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2010-05-31T15:55:00.001+10:00

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2009-08-22T20:58:00.002+10:00

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I wish that everyone (including me) could have moments of passion, love and desire like this.

Stephanie Says

2009-07-09T17:25:00.018+10:00

Occasion: My 25th Birthday Party
Theme: Electric Ladyland
Date: 6th June, 2009

These photos were taken with two Polaroid disposable cameras and a Fujifilm disposable camera. My best friend Melissa and I hogged a Polaroid one for most of the night (until it was all used up, so then we hogged another). The first photo was taken with Photobooth just to show off how awesome my fake eyelashes were :) Apologies for not updating before now.

Fujifilm Disposable Camera

Polaroid Disposable Camera #1

Aww, my poor dog (Prince) was all sad that he missed out on mixing with all the people.

Polaroid Disposable Camera #2

Hehe. I love this photo. It was a gravitational pull towards Kirt's new leather jacket (apparently).

This is one of my favourite photos from the night.

Cake anyone?

I wanted a purple punch (so it could be appropriately called "Purple Haze") but I only managed this. Tasted good though.

I also have a bunch of polaroids from the night that I will upload in a few days time.

I like me so much better when you're naked

2008-09-12T17:51:00.004+10:00

Mel, Me & Mark on my 24th

Angie & Eryn

Nomes

Matt, Bryce, Carmen & Craig

Polaroid of Angus & Julia Stone concert

Be warned, I will kick your arse in skip-bo

Renae

Melissa

Marina

Wanda and Pepper; my cousins, the models

Stella & Jules

Wanda

Nomes, 'Roger' & New Yorker Christine

Treading on Belongil Fields - the old home of Splendour in the Grass

you enter in full blown technicolour

2008-09-07T19:45:00.003+10:00

Simba

Australia Day preparations

Australia Day January 26, 2008

Kings Beach Park

I think this may have been taken because of the naked man in the drink

Country Pride

No idea who took this photo or why

Bryce

A spot of rain not long after we heated up the BBQ

Bryce and Mark serenading the BBQ

I much prefer this photo

Carmen (& Angie in the background)

Megan (with Holly on left) on her birthday.

Naomi

Mojo

Testing out the close up focus, and I thought I was at the end of the film

Prince

I've been told I'm 24 earth years old

Bryce, Naomi, Ben

Daniel and Nay

Me!

Matt, Eryn, Craig, Carmen & Ange

love is a verb

2008-08-31T21:33:00.004+10:00

23.02.08
Soundwave Festival
Brisbane Riverstage + Parklands

There were multiple acts that were on my viewing list; The Matches, Plain White T's, Boys Like Girls (missed them), Motion City Soundtrack. However, the draw card for me was definitely Incubus. You can probably tell from all the photos I took. I went to the stage when Thursday were playing and I have to say that they were not worth my attention. Incubus were worth waiting for through Thursday and the pathetic crowd just to have a spot near the front. It was a gorgeous day and the night scenes were delicious. Seeing Incubus live again warmed my heart and I look forward to the next concert here in Australia.

Warning: A lot of photos of Incubus and mostly Brandon Boyd.

This little guy just appeared on my windscreen when I was driving through Brisbane to the festival. It was so very random and the traffic was slow, so I had to take a photo.

I found my friends Carmen & Craig there.

Emma

Me and Nomes (my bodyguard in the Thursday crowd)

Plain White T's. The only photo I took - I was not moving from my spot.

The circle of death = The circle of complete wankers.

Incubus were finally on for their too short gig.

Then he started to walk towards me (my side of the stage)

Naturally, I had to take a bunch of photos while he was so close.

The singlet comes off. The song In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins comes into my head (I've been waiting for this moment all my life).

If I could just run my hands along that back ;)

and then they were gone. I look forward to when Incubus come back to our shores and hopefully this time if they do come for a festival they will do a sideshow in Brisbane too.

These photos are nothing like the photos I have seen from the Soundwave festival of people who were bang smack front and centre and with greater cameras than mine :)

Three Things

2008-08-09T12:27:00.003+10:00

As inspired by Fiona over at hop skip jump here are three things that have made me happy this week:

One: The 11yo girls I coach netball in won their game today and they played the best that they have all season. It was very uplifting to all of the girls to win their first game in weeks. I think having a one and a half hour training session on Wednesday really helped.

Two: The sun is shining and the weekends are beautiful, inspiring and heart-warming. I'm finally ready for the warmer weather to arrive and I don't feel off about it.

Three: Things are looking up in all aspects and I feel lighter inside. Hopefully I won't need a massage for a couple of weeks to loosen the stress my body was holding tight.

I do have more concert photos to post, and even a post or two of my film photos from various events. Leave a comment here or post your own entry about three things that have made you happy this week.

Enjoy your weekend!

do play my favourite songs, not music I'm told to like

2008-07-06T13:04:00.005+10:00

15.02.08
Cat Empire Tour
Ash Grunwald (support)
The Beautiful Girls (support)
Blue King Brown (support)

It was a great concert, despite the rainy weather. Unfortunately, The Beautiful Girls didn't live up to my expectations and were a great disappointment. It didn't seem as though they were actually playing music, (I think they only played 2 songs for their whole set) just a bunch of noise. I'm unsure on whether it was their live style, or if there was something wrong with the feedback. All I can say is that each of the other acts performed extremely well with great sound. It was a big open venue, so plenty of room to move around and still be able to see the band. After a shitty crowd (pushing, bitching, a bit of elbowing, stomping on feet and hair pulling), I moved from near the front to just out of that crowd so I could breathe and regain colour and get my body moving and could still see the bands perfectly.

Blue King Brown and The Cat Empire were the better half of the concert with great attitude and atmosphere.

Ash Grunwald

The Beautiful Girls
I only got two photos before the crowd got a bit wild. I kept thinking, "it's only The Beautiful Girls!"

Blue King Brown

The Cat Empire

I fell in love with Ross Irwin - the trumpeter in the white shirt

drinking whisky and honey for y'all

2008-07-03T20:38:00.006+10:00

02.01.08
Kings of Leon
Youth Group (support)

I've always liked a few of Youth Group's songs, but have never given them much thought or listened to an album. In saying that, I wasn't surprised of how good they were live. It was to be expected, I guess.

Kings of Leon. What more is there to say? Mel and I (and the thousands of others) were very excited when they finally took the stage. They performed a great set, and we were very impressed with the vigour of which they played. Especially Caleb, who was not 100% and his throat was poor. As he said, he was drinking plenty of whisky and honey for us. They played for only an hour and a half, but it was a an hour and a half full of unsuppressed exhilaration and relief of finally hearing them live again.

Me & Mel before going to the concert

The only semi-good photo I got of Youth Group

Back in our awesome hotel.

Note: Entries to come over the next couple of weeks include the concerts (from the past 6 months) of 'Cat Empire Tour', Soundwave Festival, Jack Johnson, Bedouin Soundclash, Powderfinger, Angus & Julia Stone and the latest photos from my Minolta 35mm camera.

I thought love was black and white

2008-01-17T19:31:00.000+10:00

Mel

Mel, Eryn, Carmen

Ange, Sean & Bryce @ Mel's 23rd Birthday Party

Lynda & Mel

Me & Melanie

Mark

Ben & Sanah

Mel, Matt & Bryce

Sanah & Namin

Sari-Mai

Mel and I went to the Kings of Leon concert in Brisbane, we stayed in the beautiful Saville hotel

Pre-concert

My 13 y.o. brother had opened the camera.

Jack

My brother's attempt at photography

would you trade in all the pretty girls

2007-11-04T20:55:00.001+10:00

25.09.07
The Waifs
The McNemanins (I can't remember how to spell their name)

The support act were really good. A brother and sister act as well, some good songs and great instruments.

The Waifs were absolutely great. The interacted so well with the audience and each other. You really got a great laid-back friendly vibe from them. It was definitely one of the better concerts I have been to. The voices were so beautiful. I especially enjoyed it when they sang the classic "I Remember You" with the support act. My favourite song of the night is one that had no instruments other than Vikki's voice. It was absolutely beautiful. Her sister Donna stayed on stage, sat down with a drink in her hand, other than that it was just Vikki and the audience. I would love to have that song on my mp3 player. Though I can't find any evidence of it anywhere (even on the setlist I managed to grab).

The Wallisons

Kara, Kelly & Me

Me, Peta & Kara

I wish I could remember their name!

The Waifs

Vikki

Donna

Josh

since june

2007-09-09T21:57:00.000+10:00

This entry has been a long time coming. I put a black and white film in my ($1) 35mm camera and these are the results - I'm very happy with my purchase. These photos are from June, before my birthday party to the other night when Mel and I went for a drive.

Don't wanna be lonely

2007-07-14T20:31:00.000+10:00

Black Friday
13/07/07
Bulcock Beach

My tired model

There's the smile

Ooh, look at the big boat (it's a ship), yes, look at the big boat.

Not that anyone would swim in the water, anyone sane that is.

I love how the water looks in this photo.

It's so hard to pick a favourite, as I like so many. This is definitely in the top 5

Mel sent me a text message in the afternoon saying she was bored and did I want to come over. So I charged my battery for as long as I could (15mins) before I got impatient and this is what my low-batt camera came up with. It was a beautiful, and cold, evening. Following this was watching Better Homes & Gardens while eating fish and chips and then "Four Brothers" with some chocolate pudding and ice-cream.

There were plans for tonight (being Saturday), but nobody (other than Mel and I) bothered to make an effort. So I had Thai with my family and the wally's.

Dashing Races

2007-07-06T19:21:00.000+10:00

Caloundra Races
01.07.07

Mel, her mum, uncle and I went to the local Races where we had "front row seats" in the VIP area, thanks to her Grandma and Pop. Delicious lunch, delightful dessert and drinks (only one alcoholic drink to celebrate the birth of my twin cousins 12 hours earlier). Thankfully, the sun was shining and it wasn't the coldest day this winter.

Mel waiting at the door for our ride.

Whoopsie!

Beautiful shot, pity about the sun in my eyes

Go horsies! Win me some money!

Mmm, tasty chain.

Clanger - Owned by Les Geeves (Mel's Pop)

Me!

Melissa

And so ends the glorious, sunny day.

Aussie World

2007-07-02T12:56:00.000+10:00

16.06.07
A trip to a local small theme park.
1 dim sim (that I'm allergic to) and 2 dizzy rides and I was sick and out. But it gave me a chance to just sit, think and take lots of photos. Here's a sample of the 136 photos I took during the day.

If only

Nae (above) and Mel (below) holding on for dear life as I bounced around the carriage to take photos.

Mel telling me off

They only leaned forward as the ferris wheel had paused and we were about to hop off

This is us 3 on the 'Mozzie Musta' before I felt sick. We were on the chairs 'Booma Zooma' prior.

Photo of the roof of the Ettamogah Pub, as I was recovering and the other 2 were busy going on other rides.

Nae & Mel on the Booma Zooma, great shot since I was so far away.

The Octopus.

Nae, not feeling so well after two consecutive rides (and the last of many)

Pitt Stop anyone?

Mel hit a FOUR!

She climbed over the fence and through the garden to get the ball back.

Finished!

We won this lion - he's 1/2 Mel's, 1/4 mine and 1/4 Nae's. Nae and I have visitation rights. haha.

80s Party in the Park

2007-06-21T14:25:00.000+10:00

"It's my party, and i'll cry if i want to, cry if i want to"
09.06.07

A great day, beautiful sunshine, chilling wind. A great, home-made soundtrack and cake. And friends who braved the cold. Who could ask for more?

Me, looking oh so 80s!

Mel, looking gorgeous, and thinking that if I fell she could catch me. I'd break her, really.

Myself and Nae saying we could catch Mel

Slurrrp!

One of my favourite photos.

GGG (Gorgeous Golden Girl)

YUM! Gluten-free birthday cake. Poi-fect!

0306 10.06.07
Branded by Tonic for drinks

The Morning After

Aren't I sexy in the morning? Can you spot the little Steph?

Original Soundtrack
1. Karma Chameleon ~ Culture Club
2. The Final Countdown ~ Europe
3. Footloose ~ Kenny Loggins
4. Crazy For You ~ Madonna
5. Jessie's Girl ~ Rick Springfield
6. Love Is A Battlefield ~ Pat Benatar
7. Burning Down The House ~ Talking Heads
8. What's Love Got To Do With It ~ Tina Turner
9. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go ~ Wham
10. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ Cyndi Lauper
11. Walking On Sunshine ~ Katrina and The Waves
12. Our House ~ Madness
13. Thriller ~ Michael Jackson
14. Tainted Love ~ Soft Cell
15. Eye Of The Tiger ~ Survivor
16. Head Over Heals ~ The Go Gos
17. Ice Ice Baby ~ Vanilla Ice
18. I Wanna Dance With Somebody ~ Whitney Houston

i will shine on, for everyone

2007-06-06T18:40:00.001+10:00

03.06.07
Jet
67 Special (support)
The Checks (support)

67 Special were a pretty good band, not really for me. The Checks; I like their songs, but the lead singer is a poser and an odd character. It disgusted me when he spat into the air (twice). Sure, I love rock and roll but there is a line.

Jet were GREAT. The crowd was bitchy. I went to the toilet before Jet came on and trying to get back to my spot (at the front and centre, only one person in front of me) was hard and painful. A couple of guys pushed towards the front and tried to crowd surf, one time landing on my head. Three hard-core fans were in front of me, one girl even made her own Jet tour singlet. The staff obviously knew they were as at the end they gave them a copy of the set list each, a drum stick each and some guitar picks. I took over 80 photos, here are some of the better ones.

67 Special I know it's not the greatest photo, but i like the effect.

this guy needs a burger.. or 6

The Checks

Jet

it was like he was just waiting for me to take the picture. my camera was taking it's time getting ready, but he stood there until after i had taken the photo.

yes i realise the middle is out of line - but i like it better this way

he threw the harmonica into the crowd, but to the left of me. i'd love to learn the harmonica - for if i go to jail and the cliche.

Me and Angela post-concert in the maccas drive-thru

celebrations

2007-05-31T21:28:00.001+10:00

let's pretend that feeling rage is feeling real

2007-05-28T20:36:00.001+10:00

15.05.07
Missy Higgins
Jackie Mitchell (support)

Great performances by all. It was obvious to me (and those close enough) that Jackie was nervous. she had to change her whole set list as her guitar and the amp cords were not agreeing with each other, so she swapped to her other guitar that she had there (that she was only going to play a few songs with). so i admire her for being able to change her set list and carry on so smoothly.

Missy Higgins was great, despite her being late. i loved that she was bare foot. she interacted well with her band and the audience, and the musicians she had were a great, interesting choice, including a cello and a trumpet.

Jackie Mitchell

set list
which i didn't get to grab (stupid old man in front of me giving it to the lesbians)

me (trying to not be in picture) gemma (colleague) chris and katie

the final bow.