The non-vlog Xmas entry in Adventures in paradise

I went over to Vish and James’ last night, as I hadn’t seen them in a few weeks (ie. being sick blah blah) and now Vish is really sick as well. I asked how their Sydney trip was but it was pretty shit because Vish spent two of the days there in bed as he must’ve caught something there. Anyway, it was a nice surprise when I arrived because Vish was finishing up wrapping some presents, which turns out were for me haha. One was for my birthday and one was for Christmas. I felt terrible because I hadn’t bought them anything HA! (I figure I will today though and it will be very belated. I don’t have many real close friends so it’s not like gift-buying is that expensive for me each year). Although work still hasn’t paid me yet, but I’m guessing that’s on account of the public holidays so I’m not too concerned. I’m just hanging out for it so I can pay down the credit card with a bit of a chunk, but I am going away this weekend for New Years Day so I don’t want to leave myself too out of pocket. I’m only going to a country town in NSW, it can’t be that expensive, right?

They both got me books from the gay bookshop I always visit in Sydney. It’s worked out well because now I’ll have something to read on the train on the way down.

And this one looks interesting lol.

Consciousness book??

Vish said they visited Rick and Fabian’s new place in Sydney and it’s very nice. Of course it’s very nice, this is Rick we’re talking about. He only has the highest quality branding of everything. I then found out that they are paying $850 a week rent. $850!!! I don’t even EARN that much in a week, so I’d be living on the streets in no time. Ohhhh, what a life a rich person much live haha. Anyway, Ricky said if I don’t go visit him in Sydney when I’m down that he won’t be very happy, so I hope I get to see his place sometime soon. I haven’t heard from Ryan in a while, so I assume he’s found some hung cock to ride, although he is a very busy person, always posting photos with the Prime Minister’s wife or some hierarchy’s of Chinese business/politics. Ie, another example of an ultra-rich Sydney person. Meanwhile I’m in the capital up north toasting away my salami and cheese toasted sandwiches :P

Thanks for the kind words on the video entry. I figured I’d do a quick one because it was so quiet being Christmas Day. It’s like that whole town just disappears. I did have one little girl say “Merry Christmas” to me as I walked past on my way to my sister’s place, so that was very nice of her. She was outside playing with her new bike that she and her brother must have gotten from Santa. I said, “Merry Christmas” back to them and kept walking. I guess by that stage I mustn’t have had my eyes falling out of my head (like I did by the times I did the vlog) :D
I do have to write though as I am utterly useless at trying to explain everything off the top of my head in a vlog. Sitting down writing though, I seem to have few issues at all. Probably because you guys don’t have to sit there and watch me go ‘Ummmmmmm....., Errrrrmmmmmm....’ over and over. Clearly I am no Youtuber.

Yeah anyway, my brother-in-law’s mother (I’ve been trying to think if there’s actually a relation-title for me to me but I can’t think of one, so that’ll have to do - I was thinking she might be my ‘Parent-In-Law’?) was behaving quite peculiarly toward me, as I mentioned. The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced she knows that I’m gay. It’s not like I hide it but it’s certainly not something I can bring up at the family Christmas dinner. It was already awkward enough when she (the brother-in-law’s mum) asked me what I got up to in Germany LOL. I just had to say, “I went and looked at the wall” and zipped my mouth shut about everything (and one)-else that I got up (in) to. My bro-in-law’s GRANDMOTHER was even at the table. God only knows how old she is, but she seemed very healthy and contributed to the conversation. A lot of the convo was about Europe as all of us had been there, so that was kinda cool. My sister and her husband are loaded so are always off somewhere exotic. They were in the Maldives in 2015 and in the Cook Islands this year. They are off somewhere else snazzy early next year but I can’t remember where they said. How are all these people in my life around me so rich!?

I said to Vish and James last night that when she said to me that she “Prays for me all the time”, I should have really played it up and come back with, “Ohhhh thank-you so much! I don’t know what to do! I just love penis SO SO much!”, which we all laughed about, but in reality had that actually happened, I probably would have had to have rang a couple of ambulances to cater for the heart-attacks. Blows my mind how living-under-a-rock some of the people in my family are.

As I was headed back on the bus, I got a facebook message from my brother-in-law thanking me for making the effort to come down. It was only an hour and a half bus trip and a walk (where I got sunburned as fuck - you can probably tell in the video) so it wasn’t that difficult. He also said he hoped that his mother didn’t drive me crazy, so i guess he’d know more than anyone what she is like LOL. Anyway the message was really nice of him because he’s never messaged me before.
I was very thankful for my sister also for plying me with all that alcohol as soon as i arrived. As soon as I was out of one glass, she was topping it up with another. She also made me realize how much I like that new Pure Blonde Cider, as I hadn’t had it before. I think I’ll be buying a carton of it ASAP. Who knew I’d be enjoying alcohol in my 30’s? I spent all of my 20’s not really enjoying the taste of anything. I still can’t drink the dry stuff though. I tried some of the wine and the port at the Christmas lunch and it was just disgusting. Luckily I kept some of the Cider to wash that horrid taste away. So, at least I know my sweet-taste buds are still in tact and I’m not chewing down on liver from the deli at my work just yet ^shudders^ .
I got to see my sister’s BMW convertible, which of course was really nice. I was like, “This was really expensive, right?” but she just smiled and told me she got in second hand but it had only done 30,000km. Geez that’s alright. It’s alright sis, I already know you’re loaded as fuck, and you still probably paid a fortune second-hand. Trying to play it down for me, how nice.

I’m off to Steve’s place tonight, as he is hosting a post-Christmas do for our little gay group (him, Moe, Me, Rhys and Luke, Rhys & Luke being the couple), so I was thinking I might just go and buy some cheap scratchies as Xmas gifts to them. I already got Moe a proper gift (that pinball machine shot set). Steve’s putting on a roast pork and everything and we’ll probably play a fun game as usual and hopefully laugh the night away. I’m back to work tomorrow so will have to leave to get the last train back, as Steve is out in the burbs, but if Moe’s working I might be able to get a lift back in with him, but he probably isn’t. Not too worried, I’ll get an Uber if worse comes to worst. It’s not a public holiday so there shouldn’t be surge pricing.

And then yeah, I have three days of work again this week and then on Sunday I have to catch a 4-fucking-55AM train :O to Casino in NSW, where I’ll get a bus connection to Lismore, where I’ll be attending the Tropical Fruits Pool Party. It’s $40 entry at the gate, which is a hell of a lot better than the $175 they want for the previous evening’s New Year’s Eve party. I am a bit saddened that I won’t be attending that, but fuck me, that is just waaaay too expensive for a party at a Showgrounds in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, as fun as it probably could be. My reasoning behind doing it this way is that I’ll still get to see a lot of the guys who were at the NYE party, plus being a pool they should all have their shirts off :P
I figure that a lot of them will have bought 3-party-passes and will therefore attend the pool party (the middle party), but this way I can save myself $175. Dunno if it’ll work or not but hey.
I am meeting Andrew at the pool party and he has a car and is going to show me around a few places. I MAY have to crash in his tent that night but I’m not too concerned about that (we shared a few hostels in Europe together) and then the following day he’s going to a different party so if going to drop me off at the gay beach for the day. I’ve never been to a gay beach before, so that’s either going to be really cool or really shit and there’s only one way to find out!

Also, I have like 200 entries here to catch up on so I’m sorry if I haven’t noted you in a while. Yikes!

Last updated December 27, 2016