Hungry Thirsty

Here's an Advert for my new favorite drink, Oak

Creepy guy, twisted Aussie humor commercial but the drink is a thick caffeine smoothie so I like it.

Easter Beau

Here's a little Easter Beau Know's

Police "Brutality" at Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gra

So the whole country is up in a hoopla over an arrest incident which occured during the Sydney Mardi Gras 2013. Sydney has it's own Mardi Gras but it revolves around the issue of gay rights and was started as protest against Australian Police bashing people of homosexual orientation. Now a days it comes off as a big drunk, weirdly dressed, homosexual orgy. So during this year's Mardi Gras a young gentleman was arrested and tossed around a bit. It's been on every news channel out here, the Prime Minister with her sexy glasses has even spoken on it. The reason it has blown up is because someone was able to poorly video tape it (you don't see what caused the arrest, the initial incident of police brutality, or what caused the second incident). Here's that clip:

Now I've seen the video and I have to say, that wasn't police brutality. The Aussies have no idea of what police brutality is; they need to look up Rodney King then they'll be happy with their gentle cops. Or they should see the cops operate in Seaside, NJ. Also the punk was shirtless and acting like a moron when the cops picked him up. He further refused to be arrested peacefully so they had to subdue him. Even after having handcuffs on him he was thrashing about. It's hard to distinguish but when the camera focuses on the blood it looks like the kid tried to kick at the officer. He is being charged with assault of an officer. Look, if someone assaulted me I would toss the 80 pound wet punk to the ground, if I was that officer I'd do the same. One thing you should learn growing up, don't fuck with the police. On top of the cops having a cell phone recording the incident in their faces, they have that annoying woman in the background rattling off her civil liberties 101 course from Uni. Not only was the kid resisting, they were provoking the officer, good idea lets piss him off more even after resisting arrest. 

This cop is what Australia needs more of, watch  this video  of a shoplifter chasing cops around with wine bottles and a metal pole. If he tried this little stunt in NY he would've been dropped, hell he would've been shot for throwing candy bars never mind chasing the two officers out of the store. (Side note: pepper spray is called Capsicum spray). The kid from the Mardi Gras incident learned a life lesson: when you're handcuffed by an officer five times your size don't fuck around. 

Calvin Harris feat. Tinie Tempah

Drinking from the bottle.
They've been playing this non stop lately and I don't know if it's in the states but here it is.

One Year

I have officially been in Australia for a whole year and here's a yearly update.

I have officially extended my stay in Australia for at least three years. I have successfully been accepted and enrolled into the University of Sydney Law School for a Juris Doctor degree in Law. Meanwhile I have apply for a partnership visa with Amanda to gain Australian residency, which was a very big pain in the ass to apply for. I am studying under the bridging part of the application for the Partnership visa, which will take two years for them to decide. We are living in Mosman and plan on staying in our current apartment. I've been living the cliche bar tender attending law school lifestyle. As of today, I haven't been killed by anything poisonous but have stepped on many bindis.

I've learned many things about Australia.
There's no Fosters and they've never heard of it.
Australians have a gambling problem (Every major bar has a gambling room, betting stations, the news posts the points for sports events, Anzac day is a national holiday where everyone plays two up).
Sydney's awesome.
Shootings can be prevented through laws.
There's no Ozone layer above Australia and the sun is hot.
Koala's aren't bears.
No one tips besides Americans.

Now since I am starting law school in March looks like I won't be returning to the states for awhile. Everyone's welcome to visit and crash at my place (as long as I actually know you).

Who knows? Otto KNows

Million Voices

A little tune for yah, looks like I had a beer while doing this

Icona Pop

I love it

Here's a British Tune not sure if it's playing in the states. It has been playing non stop in my head for the past week.

Sam and the Womp

Bom Bom

A short pommie that's been in my head for days since they started playing it non stop here. More Videos here.

360

Run Alone

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Sydney Harbor Bridge

Here are some photos of our walk over the iconic Sydney Harbour bridge and the Sea Shepherd.

Some Bridge Shots

Speed Boats 

Some steel work closeups for the engineers, architects whoever actually cares for that kind of thing.

The Steve Irwin when it's not harassing crazy Japanese Whalers, selling T-shirts in Australia.

The fat grey haired guy never showed up.

 Who got the better shot?

No junk in the trunk.

From this angle it looks like a washed up German WW2 destroyer.

Working in AussieLand

To support myself and pass my time in Australia, I've been working two part time jobs in hospitality. The first job I found was as a waiter in, funny enough, an American Restaurant run by a Philly Native. The second job was as a waiter in a breakfast and coffee cafe on the beach.

The American restaurant is a great place to work. Not only does a waiter get overtime, time and a half ext, on weekends; we get staff meals at the end of each night. Working there as a waiter required me not only to provide customer services but also regal my American Past with customers since I was the only American waiter working there. Some people do mistake me for a Canadian but that's probably only when I'm tired from working a double three days in a row and sound like a brain dead zombie. Another nice part from working there are the tips, people don't normally tip in Australia since the minimum wage is more than double that in the states.

The american place also has buffalo wings which are impossible to find in Aussie land. The wings only come in one flavor and are smaller than the Gettysburg wings I grew accustomed to but they'll have to do. I am currently in transition into becoming a bar tender which I find more fun and better than being a waiter. I'm spending the majority of my time making Margaritas, Cosmos and the various other cocktails. The list is extensive and we get busy pumping out cocktails from our extensive list.

The other job is working as a waiter at a coffee/breakfast cafe on a harbor beach in a rich pretentious Sydney suburb. From sunrise to noon, I'm running breakfasts coffees, taking orders and learning how to make coffees. Coffees in Australia are more than the regular or decaf sludge I was accustomed to in the states. Cappucinnos, lattes, flat whites, long blacks, baby chinos, mochas, espressos, machiattos, piccolos, and hot chocolates are the hot drinks not including chai lattes and teas. They love the froth milk in their coffees and to make a decent and drinkable coffee requires a bit of training out here. They use a steam blower to heat up the milk into a forth and this foam and amount in various combinations with kinds of glasses or mugs make up that list of coffees. A baby chino is the grossest concoction: a little cup of heated froth with cappuccino powder on top. The stay at home moms buy tons of this crap for their annoying spoiled out of control children.

The majority of the regulars, who can afford a twenty dollar breakfast with coffee every morning everyday of the week, are friendly and nice but some of the customers can be douchebags. The kind of health freak that rides his bike in the middle of the street regardless of traffic wearing tight obnoxious spandex outfits while drinking eco friendly decaf latte with a bowl of low fat low carb muesli with soy milk. FYI when we run out of soy or skim milk or the order is messed up and whole milk any majority of places would still serve you the regular milk coffee and even lie about it. 99% of people who order soy or gluten free are schmucks and aren't really allergic to either. Grow a pair and eat normal food.

Also cute shortcut terms for ordering piss me off. If it's not listed on the menu under that term don't order it that way. Quick example, a couple ordered a "Mugguccinno" when they meant a large cappuccino. Being my first week or so and being used to coffee being just decaf or regular, I brought them macchiatos which is a little espresso with a dash of froth. They denied ordering it without correcting me, they had a large table of 15 and the others got their coffees over time. After thirty minutes the guy got pissed off and proceeded to have a go at me, his wife was nice and tried to diffuse it. The fucker started to swear that they had to leave and could have their coffees which came a minute after they walked away which I gave to their friends for free. FUCK HEAD. Another cutesy term that pisses me off, Skimaccinno for a skim cappuccino. You shouldn't be ordering skim yah fat insecure moron and adding -ccinno to the end of anything doesn't make it an order. When hearing that order I pretended to not know what she was ordering and made her repeat it a couple of times until the barista decided to save her and say it was a skim cappuccino. Then I asked her if she wanted a skim cappuccinno and made her order it that way. I managed to stretch a two second order into a five minute ordeal and i wonder if she ever order a skimaccinno again.

The nice part of the cafe is the view of a stunning sydney harbour beach. Except for when the old guys are getting out of the winter cold water in their speedos. It's nice those old dudes need to submerged themselves into freezing water to feel alive again like in their youth, but why can they do it two hundred feet down the beach so I don't have to see it.

Nice weather on weekends means it'll be busy. Busy also means the chef will turn into the biggest spastic prick. We are understaffed which is fine on slow days but the busy days gets the chef to freak out who curses at everyone and everything, he's thrown toast at me for my difficult customers orders. Chefs need to take a chill pill and pull the panties out. Customers will be a pain in the ass and demand stupid crap, no where as bad as in the states, but chefs shouldn't freak out on the waitstaff. When shit hits the fan, I'm stuck with pissed off customers and don't need to deal with cranky ass chefs.

Hospitality sucks. I hate making people happy and providing them with a forced smile and stupid conversations. Yes, I'm American, I out here with my girlfriend, blah blah blah. Just take your drinks and food and leave me alone. Bar tending will be better since I won't have to wait on people or go into the kitchen. This is also a bigger push for me to do law school and get a career that doesn't involve smelling like fryer grease after a long shift.

The regulars parking outside the cafe

Rizzle Kicks

Mama Do The Hump

British rap, More music videos here