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Post by Josh on Jul 17, 2009 14:15:39 GMT 7
haha my friend has told me something exactly the same. he said to buy him a NYC hot dog. and i said, and eat it for you? haha. and wants me to upload a picture to my facebook profile picture and note it as, this is the Hot Dog i bought for ben, and ate.
So you're going to give me money to buy one and eat it right?
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Post by de-tec-tive on Jul 17, 2009 16:54:09 GMT 7
cupcakes! in NYC i just want to shop and eat. i'm going to be soooo broke when i get home.
oh and Josh can't remember if i said this, but if you go to the Hard Rock Cafe in vegas feel free to take a pic of the ND display for me ;D
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Post by Josh on Jul 17, 2009 20:40:19 GMT 7
haha, if i get there i'll try and remember
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Post by SPchick on Jul 20, 2009 8:28:55 GMT 7
Bec (and josh) when in NYC you should track down a Bakery called 'BABYCAKES' they are meant to have amazing cupcakes, and as i cant eat one myself, i want one of you to do it for me. I bought their cook book that came out last month. Is that the same as this place? www.babycakessandiego.com
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Post by sunky on Jul 22, 2009 7:30:13 GMT 7
Damn you guys not being in Melbourne when we are there I'll be reading the twitters with updates! Vic, you guys are out tomorrow yeah?
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Post by SPchick on Jul 22, 2009 8:09:11 GMT 7
Yeah we fly out tomorrow at noon. Hopefully I'll be able to tweet not long after landing. Our hiptops won't work over there due to being networked locked to Telstra, but we're going to grab some crappy pre-paid phones. All our hotels have wi-fi which is cool.
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Post by sunky on Jul 22, 2009 9:17:04 GMT 7
Throw away pre-paid phones like in the movies ... ohh you guys must be so excited. Im excited and Im going to Melbourne. Meh. Yay for flying out tomorrow and you'll be travelling into the past too ... wooo spooky. Also, don't end up on an island like in Lost. If you do ... say hi to Mr Eko and Smokey.
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Post by Josh on Jul 22, 2009 10:27:12 GMT 7
I got my iPhone unlocked yesterday. ready to get a prepaid sim with data access over there
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Post by scotopic lux on Jul 23, 2009 7:18:41 GMT 7
Throw away pre-paid phones like in the movies And like in Law & Order, criminals always use pre-paid Untraceable!
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Post by sunky on Jul 23, 2009 7:40:46 GMT 7
Yep! ... so are we saying Vic and Grant are criminals?
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Post by de-tec-tive on Jul 23, 2009 12:22:26 GMT 7
hey guys - i'm in SF right now, woo. has been good so far, fucking cold though. there's lots of fog and it makes the air feel damp, the wind is icy. no rain or anything though so it's alright - i can't believe this is their summer!
umm haven't done a huge amount here, took a whole day of travel to finally get here (LAX airport is a hole btw). just went out for dinner first night, it was a bit expensive but really nice - called Tirimisu. can't remember what district it was in, we walked for a fair bit to find something with food we liked and didn't have to wait an hour for a table on a monday night - crazy.
i highly recommend a place called Lori's Diner, it's a 50s style diner and there's a few around, we have breakfast and really late tea there yesterday, best pancakes i've had in my life.
we got the bus out to Amoeba Music yesterday, it was fucking awesome. basically a giant warehouse full of music, i was home. note for Josh & Vic - the had some SP Fillmore posters behind the counter if you ask, i was going to see if they had the one Bree was talking about that time (i think?) but then figured i didn't even know if it was the right one or not and how would i even get it home. but they had a 2007 one with a scuba diver or whatever (sorry i'm not familiar with all those poster designs) for $25, one from 1994 that was kind of ugly for $45, and another one not sure what date but it was $50 (probably SD or MCIS era). they also had a used AFH box set for $50, i was very tempted but didn't get it. another cool music store right in the city is Rasputin Music, they had really cheap used CDs (and new). i got another copy of Rock Steady for $5 and it looks basically new.
last night was our first concert, we weren't meant to be going to this one but a friend sold us his 2nd row tix a few weeks back - we were so close! don't know what else to say other than it was awesome. we had signs, and i had an Aussie flag and the band saw them. i don't want to upload any concert pics without them being tagged (don't have photshop on this laptop), so i won't be able to post any til i get home. Gwen looked so good, i can't believe she's nearly 40.
today we did sightseeing stuff, Alcatraz was booked out over a week in advance so didn't get to do that. went to Pier 39 with all the sealions (cute but are kind of like giant furry smelly slugs). that place is like a mini Disneyland though, lots of little gifts shops (majorly overpriced chocolates, we saw the same thing in Walgreens on way home for half the price). Josh & Vic if you guys go there, there's a bread/sourdough place starting with B that tastes amazing.
then we walked to the 'crookedest street', it was fucking crazy. and the walk nearly killed us, the hills here are insane. tried to get a street car back but it was always too full.
i'm loving all the food here, everything is served so nicely. tomorrow we check out and the guys i'm with are going to Six Flags, i'm gonna stay here during the day and look around the shops and get excited over lame fan stuff like a Gwen perfume on a Macys bilboard.
our next concert is fri night (also my bday), and on saturday i've got the show with my photo pass and meet & greet. i forgot to post pics of my present for the band before i left home and don't want to put them online without being tagged first, but i made them a No Doubt Monopoly. it's a long story, but basically it's fucking awesome.
wow that was such a long post, i'm sorry! i haven't talked about this online yet cos i was lazy, but might just copy & paste this for elsewhere...
Vic - enjoy your trip! Josh, when do you fly out again..?
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Post by Josh on Jul 23, 2009 12:58:38 GMT 7
I get into LA at 9.30am on the 28th July (Tuesday)
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Post by SPchick on Jul 23, 2009 13:33:23 GMT 7
woohoo well we're at auckland for our four hour stop over. hoping to get a lot of sleep on the 12 flight.
bec - sounds like sf is fun, thanks for the heads up on facebook about the weather, we chucked a few warmer items in our bags. did you get the clam chowder at pier 39? apparently it's awesome.
can't wait to get to the states, nz is cool but feels so much like aus.
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Post by de-tec-tive on Jul 26, 2009 16:14:54 GMT 7
got on stage with ND tonight. Gwen saw our aussie flags and said something like "are you guys from Australia? but you live here now right?" (we said no) "well then come up here and give me a hug" then we freaked out and ran up there, haha. crazy!!! i had my photo pass tonight too. we were meant to have our M&G but it's been postponed til monday in LA, if that didn't happen i don't think we'd have been brought up on stage. ahhhhhh what an awesome night, and the best is still to come! best week ever.
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Post by sunky on Jul 26, 2009 17:50:25 GMT 7
Bec ... holy fucking shit that is a dream!!!!
I'm excited, Bree is excited ... even Bree's Mum is excited (she was here when I was reading it) ... that is awesome! Can't wait to read more updates.
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Post by scotopic lux on Jul 27, 2009 5:51:45 GMT 7
We were excited for you too! What an amazing thing to have happen! And the photo is so great, that must have been a relief haha YAY for you, Bec!
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Post by de-tec-tive on Jul 27, 2009 15:10:56 GMT 7
we have a video! LMFAO @ me freaking out, i have no idea what i was saying
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Post by sunky on Jul 27, 2009 15:24:10 GMT 7
AWESOME!!! That is YOU on stage with GWEN! ... HOLY CRAP!!!
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Post by Josh on Jul 27, 2009 17:02:12 GMT 7
niiiiiiice.
WELLL i head out tomorrow morning. flight from melb>syd 10am. and SYD>LA at 1pm. 14 hour flight. arrive there 9.30am the same day. haha. soooo 2.30am wednesday morning for you peeps.
i'm super excited!!
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Post by scotopic lux on Jul 28, 2009 5:48:48 GMT 7
Have fun JOSH!!! Be safe!
and Bec, i saw that on Facebook last night! SOOO amazing! She seems so sweet, i got so excited for you! haha.
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Post by Steve on Jul 28, 2009 8:23:53 GMT 7
Hahaha fantastic Bec, that is awesome, happy for you!
I hope when i got to NZ i can have a similar experience with Dave Dobbyn.
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Post by sunky on Jul 28, 2009 8:38:45 GMT 7
Oh Steve that would be awesome, some would say it would be like a slice of heaven or something like that
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Post by Steve on Jul 28, 2009 11:25:01 GMT 7
Lol
*Sidenote - sunks as I'm vice captain of my footbal team, I've abused my leadership powers and our club song this year begins with the players belting out the Slice Of Heaven chanting (da da da doo-doo etc)
We've won 12 and lost 1, clearly the difference.
Anwyays, back to travel....
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Post by sunky on Jul 28, 2009 11:42:45 GMT 7
GOLD!!! Can you run for Prime Minister please? I'd love that to be our National Anthem. Imagine how excited everybody would be singing that! ... Love your work Stevie K ... thats why they pay you the big bucks! and yeah ... back to travel.
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Post by de-tec-tive on Jul 28, 2009 16:10:52 GMT 7
ahh this trip just keeps getting better and better! tonight we met them, they played Tragic Kingdom and fucking Shirley (Manson) came on stage for a song, i nearly died!! full story coming eventually when i have more than 5 mins free, haha.
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Post by sunky on Jul 28, 2009 17:27:17 GMT 7
I'm just going to have a standard reply with "OMG FUCKING GOD!" ... because seriously ... OMG FUCKING GOD! btw - One of the guys that is with you look familiar, did we meet him? (the guy with the dark hair next to Gwen and Tony)
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Post by de-tec-tive on Jul 28, 2009 23:12:09 GMT 7
his name is Ben he's from Sydney. i did briefly meet up with him at V Fest when we were there last year but he wasn't around after the show or anything i don't think. weird.
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Post by Josh on Jul 29, 2009 1:56:53 GMT 7
Well i made it to LA! its kinda sticky hot here at the moment. i'm still wearing pants. that because the shuttle took me to the wrong hostel. they took me to west hollywood one instead of hollywood one... so the guys here said they will take me to the right one soon. Flight was alright, didn't sleep as much as i could... my first major sleep was broken by the stupid stewardess waking me up just to tell me she left my snack stuff on the seat next to me... aarrghhhhh. i had an aisle seat, and also the seat next to me was vaccant, so that was cool.
It's also pretty smoggy here too. but yeah. oh man the first thing i saw out the window on the plane when decenting was mountains.... REAL EFFIN MOUNTAINS. They were massive. was awesome!
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Post by de-tec-tive on Jul 29, 2009 3:41:28 GMT 7
yeah it's fucking hot/humid
forgot to mention i went to Amoeba (in LA) yesterday, they had lots of used SP singles and i FINALLY bought TAFH box set - sealed for US$40! they had two different 33 singles there, are those rare...? one where it pretty much just says 33, and the other one that i've seen more often with more stuff going on in the artwork. sorry i'm not familiar with what designs were released where. also got TTWMLI single, and a couple of others i think.
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Post by sunky on Jul 29, 2009 5:16:02 GMT 7
Oh sounds like one is the 33 radio promo. It's kinda rare I guess.
We are in Melbourne atm stinking up your town while you're away.
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