guess who came to school today

 
Thats right, Condie came to the school that Jane and I teach in, unfortunatly my schedule was full and i cant take on any more students
 
here she is on the news. So today, two of the most powerfull women in the world were at Mercedes school, Condoleezza Rice and Jane Morris.






aaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwww

random snaps

 
hypnodogs (see hypnotoad)
 
i was filling in loadsa forms the other day at a new school (st marys), you know the usual stuff, bank details, contact details, but for some reason there were LOTS of forms about health and next of kin etc. (maybe i should know where the last violin teacher went...) so after my third time documenting my blood type and health details i used a bit of creativity just to see if people actually read this stuff, Ill be very impressed if i get a call from a irritated carnie. Circus Folk. Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage. Small hands..............."
 
Here we see mom thoroughly emracing ozzie culture by spending a few hours in the hammock
 
And here is Fionn looking for his turn in the hammock....

More stuff

 
The skip arrived the other day so I finally had to get rid of the old telly. 2 eurovisions, manys the episode of home and away and a riviting evening of beverly hills cop 3 were some of the highlights on the ol'tube, i wish it well in its future purpose as australian landfill
 
I saw this in a shop the other day or should i say, saw this, the other day, in a shop, did i. Lucas, this bad grammar, responsible for, you are, hhhmmmmmmmmm.
 
Finns new car-seat (in the autobot (see below, links dont work at the moment))
 
And this is my gigstand at a gig last wednesday, a fiddle and a pint, what more do you need?

Peter Pan

Jane and I are playing in a production of Peter Pan at one of our schools in a few weeks, the score was hand written in the 40's and is all over the place, optional clefs, keys etc.
 
Check this out. Luckily i have a ninja outfit handy from my last party.....
 
huh?
 
optional bar lines too. Makes it pretty intersting

chicken at adams

we went to adams gaff the other day and he cooked chickens the aboriginal way, hole in the ground and hot coals etc.
 
Remember this guy? Fireman sam was on the big screen
 
Here are adans 2 pet laying chickens wondering if they are on next weeks menu (note they are hiding under the BBQ here, _______________________________(insert "why did the chicken" joke here)
 
Here is the hole in the ground as taken outdoors with the flash on my new nokia n95 8gig (best phone ever)
 
And heres mom taking a picture of the dinner. DO check out my moms blog http://suzukipat.blogspot.com/ for more regular updates of her stay here.

Also, the program i use for my blog, picasa, is acting up so apologies for not posting links and the general format etc.

later dudes

robots in disguise.....

Hi guys, im back. sorry for the lull, been all ova da shop with gigs and work. Chekc this out, I invested in some decorations for my car. Our good car is an autobot and our crappy dog-car is a decepticon. You see quite a lot of them over here in Perth, must be easy for alien robots to get work visa's i guess.....

 
 
 
 

 
Hi Guys. My Mom and George arrived during the week so as a result i am still not blogging regularly, you should check out my moms blog at http://suzukipat.blogspot.com/ for updates.

ohmygoditsjuly!

What is happening to 2008?!?! July already. Its the middle of winter here and we are on school holidays for a few weeks so we are taking the time to do some work on our house. Well, when I say we, i mainly mean Janes dad Denis. The guy is incredible, its like watching speedy gonzalez on steroids the way he works. Here is a photo of him about an hour into it, cast iron bath removed, entire vanity unit removed, incredible. Hes very funny, when i ask if i can help he says "ah jaysus no thanks charlie, im in a hurry"

I did a cool gig last night too, it was a cd launch for a friend of ours and his band, Schvendes. (another link here) It was in a venue kinda like the old half moon club in cork and i got to play an electric viola.

Tuesday......

In an effort to get back on track with the regular bloggery I have started photographing everything that happens again, as I know how riviting my life is over here...some day they are gonna make a film about me and its good to have some sort of historical database... :)

Today, I got dressed in a hurry, in the dark and this was the result. I had 14 lessons,and one lunch in the staff room and the only person who noticed was a 7 year old student who was also wearing odd socks.

One of my kids forgot his music today (its the end of term today so I reckon he forgot it on purpose so he would get away with not playing it) so luckily for him I have the entire suzuki catalogue scanned into my laptop.

One search for a sturdy enough music stand later and taaadaaah, here we are learning the bach double.

da da da dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah da da dah dah, the student was not impressed by my innovative approach.