Merry Christmas All

Hope you have a great day and all the best for the upcoming new year. Thanks for reading.

James xxx

Holiday: More Waiheke Island

Above: My legs at Onetangi Beach

Above: Onetangi Beach

Above: Waiheke Road

Above: Looking East over Waiheke towards Coromandel

Above: Pohutakawa Tree A.K.A The New Zealand Christmas Tree

Holiday: Night out in Auckland

A picture says a thousand words, so here are a thousand pictures. That would be 1,000,000 words.
PS: After consultation with Blogspot, who were none to keen to upload a 1000 pictures, here is a smaller selection.

Above: Jennifer

Above: Kate and the Tequila and Ginger Beer cocktail (evil)

Below: Left to right - Jennifer, Kate and I

NZ Holiday:Waiheke Island

Above: Matiatia Bay

Below: The view from my Mum's Kitchen over Passage Rock

Hey guys, for the past few days I have been relaxing (with a capital R) at my mum's hideaway in Waiheke Island which is 30 mins off the coast of Auckland. I have been literally laying about, sleeping, eating and drinking for 4 days. I am off to the gym today just to stave off total entropy but it has been very relaxing. My friend Jennifer came over for the day yesterday but the weather has been a bit bad, heaps of rain and cloud. But that did not stop us bouncing around in the 4WD in the torrential rain and mud around the back end of Waiheke. It has been really nice hanging and catching up with my Mum. She is so amazing. Jennifer is now coming with me to the South Island on the 5th January too which is cool. Off to the mainland tomorrow for a couple of nights out in the city which could be debouched.

Engagement Party Pics

Jennifer and I
Sarah

Paul

NZ Holiday: Paul & Sarah's Engagement Party

I arrived in NZ a bit disheveled after having my flight to Auckland delayed by 3 hours in Sydney, but better late than never. Two of my close friends, Sarah and Paul, had their engagement party on the day I arrived so I swiftly when from airport to party mode. Sarah and Paul are the last couple in my group who have been together over 10 years to get engaged. It was amazing to catch up with everyone even though I was feeling a bit dizzy from the travel. Nothing a few dozen beers could not solve.

So much to do....

Cripes, I am leaving in two days and I have to sort so much out. I have to pack, wrap presents, find a lap top bag that does not make me look like I am smuggling plutonium rods and meet up with friends for dinner tomorrow. I also have to clean my room which has turned into an utter dump. Lucky I have the entire day tomorrow before I fly on Saturday morning. I am also still getting over an utter beast of a hangover from my works Christmas lunch on Tuesday. It started at 12.30pm and I got home at 1am. We all got a great gift from our boss, a Missoni Towel and a personal trainer for three months. Nice huh? Anyhoo I was supposed to go to this White Christmas Party for Zeta Bar, but I would rather have a gym session, a pizza and an early night tonight. How are your Christmas plans going? Your Kidney's left on holiday yet?

6 Days and I will be here.....

Sick Joke

Man, what a crazy 48 hours I have had. On Friday night I was told there was a profile on a gay dating site using my my pictures, and that it said I was a HIV positive "chem" freak after easy sex and was available "day/night" to be dumped in. Can you believe it?? Who would make up such lies. I initially took it as a joke, but when I saw the profile and with not only one but 5 pictures of me, the more frightened and saddened I was.

I had no idea who could have done this, the pictures are off my Facebook profile, but someone took the time to make this page up and post it on this site for god knows who to see.

I was understandably devastated, I had no idea someone would do this and why. I had not pissed anyone off that I knew of and it was just such a vitriolic thing to do. I emailed Gaydar's support people and after two days they sent me an email saying the profile had been taken down and that they were "deeply sorry". Its not their fault, how amazing of them to move so swiftly. I am now left with the thoughts of why. I will not let this get me down, I am keeping my chin up, what does not kill me makes me stronger and I will not be intimidated by someone who obviously had a bone to pick. I just hope the person who did this finds the help they need and some light in their life.

Vintage Jim - The Sun Herald May 2006

The other day when I was a bit down and talking to my Mum about having a hotel room and no one special to have it with. She reminded me of the article I wrote for The Sun Herald last year about being happy being single. I really had nothing to say to that, she was right...hate it when that happens. :-) I look really weird in that picture......

Sweat-cracker

I went and saw The Nutcracker last night at the Opera House, it was amazing. I have not been to the ballet since I was like 4 so it was really all new again. A friend of mine had a spare ticket so invited me along with their lovely family. I was looking rather swish as well, but as it is humid and the temperature of Venus in Sydney at the moment, I got to the Opera House a total sweat ball. Very irritating as you spend all that time getting ready and then you are ready for another shower by the time you get to your venue. I even took great pains not to get over heated. I got ready slowly, drank cold water, opened every door and chimney flew, walked slowly rather than my usual tripod stride. Still I was a fountain of runny face. This is embarrassing when you have to meet people, “Hi I am a sweaty troll, nice to see you again”. Anyhoo I had a great night once the sweating had stopped.

Love is a battlefield

I love that song, it reminds me of being 5 and boogying on a Saturday morning in the house I grew up in New Zealand while my mum vacuumed the house around me, stereo blasting. How interesting that I had no idea what the song meant. It was just the perfect song for body slamming into the couch cushions or accidentally onto my badly timed cat, Bobo.
I went out this weekend and ended up catching the eye of a rather hot guy, who I ended up chatting to for a while. All was going well, until I looked over his shoulder and saw a rather slight young man shooting daggers at me. I asked the guy if he new that goblin over there, he said “yeah that’s my BF”. Oh…well that kinda killed the conversation faster than saying you liked a good “fisting”.
I was rather taken aback at his rather glib admission and his still present eagerness to molest me. I was not having any of it, so after a couple of “Whoa Tigers” we continued our conversation. Until I spied Mr. BF totally pashing another guy, I stopped the conversation and asked “how do you feel about that??” He was like, “whatever, he does his thing and I…… do mine”. Then looked at me like a shark eyeing a plump seal. I laughed and thought you have to be kidding.
He proceed to tell me he could not break up with him as they just moved up together from Melbourne and it was not the right time, though he wanted my number so he could call. I was just flabbergasted, is he for real? Had I taken acid and was now hallucinating this scenario asleep on some hotel toilet?
I just said there is no way I am going to let you call me if you are not single. End of story. I grabbed my gear as I was scared the drink and overall hotness of the guy would make me do something I regretted. As I was leaving he followed me outside to say he hoped we met again sometime soon. I was pleasant but firm, so single no mingle buddy
I left feeling rather proud of myself, but then a little down that again the only guy I met that I had a spark with, was a mess.
He was also a cop as well. Another one?? Holy lord people, is there a newsletter circulating between gay cops with me on the cover – “Available for dipshits. Apply in person at your local fag bar”.

Here is a pic of me and my lovely friend Zilla, at her BF's house before above event.

How cool is this picture?

I was doing research for images for a presentation for a major department store and I found this image of JFK. An unidentified reporter interviews candidate Kennedy during a helicopter ride above Los Angeles in the spring of 1960 . How cool does he look?! Poignant as well. I thought I would just put this up as my inspiration for the week.

It's in the stars?

I am literally dragging my carcass over the line as the end of the year is within spitting distance. Not that I am counting (I finish in exactly two weeks today) but I am in such a dire need of a holiday I can taste the sunscreen in my mouth. Why you ask, as you eat your twig toast and hot non animal related chai? Well I have had a year that has truly tested me in every way. Work, health, love (or lack of loving) it really has been a year of change. I don't complain, though some experiences were truly horrible, I am just hoping for a year with less drama and more nice karma. A colleague read me my stars for the impending year yesterday which left me wanting, I heard phrases like.. "In between phase", "major growth process" etc.. Not that I am placing my faith into a little booklet stuck onto a gossip rag, but to be honest that sounds like this year and the year before, oh and the year before. I feel very much like I am on the verge of something better, but never seem to get there or enjoy it if I do. Strange huh? Maybe I should take solice in the last line of the crappy gossip horoscope book "Even though you do not know where this train is headed, have faith you will know where to get off, so enjoy the scenery on the way" Wise words for a magazine whose cover screams "Britney now so fat she has her own moon".

First look at the new Joker

This is pretty cool, the leaked cover of the Jan 2008 UK Empire with the first official image of Heath Ledger as the Joker in the upcoming Batman movie, The Dark Knight. I love Batman movies, ever since I was a little butterball. Enjoy.

Worst. Headphones. Ever!!!!

Loathe I am to bash a product online, I have to say to all those who can listen, NEVER ever to buy these headphones! I had to buy these after my original iPod ear buds gave up the ghost on only one side. So after a week of feeling rather lopsided, I gave in and bought these Apple Earphones (see attached BOO!!!)

I am rather missing the mono headphones now, these headphones are not only tinny, have the bass of a flea fart and need to be driven so far into your skull to work you are in serious danger of having to go to the emergency room if you turn around too fast.

The real rub is these are more expensive than the original earphones! Can you believe it? I get more dynamic bass from hitting a cheesecake with an unpeeled banana.

On a good note, a lovely lady at JB HiFi said I can bring them in for a credit.

Nice Picture

Here is a nice pic of me with my friends Oli and Travis. Oh what a lovely picture, I look half decent in it. You may not know this but when ever I seem to have pics taken of me, they are either aimed up my nose or I look like I got hit by the fat bus.

I like this one of all of us. Have a great weekend.

Next weekend...

I was given last Xmas from my old job a free night and extras (food and booze!!) at the Intercontinental Sydney. I was saving it for the amazing relationship i was going to have this year, but obviously that guy was lost in the post, so next weekend I am presenting myself with my PJs and Teddy bear slippers for a nice night of free Champagne and cable porn. Nice stuff. I will be inviting two friends along to come to the roof top bar for the two hour long free booze and food thing. Can't wait! I have been there before. That there is a pic of me twirling on the roof top of the hotel with some tramp, I dunno who it was, I was so high on glue fumes.

Get Better Oli!!!!!!!

My friend Oli got sick the other night and had to go to hospital. Get better rock chick!

Last Ditch Effort

The outgoing Liberal party tried another pretty shameful exercise last night, posting fake materials into a Sydney neighbourhood's letter boxes. The fake leaflets were "from" a made up Islamic organization and Labour, asking for the Bali bomber "Brothers" to be freed. The Liberal party postmen were caught and photographed by The Daily Telegraph. How bloody stupid could you get, it seems that after this and the effort to push the electoral decision in the court (Sound familiar, George Bush, Florida, 2000?) the Liberal Party are grabbing at straws. Bring around the Sunday defeat please... To read the shameless disaster click here http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22798663-5012863,00.html

Cloverfield 1-18-08

I think its well known that I love a good disaster movie, I am also partial to a rather good monster movie too. So when then get rolled up into one ball busting movie, I become very excited and tend to fall down stairs alot.

Cloverfield 1-18-08 (18-01-08 in non American format) has one of the the most impressive viral and guerrilla marketing techniques I have seen for a movie for some time.

The Internet is literally abuzz with theories of the storyline and even the movies title is not confirmed. What is known it is a story about gargantuan monster attacking NYC one night on Jan 18th and the film is shown through the eyes of survivors through shaky "real" digital camera footage. Very interesting and possibly could make you more sea sick than a trip to Calais in Feb or The Bourne Ultimatum, which made me have an asthma attack. I kid you not.

Anyway, looks pretty impressive. One to look forward too.

The first trailer can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvNkGm8mxiM

while the website is a mysterious http://www.01-18-08.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield

I Love Weekends

Golly Miss Molly I am so happy the end of the week has come around like a horny neighbor, even if I have had a huge proposal dropped in my lap for a brand re-launch due by December. Oh well three weeks till my holiday. Whoopie. Anyhoo no new news really, apart from I have decided to not have a crush at the gym anymore. It was getting frustrating as I was pulling out all kinds of zexyiness and chat lines, to no avail. Also I was overlooked for a muscle bound blond, so enough with that. I was going to get down about it but then I remembered, I am me.

I am looking forward to a relaxed weekend, off to the beach for swimming, couple of drinks tonight, all about me.

Have a great weekend kids
x

Summer Dance Tracks I Am Loving Myself Sick With...

I was lucky enough to get a pre-release of the new Seal album "System" due out tomorrow. It is incredible. It was produced by Stuart Price, the guy behind Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor. The two stand out tracks are "If It's In My Mind, It's On My Face" and "Amazing", both of which are pumping club tracks and are...well for lack of of a better word...amazing and so uplifting. I have also have totally become obsessed with Roisin Murphy's New album "Overpowered", which is too a dance album. You see a theme of what I like? My fave is "Tell Everybody" and "Let Me Know". Which has a brilliant video in which she goes spazo in a greasy spoon diner. Check out the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_vCOOW_BsE

New bed and the Shut-In

I had a great weekend, how was yours?

I went saw Rogue, went to the beach (burnt my legs, boo!) and met friends for drinks and laughs on Saturday.

New bed arrived on Saturday at 6am, glad I did not go out on Friday, so I battled my old nemesis the Ikea bed for a good hour dismantling it. Before setting up the new one in 15 mins. It is so liberating to have a bed that does not threaten to swallow you, so I have been rolling all over my new “love sled” screaming at my flatmates “Loook at me, it does not break! Lookkk! Your not Loooking!!??”

One of my current flatmates seems to have an aversion to leaving the house, she is either in her room or in front of the TV. It’s getting a bit tiresome having her stomp about while I am watching the TV waiting for me to go to bed, so she can watch home shopping or some crap. It’s so tiresome, why do I get such extremes in flatmates, it’s either a complete shut-in or a totally insane crack addict. Is there no middle ground in flatmates? I am over reaching here, I have had a lot of middle ground flatties. As is the other current one. But it seems the more you know what type of people you need to live with to be happy, the more you seem to get the ones that are total opposites.

I had to walk away from her to save from laughing when “shut-in” told me that she would spend Saturday night home for a “quiet one”, was so close to replying “oh why, cause last night was all threesomes, coke and vomit stained sheets huh?”. Don’t get me wrong, we all have quiet nights and need to cocoon. But not every night of every week and including spending all day on a beautiful early summer weekend, sitting in your room reading a book every damn weekend! I am a 100% serious here too. This is frustrating because I specifically advertised for someone that “Did not mope about the house all the time”…shits me.

I think its time to get my own place. The bank has been stalking me ever since I paid off my credit card. I get feverish calls at 2am from some over excited man asking me why I want to shut down my credit card “Why??!” and then offering me a home loan anytime I need it. It’s like walking out of rehab to be confronted by dealers waiting for you to breath or speak then throwing drugs your open mouth. That being said I have been sniffing about for an apartment in Poofs Point and the related neighborhoods.

I am off on holiday in a month! Can’t fucking wait. Sorry about the potty mouth today.

Halloween 2007

Oooh I forgot about this pic. Before i came down with Ebola, I went to this Halloween party with a couple of friends. I went as Death. It was sooo hot but worth it. Here i am with my good friend Oli, who was a star for coming to the party as she was suffering from her rather raucous 30th Birthday. After this pic was taken I left and stood outside peoples living room windows. I was arrested shortly after.

Sick

Hi guys,

I have been quiet as I have been sick with a plague and been walled up behind plastic at home. I came down with something Sunday night then woke up Monday about 3am moaning like the mummy and looking like Frankenstein. I was sick as, feverish, sweating, hallucinating and feeling like I was gonna vommie. Got sent home from work Monday and have been away until today - Thursday. I always get really depressed when I am sick as I can't work out, am really weak and have no one about. I have to call my mum to feel better. aw!

Anyway not to leave the comedy behind for long, I was rolling about on my bed Monday night like Linda Blair when my entire bed collapsed in ways. The bed had been making weird sounds all night, CREEEEEEEEEEK! But so was I so i paid them no attention until CRACK!

I was so unsure what to do, so sweaty and fevered I turned all GI Joe and gaffer taped the spine of my bed back together using old lengths of iron rods (why were these under my bed??) to splinter the spine, then laid the bed back together. I then bolstered up the spine with books and old crap. Suffice to stay I have been laying ever so lightly on the bed that the devil built, I am practically hovering. Now when I tell people i broke my bed they first thing they guffaw about is "what were you doing when it broke??" assuming I had the energy for a bit of a leg wobbler. That just makes my brain fart. "Yeah, right, that's it. Whilst I was foaming at the mouth like the monkey from Outbreak I picked myself up a bit of tail (obviously blind) and promptly broke my bed from some rumpy pumpy. Totally."

Oh bugger I have to go buy a new bed me thinks. Stay away from Ikea beds people.

Vintage Jim

This is a new section where I will post random pics of me that could be anywhere between 5 months and 5 years old. Just to mix it up and be crazy, whoa don't fall off your chair jiblets.

Here is a picture of me indoor rock climbing from June this year, in the second one you can see right up my bum. How delightful. I have been put off my lunch now. I am brewing up a nice meaty blog entry soon my pets, so stop stalking me at the gym please.

Summer is coming...

I took these the other day when it was warm and I was off for a swim.

Shoe Madness

OK, I think I have lost the plot with shoes currently. Being in Fashion PR gives you lots of freebies or discounts. Hello, I have not really been shopping for a year! Anyways my client offered me the chance to get some awesome leather Tiger Onitsuka shoes at a huge discount. I just brought a pair and today I ordered two more pairs (see pic, hot huh!???). This is after I just brought some Marc Jacobs Vans yesterday! OK I need to go and sit in a dark room and breath deeply, I have become a shoe whore. I shall be stopping this now, I have bought 4 pairs in a two week period, I have to save for my trip. But, damn, sneaker shopping is fun and they were so cheap!

Kev's Great, but EW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8&eurl=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22645851-2,00.html

My Holiday Car

Hey ya, Just hired this bruiser for my trip to the South Island in early Jan. Can't wait, got a great deal for 5 days. Hope I don't drive into a hobbit or something. Hows your week?

Light in the dark

“I have clearly stated my belief that gays and lesbians are our brothers and sisters and should be provided the respect, dignity, and rights of all other citizens. I have consistently spoken directly to African-American religious leaders about the need to overcome the homophobia that persists in some parts our community so that we can confront issues like HIV/AIDS and broaden the reach of equal rights in this country.
I strongly believe that African Americans and the LGBT community must stand together in the fight for equal rights. And so I strongly disagree with Reverend McClurkin’s views and will continue to fight for these rights as President of the United States to ensure that America is a country that spreads tolerance instead of division.”

- Barack Obama 22/10/07

Its great to start to hear something positive and progressive, but such a long way to go.

A Change In The Air

It feels Prime Minister Howard's time is up, Kevin 07 is kicking his butt and the televised debate last night has highlighted this. Words cannot express how much that midget sports tragic bigoted lier needs to go away now. This country needs a new and more modern global-minded leadership, not an blinkered dogmatic xenophobic and dismissive yes man who is a puppet for corporate greed and international imperialism. Ohh my nipples go hard when I talk like this.

Bring on November 24th.

Let me see your future..

I was at my friend Travis's 30th last night and I had my palm read by his friend, Pete. He has read it before so I wanted to see if he said the same things or something totally different. He was bang on the mark, word for word, apart from he said he misread about my love line.

The things he said were:

• I am very loyal
• I am overly logical and tend to beat the life outta things by thinking to much
• I was not my own person until I was 21, up to that point (his words) "I was living someone Else's life" - I came out a 21, freaky huh??
• That I have great luck starting now if it has not already, this is the first time it has kicked in my life.
• And i will have two great loves, I have not met either of them yet. But apparently the first one is supposed to meet me about now (!??) the other in 15-20 years. jeez!

Just so I don't molest the first man who bumps into me in the line at Starbucks, I asked him why when he first read my palm that he said "There are two great loves in your life, you have already had one. Very young" now he said I had not met them.
Pete said he misread it due to too many shandies. Hmm mysterious. I have not had any great loves so this one kinda made more sense, but we talked after about how its really subjective as people make their readings true by believing whole hearted in the fact that these things will happen. Very interesting, is it pre ordained or is it the results of faith in and self drive?

I will be interested in watching the new few months then.

How was your weekend? I had a great day, swimming at the beach, gelato, new Haviania's and a movie. Perfect. Hope your week speeds by. x

Proof!

Ah I have a new fave movie, Proof. It is so good, brillant story, really funny, sad, smart and has Jake Gyllenhaal being too sexy for his math book. I love this movie. See it or I will come over to your house and tip all your anti aging creams down the loo while I play meatloaf really loud in my Holden I just crashed into your mailbox.

Its all tooth much!

Well ole chomper is gone. I had my last tooth pulled yesterday and it was surprisingly quick. I had my entire face sedated so i looked a bit like a stroke victim for 6 hours, but the dentist just gave it a poke with a chisel and then popped the sucker out. I spent more time getting injections than the actual extraction itself. The bugger did bleed though. Not to painful but aching a touch. I have a gap in the back of my mouth now that i can keep spare change in. Yay! My flatmate has decided today is the day to de-ice the freezer using a knife and banging it with one of my frying pans as a chisel. Each TWANG makes my mouth throb like i am receiving a message from Vega. Why today of any days huh? Just hope my ice pack does not melt.

Well anyhoo, it good to be out of dental hell. It was funny looking at that poor little tooth after it had been popped out and thinking that the little hole on the side was what all this soreness and nastiness was from. Whats news with you?

Surrended Single

I have been single for a really long time. The last guy I had a date with was a closeted ex-soap star who told me he could not stay long as he wanted to watch the Big Brother finale and then showed me phone pics of his penis during our second beer. That was a year and a half ago. Over the past week the final long term couple in my old group of friends got engaged after 11 years. I am really happy for them but I cant help and feel like the partner boat has sailed, leaving me waving my hankie from the wharf. My entire group of friends has coupled, split, flung and coupled around me in such a dizzying way and I feel like the wallflower left holding the handbags, whilst wondering when someone interesting will swing by.
Sure there has been my own very short, sputtering and anorexic relationships, but these have been with imposters who have been unavailable in every way. The only one who I spent a large amount of time with, completely broke my heart and now I really am scared I don't have it in me anymore.
A long time has passed and there have been a serious lack of suitors that I am starting to really question if I will ever meet anyone. I am not getting any younger and this question is totally scaring the hell out of me. Sure there are always guys around, but none of them are relationship material and the word "relationship" in gay terms is tantamount to smearing your body in pigs blood at a vegetarian picnic.

Stoically I have kept my chin up, but its really getting concerning. Could I have missed out on some great opportunities by not recognizing them, lacking confidence in myself or just having plan bum luck. Life is good every other way, I have good friends and great career, but I am lonely and what is all of this about if you don't have someone special to share it with? This thought, among others, is like a boot in my throat. It it all over?