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Mike currently lives in Dubai where he spends his time updating his twitter feed more often than keeping current with this far more thoughtful blog. sorry. http://www.twitter.com/mikepriest

Ripping Yarns

ah, Warren Ellis never ceases to make me laugh… * It occurs to me that an awful lot of trouble in Gotham City could have been averted a long time ago if Batman had just ripped the Joker’s nipples off. I mean, treatment doesn’t work, does it? They stick the Joker in the nuthatch, he comes out again and does ...

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The power of Iron Man

so…i has gots me a job! woohoo! it’s only for three months at the moment…but at least it’ll keep the money coming in. $16/h – 8 hours a day – 5 days a week. and what is this job you may ask? well, you know when you’ve just had a long hard day at YOUR job, and you sit down ...

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Sam

dude. that last post was not intended for you. in any way at all. i’ve always respected your taste in music. well. most of it. haha. i was just a little cheesed off at all the kids i see at record stores and shows going on about this band could kick that bands ass…or this singer is cuter than some ...

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We can’t go surfin’ because its twenty below

so. saturday night went well. Met Takeshi at the Mach Pelican show. he’s the guy who was looking for a bassist for a band he’s starting. Seems like a cool guy, and we have very similar tastes in music. and it looks like the band is going to be a crazy hybrid of a Ramones/Fifteen/Decendants sound. if you can imagine ...

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Fuckenal

i had a good week. i managed to score not one, but two copies of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Hardcover for $50. Seeing as they’re selling at around US$100 a piece on ebay this is good. i shall keep one and sell the other. rich shall i be. I chatted to an old friend of mine on IRC today. ...

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show

just got back from a show down the road at the corner hotel. it was ok. PBS radio benefit. 15 motherfucking bucks a ticket. jeez. some good bands played, Mach Pelican, the Spazzys…and some others…i don’t remember… anyways…the obscene price was made up for by this crazy guy standing at the back of the hall…and he had brought his own ...

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I’m sick

i’m sick. and i don’t like it. this is why i haven’t been posting. it looks like a bunch of other people are sick too. or havign too much fun to bother posting. anyways. i should appologies to edo becasue i haven’t written my column yet. infact i didn’t even realise today was thursday. i haven’t been to comic shop ...

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We’re in the money (kinda)

gots me a job. well at least until saturday. not a very interesting job. i get to count cars going into a parking lot. but hey, it pays $15/hr and i’ll make like $300 in two days. so that’s fiiiiiinnnnneee by me. plus erin’s coming as well…so essentially we’ll make $600 which is even better. gettng payed six hundred bucks ...

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Alright toe-rag, you’re knicked!

shit i’m knackerd. and i’ve done sweet-fuck all today. well, i went down to the comic shop as per usual on a Wednesday afternnon. Of course, they still hadn’t put all the new comics on the shelves. so i had to wait around for an hour until they did. wasn’t too bad though, i got to oogle at Hard Covers ...

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Now I’m back from outer space

incase anyone noticed, i haven’t posted in a while. my computer broke. had to re-format the hard drive/reinstall windows/find old drivers…the whole shebang. pain in the ass. not too much was lost thankfully. had a job interview yesterday. for a tech assistant job at the JMC Academy here in Melbourne. It’s a training college for audio engineers. basically i’d just ...

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