hey now, hey now.
Firstly, a big thanks to all who wrote in about the “Ready, Steady, Cook!” situation. I don’t mind that I lost at all. The looks on the faces of the ladies in the audience when I whipped out the tofu was similar to the look you see on peoples faces when they view two dogs rooting on the side of the road – puzzled, curious, but all together uncomfortable. Oh well, I believe it was the first time that Vegan cooking has been attempted on national television, so I’m stoked!

More and more, I’m surrounded by brilliant people who’ve manifested their dreams into reality. People who’ve always wanted to do something, have worked at super hard and focussed their energy, and now – are living what was once a dream. The universe works very simply folks, just put it out there, work towards it, and BOOM! It’s all yours.

Remember my mate Alex I was telling you about? A few years ago, he came to live with me from Adelaide and I asked him on his first here, what he wants to do in Sydney, and he replied �I want to become a professional musician�. Right now, he’s on a plane to LA with his US Visa in his pocket, going for a few years to live his dream. He worked super hard at his music, focussed all his energies, got so many amazing gigs that he basically had nothing left to do here in Australia – and now, he’s off to LaLa to make it – big time. I’m so proud of him, and he inspires me and all my friends in so far as, he’s living proof that if you work hard enough at something, there’s nothing you can’t achieve. Sorry to sound all Anthony Robbins on you, but this idea has always really has been quite prominent in my life and lately even more so. It’s no secret that you need ten easy payments of $99.95 to achieve, it’s very simple.

Thought/Dream + applied energy = reality.

Easy isn’t it?Try it for yourself

Hey I’ve got to get back to getting my immune system in check, I am playing host to a nasty virus at the moment, and thankfully due to my diet I never feel these things for long, but it does take some care to defeat. My photographer friend Liz dropped by yesterday morning and made me the best �get better’ drink I’ve ever had..
1 Orange (juiced)
1/2 Lemon(juiced)
1 clove of crushed Garlic
equivalent of ginger
a splash of Tabasco
honey to taste
boiling water

One at morning and one at night, all right!!
It’s a rainy day here in Bondi so I’m playing guitar by the window singing power ballads watching the surf comp go on in shitty conoditions. Did you know that if you can play G,F,Am,Em,D and C then you can play pretty much every ballad ever written? Go to www.olga.net if you don’t believe me..

Thanks for all the emails, I read them all! Take care, xx andrewgthatguyfromv@yahoo.com

Well, my dear reader, I’m back in town. Back and ready for another few months of Idol fun. A few things happened while I was away.

My friend had open heart surgery and there were some kooky complications – mainly that after they stopped his heart to operate, they couldn’t restart it. He was on the heart/lung machine for about thirteen hours. I talked to him yesterday, he’s sitting in the living room waiting for his heart to heal and his breastbone to knit back together. Crikey, at least he made it.

Same can’t be said about Darren from Disco Montego. Possibly one of the most talented and lovely musicians that I’ve ever met, a man with so much potential that it was only a matter of time before greatness overseas was part of his reality, a man who’s accompanied by his brother and best friend Dennis on his musical journey, and a man who very tragically and suddenly lost a battle with lung cancer last Friday at the age of twenty six. Devastated. The guy was a legend guitar player, great dancer, and could sing his arse off, but not only that, he could write those hooks goddamnit!!! I’m still a bit numb to his passing, but I must send my massive condolences to his Brother, Dennis, and his family - both his blood family and musical family, all of whom I’m sure are destroyed at the sudden passing of this brilliant, young and astonishingly talented soul. No one needs to die of lung cancer. He was twenty bloody six.

When someone you know dies, it’s always a bummer and takes anything from a few days, to a few years to get over – but one thing it does do is remind you – that life’s too damn short. Don’t put anything off. Tell people you love them, take lessons in something you want to be a ninja in, anything you like, just realise that tomorrow could be the day that you leave all of this behind. I’ll miss you Darren, and Dennis, whatever you need, just let me know.

On the subject of life being too short to fart about not following your dreams, today two girls that I know both quit their jobs in search of something else. One had a job for five years, the other only seven weeks, but both were unhappy and wanted to waste not one more minute pursuing someone else’s dream.

I’m so excited for both of them, because now they have a clean slate – they are free to create any reality they like, any future that they want, any life that they want to live – it’s all there in front of them. An amazing and enviable position. I wish them all the best and I can’t wait to see what they come up with!

I finally upgraded my turntables. I now own a pair of proper technics 1200’s. Only took me four years to get rid of my old motor drive ones. They feel great. I still mix like a four year old, but I’m getting there.

Look, I have to go. Think about what you want to do and just do it ok? We have so little time to enjoy being alive. So be sure you do enjoy it won’t you?

Birth School Work death, and more x a