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This often happens to me… I get in some situation where good times start building like a storm. I mean days and days of party. I’m getting a bit lose and sloppy around the edges. Then right about the time I start to realize I need to reel the monkey in, get back in good road soldier mode, a few bits of bad luck set in and I crash. I’ve been chasing around a girl I most likely never had a chance with but still allow myself disappointment. It turns out I’ve been generous with vultures. And then... Read Full Story

Wild parrots are beautiful but loud and aggressive. I’m not positive they are biologically parrots, but these, from what I understand are larger than bugies. Saw Yuki the Mouth on the street outside Luna Park. Fucking amazing! He played digeridoo for 9 years and thus the addition to his skill set, circular breathing etc. I’d argue The Fat Boys or whoever actually invented beatboxing never played digg. I’m writing him and he’ll send me a link later. Read Full Story

So I’m in danger of falling completely and hopelessly in love with this city. And like any new relationship, I should check myself, lest I become gushy, go on and on forever. It seems, after three days impression, like NYC crossed with PDX with a dash of SF, then chocked full of European and Asians, with freaking parrots flying all over, at least in St. Kilda. World class street art is everywhere, both cheap and antiquarian bookstores, music festivals, a foodie paradise, indie film galore… My... Read Full Story

I caught this Australian Indie with a short film called Cropped as an opener as part of the Sydney Traveling Film Fest. It was well done, and really sad. Plenty of sex, both as an expression of love and a man’s attempted to feel joy again after tragic loss. Black humor and numbing pain. Mathew Goode , who I thought was only a ho hum Ozymandias in Watchmen, does a great job in the lead. Put in in the queue and check it out. Read Full Story

I wrapped up my last few days on Bali and came on down under. I am under funded for this trip. I essentially came because the AirAsia flight Denpasar-Darwin was stupid cheap at $70. So I booked that back in the Fall and decided to fly back to the States from Sydney, giving me three weks down here. With only $1500AU after converting my Rupiah, I don’t really have enough to do it in style. But I’m gonna try and just roll on this sum and only get into more funds if I have to. I knew AU was... Read Full Story

The snorkeling was pretty great off Palau Meganaan. My only regret was the dive master/boat captian not taking us to other spots around the island. I was out there with two French couples who were diving while I was left on my own to snorkel about. No turtles, or anything I hadn’t seen before, but there seemed to be more coral diversity. We were at a classic wall, though I obviously stayed on the upper half. The rain started earlier that day and soaked us, but when already in the water it... Read Full Story

The hotel where I’m staying turned out to have free computer use, so I’ll take advantage of this time during the afternoon downpour to update on the trip so far. I had three more vacation days left to use and had scheduled for this time. And it turns out Monday is Chinese New Year, so I have a six day weekend on my hands… I drove back up to Munduk to drop off my finished copy of Germs Guns and Steel with Mr. Budi , as it came up during our previous conversation. He was out, but stopped by... Read Full Story

Here are the precarious aqueduct near Senaru and baby turtles on Gili Meno. I’m not sure if they all start off black when small or those are another breed… Read Full Story

My Flickr account is currently in need of an upgrade, the picks I took weren’t super spectacular, and I couldn’t get the underwater turtle shots I wanted anyway, so I’ll try and paint this post with words. For actual Christmas day I was here on Bali. While there are some lights and things around, it didn’t feel like Christmas at all: 82 degrees and raining. I went to an overpriced Xmas dinner at Alley Cats, Skyped my family in the States and turned in. The next morning I was packed and up... Read Full Story

I wasn’t high while filming Chichak ballet but found it facinating nevertheless. Chichak is what they call the “house lizard” here, different than Geckos, which get much larger. And the reveal of the Golden Valley coffee shop. It’s interesting how the color settings were so off I appear to be in black and white. But I sort of like the effect. And some more stills from the Art Zoo, which is much closer to Singaraja but part of the same trip, and huge Banyan tree. Read Full Story