Yah, mon.

So yesterday after spending seriously all day doing some form of school work from writing papers, lectures, prewriting, etc., my friend Ben from Minesota called me up and asked if I wanted to accompany him to West End to hear some music. We'd been trying to plan this for two weeks now, and it finally worked out where both of us weren't busy on a Monday night.

We met up at Guyatt Park to take the city cat all the way over to West End (it's just across the river--you can see the stop from Guyatt). West End is the "Asheville" of Brisbane. Ecclectic, good music, diverse people, quirky shops. I can see myself liking it; this was the first time I had made it over there. We took the bus into the town from the city cat, and then walked up to our music venue: The Shire. Ha, this place was awesome. It was all outside with blankets and towels laid out, a table with pillows to sit on, a tree with a solitary leaf on it and a disco ball revolving, dreds in every direction, good tea, and great music all the time. They played everything from Bob Marley to Duke Ellington on guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, banjos, etc. Ben introduced me to some of his girl friends that were there, and we chilled listening to music under the starry sky and disco ball. Perfect night for friends and good music.

Tonight is the lunar eclipse with the red color, which I am about to leave to go observe. I'm kind of excited about it. So I'll update again this week. Sorry pictures still aren't up! I know I'm really behind on that, but I promise I have them...alot of them, so they'll be there soon! Look for a Sydney album, a Minmore farms album, and an update on the Brisvegas album soon!

Much love to all of you.