Promising year ahead….
Since the last blog, every free chance I’ve had – I’ve been working on my book cover. And I’m finished! I was originally going to split the time between that & this but that was so much fun. It looks great, potentially my best work yet lol
All it needs now it to be sealed with clear duraseal & then I’ll ‘try’ to scan it & post it on here.
Well 2012 is treating me fine. In fact it’s as if 2011 never left. I guess that’s good, but not in terms of weather. Remember when I said our summer wasn’t kicking off to a very good start. Well the middle hasn’t been much greater either. I’ll admit this week & last week the weather has been brilliant, FINALLY. It’s now the end of January which means we only have ONE more official month of summer left – but we haven’t had one. We have honestly had more rainy/windy days than clear bright typical summer days. So many people are complaining, at work, at home, on the radio even on the news.
They say the good weather should finally stick around but there are a lot of people out there who are fucken furious us kiwis {especially here in Auckland} never got the 3 golden months of summer we normally do. I myself am not too worried, after all I’m going to Fiji at the end of May.
YUP
I said it. Tickets are booked & everything. We no, not everything, accommodation is still not fully paid off, nor are the transfers, but flights to Nandi Airport in Fiji are booked, confirmed & paid for on the 25th of May!!!
Surprised? I sure am. To be honest I’ve had no enormous {or even slight} interest to travel to Fiji – especially after the whole government/army situation over there went all shit box. I keep telling myself, you’re going to FIJI!! It’s like something you see in a sitcom or movie where they all up & leave for the tropics and end up doing something crazy.
To be honest the only reason I’m even doing this is because of the voucher I got from Uni. It expired on the 20th of Jan & I finally used it on the 18th!!!!! Gosh I cut it pretty close, even the agent I went to looked at me as though I was stupid & should have used it months ago. Ah well, it was still valid & when May comes I’ll be so thankful for it.
We originally wanted to go in the middle of April {just like our trip last year to the Gold Coast – was a BLAST!} but we realised it was school holidays + Easter holidays & the resorts over there would be in their peak. A LOT of aussies & kiwis head over the ditch to either Gold Coast or the Islands for the April break, & we didn’t want to go while the place was jammed packed with kids & stressed parents around. So we opted for the beginning of May, & she tried to book us the cheapest flight & even apparently had it on hold, but when she went to book the two of us in it wasn’t available – so either she only booked ONE seat or she totally lied. Ah well, we settled for the end of May – the 25th to be precise
. Which is my sis’s 23rd B’day funnily enough hahaha
So for 5 nights arriving on the 25th & returning home on the 30th we’ll get our own little summer in paradise. I wanted to stay longer but I only had a $500 voucher plus with work I didn’t want to ask for too much time off. Plus I’ve heard from multiple people that 5 nights is more than enough for the Islands as it can get pretty boring if you stay longer on those tropical escapes. Also the place we’re staying at wasn’t exactly cheap so 5 nights was more than enough lol.
We’re staying at the Radisson Fiji Resort. It’s one of the newest resorts on Denarau Island – actually I think it IS the newest resort there. Its flash & looks pretty amazing. At the end of the day all the resorts there are pretty much the same. I just went with this one because of the point I just made, plus it has a killer lagoon styled pool! It’s all about the pool, & everyone knows it. I actually read an article online few weeks back about how resorts with the biggest/coolest pools where outselling the ones with those crappy boring square shaped ones {plus it just makes sense}: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10777821
Was a close call between the Radisson & Sofitel resort. The Sofitel resort is within walking distance from the Radisson & was even cheaper. But its pool didn’t beat the Radissons. It still looks cool though, & definitely a wicked place to stay, hell I’ll walk over & try the place out myself
People who have stayed at Denarau Island have told me that you can walk around and use restaurants in the other resorts & they don’t seem to care if you swim in their pool either. It’s true that the Island doesn’t have outstanding picturesque beaches, but they make up for it with the pools
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Am gonna plan 2 days trips for us as well. One out to Treasure Island & still not sure about the other one. Let you guys know when it comes sooner to the time. So yea that’s some reasonably big and more exciting news compared to what I normally ramble on about
daveyboy’s goin’ ta Fiji. It’s still a fair way off though – but will fly by
Am in love with Lana Del Rey’s new single ‘Born to Die’. Song is so strange & when I first heard it, well I was actually more taken with the music video than the song. So visually stunning and matches the music perfectly. The song is very slow and depressing which isn’t normally my thing but her voice is so mesmerising. Plus I love some of the lines she uses in the lyrics.
It’s such a raw emotional song & you can tell she’s obviously taking about a past lover she once had. The ending has a good little twist on it as well – with her dead in his arms. It’s tragic but quite heart-warming & somewhat romantic at the same time. I swear when I first heard this song I played it about 150 times before I started to get sick of it. Plus can I just mention the woman is fucken hot. yes I am gay, um hello. But I can tell a hot chick from a normie, her lips alone are envious. She’s a knock out. day-um!
Here’s the vid: http://youtu.be/Bag1gUxuU0g
Speaking of Lana Del Rey – she seems to have just come out of no-where. I walked into a book shop the other day & saw her on 3 magazine covers in the music section. Gosh, I didn’t even know anything about her. my friend told me she had another single out too called ‘Video Games’ which was pretty popular already. All the magazines were saying she’s the next ‘big’ thing & she’s what to look out for in 2012. Poor girl, they’re really raising the bar for her. I like how she’s being unique, but not to the same standard Lady Gaga is. Its subtle & sexy. Not outlandish & tacky.
And in more music of interest. Amy Lee’s new single off her latest Evanescence album ‘My Heart is Broken’ has been released with a music video. I love Amy – she’s one of the greatest female vocalist out there, and boy do I love the song – best one on the album, but the video is boring as fuck. It’s almost a little pointless. I can totally see what they were doing & the message etc etc. trapped in this world which she’s created herself, very deep & metaphorical & dark blah blah but I had just envisioned something more interesting and with a story.
Like something to do with her seeing things going on in the world or something, for example having one shot of her walking along the beach as black waves roll in thick with oil. She’s in a silky beautiful white gown that has a huge trail behind her… its covered in oil & pulling her back – all around her oil covered birds are rolling around dying from the pollution & fish, sharks, even whales have washed up and are twitching in pain. Or her running through a street in England during one of the riots or a street in the middle east as bullets fly past her and children lay dead in the streets & she kneels down amongst the gunfire to pluck a small dying child up as soldiers and rioters ignore them both & continue to fight. OR her bloodied and bruised picking her way through a devastated city street after a huge earthquake as dust & smoke billows in the wind.
Probably a little strange & not exactly what she was talking about in her lyrics, but that’s the whole idea of the song. Her heart is broken – it doesn’t always need to be literal & exact {yes we knows he’s talking about a guy, pft what love song doesn’t?}. You can branch out & have a more holistic/worldly view of things. Anyway that’s just what I had in mind.
Here’s the vid: http://youtu.be/f1QGnq9jUU0
This morning I found out that Evanescence is coming back to NZ! My sis is a crazy fan & was all over the bands website/facebook trying to find out the tour for the new Album, because they came here & did a few shows here in Auckland way back in 2007. We found out she was touring South America, USA, & Australia but there was no mention of little NZ so she gave up.
But this morning while I was at work scanning through the herald website which I do all the time – I couldn’t miss the picture of Amy & the band and the headline “Evanescence to heat up at Vector Arena”. I phoned my sis & told her while she was at work, best news she’d heard all year. Cute.
So this March 31st is the concert & I’m almost 99% certain I’ll be there. Their first concert here was my very first every concert/live band event I’ve ever been too. Back then she played in a smaller theatre & I was so young, barely 17. Weirdest thing of all was all the dudes that kept asking if I wanted to be picked up & be sat on their shoulders in the crowd {at least 3 total strangers}. I remember one of the guys was hot as FUCK & was even standing with his gf right beside him, she gave him the evilest look but he was dead serious. I just kindly said thanks but no thanks & went all red. Damn would have loved to have had my legs wrapped around that buff metal head. mmmmmm
A couple months back I did a blog on Absolutely Fabulous {Ab Fab} & mentioned they were returning to the small screen. Some people were shocked & others didn’t even believe me. Well it happened! They filmed it & have already aired the first 2 episodes {they’re more specials than actual episodes}. They’ve even been on TV here in NZ too. That’s how big the show is, NZ only had to wait a few weeks for it, usually we wait months.
If there was a pill you could take to make you forget movies/shows you’ve seen I would be over dosing on it as there’s nothing like watching an episode of a show you love for the very first time. Sure you can buy it and watch it over & over but that first viewing will just be an amazing memory. The jokes are never AS funny, and there’s never AS much surprise or suspense.
After the first one came out in the UK for Christmas I downloaded it & watched it before the week was over. It was so good, just as good as all the other seasons & it was like nothing had changed – which was what all us fans were afraid of. Eddy may have tripled in size & patsy looked closer to death more than ever before but fuck they still owned it. Was sad when the credits rolled up. All those years of talking about wanting the show to come back with my mates & then the months of hype before the new episodes finally came out… and it was all over in 30 minutes.
So instead of downloading the 2nd episode after it aired in the UK, I waited & watched on TV here on the couch like a regular person. To be honest I thought this one wasn’t as funny. Patsy didn’t really have a huge influence, plus the main guest star they had – well I had no idea who she was to be honest so I didn’t really get half the jokes. but all in all it was still fabulous & made me laugh loud enough for the neighbours to hear.
Apparently from what I’ve read, there will be one final special which will be feature length like the ‘Gay’ special when they went to NYC. But it won’t come out till the London Olympics start. Not sure why, maybe just for the higher viewing no.s, or maybe there’s a link or connection between the two. I’m super excited & will try not cry when the credits roll.
I love the show & those heavy-drinking, drug-abusing bitches rock my world. But Jennifer has confirmed it will be the last time the gang get together {well that’s what the article I read said}. However if you google the show there seems to be heavy debate of more “specials” & apparently even a SIXTH episode that BBC is urging for.
I guess we’ll see what happens… I’m all for more Ab Fab but if the next Special is the VERY last, it won’t be the end of the world. Or will it? hahaha
In more local gay news. The annual Big Gay Out is closer than I ever realise. It’s on the 12th of Feb, which is not this weekend but the following. Think I’ve done a few blogs in the past about the Big Gay Out already, so if your keen to go back & read them {or just perve at the pics
} or find out what the hell I’m even talking about just click on any of the February or March months on the right had side column which will bring up past blogs. Should be one every Feb, but might have posted in March….
Anyway I’m looking forward to it. Like I’ve said before it’s the biggest & in my opinion the most decent event the gays here in Auckland have to go to. We don’t have anything close to the festivities or parties overseas so this little ‘out in the park’ day is pretty nice. Last year almost 12,000 people turned up, which is pretty big for the Auckland gay community here {its tiny}. In the last year I’ve been out clubbing twice & don’t really ever spend time up at K’road which is the heart of the gay precinct here in Auckland, so this will be much needed ‘out there’ fun
Well that’s 4 pages of blabber so I reckon that’s enough to leave till next time. I know I leave the blogs so long these days but grrrr YOU try keeping a regular blog. Its honestly not that easy.
Catch you guys sooner rather than later, promise
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