Day 5: You Won't Believe The Things I've Seen

Well, you actually might.

I'm a bit spoiled in that I've been to a lot of places all over the world, however most of my favourites are quite close to home. Well, what used to be home. 'Home' is quite a fluid concept for me right now.

Enough of that existential tangent for now. I'll save that for another day.

This shot is from my honeymoon and was taken at Taupo Bay in the far North of New Zealand. It's a truly breath-taking area. I can't quite remember how we ended up here, but it was a good half hour drive from the main road and well worth it.


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On the same trip, I ended up here (any good Kiwi should recognise this!):

Day 4: Got a bad habit...

... And it aint goin' away.

I have many bad habits (clicking fingers, neck, knees, ankles is one that many people hate) but the one I particularly would like to shake is my procrastination.

It's seriously bad. I do anything other than the thing I'm supposed to be doing (even cleaning!) to the point where it's too late to do whatever it was properly and I just give up on it. I don't even feel bad about doing it for some reason.

To that extent, it took me 6 years of studying to finish my 3 year degree. Oops.

I even procrastinate about going to sleep. I will stay up and do sweet fuck all until around 2am in the morning, when I should've gone to sleep at 12 at the latest. Then I wonder why I feel so tired during the day and do it again the next night.

Day 3: Photos of me and my friends

There's going to be a few photos here, because some of my friends are notoriously camera shy and we don't take group photos together all that often.

Me and Seb. He was my best man so there are heaps of wedding shots of him, but he doesn't like photos so out of respect for that this photo is pretty blurry. The t-shirt sums him up pretty well though.

This is an old photo (pre-beard) of me and Ray. We've not long returned from Phat 07 and possibly weren't ready for civilised company just yet.

Me, Kate (my wife), Phil (who I've known since I was 11) and her boyfriend James (who is an awesomely talented photographer and was frequently my Wellington partner in crime)

Me and Trey at my leaving gig in Wellington. One of my closest friends since I moved there, words can't express how thankful I am to Trey (and his awesome whanau) for everything he did for me. Hopefully this comes close.

Me and my best friend.

Day 2: The Meaning Behind The Name

This is a pretty simple one really.

My internet alias/DJ name is Baseline.

There are lots of words by me.

Hence, Words by Baseline.

Day 1: A photo and 15 interesting facts.

I'm feeling somewhat narcissistic this evening, so I figured I'd jump in on this. By now, I'm sure you've all seen what the 30 days are, so I won't bother repeating them.

My wife likes this photo of me. I'm not quite sure where it was taken.

1. If I'm watching a TV show or reading a book, I am almost un-distractable. A number of people (mainly my wife and my mum) find this quite annoying when trying to converse with me.

2. In June I finished my degree, a BBS in Enterprise Development from Massey. It took far too long to complete and Massey was the third university (with the third different major) I studied at.

3. I've been living in Vancouver for 2 months today. I've wanted to live in Canada since I first came here in January 2000 so this literally is a dream come true.

4. I feel most at home in the mountains.

5. Related to the above two points, I like the Winter and the cold. I overheat too easily in Summer and it's too hard to cool off.

6. I got married at 22 (my wife's blog is here). My mum thought I was too young.

7. I worry that people are getting stupider.

8. I'm picky about spelling and grammar. I get this from my mum who got it from her mum who had a Master's degree in English at a time when it was uncommon for a woman to have one degree, let alone two (also, I'm aware of the irony inherent in the ugly grammar of this sentence).

9. I've been able to grow a full beard since I was 15. I've had it in all manner of 'sculpted' styles, but my favourite is definitely the most recent incarnation.

10. I started skiing at 4 years old. Because of this and item 2, I can't imagine a life without it and proximity to mountains is a major factor in choosing places I want to live.

11. After my wedding, the most amazing day of my life was last year on an island called Ilha Grande just hanging out with my wife. The weather wasn't amazing, but the location and the company were.

12. I was once concussed 5 times in a 12 month period.

13. Sometimes I regret that I didn't stick with any organised sport after I left high school.

14. Even though some of them are perenially useless and organising anything with them can be like herding cats, I really miss my friends back home.

15. I have mild tinnitus in my right ear and it scares the shit out of me.