sup? how's every body dealing with this daylight savings thing? we had to turn our clocks back today and I had no idea. oh well. not like I was really doing anything anyway... not with the hangover I experienced today. I did manage to watch the episode of House (I love you Chase) which I taped wednesday and I cleaned the fridge! go ME! haha it's amazing how dirty a fridge can get if you don't clean it regularly, or, anything for that matter. oh and guess what else I did!
I reserved my little canadienne self into a nice little single room with fan at this place called The Green House in Bangkok, right around the corner to the infamously disgusting Khao San Road WITH an airport pick-up, thank-you very much! haha I'm flying to fucken THAILAND this thursday, march 29, and I'm arriving kokbang at 7:40pm local time. I have to stay 2 nights cuz I have to get someone a friggen t-shirt that's NOT green. and the place to get all things cheap is Khao San. so this PERSON better be happy and honoured! ya, you know who you are. so ya. I'm booked in and it'll only cost me 290 baht (about $10) each night! pretty sweet, huh?
so anyways, it's been a week since the festival and I guess I'll give you some updates and snippets of JUST HOW FUCKING AWESOME IT WAS!!!!!
this is an incredible feat since it was a first-time event and Leigh started off not knowing the first thing about planning a god damn music festival. and I have now acquired some skills of my own as well! you have no idea how proud I was to see the Northcote Town Hall completely packed out. we were thinking about ways to describe this anxious feeling leading up to the DAY... it was like when you're 16 and you're throwing your first party and you're so worried no one's gonna show up and you're gonna be the laughing stock.
we got there at 7am, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed of course, and everything just fell into place. staging was doin staging, sound/light was doin sound/light, merch was doin merch, Lentil As Anything and all the AMAZING marketeers came in did their thing, volunteers showed up to poster and sell tickets and gofer... by the time 11:30am rolled around and the doors were about to open, we actually had to tell the people lining up to hold up 15 more minutes! haha we had a LINE UP! how fucking GREAT is that?
and the performers went on and off according to plan too! and the acoustics were phenomenal in that main stage area... like an old church! so those who got to perform there, loved it! and folks were dansing! kids were running around screaming! leigh was running around like a headless chicken cuz, she stopped breathing and everything! I was trying to take as many photos as possible of each performance and of the atmosphere in case we needed footage for anything promotional... I do believe that since this festival was such a huge success, that it will definitely happen again.
I have festival photos that I am in the process of uploading and I also took some video footage of some of the performances and the people dansin! I will try and upload them here, or I might have to send you to a specific link if you are keen on viewing them. they are good and about 2mins long each.
well... I am about to go for a nice walk I think, around my "hood" that I will miss much. ~sigh~ Fairfield... I've really enjoyed my time here and I seriously can't believe it's pretty much over. I am looking forward to starting a new chapter, or BOOK really since the last 2.5 months can stand on its own as a big non-fiction novel. best seller even! I'm seein GREEN! haha but ya, getting to know Leigh and Alex and Georgie and their friends, it's been sweet and I am gonna miss them a lot. I've grown attached! and I've made some great connections here. Getting to know Leigh in her home environment and away from Cambodia and paradise Thailand, has been interesting and fun. I know sometimes there has been some tension, I mean, I'm staying here for free cuz I have very little money so I'm not paying for a whole lot... they are in many ways supporting me. and I know that when I get home and start pulling in some money, they will for sure see some going their way. it's the least I can do. and not to mention, my house is their house should they ever come to Canada.
anyway, this book is closed. next time I write, I'll be in Thailand, on a beach. hope all is well where ever you all are. you are missed and loved.
xxx
try and think about this before you read on...
I reserved my little canadienne self into a nice little single room with fan at this place called The Green House in Bangkok, right around the corner to the infamously disgusting Khao San Road WITH an airport pick-up, thank-you very much! haha I'm flying to fucken THAILAND this thursday, march 29, and I'm arriving kokbang at 7:40pm local time. I have to stay 2 nights cuz I have to get someone a friggen t-shirt that's NOT green. and the place to get all things cheap is Khao San. so this PERSON better be happy and honoured! ya, you know who you are. so ya. I'm booked in and it'll only cost me 290 baht (about $10) each night! pretty sweet, huh?
oh and monique... everyone I've ever met who's spent any time in Thailand will concur that it's pronounced: BOT and not BAT. ~wink~ are you yelling at your computer screen right now? heehee that's a good button to press, uh huh!
so anyways, it's been a week since the festival and I guess I'll give you some updates and snippets of JUST HOW FUCKING AWESOME IT WAS!!!!!
for starters, we raised just about $20,000!!!!!! no shit!!
this is an incredible feat since it was a first-time event and Leigh started off not knowing the first thing about planning a god damn music festival. and I have now acquired some skills of my own as well! you have no idea how proud I was to see the Northcote Town Hall completely packed out. we were thinking about ways to describe this anxious feeling leading up to the DAY... it was like when you're 16 and you're throwing your first party and you're so worried no one's gonna show up and you're gonna be the laughing stock.
we got there at 7am, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed of course, and everything just fell into place. staging was doin staging, sound/light was doin sound/light, merch was doin merch, Lentil As Anything and all the AMAZING marketeers came in did their thing, volunteers showed up to poster and sell tickets and gofer... by the time 11:30am rolled around and the doors were about to open, we actually had to tell the people lining up to hold up 15 more minutes! haha we had a LINE UP! how fucking GREAT is that?
and the performers went on and off according to plan too! and the acoustics were phenomenal in that main stage area... like an old church! so those who got to perform there, loved it! and folks were dansing! kids were running around screaming! leigh was running around like a headless chicken cuz, she stopped breathing and everything! I was trying to take as many photos as possible of each performance and of the atmosphere in case we needed footage for anything promotional... I do believe that since this festival was such a huge success, that it will definitely happen again.
I have festival photos that I am in the process of uploading and I also took some video footage of some of the performances and the people dansin! I will try and upload them here, or I might have to send you to a specific link if you are keen on viewing them. they are good and about 2mins long each.
well... I am about to go for a nice walk I think, around my "hood" that I will miss much. ~sigh~ Fairfield... I've really enjoyed my time here and I seriously can't believe it's pretty much over. I am looking forward to starting a new chapter, or BOOK really since the last 2.5 months can stand on its own as a big non-fiction novel. best seller even! I'm seein GREEN! haha but ya, getting to know Leigh and Alex and Georgie and their friends, it's been sweet and I am gonna miss them a lot. I've grown attached! and I've made some great connections here. Getting to know Leigh in her home environment and away from Cambodia and paradise Thailand, has been interesting and fun. I know sometimes there has been some tension, I mean, I'm staying here for free cuz I have very little money so I'm not paying for a whole lot... they are in many ways supporting me. and I know that when I get home and start pulling in some money, they will for sure see some going their way. it's the least I can do. and not to mention, my house is their house should they ever come to Canada.
anyway, this book is closed. next time I write, I'll be in Thailand, on a beach. hope all is well where ever you all are. you are missed and loved.
xxx
1 comment:
Hey Jackster, I read your last blog entry and i'm soooooo glad that everything fell into place for ya. That you didn't have a "mind boggeling eruption" and everything go the opposite..........That's always nice when it works out and i'm sure you will memories that will last a life time; especially since it's on black and white" sort of speak. Have a great flight "bon voyage'" Love the momma XXXOOO
;-)p
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