yamaha YFZ450. Should be fun. Want to get a matching covered and alarmed trailer for my van to keep it in too lol.

Unfortunately I want to buy a guitar now, but I think I’ll just wait until after I get the quad. I been jamming with Nick a bit, he’s got a guitar and I’ve got drums but we swap most of the time. He’s pretty mean on the drums. Cranks out some wicked blast beats. I’m… below average on guitar. But I’m trying. I want to downtune it to play some real brutal chords, but I don’t think it is the right kind of guitar. I borrowed it the other day when I got off nightshift and played all day at full volume, was mean.

Been helping Nick a bit with his truck as well. He bought another Hilux. Already got a Van and a V8 Hilux (the project 88), and now he got another Hilux (for free) and is going to do that up (thats what we went to get the engine for). He’s redoing the rusty panels and stuff in it. Pretty much doing a panelbeaters job, reckons it would be about $2000 work from a professional. Brochanics all the way.

Removed Hilux CabBare Hilux chassis

I think lately I’ve been a bit extreme on the attacking religion front. Each to their own and everyone is free to take up a religion of their choice (or not) as per the human rights. So, sorry if I offended anyone.

Also had to say goodbye to a friend today :( . Shit was just fucked up between us. Sad that I won’t see them again, but thats the way the cookie crumbles.

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Town bash..

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by hamstar

So I am on a town bash at the moment, dunno why. Not that great – just the compnay I guess lol. Went out Friday night with Troy and Hollie, Hollies friend Cat (Kat?), and Becky and Shelley.

I was sober driver (cos I don’t drink anyways) so we all piled in the van and cruised into town, parked at work. Stopped at the burger place. Shelley and Becky took off for the waterfront and we headed to Oblivion.

$10 cover charge cos there was a band playing, turned out to be Troy’s workmate. Then Boric turned up, then THEY PLAYED DETHKLOK! Was mean, I was wearing my dethklok shirt (still am :) ), so high fives all round and moshed out to that haha!! Everyones looking at us like wtf is this shit.

Silly people from Real Life :P

Then Shelley and Becky turned up and there was more dancing, played some Pantera and some System and Walk With Me in Hell. Was badass… most of the other songs were pretty woosy tho.. little bit disappointed.

Then Troy, Hollie and Kat (Cat?) took off home by taxi, and me and Shelley and Becky went for a lurk to see if there was anything to steal/vandalise/break into lol. Those girls are trouble I tell you :P especially when drunk. Shelley is so funny when she’s drunk, and a bit softer too haha (pls don’t hit me). And Becky is just quirkier than normal. Laughs all round.

Hey I think I just saw lightening..!?

Anyway, then we tried to go to Mount Eden (to freeze our asses off in the cold wind) but it was shut so just came home.

Then last night I went up to Zac’s place with Skinny and Co-oped Guitar Hero 3 :) Took my guitar so was all wireless baby! Yea. Was mean.

Hey I think I just saw lightening again….

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