Last post!

Thanks for joining me for the ride!

My adventures were many, but its all come to an end now!

Well, not really, but I'm too depressed about not being there anymore to share with it on this blog!

Photos will be plenty on facebook, rest assured.

Anyway, if you're in Chicago, come rock out with me at the first Grant Park movie on Tuesday the 14th!

-peace-

Darling Harbor and the Water Front

So! Darling Harbor.


Pretty much the Sydney equivalent to Navy Pier. It has clubs, bars, restaurants, entertainment things, cruises, basically everything a high rolling tourist requires.

Points of interest include:

The Ferris Wheel


The Chinese Gardens




The World's Largest Imax Screen


Sydney Aquarium and the Sydney Wildlife World

and also this thing:


Not much more to say about it?

Here are some random photos from walking most of the entire waterfront of the city.


RUSSEL CROW'S HOUSE.


Also, I designed a hoodie for my dorm.


...my time left here is short...

A Successful Exhibition at a Haunted Club

So. I'm a little behind, aren't I?

I've still got over a week of blog material, but I have 3 days left here...

Between studying and the exhibition, and goodbye parties, I've neglected you all, eh? I'll update this while in the US until I have no more material!

ANYWAY, the exhibition at World Bar! World Bar was located in King's Cross in Sydney, which is basically their club/red light district.


This'll only make sense if you've been reading Australian news~



Anyway, World Bar was a classy place. Pretty trendy as far as clubs go. One of the organizers said that it was haunted. The place used to be a brothel, but the room upstairs from the gallery used to host the more... dangerous requests. Apparently alot of guys died in the process, and ghosts are supposedly rampant. HAUNTED CLUB?? The room had a fake bookcase put in front of it, and its used for private functions. It was closed off the whole night, unfortunately.



I pretty much had 4 days to make 16 pieces, so some things were recycled from old shit. However, I accidentally came upon a new, previously unawakened aspect of my art soul that will definitely come in handy with the 09/10 Gargoyle year! I'm kind of sad I sold some of the pieces, I secretly wanted to keep some of them :(



The turnout was small, since I was competing with a HUGE rugby game and a Ghostface Killah concert. However, alot of my Aussie buddies turned up, and thats all I need honestly! It was a blast!

Well, to all my Australian readers, most of you might already be gone from Basser or whereever, but I want to let you know that these four months wouldn't have been nearly as great without you guys. STAY CLASSIC.

Sorry Guys

I'm not coming back.

I've opened a restaurant using the last of my savings and I'm staying here.

In other news, this solo exhibition thing is driving me nuts.

I've only got 16 small paintings to throw, and I've got no idea if that can even fill up the gallery space. It doesn't help that I have an exam the next morning after the exhibition that I am pretty much clueless on.

BUT SERIOUSLY. I'm going to be judged by hundreds of people based on my art in one of the biggest clubs in Sydney. I'm fucking terrified of that shit.

I've pretty much been locked in my room for the past 4 days doing nothing but painting and studying.


This is why I didn't go to art school. I need to pace myself at one drawing every 100 years, not 16 in four days.

Nightmare Land

Oh God.


Oh God.


OH GOD.

I stumbled across Luna Park while perusing the downtown bay with some friends. It was always visible from most points of the waterfront, but I never imagined it to be this terrifying up close.


Its pretty much a typical old timey amusement park, with an extra hint of HORROR. The rides weren't too shabby, but the prices were a little ridiculous.



Interesting snippit I found off of Wikipedia:
"During the Second World War, Luna Park was a magnet for servicemen; both those treating their girlfriends to a night out, and those looking to meet someone. The park's external lights were 'browned out' in case of a Japanese sneak attack on Sydney, the neon lights were disconnected, and non-essential uses of electricity (primarily for ride facades) were curtailed. The influx of servicemen drew prostitutes to the area, and large-scale brawls were a common occurrence - usually between Australian home defence troops and American sailors on shore leave."

On a side note, I learned in my Australian history course that American and Australian servicemen would get into huge fights all the time. There was supposedly a huge brawl between thousands of servicemen on the streets of Brisbane during WWII. Fights were sparked over the fact that American servicemen flaunted their higher wages over Australian servicemen, and that American servicemen were seducing all the local women. This sparked the phrase, "Overpaid, oversexed, and over here".

I think only the third bit applies to me at this point in time...


Christ, I hate clowns.