Good times are coming, but they sure comin' slow

Hi Patrick,

Thank you for putting in an application for the publicist position at PBS.
We've had a lot of applications for the role and unfortunately your
application has been unsuccessful this time.

I appreciate you taking the time to put together a proposal and wish you
all the best.


Again, another position I thought I was perfect for, and don't even make it to the interviews.  WHO ARE THESE OTHER PUBLICISTS, and why don't they find jobs already, and why do they have more radio experience than I do...independent radio experience...and fundraising knowledge, and what the hell.

Anyways.  Three Thousand is going well, at least the whole writing thing.  The paying thing?  Not so well.  I guess it will work itself out, I'm just freaking out since I'm moving and that's going to put a cramp in my finances.  The other problem is that if I don't get a raise or something like they sorta wanted to give me, I'm not going to be making any money except to cover rent so I will need another job, or a wealthy sugar mama.  I'm open to many many situations, please contact.  Hell you don't even have to be wealthy, I'm cheap.

I am moving again.  New house pictures will be up soon.  It'll be good I think.  Trying to find a place with the girls, that they both want, that I am okay with, at the price we want, was getting tricky.  Luckily within a few days of looking, I found a house with people I liked, a location I liked, and a price that was unbeatable.  I'm going to be living close to Joan, and close to trams, and close to cool stuff...plus I'm going to have a cat, 2 chickens, and 3 guinea pigs.  It's like moving back in with people from Boulder, who have a little more room than anyone did in Boulder.  The Brunswick Bubble.

Oh and just for all you lovely people who want to send fan mail:
14 Pitt St.
Brunswick, Victoria
3056
Australia.

Please include a SASE and picture, or two.

I made Mexican the other night and had to use a cough syrup measurement thing as a measuring cup.  It was insane.  Just so you know, 8x30ml = 1cup.  You can't get that conversion anywhere easier than here.

Speaking of conversions, why doesn't everyone who reads this blog whip all their money out of the market right now to keep my exchange rate really good until I use up all of my USD?  Pretty please?  I'm getting 1.30 to 1 right now!

Oh and a quick synopsis of Phillip Island.  It was fun, it was beautiful, it had amazing fucking beaches, it had gigantic waves, I found wafer (!!!) thin skipping rocks EVERYWHERE.  WAFER ROCKS.  Skipped one like 10 times, so good.  Anyways, it's amazing.  I plan on taking everyone who comes down to it, so GET READY.

So with all of that, I'm going to set up for more packing.  I want to finish before I go out tonight.

Music rants:
Munly has a new CD?  Why didn't any of you assholes tell me?  Yo, I'm pissed.
Loving the new Mark Barrage (he's from Melbs!).  Like a little bit denser and better YACHT or Dan Deacon.  I cannot stop listening to Graham Smith/Kleenex Girl Wonder.  It's like a disease or something.  Ponyoak just keeps getting better and better, and I only liked it for that one Anne Marie song at first.  Same with Mojave 3.  I used to not dig them cause they were a wanky version of Slowdive...but they've grown on me so much.  My Life In Art is a daily must listen song.  I am looking forward to sitting down with Out of Tune, Neil's solo disc Sleeping on Roads, and that unreleased Slowdive album I Saw The Sun.
As far as new stuff?  Look what I started using again: http://www.last.fm/user/patcollins
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't...get used to it.

Her Space Holiday's new one is good.  Might be different than the stuff I love him for (Young Machines/Manic Expressive) but it is fucking good still.  I didn't like that last one.

Psapp's new one is burning to be played, as well as the Micah P. Hinson 7in, the Viking Moses, Tahiti 80, Kitsune 6 compilation and the load of stuff I downloaded at work the other day.  Something new from Graham Smith's little pool that you can get free at www.hugebig.info (and his newest 2xCD for free too!), the new Congotronics (I'm SLOW), and the new Strut release...Calypsoul or whatever.

Lot's of new stuff!  Tell me more tell me more!  Oh and I don't give a shit about Yo! Majesty, so leave me alone.