I could easily write more, but I’m sure I’d write something I would regret.

I wish her good luck for the future, and hope that she her great potential does not go to waste.
Dasvedanya

Messy Shed

Well, I normally refrain from writing up posts about personal stuff, but I thought this was worthy.

Around a year ago we (Dad, Step-Mum and Sis) moved from a big house to a smaller house. It was a BIG move. They had to get extra trucks just to move the 140 odd boxes.
Anyway, the shed at our new place very quickly filled up with junk, and since then has been the domain of my Dad who has just helped spread everything out, to the point you couldn’t even get the bikes out without issues.

Messy Shed shot

Well he is on a long trip to Germany, and in the mean time, Tania (my Russian Step-Mother), Anya (my Russian Girlfriend), and I, cleaned out and re-organised the shed.

We pulled everything out, and sorted out the broken stuff, then I would slowly, box by box, pull everything out, and either put it on the shelves, or put it back in the box in an organised manner.

Almost Empty Shed

We ended up with half a trailer of broken gear, and by using the vertical space, instead of the floor, managed to create a LOT more room, and have also organised things into seperate spaces. Hand tools, have a section, while Power tools have another, and there’s the bits and bobs rack with sections for screws & nails, Gardening, Electrical, paint, and other stuff.

Organised Shed

Actually I’m quite proud of the accomplishment, and that I managed to do it (with help) within one day.

I even managed time to pick my girlfriend up from her place.

Anya with the flowers I got her

Well, now I just hope it takes longer to mess up the shed than it took to re-organise it.

She was called up about 24 hours ago and notified about it, and has since caught one of the last trains from St Petersburg to Moscow, and physically picked up her visa a couple of hours ago.

I’m still waiting for the news to really hit me, even though I basically cried when she told me.

WOW! AMAZING!

I just watched the pilot of the 2008 series of Knight Rider, and if the Television movie pilot is anything to go by, then this will certainly be something to watch.

A fast, amazing car, with some nice futuristic tech, and a cool voice (surprisingly done by Val Kilmer) that I would compare in humor and quality to GLaDOS in Portal. There’s a cute girl who needs rescuing, and while the main guy doesn’t have quite the same feel (nor hair) as the Hoff from the original series, it’s the car that is the main character of the show.

I don’t want to spoil it, but while the car is kick ass, the bad guys aren’t exactly your local street thugs. They are switched on, and very resourceful.

Ohh and did I mention there’s a special guest appearance of David Hasselhoff?

Click here to view the embedded video.

I hope everyone wonderful New Year.

Hopefully a year in which School Yard Justice is finally completed and I’ve actually finished the website (a working gallery page is almost finished, which is hopefully the hardest of the programming I can envision). Once School Yard Justice is release we can look at showing it at some film festivals, then

I also hope that my girlfriend Anna will get her visa and move from Russia to here, long distance long term relationships are very hard, but I hope rewarding.
Another thing I would like to be rewarding is my photography stall at the Fisherman’s Wharf Markets. Every Sunday I go down to the markets at Port Adelaide and I am planning to have general themes. Starting next weekend I will start a Valentines themed stall, aiming to take photos of couples, singles, or anyone who wants their photo done with a rose and a big love heart shaped Potatoshopped© frame and some phrases.

I also need to move out of home. While I have a lot of freedom at the moment I lack independence. I need somewhere that Anna and I can stay, and also somewhere I can be without being disturbed every time someone decides to get home, go to the toilet, slam a door, talk on the phone, turn the TV on loud, or yell at each other *glares at my Russian step mum and sister*