Printed a bunch of CV’s today and inspected my tea urn when I got home, turns out it’s the wrong bloody size (20L not 40L) so will need to return that. Also my “next day delivery” SIM didn’t arrive so I’m another day off the grid.
CV’s in hand (bag) I cycled off to Brunswick to smooch up a few craft beer pubs down that way. Temple Brewery was closed (strange opening times and looks quite swish), Atticus Finch is a cocktail bar but I did get into the Alehouse Project. Cool place, 12 taps for good beer (inc. Tempest from Scotland), new chef for nom sounding food (crispy pigs ears or deep fried peanut butter ice cream) and the dude behind the bar was sound. After handing in my CV and wrapping my tastebuds around a beer (+ samples) I left to the Great Northern just a few minutes down the road.
This place is a proper pub with old style furnishings and decor, got chatting with the barman and locals here (mainly about AFL and which team’s I can pick) whilst having a drink then handing in my CV. Problem with this strategy is when your cycling and running on empty these 10%+ beers hit you much quicker, so with that in mind I had to call it a day and cycled home. This wasn’t without issue either as my front brakes were constantly half on (flat ground was like going up hill) and worse than that my handlebars came loose. Feck sake. Entirely my fault though.
[Fair Ground Theme Tune]
Got home, showered, ate food and bailed to see DJ Shadow down in St. Kilda. 🙂 Arrived early so wandered round the area for a bit (via a bottle shop) taking in the seaside sites and a small market next to the fair ground. An hour later I’m back at the gig with a fat grin on my face. Most of the tunes he blasted out (with no laptop in sight, proper mixing) were completely new and probably never to be heard of again with a few oldies in there to keep the crowd pumped, not that he needed too. Brilliant set and I even got to shake his hand at the end. 😀
Only bummer was missing my connecting tram in the city which meant an hours walk home… I did get to see the night time nature though including a possum, fox and two bloody giant bat’s. 🙂