da happz

haha lots and lots of food over christmas has seen my weight surge from a trim 78kgs the minute i finshed work to a plump 83kgs today.... thats what no work and lots of food does to me haha.  Anyway so much for gettin skinny for my Sydney trip... still hope for Brissy though.  Xmas was great... lots of food, i'm lookin well fed.  Things goin well.  on hols now until mid Feb

my latest craze is walking at da mo.... especially in the evening... a nice relaxing way to assist in my weight loss.  Jaxx too is keen on her walks and her and i have been going out heaps.  Jaxx and i have been hanging out quite a bit and she has now finished at valentines so she is no longer working.  she's still busy though... then again so am i haha... and its windy at da mo too so i've been kiting quite a bit too.... will i go out today after being less than impressed yesterday with the wind? hmmmm haha.  will prob be walking.  Saw the christmas lights last nite with Stipe and Elvis. Jaxx and i are both going on trips... not together of course haha BUT we will be in Brisbane at da same time (well SE Queensland haha)

Due to bad weather our block party has been posponed... dunno when it will be held but hopefully i'll be here for it. i have 5 days of work to go until holidays haha... still need to do da rest of my xmas shopping... and wouldn't mind having another crack at wild willy too (thats my jeep btw!! lol)

The Block party is tomorrow arvo.... the 8 flats where i live are having a gettogether.... cool! should be good to meet everyone haha. Holidays are soon for me...trip not to far away either.... Will be spending new years with Craig. Next year will be having my 3 weeks of kiting in Queensland. Will be writing my summary of 2010 up soon.... but first will give you an idea of 2011 and da plans.... once back from OZ i will be staying put... putting in big hours at work.... may even get a second job. at da mo my weight loss is going well... but next year i will be piling it on once the winter winds blow.... gettin big and old skool.. no pretty boy stuff... this will be a blast from da past for me... i intend to be the biggest i've ever been so far.  lots of home stuff... home will be a focus... as will hobbies and da gym

haha yeah i bet that got your attention.... well it did sorta happen hehe even if in controlled circumstances.  So firstly Eva's 25th party was awesome... EVERYONE had a good time... i think thats a first for such a big event... funny how the minute we have an event somewhere else other than the CNB there isn't any biffo... either by our group or anyone else... hurray no fights lol.  As with Jaxx's 40th (which i still have to write up) i will be writing a seperate journal entry. After a good sleep i then went to Andrew and Tanias engagement party and had a mean feed.... and basically hung around there for a while.  Scorching hot day i mite add... Andrew and Tania are really cool and i wish them the best of luck in their marriage... who am i kidding... they don't need luck GODS in charge :P.  haha it brings me back to 1997 when Andrew (then Single) and his brothers and i gave a friend of ours an engagement card that read "your getting married.... on PURPOSE?"...

Summer is shaping up to be huge.... i'm busy every weekend until my Sydney trip and i still have plenty to do in regards to fixing things, buying things and doin things and CLEANING things... ie my house.  This weekend i have a double header.  Evas 25th party on Sat nite and then Andrew and Tanias engagement party on Sunday. i need to sort things for both events.... still need to get Eva's pressie (i know what to get her) and still need to sort a mask out for it (its a masquarade party)... mite get some face paint goin too... hehe. I still need to put an entry in for Jaxx's 40th party that was in in October... it was an amazing event so it deserves a writeup. On top of the nonstop happs i'm also busy at work with the mail getting heavy with the pre Xmas rush... every year its like this... even more so this year for me because i'm on 54 (eastern beach) which is known for getting lots of mail.... especially around this time of year.  looks like i'm gonna be on...

Ok i have now officially got the time off for my hols.  Also flights are booked.  However i still need to sort some things out and do some shopping.... clothes, cartridge refill, clean house, lose weight lol.... the list goes on and on but i still have 4 weeks to do it in. Today i'm about to head to work in 2 hours and then hangin out with mum before possibly going kitesurfing if the wind is good

Firstly Eva and i are friends again... and we basically resumed where we left off... no ill feeling at all... no "reunions" as has happened before which is excellent.  Of course this brings with it problems especially to do with my weight... which after plummeting to 78kgs has now risen to 83 again courtesy of a feasty halloween and guyfawks... as these are "planned events" i'm not to worried and as long as i keep away from our previous haunts then i should lose weight again... still on for 73kgs for the OZ trip at the end of the year... thats if i go. huh?  yep thats right... i mite not be going.  i've booked the flight and accom but now i hear that i am NOT guaranteed the time off despite putting in for it well in advance.... because of this i have not booked the second OZ trip (the kitesurfing one in Queensland) until i know i have it off.  All is not lost.... although not guaranteed the time off there is still a good chance i will get it off.... its a ...

Its been an interesting October so far... Still not friends with Eva despite an EXCELLENT outing for Jaxx's 40th bday.  We sorta momentarily made up before one of her many arguments with Devon put me off her again.  Jaxx's 40th was excellent and in a way has sorta made it feel like 2009 and 2008 as me and Jaxx have been hanging out a bit... as does happen when the weather gets better... she doesn't like the cold.  Will dedicate a whole entry to Jaxx's 40th at da CNB but not yet. With me and Eva not friends my outings have bascially stopped... little if any money is being spent on junkfood which of course has seen my weight plummet... i'm now under 80kgs and to be honest there hasn't been many occasions where i've been as toned as what i am at da mo.  This is exactly what i want for my OZ trip... of course the money saved from not going out is also gonna be handy as unsure as to how much its gonna cost.... however looks like i'm gonna live it up in Sydn...

haha a special treat!  you get a sneak peek at my 2010 summary. The BIG factor of 2010 of course was the change back to my old ways... like i was in  the "10 years of seperation".  The only new addition to the Muskateers would be Dana.  At the start just a random friend of Eva's and Skot's.  The second time we met was at pool in April... she dissed my Jeep which pissed me off.  Then she joined all seasons and thats when we started getting on well. After such a disasterous 2009 with Jaxx i was pretty keen to bury all the demons of that year and at the start i actively avoided Jaxx and basically made her "hungry"... it worked.  She actually visited me whilst i was doing my mail.  From then on to this very day we haven't had one dissagreement or argument.  Part of this has been me  keeping my distance and declining several outings. I have NOT reverted back to my kitesurfing in a big way.  The big plus of this year has been the ab...

Ok this is my last year of archives.... here is how it went. 2007 was the last year of me as a kiteaddict.. i dunno if i'll ever be as addicted to kiting again.... even now i've basically ditched the social lifestyle of 2008/2009. Some of the younger guys were getting quite good... especially Blair who along with his older brother Jarrod had just been signed to BEST kites by Lee.  Things were quite tense between me and Lee over me being banned from his forum in late 2006.  I had seriously contemplated switching loyalties and had paid 2007 NZ champ Jamie Barrow a visit at WSP enquiring about his latest gear... and to congratulate him as well on a job well done (Narrowly beating up and coming professional kiter Marc Jacobs). 2007 will mostly be about kiting... i went out quite a bit.  Most of the first half of the year was at rivalry with the likes of Blair, Charl, Brock... all guys half my age and a third of my experience.  Unlike the pitched turf wars of 2004 w...

I started 2006 by having some time off and going down to wellington... to both see my brother and also to do some kitesurfing.  had a great time in welly.  On my return it was apparent that i was missed bigtime at maccas... at this stage i was probably at my peak at maccas.... kiting was going great and so was work... so at this point of time there was no way i was gonna switch to post.... of course contrast this with July of 2008 which was my lowest point at maccas and of course i had got frustrated with kitesurfing. got some new gear in 2006 and some young guys were getting inot the sport... started in 2005... pushed further in 2006 these guys would be the top kiters by the end of the year... and with it things got tense between us.  This of course was one of the things that eventually would kill off kiting for me (at least temporarily) but initially it only made me keener to nail the new moves and get some credability back (which i never did).  Another factor th...

2005 was a year of transition for me.  At 29 years of age this was the year that i finally left home.  Other than that it was a year spent mostly kitesurfing and working at maccas. At the start of the year i was promoted to fulltime maintenence at maccas.  To start with i was working under someone.... but when he left in the middle of the year i was basically in charge and thats when things finally got really good at maccas.  Under new management and ownership things were allready brilliant there and me and Amon got on really well.  With my kitesurfing going well and my job going well there was no way i was heading to nzpost anytime soon.  Things were sweet.  However the big move was in the back of my mind... it was gonna happen this year. I was still a kitesurfing addict and yet to meet any of my recent group of friends.  The only "muskateers" i had met at this stage were Calvin and Bex.  It would be another year before i would run into ...

The desire to kite kite kite was right there... i kited the first 3 days in marginal conditions... however on the morning of the 4th day i convulsed in my sleep and popped out my right shoulder.  in severe pain i managed to put it back in with my family lookin on.  However i was now out of action for quite a while.  This meant i had heaps of time to spare and plenty of kiteforums to chat on. In 2003 i started making a nuisance on kiteforum.co.nz but nothing major happened.  This year however i would get offside with most of akls kiters.  And kiteforum.co.nz was the way it happened. I was banned from that site at the end of Jan and then had big arguments with Tim and his mate Lance on Tim's kiteforum as a result.  Tim was in Scotland, Lance was in Perth.  I had got quite territorial about NZ and took Lance's comments about akl wind as quite offensive.  Everyone chose to hate me as allways and they sided with Lance.  This immediately got me...

the cold has returned... gonna nail it good n proper this time. off work at da mo... tomorrow as well.  weight is now at 86.2kgs with 15% bodyfat... time to slowly reduce that for the summer.  will be spring cleaning over the next 3 months too

had yesterday off work... about to head into work today.... still not 100% but looks like i've beaten the illness... just the aftermath to deal with now..... gonna eat lots too... gr8 excuse for it haha. Great time at Parakai the other day.... will definately be going there again.  As a result of my cold i'm now tipping the scales at over 86kgs.... as i plan to eat lots today as well to combat any complications occuring this weight could go even higher.  My highest ever weight is just over 87kgs

This will be my third hot pools outing this month.  A few of us are going... me, Andrea, Stipe, Eva and Boris... that makes 5 of us so can go in one car... will it be mine? :P haha Anyway working soon... been doing different runs as of late... changing around but still no brand new run for me.  The last time i was on a brand new run was in Jan when i started 53.  I did 53 again yday and looks like i'm on it today too.  However in the next few weeks i could be starting 32.  This is a fullblooded pakuranga run... it doesn't get anymore pakuranga than this.  I've heard different stories about this run... some say it one of the harshest runs in our area (size, hills, mail etc)... others say its real easy if you do it certain ways.  it still stands that in terms of size the 3 runs that take the longest are 31, 32 and 54 in our area.  PS i know that recently someone got fired by nzpost due to him making dodgy remarks about a coworker etc etc on a blog...

Firstly i had another great outing to Parakai last sat nite.  A week later i hung out at skots place with Eva, Wazza, Boris, Skot and David.  Fish n chips at da start... alcohol start flowing and at da start was good to hang around with moderately drunk ppl who in general can handle me better than sober ppl.  Unfortunately once Wazza went from moderately drunk to VERY drunk his mood changed from happy to angry and that was the cue to me to head of home.  it sorta all fell to bits in the space of 5 minutes... me and David (neither of us drank alcohol) saw it all unravelling.  I now have a renewed hatred for "Satans blood" (what i used to call alcohol back in the day) and whilst quite as against it as what i was before 2004 i certainly don't see it as a fun thing anymore (my mates were more fun when they drank it haha).  Everyone else was good.... Wazza was the only one who got aggro.  I'm good mates with Wazza normally so can see how alcohol is responsi...

Hey i ended up going to Parakai last sat nite.  Had a great time.  Looks like we are heading there tomorrow nite too.... me, Andrea, Stipe and Eva so far... this could change of course.  Raining at da mo... expected to be wet 2morro but hopefully as its started now I mite not get too wet when i actually get out on da bike... about 14 hours until i start delivering the mail.... but they did say that a lot of rain is gonna fall... will keep u updated of course :).  I've had a couple of great kitesurf sessions lately... will updating my kiting blog very very soon... like now :P

yep spring is in the air... thats despite it being a wet start to august so far.  I've been on run 23 at work but have been experimenting a bit with a few things.... like speed.  Going much slower than the usual flat out i go on that run... but been going much faster inside sorting.... this is what i'm after... a more relaxed approach to my job.  mind you the wet conditions aren't very conducive to racing it outside anyway so nature has forced my hand a bit lol.  Today is meant to be no exception with rain expected later on and a strong northerly. This means that i could be kiting after work despite other things planned... it all depends on several factors... how long i'm at work for (last saturday was a classic example of this) the weather... namely if its windy, or rainy... or both who txts me before i finish work Tonite i need to choose 1 of 3 different outings Parakai at 4pm with Andrew Footy evening at gym with Devon Housewarming party with Eva The ...

Been quite into the gym as of late.  Definately been into it more since Devon joined up.  Now i tend to either go in after work (bout 1pm) and do a small workout focussed on a single muscle group OR do the group classes with Eva in the evo.  In da weekend i usually have a much longer workout, this is when Devon comes as well.  I'm still on a da big side at da mo.... this ain't a problem for this time of year for me cos once i get back into kiting i will be glad i have a bit of padding on me... but definately once it warms up again i will want to lose weight.  Still at 85kgs... spending quite a bit on going out... but gradually tightening the belt in that area... i don't believe in going "cold turkey" unless you have a very strong willpower... which i DON'T lol. Work is going well.  Been on the drive out runs since i've been back.  No new runs for quite a while now.  Jan was the last time i did a new run and that was for 53 (bucklands beach etc)....

The first day of 2003 started with me going to my uncles place to go on his boat.... this was the ONLY time i've ever been wakeboarding... which i found easy due to my kitesurfing skills... basically they are the same thing apart from the obvious difference between a boat and a kite.  After that i immedaitely went kitesurfing once i got home.... infact the first two days were holidays for me... and i kited them both... great time.  2003 started well!  infact 2003 was the year of the kite for me.... no other year was i ever so into my kitesurfing like this amazing year... 2005 came close but not quite. In 2002 i was a right winger... gutted that national got thrashed in the general election.... couldn't stand labour despite being on minimum wage.... however i also didn't buy into much of the media hype that many right wing scare mongers spewed up... especially concerning the alleged laziness of certain ethnic groups.... my personal experience at jobs totally showed these...

This year had the potential to be one very very busy year.... i basically wanted to be superman by getting really good at all the sports i was into... which now included kitesurfing, surfing, windsurfing, bodyboarding and kitebuggying.  and i also wharfjumped, hung with several mates like Ryan, Stipe, Josh and Andrew.  I didn't hang out with Josh much that year though and the following year wouldn't hang with him at all.  However hung with Stipe lots and was still a huge fan of the WWE.  My main interest though was definately with watersports... was still windsurfing at the start but all forms of windsurfing would cease from August onwards.  Didn't go surfing or bodyboarding as much either as in previous years but went buggying quite a bit... infact this had the potential to eclipse kitesurfing as much easier to setup and less condition dependant etc. As for work yea this was a time of upheaval for me... but it started ok.  unfortunately i swapped from gr...

2001 was the year that i genuinely got into kitesurfing.  in 2000 i tagged along with Alan to a couple of events but in 01 i just wanted to do it for myself... so now i was windsurfing, kitesurfing, surfing and bodyboarding.... not to mention working fulltime at maccas. so yeah i was busy.  I still hung out with Stipe on a regular basis but slowly and surely the addiction to kiting would take hold and by the end of the year i had taken up yet another sport.... kitebuggying. As for work it surely had its ups and downs.... definmately more fiery than in 2000.  i mostly worked graveyard shift.  it was a year that the church sed that something big was gonna happen... I didn't go till right at the end of the year but Stipe told me at da start.... but allready this was an interesting year for me with a phenominom called "antithing".... as opposed to THING which was a fear of "dying" (forces from within killing me)... this was a fear of "being killed" (forc...

Yep Liz rang me to ask if i wanted to start a day early.... so i sed yes lol.  nice day today... the rain eased and all that gym work is paying off!  Found it easy today despite gaining 5kgs over the hols... most of that was fat too :) Yes the holidays were very lazy indeed.  They started with a hiss and a roar with me writing down what i planned to get done.... started with a trip to Waiwera after the first week decided to chill cos a lot of my items on my list were the local fast food shops... and i was feeling very unhealthy indeed... so once i decided not to complate the list i lost all drive... and chilled the rest of the time hehe.  Still i got quite a bit of the list accomplished and as a result was all ready to dive straigt back into work again. The plan obviously at work was to be quiet.... was yet another fail at that.  i doubt i'm really gonna do a complate turn around and go totally emo and quiet.. instead gonna moderate a bit... but of course mo...

These are the places where i've been... most of these were in the 80s. Whilst on da subject i still plan to visit OZ at da end of the year. I'm seeing Craig for the new year and then coming home to celebrate my bday... then heading back to OZ to hang with Luke for a few weeks.  That's da plan

If you've been reading my blogs your prob well aware of the fact that neither of ym cars work properly at da moment.  The sentra (white litening) has a dodgy starter solenoid that needs a tap with a hammer every now and then.  The Jeep (wild willy) has a broken clutch pedal (axle holding the assembly togehter has snapped).  These are easy problems to fix if you can get the parts... but of course i can't get the parts which is very annoying indeed.  In the midst of all this i'm using the bike heaps so all is not lost but the weather is pretty bad at da mo which makes cycling very unpleasent indeed which means i've been staying home haha. In other news i will be resuming my archived yearly summaries that i started a few months ago.  I think i'm up to the year 2000 so the next one will be the year 2001... the year i started kitesurfing. Speaking of which due to several factors... ie my cars not going i haven't been able to kite despite pretty good conditions....

yep just chillin out... eating LOTS of junk food but still been reasonably active.  Making the transition to conservative mode which will fully take effect when i head back to work on da 7th of July.... a quiet, wrapped up and bigger Tuxx will emerge.  I did say earlier on that i planned to bulk up over the winter... well this is it.  I also plan to get back into kitesurfing for this period... and for this it will help if i'm bigger and more able to handle the cold.  At work some ppl expressed delight at me goin on holiday... whether they were joking or not i will prob never know but regardless i've hinted at a more quieter Tuxx that will return after the break.  As for what i wear i will be doing away with the "flirtatious" clothes i've been wearing over the winter... in short i've been dressing like its summer haha.  As i'll be getting biggier and uglier in the next few weeks its not a good idea to wear singlets, jandals and shorts... so yeah very conser...

Ok i'm on holidays for 2 weeks now.   I'm still having issues with my cars but shouldn't be too much of a hassle over the hols because i plan to bike most places i plan to head to.  A trip to Waiwera is on da cards but can drive there or maybe even go with Stipe.  Speaking of which i'm sorta going back to church again... but unnofficialy... not at da same level that i used to go back in da 90s.... once in a while for me is ok and only cos of Stipe.

Hey i did end up going to that outing the other day.  Jaxx took me.  it was great... had a feed, met Stevie again (um both of them haha).  We are planning a starbux outing in da future.  Speaking of the future i'm on hols in a weeks time.  Its for 2 weeks and i have quite a few things planned.... basically the stuff i've been doing for the last couple of years i'll be squeezing into the space of two weeks.  However there will be flashes of the past as well hopefully.  Along with some things that i've never done before.  But i do need to get my cars sorted.  Whitelitening sorta goes.... once its started it goes fine.... but the solenoid is sticking every now and then and needs a hammer to fix it when it does so.... this is not sustainable and i'm after a new solenoid/starter setup.  I do have a universal solenoid from repco but this could be difficult to install so ideally wanna get the entire setup so i can just stick it in and whammo....

White litening.... my white Nissan Sentra is sorta working.  It is not the starter motor itself playing up but the solenoid is sticking.  At the mo i'm hitting it with a hammer every now and then to unstick it.  This ain't permanent solution though and i plan to get a whole new starter unit in the new week.  May even order it today. In other news a former workmate of mine has cancer.  An outing is on for her tonite in the city but of course i can't go as i have no reliable transport.  The only chance of me going is if i go with Jaxx (who may be going).  Pity its in the city and not local... cos then i could have biked. On holiday at the end of next week.  Should be fun.  The main reason why i'm getting my car fixed is so i can use it for some of the things planned for my holidays... which include Waiwera and even some trips to Waihake and even great barrier.  There will also be plenty of living it up at resturants too.... by myself o...

I'm biking everywhere. still no car.  Wild Willy has a broken clutch pedal and white litening has a broken starter motor i think... will have to make sure.  Heading to a party soon and also gonna take the starter motor out of WL

Ok winter is here and on its first day i got SOAKED..... no car either.  Both whitelitening and wild willy are munted at da mo.  Will be heading to repco this arvo to check and see if they sell clutch cables.... if no then i'm gonna take it to EB motors.  As for white litening i will need to do some fault finding but looks like something to do with da starter motor... cos the battery seems fine (put in new batt... still doesn't go lol). Anyway bout to head off to work.... using blue thunder of course hehe

Friday was cold and steady rain the whole time i was out on my bike.... saturday was sun sun sun.  Today i had off.... TOMORROW looks like rain rain rain... they are 4casting a "weather bomb" which means severe weather... wind, rain but unlikely to be as cold as Friday as wind from NE.  I'm taking no chances... bringing all my clothes with me as expected to get very wet.  Mite even trial bare legs vs covered legs as found that my long pants got saturated and hence made matters worse.... so this time mite just wear shorts.... the shorter the better. Also gonna try not wearing socks.  Clothes are wierd... its like when your bitten by certain animals... like a large snake.... you gotta do the opposite to your instinct... in the case of the snake (anaconda) to free your arm or legs etc you need to further into the mouth to get the teeth out of your flesh before freeing yourself.  For clothes i found that in summer you stay cooler by COVERING UP... this stops the sun...

Just having a feed at da mo,  went bowling last nite, had fun.  Jaxx txed me today and asked when i'm visiting her at valentines next.  Mite go tomorrow, c wot happens haha.  Anyway weightwise i'm hovering around 80kgs despite bingingg a bit the last few days.... haha i'm addicted to those muselibar things... including the unhealthy ones... they must be unhealthy cos they taste so good lol.  not too worried at dis time of year about putting some fat on.  earlier on i did sat that i was gonna bulk up... thats still happening... will put on lots of muscle and a bit of fat later on in da winter but i only hit da gym in da early arvo so i do it on da way home from work is da best bet... i still have weights at home... like my pullup bar lol.

Outing tonite. we going bowling and momotea?  i think lol.  Anyway i'm quite keen on just chillin... not making an ass of myself... i have one of those "i hate society" moods at da mo.  popular ppl piss me off haha but i can behave i guess.  Stipe is coming tonite too.  He's suddenly in da scene which is cool.  Me, him and Skot have lots in common... ie we all OUTCASTS.  Wazza and Eva are more mainstream and Jaxx is VERY mainstream.  Just the 5 of us... Jaxx isn't coming.  Hey i've been approached by my neighbours about a roofing quote... they getting their roof done and the other guys are getting theirs done too.  They trying to convince me that mine needs doing.... I'll be the judge of that one thanx... i'll check it out just incase it DOES need doin lol... if so them the shit hits the fan cos i don't have the money for a new roof and i ain't getting another loan lol.... so its gonna have to be pretty fucked up for me to do anything bo...

ok the kiting blog is up.... just look for it on my profile page. as for my website... well this is my website at da mo but later on i will be making my own site... should be fun. in da meantime though this is it... two blogs and links to my social network pages.... www.facebook.com/mtuckster www.twitter.com/mtuckster um can't remember by bebo page, my myspace page OR my yearbook page haha Hey in general news i forgot to tell you guys that white litening PASSED its WOF so i am now able to use it for work... just as well cos Wild Willy is off da road due to gear issues.  This of course means that i'm able to do drive out mail runs again.... which is exactly what i'm doing now.... been all over da show... 53, 54 and a big stint on 45 as Gabby is on hols.  Back on 54 yday and got drenched in da thunderstorm that came through 15 minutes for the end of my run.  I'm expecting to be back on 45 tomorrow however as is da case until Gabs gets back unless ppl ring in s...

Wellington was excellent.  We were there for about 24 hours.  Stayed in 5 star Luxury complete with gym, Pool, Spa etc hehe.  Oh yes my own room and KINGsize Bed lol.  Later on that day i went to Te Papa with Paul... and then went to Jasper's 1st bday... lots of food hehe. Weather was pretty good.  It was northerly on arrivial... then it drizzled for several hours before clearing with a light southerly which for this wussy Aucklander felt quite cold haha.  Nah it was a great trip and was stoked to be in a plane again... several updates on twitter and facebook... which will be the norm now whenever i travel. Speaking of twitter updates.... its also used for kitesurfing sessions... just the brief stuff.  HOWEVER if you have just come from my facebook page then you are prob looking for my BRAND NEW kiting blog.... yeah i'm making it after this journal entry. 

Looking forward to my trip to Welly.  Haven't been in a plane for a while and looking to catch up with Paul again and see Capital city woop woop.  Soon i'm going to another outing.  Meeting Jaxx at starbux and then going to play pool with Jaxx, skot, Wazza and Eva.  hopefully thats it cos last time Dana came along and we immediatel;y got off on da wrong foot cos of what she sed about wild willy (my jeep)... things didn't improve during the course of the outing although i put on a good front and was nice to her face.  Pity that cos she was fine when i met her at the beginning of the year at Skots place.

Having problems with my cars at da mo.  White litening needs a WOF and Wild Willy has gearbox problems.  Sounds like da syncromesh is playing up.  Now this is why i got two cars and will continue to have two cars.  I have been doing c motor runs again at work. Liz even let me park da sentra in the driveway to avoid me getting ticketed for not having a WOF cos she needs me on 53 and 54 at da mo.  Infact yday was the first time i've done 54 in several months.  Good to come back to earth with a nice thud after thinking i had improved heaps in my sorting and delivery speed.  who cares if i'm slow again.... these runs make me more money hehe. Will be taking white litening in tomorrow to get a WOF.  The biggest questionmark is of course that window that some WANKER broke last year to steal a bag out of my car in October when i was at a resturant with Tim and his mates.  I rung smith and smith glass to get a quote... $400.... no thanx so i decided...

Ok you know how i was planning those 4 outings.... well lets just say that things mite not turn out as they expected... then again they never do haha. The overlander trip to Wellie has now been cancelled and the trip to Queensland in Jan next year is now up in the air.  But the trip to Sydney for New Years to see Craig may still go ahead. also going ahead is the plane trip to Wellie to see Paul and this is now happening in just over a weeks time... on May 9th.  But of course i going with mum and dad so really don't have to do much apart from gettin ready haha... lookin forward to it.  Interesting to see how i handle being on a plane. Anyway speaking of hols i will be on holiday in late June and early July... this was so i could go on da train to wellie but now i'm just gonna chill in akl... hopefully do some kitesurfing etc.  Maybe some social outings but i guess it just depends on how things work out in the next few months. We played pool on Thursday nite....

At the end of 1999 i was started to know the burgers... at the start of the new mellinium it was DEAD as a dodo for half an hour.... then it went NUTS!!  This was by far the most busiest shift i had at maccas... this was wild but it was fun too as it was a party sorta atmosphere and everyone was happy cos it was the year 2000! haha stoked. But before long reality set in and life was normal.  My cousin Eddie married his long time girlfriend Tina in Feb of that year.  I wasn't feeling too good... quite knackered, edgy etc.  Within a few days THING II was in session and basically the same crap that happened as in 1999.  Of course i knew what it was but you still have the panic attacks.  This time round it was mostly anxiety and tenseness as opposed to full blooded panic attacks and yep the weight went down again.  It had risen slightly since i started at maccas... got up to about 78kgs... but now it was plummeting again and bottomed out at 67kgs... i wa...

This was the last of many things for me and at the end of the year signalled an abrupt turn in career path.  But at the start of the year it was business as usual.  saw in the new year at a friends place... quite a few of us from church.  Although i didn't go to church on a regular basis i still hung with christians quite a bit as the eastside god squad was at its peak right about now.  The latest addition to the group was Craig's friend Sajin from tech.  however this year would definately see me distance myself from the church even further... def drifting away this year.  I still had my shoulder injury to contend with but for my new hobby windsurfing it wasn't causing too many problems.  I would windsurf lots.... it totally took over from surfing and infact i didn't do much surfing or bodyboarding that year. why go all the way out to piha when you can just windsurf down the road?  However the conditions that summer were great for surfing and we...

Been out quite a few times.  went to driving range yday with Wazza.  Went to starbux the nite before with Wazza, Skot and Duffy... so yeah a guys outing.  On thursday nite though we had a big night out starting with Starbux and then ended with pool.  Jaxx came along too... wasn't expecting her to tag along and play pool but she did and as allways she looked the part.  I've been helping Jaxx do some furniture moving as her son is moving flats again.  The pics of the outing are on my facebook page... i do eventually plan to have my own website up and running but in da mean time my main webpage is facebook. I still need to get a WOF for da sentra... now at times like this i'm glad i bought the Jeep.  unfortunately the jeep has no bike rack so can't do the c motor rounds at work.. so stuck on da bike out rounds at da mo.  These rounds are 42,23 and 49.. they are really nice rounds but i do miss that fuel allowance that you get with rounds like 45, 5...

1998 was the first year that i stopped going to church on a regular basis.  It was also the first year that i fully got into watersports.  In 1997 it was surfing mostly but i only went out with Alan, Tim and Craig.  This year i would start going out by myself.  I also got into bodyboarding.  I still had my mitsi mirage that i got in 1994 and being a hatch i could fit my 7ft 6in mini mal in the car so didn't need a roofrack.  I immediately took to bosyboarding and now i could ride waves without getting smashed every time.  Still i really only rode waves no taller than my height.  The 97/98 summer was very hot and dry and the weather was amazing.  Lots of time in da water, not so much surfing but more just hanging out in the local eastside swimmin holes... no waves there.  96/97 summer was also quite warm at da end with a very defined sultry spell in March of 1997.... this would continue in da 98/99 summer too... 99/00 was more back to n...

1997 was another one of those big years.  got inot surfing right at the beginning of the year but found out it was real scary... pretty much got my ass kicked by the surf when i went out... really struggled... in fact even now in 2010 i STILL can't surf.  this was one sport that i NEVER was able to tame... PWNED!  However i learnt valuable respect for mother ocean and whilst i never took to surfing i got into bodyboarding and i did do better at this... however for most of 1997 i was surfing with Tim and Craig and occasionally went bodyboarding with Alan and Andrew Seward.  Infact this year would see me really start hanging with these 3 christian brothers.  I still hung with Josh but not like in 1996.... still he came to some of our outings and he allready knew the Seward brothers. I worked fulltime at stringer engineering but now just mostly a dogsbody...  when i was put on a machine it normally ended in tears... i was really shite there now.  infact...